diff --git a/.github/workflows/dotnetcore.yml b/.github/workflows/dotnetcore.yml
index 10d68f7..88beb2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dotnetcore.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dotnetcore.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - name: Setup .NET Core
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v5
       with:
         dotnet-version: 8.0.100
         source-url: https://nuget.pkg.github.com/directsql/index.json
diff --git a/DirectSQL/Database.cs b/DirectSQL/Database.cs
index fd06f7a..ce2747f 100644
--- a/DirectSQL/Database.cs
+++ b/DirectSQL/Database.cs
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ T transaction
         {
             return ExecuteNonQuery(
                 sql, 
-                new ValueTuple<String, object>[0], 
+                Array.Empty<(string, object)>(), 
                 connection, 
                 transaction
             );
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ C connection
         {
             return ExecuteNonQuery(
                 sql, 
-                new ValueTuple<String, object>[0], 
+                Array.Empty<(string, object)>(), 
                 connection
             );
         }
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ public static object ExecuteScalar(
         {
             return ExecuteScalar(
                 sql, 
-                new ValueTuple<String, object>[0], 
+                Array.Empty<(string, object)>(), 
                 connection, 
                 transaction
             );
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ public static object ExecuteScalar(
         {
             return ExecuteScalarCore(
                 sql, 
-                new P[0], 
+                Array.Empty<P>(), 
                 connection, 
                 DefaultTransaction.defaultTransaction
             );
diff --git a/DirectSQL/DirectSQL.csproj b/DirectSQL/DirectSQL.csproj
index 54aaace..08faa6e 100644
--- a/DirectSQL/DirectSQL.csproj
+++ b/DirectSQL/DirectSQL.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
-    <Version>3.15.0</Version>
+    <Version>3.16.0</Version>
     <Authors />
     <PackageLicenseFile>LICENSE</PackageLicenseFile>
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/DirectSQL/DirectSQL/</PackageProjectUrl>
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ This .NET library is very thin database framework on top of System.Data.</Descri
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="IBM.Data.DB2.Core" Version="1.2.2.100" />
     <PackageReference Include="MySql.Data" Version="8.0.13" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Npgsql" Version="4.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Npgsql" Version="4.0.14" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Data.Odbc" Version="4.5.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="2.1.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="2.1.7" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Data.SQLite.Core.MSIL" Version="1.0.109" />
   </ItemGroup>