diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 463fa74..6a0761e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4.0.0
         with:
           dotnet-version: 8.0.x
-          dotnet-quality: 'preview'
       - name: Build
         run: dotnet build src --configuration Release
       - name: Upload packages
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1c3e8cd..b9369dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4.0.0
         with:
           dotnet-version: 8.0.x
-          dotnet-quality: 'preview'
       - name: Build
         run: dotnet build src --configuration Release
       - name: Sign NuGet packages
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/BasicUsage.CanBeDeserializedByMicrosoftConfigurationApi.approved.txt b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/BasicUsage.CanBeDeserializedByMicrosoftConfigurationApiWhenUsingHostApplicationBuilder.approved.txt
similarity index 89%
rename from src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/BasicUsage.CanBeDeserializedByMicrosoftConfigurationApi.approved.txt
rename to src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/BasicUsage.CanBeDeserializedByMicrosoftConfigurationApiWhenUsingHostApplicationBuilder.approved.txt
index 8b5b673..8dcbc0c 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/BasicUsage.CanBeDeserializedByMicrosoftConfigurationApi.approved.txt
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/BasicUsage.CanBeDeserializedByMicrosoftConfigurationApiWhenUsingHostApplicationBuilder.approved.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   "NServiceBus.Features.SagaAuditFeature",
   "NServiceBus.Heartbeat.HeartbeatsFeature",
   "NServiceBus.Heartbeat.Queue",
-  "NServiceBus.Metrics.MetricsFeature",
   "NServiceBus.MetricsOptions",
   "NServiceBus.SagaAudit.Queue"
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/BasicUsage.CanBeDeserializedByMicrosoftConfigurationApiWhenUsingHostBuilder.approved.txt b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/BasicUsage.CanBeDeserializedByMicrosoftConfigurationApiWhenUsingHostBuilder.approved.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dcbc0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/BasicUsage.CanBeDeserializedByMicrosoftConfigurationApiWhenUsingHostBuilder.approved.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[
+  "errorQueue",
+  "NServiceBus.AuditConfigReader+Result",
+  "NServiceBus.CustomChecks.CustomChecksFeature",
+  "NServiceBus.CustomChecks.Queue",
+  "NServiceBus.Features.SagaAuditFeature",
+  "NServiceBus.Heartbeat.HeartbeatsFeature",
+  "NServiceBus.Heartbeat.Queue",
+  "NServiceBus.MetricsOptions",
+  "NServiceBus.SagaAudit.Queue"
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/BasicUsage.HandlesEnableFlag.Metrics.approved.txt b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/BasicUsage.HandlesEnableFlag.Metrics.approved.txt
index 4753c28..6ad983e 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/BasicUsage.HandlesEnableFlag.Metrics.approved.txt
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/BasicUsage.HandlesEnableFlag.Metrics.approved.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 [
-  "NServiceBus.Metrics.MetricsFeature",
   "NServiceBus.MetricsOptions"
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/BasicUsage.UpdatesConfiguration.approved.txt b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/BasicUsage.UpdatesConfiguration.approved.txt
index 8b5b673..8dcbc0c 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/BasicUsage.UpdatesConfiguration.approved.txt
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/BasicUsage.UpdatesConfiguration.approved.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   "NServiceBus.Features.SagaAuditFeature",
   "NServiceBus.Heartbeat.HeartbeatsFeature",
   "NServiceBus.Heartbeat.Queue",
-  "NServiceBus.Metrics.MetricsFeature",
   "NServiceBus.MetricsOptions",
   "NServiceBus.SagaAudit.Queue"
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/BasicUsage.cs b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/BasicUsage.cs
index 922cb7c..5340fb8 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/BasicUsage.cs
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/BasicUsage.cs
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public void HandlesEnableFlag(string scenario, ServicePlatformConnectionConfigur
         }
 
         [Test]
-        public void CanBeDeserializedByMicrosoftConfigurationApi()
+        public void CanBeDeserializedByMicrosoftConfigurationApiWhenUsingHostBuilder()
         {
             var builder = new HostBuilder();
 
