diff --git a/.github/workflows/dotnet-maui.yml b/.github/workflows/dotnet-maui.yml
index cd091fbe..aed8aac1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dotnet-maui.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dotnet-maui.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
         with:
           dotnet-version: |
-            8.0.x
+            9.0.x
 
       - name: Download Artifacts
         id: download-artifact
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ jobs:
         run: dotnet restore ./Whisper.net.Maui.Tests.sln
 
       - name: Publish android build
-        run: dotnet publish ./tests/Whisper.net.Maui.Tests/Whisper.net.Maui.Tests.csproj -c Debug -f net8.0-android -p:EmbedAssembliesIntoApk=true
+        run: dotnet publish ./tests/Whisper.net.Maui.Tests/Whisper.net.Maui.Tests.csproj -c Debug -f net9.0-android -p:EmbedAssembliesIntoApk=true
         
       - name: Upload apk and ios app
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: maui-build-artifacts
           path: |
-            ./tests/Whisper.net.Maui.Tests/bin/Debug/net8.0-android/com.companyname.whisper.net.maui.tests-Signed.apk
+            ./tests/Whisper.net.Maui.Tests/bin/Debug/net9.0-android/com.companyname.whisper.net.maui.tests-Signed.apk
 
   dotnet-maui-test-android:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: reactivecircus/android-emulator-runner@v2
         with:
           api-level: 29
+          arch: x86_64
           script: xharness android test --app=./maui-build-artifacts/com.companyname.whisper.net.maui.tests-Signed.apk -p com.companyname.whisper.net.maui.tests -i com.companyname.whisper.net.maui.tests.AndroidMauiTestInstrumentation -o=./test-results/android
           
       - name: Upload Maui Android xharness test results
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml b/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml
index 617f2d6c..47c59672 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           dotnet-version: |
             8.0.x
-            6.0.x
+            9.0.x
 
       - name: Download Artifacts
         id: download-artifact
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           dotnet-version: |
             8.0.x
-            6.0.x
+            9.0.x
 
       - name: Download Artifacts
         id: download-artifact
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           dotnet-version: |
             8.0.x
-            6.0.x
+            9.0.x
 
       - name: Download Artifacts
         id: download-artifact
diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 604fb881..287f2f15 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -2,23 +2,20 @@
   <!-- Directory.Packages.props gets included automatically during the build. Read more here:
   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/consume-packages/Central-Package-Management-->
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces" Version="8.0.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Memory" Version="4.5.5" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces" Version="9.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Memory" Version="4.6.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.IO.Compression" Version="4.3.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="FluentAssertions" Version="6.12.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="CommandLineParser" Version="2.9.1" />
-
-
     <!-- Tests -->
     <PackageVersion Include="coverlet.collector" Version="6.0.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.11.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.12.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit" Version="2.9.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.8.2" />
-    
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.TestRunners.Xunit" Version="10.0.0-prerelease.24555.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.TestRunners.Xunit" Version="10.0.0-prerelease.24564.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.assert" Version="2.9.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug" Version="8.0.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug" Version="9.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Maui.Controls" Version="$(MauiVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Compatibility" Version="$(MauiVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Whisper.net.Demo/Whisper.net.Demo.csproj b/Whisper.net.Demo/Whisper.net.Demo.csproj
index d0bf0416..3d9a640a 100644
--- a/Whisper.net.Demo/Whisper.net.Demo.csproj
+++ b/Whisper.net.Demo/Whisper.net.Demo.csproj
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   <Import Condition="'$(EnableCoreML)' == 'true'" Project="../runtimes/Whisper.net.Runtime.CoreML/Whisper.net.Runtime.CoreML.targets" />
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-		<TargetFrameworks>net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
-		<LangVersion>10</LangVersion>
+		<TargetFrameworks>net9.0</TargetFrameworks>
+		<LangVersion>13</LangVersion>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Whisper.net/Internals/Native/Implementations/LibraryImportInternalWhisper.cs b/Whisper.net/Internals/Native/Implementations/LibraryImportInternalWhisper.cs
index b9921caf..b1ef4331 100644
--- a/Whisper.net/Internals/Native/Implementations/LibraryImportInternalWhisper.cs
+++ b/Whisper.net/Internals/Native/Implementations/LibraryImportInternalWhisper.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace Whisper.net.Internals.Native.Implementations;
 /// </summary>
 internal partial class LibraryImportInternalWhisper : INativeWhisper
 {
-    const string libraryName = "_Internal";
+    const string libraryName = "__Internal";
 
