diff --git a/samples/Sample/Controllers/HomeController.cs b/samples/Sample/Controllers/HomeController.cs
index ec4ab25..8592337 100644
--- a/samples/Sample/Controllers/HomeController.cs
+++ b/samples/Sample/Controllers/HomeController.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ public IActionResult Privacy()
     [ResponseCache(Duration = 0, Location = ResponseCacheLocation.None, NoStore = true)]
     public IActionResult Error()
     {
-        return View(new ErrorViewModel {RequestId = Activity.Current?.Id ?? HttpContext.TraceIdentifier});
+        return View(new ErrorViewModel { RequestId = Activity.Current?.Id ?? HttpContext.TraceIdentifier });
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/Sample/Sample.csproj b/samples/Sample/Sample.csproj
index c43ac1a..b5a6d67 100644
--- a/samples/Sample/Sample.csproj
+++ b/samples/Sample/Sample.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Serilog.AspNetCore\Serilog.AspNetCore.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Expressions" Version="4.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Serilog.AspNetCore/AspNetCore/RequestLoggingMiddleware.cs b/src/Serilog.AspNetCore/AspNetCore/RequestLoggingMiddleware.cs
index a0bd873..e4f50a8 100644
--- a/src/Serilog.AspNetCore/AspNetCore/RequestLoggingMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/Serilog.AspNetCore/AspNetCore/RequestLoggingMiddleware.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class RequestLoggingMiddleware
     readonly Func<HttpContext, string, double, int, IEnumerable<LogEventProperty>> _getMessageTemplateProperties;
     readonly ILogger? _logger;
     readonly bool _includeQueryInRequestPath;
-    static readonly LogEventProperty[] NoProperties = Array.Empty<LogEventProperty>();
+    static readonly LogEventProperty[] NoProperties = [];
 
     public RequestLoggingMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, DiagnosticContext diagnosticContext, RequestLoggingOptions options)
     {
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ bool LogCompletion(HttpContext httpContext, DiagnosticContextCollector collector
             properties,
             traceId,
             spanId);
-        
+
         logger.Write(evt);
 
         return false;
diff --git a/src/Serilog.AspNetCore/AspNetCore/RequestLoggingOptions.cs b/src/Serilog.AspNetCore/AspNetCore/RequestLoggingOptions.cs
index d782e6d..fe9c1ab 100644
--- a/src/Serilog.AspNetCore/AspNetCore/RequestLoggingOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Serilog.AspNetCore/AspNetCore/RequestLoggingOptions.cs
@@ -35,13 +35,12 @@ static LogEventLevel DefaultGetLevel(HttpContext ctx, double _, Exception? ex) =
                 : LogEventLevel.Information;
 
     static IEnumerable<LogEventProperty> DefaultGetMessageTemplateProperties(HttpContext httpContext, string requestPath, double elapsedMs, int statusCode) =>
-        new[]
-        {
+        [
             new LogEventProperty("RequestMethod", new ScalarValue(httpContext.Request.Method)),
             new LogEventProperty("RequestPath", new ScalarValue(requestPath)),
             new LogEventProperty("StatusCode", new ScalarValue(statusCode)),
             new LogEventProperty("Elapsed", new ScalarValue(elapsedMs))
-        };
+        ];
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets or sets the message template. The default value is
diff --git a/src/Serilog.AspNetCore/Serilog.AspNetCore.csproj b/src/Serilog.AspNetCore/Serilog.AspNetCore.csproj
index 875f204..26da33d 100644
--- a/src/Serilog.AspNetCore/Serilog.AspNetCore.csproj
+++ b/src/Serilog.AspNetCore/Serilog.AspNetCore.csproj
@@ -35,10 +35,7 @@
     <!-- The versions of all references in this group must match the major and minor components of the package version prefix. -->
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Extensions.Hosting" Version="8.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Settings.Configuration" Version="8.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="8.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="8.0.0" />
-    <!-- Temporary addition to pull in trace/span support -->
-    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Extensions.Logging" Version="8.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' != 'net462' and '$(TargetFramework)' != 'netstandard2.0' ">
diff --git a/test/Serilog.AspNetCore.Tests/SerilogWebHostBuilderExtensionsTests.cs b/test/Serilog.AspNetCore.Tests/SerilogWebHostBuilderExtensionsTests.cs
index 7d4f8a1..61ea07a 100644
--- a/test/Serilog.AspNetCore.Tests/SerilogWebHostBuilderExtensionsTests.cs
+++ b/test/Serilog.AspNetCore.Tests/SerilogWebHostBuilderExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -71,12 +71,11 @@ public async Task RequestLoggingMiddlewareShouldEnrichWithCustomisedProperties()
         {
             options.MessageTemplate = "HTTP {RequestMethod} responded {Status} in {ElapsedMilliseconds:0.0000} ms";
             options.GetMessageTemplateProperties = (ctx, _, elapsedMs, status) =>
-                new[]
-                {
+                [
                     new LogEventProperty("RequestMethod", new ScalarValue(ctx.Request.Method)),
                     new LogEventProperty("Status", new ScalarValue(status)),
                     new LogEventProperty("ElapsedMilliseconds", new ScalarValue(elapsedMs))
-                };
+                ];
         });
 
         await web.CreateClient().GetAsync("/resource");
@@ -164,7 +163,7 @@ WebApplicationFactory<TestStartup> Setup(
 
         return web;
     }
-    
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task RequestLoggingMiddlewareShouldAddTraceAndSpanIds()
     {
diff --git a/test/Serilog.AspNetCore.Tests/Support/SerilogSink.cs b/test/Serilog.AspNetCore.Tests/Support/SerilogSink.cs
index 62e5966..a231d32 100644
--- a/test/Serilog.AspNetCore.Tests/Support/SerilogSink.cs
+++ b/test/Serilog.AspNetCore.Tests/Support/SerilogSink.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace Serilog.AspNetCore.Tests.Support;
 
 public class SerilogSink : ILogEventSink
 {
-    public List<LogEvent> Writes { get; set; } = new();
+    public List<LogEvent> Writes { get; set; } = [];
 
     public void Emit(LogEvent logEvent)
     {