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ public void CanBeDeserializedByMicrosoftConfigurationApi()
                 .UseNServiceBus(c =>
                 {
                     var configuration = new EndpointConfiguration("whatever");
+
+                    configuration.UseSerialization<SystemJsonSerializer>();
                     configuration.UseTransport<LearningTransport>();
 
                     var platformConfiguration = new ServicePlatformConnectionConfiguration();
@@ -176,6 +178,40 @@ public void CanBeDeserializedByMicrosoftConfigurationApi()
             Approver.Verify(settingChanges);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void CanBeDeserializedByMicrosoftConfigurationApiWhenUsingHostApplicationBuilder()
+        {
+            var builder = Host.CreateApplicationBuilder();
+
+            var json = $@"{{""ServicePlatformConfiguration"" : {JsonConfiguration}}}";
+            var jsonStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(json));
+
+            builder.Configuration.AddJsonStream(jsonStream);
+
+            var endpointConfiguration = new EndpointConfiguration("whatever");
+            endpointConfiguration.UseSerialization<SystemJsonSerializer>();
+            endpointConfiguration.UseTransport<LearningTransport>();
+
+            var platformConfiguration = new ServicePlatformConnectionConfiguration();
+            builder.Configuration.Bind("ServicePlatformConfiguration", platformConfiguration);
+
+            var beforeSettings = GetExplicitSettings(endpointConfiguration);
+
+            endpointConfiguration.ConnectToServicePlatform(platformConfiguration);
+
+            var afterSettings = GetExplicitSettings(endpointConfiguration);
+
+            var settingChanges = afterSettings.Except(beforeSettings)
+                .OrderBy(x => x)
+                .ToArray();
+
+            builder.UseNServiceBus(endpointConfiguration);
+
+            builder.Build();
+
+            Approver.Verify(settingChanges);
+        }
+
         static string[] GetExplicitSettings(EndpointConfiguration endpointConfig)
         {
             var settings = endpointConfig.GetSettings();
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests.csproj b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests.csproj
index c9102a6..6e086c3 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -16,18 +16,18 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.Extensions.Hosting" Version="3.0.0-alpha.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.Extensions.Hosting" Version="3.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Particular.Approvals" Version="1.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="PublicApiGenerator" Version="11.1.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Label="Transitive references">
-    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus" Version="9.0.0-alpha.9" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.CustomChecks" Version="5.0.0-alpha.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.Heartbeat" Version="5.0.0-alpha.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.Metrics" Version="5.0.0-alpha.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.Metrics.ServiceControl" Version="5.0.0-alpha.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.SagaAudit" Version="5.0.0-alpha.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus" Version="9.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.CustomChecks" Version="5.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.Heartbeat" Version="5.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.Metrics" Version="5.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.Metrics.ServiceControl" Version="5.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.SagaAudit" Version="5.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.sln b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.sln
index 0a59900..b24e524 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.sln
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.sln
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "NServiceBus.ServicePlatform
 EndProject
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Solution Items", "Solution Items", "{368E2CED-3A60-48D1-846B-FD9E6C1638AE}"
 	ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
+		..\.github\workflows\ci.yml = ..\.github\workflows\ci.yml
 		Custom.Build.props = Custom.Build.props
+		..\.github\workflows\release.yml = ..\.github\workflows\release.yml
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Global
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.csproj b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.csproj
index db0b438..80baa6d 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.csproj
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
-    <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>$(SolutionDir)NServiceBus.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
+    <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>..\NServiceBus.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -12,13 +12,12 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Label="Public dependencies">
-    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus" Version="9.0.0-alpha.6" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.CustomChecks" Version="5.0.0-alpha.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.Heartbeat" Version="5.0.0-alpha.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.Metrics.ServiceControl" Version="5.0.0-alpha.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.Metrics" Version="5.0.0-alpha.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.SagaAudit" Version="5.0.0-alpha.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="8.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus" Version="[9.0.0, 10.0.0)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.CustomChecks" Version="[5.0.0, 6.0.0)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.Heartbeat" Version="[5.0.0, 6.0.0)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.Metrics" Version="[5.0.0, 6.0.0)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.Metrics.ServiceControl" Version="[5.0.0, 6.0.0)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.SagaAudit" Version="[5.0.0, 6.0.0)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Label="Private dependencies">
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformAuditConfiguration.cs b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformAuditConfiguration.cs
index bbf6c0b..5ec2554 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformAuditConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformAuditConfiguration.cs
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ internal void ApplyTo(EndpointConfiguration endpointConfiguration)
 