     [LibraryImport(libraryName, StringMarshalling = StringMarshalling.Utf8)]
     public static partial IntPtr whisper_init_from_file_with_params_no_state(string path, WhisperContextParams whisperContextParams);
diff --git a/Whisper.net/Whisper.net.csproj b/Whisper.net/Whisper.net.csproj
index 2d3491ed..9c143b96 100755
--- a/Whisper.net/Whisper.net.csproj
+++ b/Whisper.net/Whisper.net.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
-    <LangVersion>12</LangVersion>
+    <LangVersion>13</LangVersion>
     <Version>1.7.3</Version>
     <Authors>Sandro Hanea</Authors>
     <Description>Cross-platform dotnet bindings for Whisper.</Description>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  
   <PropertyGroup Condition="$(USE_WHISPER_MAUI) != ''">
     <TargetFrameworks>
-      net8.0;net6.0;netstandard2.0;net8.0-ios;net8.0-tvos;net8.0-maccatalyst;net8.0-android
+      net8.0;net9.0;netstandard2.0;net8.0-ios;net8.0-tvos;net8.0-maccatalyst;net8.0-android;net9.0-ios;net9.0-tvos;net9.0-maccatalyst;net9.0-android
     </TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/examples/BlazorApp/BlazorApp.Client/BlazorApp.Client.csproj b/examples/BlazorApp/BlazorApp.Client/BlazorApp.Client.csproj
index 4acc56c6..aecd3888 100644
--- a/examples/BlazorApp/BlazorApp.Client/BlazorApp.Client.csproj
+++ b/examples/BlazorApp/BlazorApp.Client/BlazorApp.Client.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.BlazorWebAssembly">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <NoDefaultLaunchSettingsFile>true</NoDefaultLaunchSettingsFile>
@@ -10,11 +10,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly" Version="8.0.10" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly" Version="9.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Whisper.net.Runtime" Version="1.7.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="Whisper.net" Version="1.7.2" />
-    <!-- Version pinning for System.Text.Json just becasue of https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hh2w-p6rv-4g7w warning -->
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="8.0.5" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/examples/BlazorApp/BlazorApp/BlazorApp.csproj b/examples/BlazorApp/BlazorApp/BlazorApp.csproj
index 1c7329ad..d1b54c4b 100644
--- a/examples/BlazorApp/BlazorApp/BlazorApp.csproj
+++ b/examples/BlazorApp/BlazorApp/BlazorApp.csproj
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\BlazorApp.Client\BlazorApp.Client.csproj" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Server" Version="8.0.10" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Server" Version="9.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/examples/ContinuousRecognition/ContinuousRecognition.csproj b/examples/ContinuousRecognition/ContinuousRecognition.csproj
index 4284fcf1..38ae74c2 100644
--- a/examples/ContinuousRecognition/ContinuousRecognition.csproj
+++ b/examples/ContinuousRecognition/ContinuousRecognition.csproj
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net9.0; net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <LangVersion>13</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/examples/CoreML/CoreML.csproj b/examples/CoreML/CoreML.csproj
index 83f1d250..8fefa2e1 100644
--- a/examples/CoreML/CoreML.csproj
+++ b/examples/CoreML/CoreML.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net9.0; net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <LangVersion>12</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/examples/Diarization/Diarization.csproj b/examples/Diarization/Diarization.csproj
index 7dc78140..19d7ec31 100644
--- a/examples/Diarization/Diarization.csproj
+++ b/examples/Diarization/Diarization.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net9.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/examples/Diarization/Program.cs b/examples/Diarization/Program.cs
index f3d3690d..a4fd681a 100644
--- a/examples/Diarization/Program.cs
+++ b/examples/Diarization/Program.cs
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@
     fileStream.Position = headerSize + startSample * frameSize;
 
     // Read the wave data for the specified time interval, into the readBuffer.
-    await fileStream.ReadAsync(readBuffer.AsMemory());
+    var read = await fileStream.ReadAsync(readBuffer.AsMemory());
 
