diff --git a/mRemoteNG/Connection/Protocol/PowerShell/Connection.Protocol.PowerShell.cs b/mRemoteNG/Connection/Protocol/PowerShell/Connection.Protocol.PowerShell.cs
index 9cc822e95..368f04c0b 100644
--- a/mRemoteNG/Connection/Protocol/PowerShell/Connection.Protocol.PowerShell.cs
+++ b/mRemoteNG/Connection/Protocol/PowerShell/Connection.Protocol.PowerShell.cs
@@ -9,19 +9,14 @@ using mRemoteNG.Resources.Language;
 namespace mRemoteNG.Connection.Protocol.PowerShell
 {
     [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
-    public class ProtocolPowerShell : ProtocolBase
+    public class ProtocolPowerShell(ConnectionInfo connectionInfo) : ProtocolBase
     {
         #region Private Fields
 
         private IntPtr _handle;
-        private readonly ConnectionInfo _connectionInfo;
+        private readonly ConnectionInfo _connectionInfo = connectionInfo;
         private ConsoleControl.ConsoleControl _consoleControl;
 
-        public ProtocolPowerShell(ConnectionInfo connectionInfo)
-        {
-            _connectionInfo = connectionInfo;
-        }
-
         #endregion
 
         #region Public Methods
@@ -45,7 +40,9 @@ namespace mRemoteNG.Connection.Protocol.PowerShell
                  * Prepair powershell script parameter and create script
                  */
                 // Path to the Windows PowerShell executable; can be configured through options.
-                string psExe = @"C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe";
+                //string psExe = @"C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe"; //old ps
+                string psExe = @"C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe"; //new ps
+                //string psExe = @"%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\WindowsApps\wt.exe"; //test for terminal
 
                 // Maximum number of login attempts; can be configured through options.
                 int psLoginAttempts = 3;
diff --git a/mRemoteNG/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/mRemoteNG/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 47c81ac64..8ab286835 100644
--- a/mRemoteNG/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/mRemoteNG/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ using System.Resources;
 [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
 
 // Version information
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.77.3.1749")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.77.3.1749")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.77.3.1764")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.77.3.1764")]
 [assembly: NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute("en-US")]
-[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("1.77.3 (Nightly Build 1749)")]
+[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("1.77.3 (Nightly Build 1764)")]
 
 // Logging
 [assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(ConfigFile = "log4net.config")]
diff --git a/mRemoteNG/mRemoteNG.csproj b/mRemoteNG/mRemoteNG.csproj
index b9a241f66..03154c243 100644
--- a/mRemoteNG/mRemoteNG.csproj
+++ b/mRemoteNG/mRemoteNG.csproj
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     </COMReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="BouncyCastle.Cryptography" Version="2.3.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="BouncyCastle.Cryptography" Version="2.3.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Castle.Core" Version="5.1.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="ConsoleControl" Version="1.3.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="ConsoleControlAPI" Version="1.3.0" />
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.Wpf" Version="1.1.77" />
     <PackageReference Include="MySql.Data" Version="8.4.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json.Schema" Version="3.0.15" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json.Schema" Version="3.0.16" />
     <PackageReference Include="ObjectListView.Updated" Version="2.9.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="OpenCover" Version="4.7.1221" />
     <PackageReference Include="Renci.SshNet.Async" Version="1.4.0" />
diff --git a/mRemoteNGSpecs/mRemoteNGSpecs.csproj b/mRemoteNGSpecs/mRemoteNGSpecs.csproj
index 4f7f0c9b3..3490578a6 100644
--- a/mRemoteNGSpecs/mRemoteNGSpecs.csproj
+++ b/mRemoteNGSpecs/mRemoteNGSpecs.csproj
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="BouncyCastle.Cryptography" Version="2.3.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="BouncyCastle.Cryptography" Version="2.3.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Cucumber.Messages" Version="24.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Google.Protobuf" Version="3.26.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.9.0" />