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(AuditQueue))
             {
-                throw new Exception(
-                    @"Message auditing is enabled but no audit queue has been configured.
-Configure an audit queue or disable message auditing");
+                throw new Exception("Message auditing is enabled but no audit queue has been configured. Configure an audit queue or disable message auditing.");
             }
 
             endpointConfiguration.AuditProcessedMessagesTo(AuditQueue);
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformConnectionConfiguration.cs b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformConnectionConfiguration.cs
index 193f479..49e5f24 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformConnectionConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformConnectionConfiguration.cs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ internal void ApplyTo(EndpointConfiguration endpointConfiguration)
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Creates a new <see cref="ServicePlatformConnectionConfiguration"/> from json produced by the Particular Service Platform.
+        /// Creates a new <see cref="ServicePlatformConnectionConfiguration"/> from JSON produced by the Particular Service Platform.
         /// </summary>
         public static ServicePlatformConnectionConfiguration Parse(string jsonConfiguration)
         {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public static ServicePlatformConnectionConfiguration Parse(string jsonConfigurat
                 PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = true
             };
             options.Converters.Add(new JsonTimeSpanConverterFactory());
-            return System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ServicePlatformConnectionConfiguration>(jsonConfiguration, options);
+            return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ServicePlatformConnectionConfiguration>(jsonConfiguration, options);
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformCustomChecksConfiguration.cs b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformCustomChecksConfiguration.cs
index ff5a622..5ce250b 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformCustomChecksConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformCustomChecksConfiguration.cs
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ internal void ApplyTo(EndpointConfiguration endpointConfiguration)
 
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(CustomChecksQueue))
             {
-                throw new Exception(
-                    @"Sending custom checks results is enabled but no custom check queue has been configured.
-Configure a custom check queue or disable sending custom checks to the Particular Service Platform");
+                throw new Exception("Sending custom checks results is enabled but no custom check queue has been configured. Configure a custom check queue or disable sending custom checks to the Particular Service Platform.");
             }
 
             endpointConfiguration.ReportCustomChecksTo(CustomChecksQueue, TimeToLive);
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformHeartbeatConfiguration.cs b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformHeartbeatConfiguration.cs
index e78e7e9..1022493 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformHeartbeatConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformHeartbeatConfiguration.cs
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ internal void ApplyTo(EndpointConfiguration endpointConfiguration)
 
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(HeartbeatsQueue))
             {
-                throw new Exception(
-                    @"Sending heartbeats is enabled but no heartbeat queue has been configured.
-Configure a heartbeat queue or disable sending heartbeats to the Particular Service Platform");
+                throw new Exception("Sending heartbeats is enabled but no heartbeat queue has been configured. Configure a heartbeat queue or disable sending heartbeats to the Particular Service Platform.");
             }
 
             endpointConfiguration.SendHeartbeatTo(HeartbeatsQueue, Frequency, TimeToLive);
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformMetricsConfiguration.cs b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformMetricsConfiguration.cs
index 83d11f9..c44d1e8 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformMetricsConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformMetricsConfiguration.cs
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ internal void ApplyTo(EndpointConfiguration endpointConfiguration)
 
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(MetricsQueue))
             {
-                throw new Exception(
-                    @"Sending metric data is enabled but no metrics queue has been configured.
-Configure a metrics queue or disable sending metric data to the Particular Service Platform");
+                throw new Exception("Sending metric data is enabled but no metrics queue has been configured. Configure a metrics queue or disable sending metric data to the Particular Service Platform.");
             }
 
             var metrics = endpointConfiguration.EnableMetrics();
diff --git a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformSagaAuditConfiguration.cs b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformSagaAuditConfiguration.cs
index 38f0a46..f754b95 100644
--- a/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformSagaAuditConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/NServiceBus.ServicePlatform.Connector/ServicePlatformSagaAuditConfiguration.cs
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ internal void ApplyTo(EndpointConfiguration endpointConfiguration)
 
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(SagaAuditQueue))
             {
-                throw new Exception(
-                    @"Sending saga audit information is enabled but no saga audit queue has been configured.
-Configure a saga audit queue or disable sending saga audit information to the Particular Service Platform");
+                throw new Exception("Sending saga audit information is enabled but no saga audit queue has been configured. Configure a saga audit queue or disable sending saga audit information to the Particular Service Platform.");
 
             }