     // Process the readBuffer and convert to shorts.
-    var buffer = new short[bufferSize / 2];
-    for (var i = 0; i < buffer.Length; i++)
+    var buffer = new short[read / 2];
+    for (var i = 0; i < read; i++)
     {
         // Handle endianess manually and convert bytes to Int16.
         buffer[i] = BitConverter.IsLittleEndian
diff --git a/examples/MultiRuntime/MultiRuntime.csproj b/examples/MultiRuntime/MultiRuntime.csproj
index bf16506f..7f72a263 100644
--- a/examples/MultiRuntime/MultiRuntime.csproj
+++ b/examples/MultiRuntime/MultiRuntime.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0; net472</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net9.0; net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <LangVersion>12</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/examples/NAudioMp3/NAudioMp3.csproj b/examples/NAudioMp3/NAudioMp3.csproj
index 3a8042be..7dd632dd 100644
--- a/examples/NAudioMp3/NAudioMp3.csproj
+++ b/examples/NAudioMp3/NAudioMp3.csproj
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net9.0; net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <LangVersion>13</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/examples/NAudioResampleWav/NAudioResampleWav.csproj b/examples/NAudioResampleWav/NAudioResampleWav.csproj
index 7f3bb885..e57745fe 100644
--- a/examples/NAudioResampleWav/NAudioResampleWav.csproj
+++ b/examples/NAudioResampleWav/NAudioResampleWav.csproj
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net9.0; net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <LangVersion>13</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/examples/NvidiaCuda/NvidiaCuda.csproj b/examples/NvidiaCuda/NvidiaCuda.csproj
index e83750f6..15cea434 100644
--- a/examples/NvidiaCuda/NvidiaCuda.csproj
+++ b/examples/NvidiaCuda/NvidiaCuda.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0; net472</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net9.0; net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <LangVersion>12</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/examples/OpenVinoExample/OpenVinoExample.csproj b/examples/OpenVinoExample/OpenVinoExample.csproj
index 6c7313eb..cdb7885c 100644
--- a/examples/OpenVinoExample/OpenVinoExample.csproj
+++ b/examples/OpenVinoExample/OpenVinoExample.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0; net472</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net9.0; net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <LangVersion>12</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/examples/ParallelExecution/ParallelExecution.csproj b/examples/ParallelExecution/ParallelExecution.csproj
index 06d685ef..35c132fc 100644
--- a/examples/ParallelExecution/ParallelExecution.csproj
+++ b/examples/ParallelExecution/ParallelExecution.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0; net472</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net9.0; net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <LangVersion>12</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/examples/Simple/Simple.csproj b/examples/Simple/Simple.csproj
index 06d685ef..35c132fc 100644
--- a/examples/Simple/Simple.csproj
+++ b/examples/Simple/Simple.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0; net472</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net9.0; net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <LangVersion>12</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/examples/SimpleSync/SimpleSync.csproj b/examples/SimpleSync/SimpleSync.csproj
index ddee4a90..066f661b 100644
--- a/examples/SimpleSync/SimpleSync.csproj
+++ b/examples/SimpleSync/SimpleSync.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0; net472</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net9.0; net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <LangVersion>12</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/examples/Vulkan/Vulkan.csproj b/examples/Vulkan/Vulkan.csproj
index 82f7e10d..1a4cb1cb 100644
--- a/examples/Vulkan/Vulkan.csproj
+++ b/examples/Vulkan/Vulkan.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0; net472</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net9.0; net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <LangVersion>12</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/tests/Whisper.net.Maui.Tests/Whisper.net.Maui.Tests.csproj b/tests/Whisper.net.Maui.Tests/Whisper.net.Maui.Tests.csproj
index 1d582f1d..e83e66a6 100644
--- a/tests/Whisper.net.Maui.Tests/Whisper.net.Maui.Tests.csproj
+++ b/tests/Whisper.net.Maui.Tests/Whisper.net.Maui.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="../../runtimes/Whisper.net.Runtime/Whisper.net.Runtime.targets" />
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<TargetFrameworks>net8.0-android;net8.0-ios;net8.0-maccatalyst</TargetFrameworks>
+		<TargetFrameworks>net9.0-android;net9.0-ios;net9.0-maccatalyst</TargetFrameworks>
 		
 		<!-- Note for MacCatalyst:
 		The default runtime is maccatalyst-x64, except in Release config, in which case the default is maccatalyst-x64;maccatalyst-arm64.
diff --git a/tests/Whisper.net.Tests/Whisper.net.Tests.csproj b/tests/Whisper.net.Tests/Whisper.net.Tests.csproj
index 381f0701..723d46a4 100644
--- a/tests/Whisper.net.Tests/Whisper.net.Tests.csproj
+++ b/tests/Whisper.net.Tests/Whisper.net.Tests.csproj
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
 		<Nullable>enable</Nullable>
-		<LangVersion>12</LangVersion>
+		<LangVersion>13</LangVersion>
 		<IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net9.0</TargetFrameworks>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('Windows'))">
     <TargetFrameworks>
-      net8.0;net6.0;net472;
+      net8.0;net9.0;net472;
     </TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/whisper.cpp b/whisper.cpp
index 1626b73b..6266a9f9 160000
--- a/whisper.cpp
+++ b/whisper.cpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1626b73b035ff9aa2b8d6d7bc9eccfdcd783be24
+Subproject commit 6266a9f9e56a5b925e9892acf650f3eb1245814d