diff --git a/Src/ElasticScale.Client/Microsoft.Azure.SqlDatabase.ElasticScale.Client.csproj b/Src/ElasticScale.Client/Microsoft.Azure.SqlDatabase.ElasticScale.Client.csproj
index e10e48e..00abd7f 100644
--- a/Src/ElasticScale.Client/Microsoft.Azure.SqlDatabase.ElasticScale.Client.csproj
+++ b/Src/ElasticScale.Client/Microsoft.Azure.SqlDatabase.ElasticScale.Client.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <Copyright>© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</Copyright>
     <AssemblyTitle>Microsoft Azure SQL Database: Elastic Database Client Library</AssemblyTitle>
     <NeutralLanguage>en-US</NeutralLanguage>
-    <Version>2.4.2-preview1</Version>
+    <Version>2.4.2</Version>
     <Authors>Microsoft</Authors>
     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <PackageTags>Microsoft;Elastic;Scale;Azure;SQL;DB;Database;Shard;Sharding;Management;Query;azureofficial</PackageTags>
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove('strongname.props'))" />
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="5.1.5" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="5.2.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Test/ElasticScale.ClientTestCommon/Microsoft.Azure.SqlDatabase.ElasticScale.ClientTestCommon.csproj b/Test/ElasticScale.ClientTestCommon/Microsoft.Azure.SqlDatabase.ElasticScale.ClientTestCommon.csproj
index a069890..34f44a7 100644
--- a/Test/ElasticScale.ClientTestCommon/Microsoft.Azure.SqlDatabase.ElasticScale.ClientTestCommon.csproj
+++ b/Test/ElasticScale.ClientTestCommon/Microsoft.Azure.SqlDatabase.ElasticScale.ClientTestCommon.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove('build.props'))" />
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove('strongname.props'))" />
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="5.1.5" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="5.2.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestFramework" Version="3.2.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Test/ElasticScale.Query.UnitTests/MultiShardTestUtils.cs b/Test/ElasticScale.Query.UnitTests/MultiShardTestUtils.cs
index 902d03c..d217222 100644
--- a/Test/ElasticScale.Query.UnitTests/MultiShardTestUtils.cs
+++ b/Test/ElasticScale.Query.UnitTests/MultiShardTestUtils.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Data;
 using System.Data.SqlTypes;
+using System.Globalization;
 using System.Text;
 using Microsoft.Azure.SqlDatabase.ElasticScale.ShardManagement;
 using Microsoft.Data.SqlClient;
@@ -728,7 +729,7 @@ private static string GetRandomSqlDecimalValue(MutliShardTestCaseColumn column)
             // .NET range to test these consistently.
             //
             double theValue = s_random.NextDouble() * Decimal.ToDouble(Decimal.MaxValue);
-            return string.Format("CAST({0} AS {1})", theValue, column.ColumnTypeDeclaration);
+            return string.Format("CAST({0} AS {1})", theValue.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), column.ColumnTypeDeclaration);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -773,7 +774,7 @@ private static string GetRandomSqlRealValue(MutliShardTestCaseColumn column)
         /// <returns>Tsql to cast the value.</returns>
         private static string GetSpecificDoubleCastAsArg(double theValue, MutliShardTestCaseColumn column)
         {
-            return string.Format("CAST({0} AS {1})", theValue, column.SqlServerDatabaseEngineType);
+            return string.Format("CAST({0} AS {1})", theValue.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), column.SqlServerDatabaseEngineType);
         }
 
         /// <summary>