diff --git a/.ci/BHoMBot/Nuget/BHoM.Interop.SQL.nuspec b/.ci/BHoMBot/Nuget/BHoM.Interop.SQL.nuspec
index 081d85d..a04898d 100644
--- a/.ci/BHoMBot/Nuget/BHoM.Interop.SQL.nuspec
+++ b/.ci/BHoMBot/Nuget/BHoM.Interop.SQL.nuspec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <title></title>
     <dependencies>
       <group targetFramework="netstandard2.0">
-        <dependency id="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" version="6.1.4" />
+        <dependency id="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" version="7.0.0" />
         <dependency id="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" version = "3.1.32" />
         <dependency id="NETStandard.Library" version="2.0.3" />
         <dependency id="Microsoft.CSharp" version="4.7.0" />
diff --git a/SQL_Adapter/SQL_Adapter.csproj b/SQL_Adapter/SQL_Adapter.csproj
index 5c4a316..782e7f7 100644
--- a/SQL_Adapter/SQL_Adapter.csproj
+++ b/SQL_Adapter/SQL_Adapter.csproj
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='ZeroCodeTool'">
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" Version="4.7.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="3.1.32" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="6.1.4" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="7.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <Target Name="PostBuild" AfterTargets="PostBuildEvent" Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug' Or '$(Configuration)'=='Release'">