diff --git a/dotnet/Directory.Packages.props b/dotnet/Directory.Packages.props
index a032edea6116..29919cf2e270 100644
--- a/dotnet/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/dotnet/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt" Version="7.5.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.IO.Packaging" Version="8.0.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Linq.Async" Version="6.0.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Memory.Data" Version="8.0.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Numerics.Tensors" Version="8.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="8.0.5" />
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.UnitTests/Extensions/ClientResultExceptionExtensionsTests.cs b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.UnitTests/Extensions/ClientResultExceptionExtensionsTests.cs
index f7a4e947ec38..c9c348d1ac44 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.UnitTests/Extensions/ClientResultExceptionExtensionsTests.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.UnitTests/Extensions/ClientResultExceptionExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public void ItProvideStatusForResponsesWithoutContent()
         // Assert
         Assert.NotNull(httpOperationException);
         Assert.NotNull(httpOperationException.StatusCode);
-        Assert.Empty(httpOperationException.ResponseContent!);
+        Assert.Null(httpOperationException.ResponseContent);
         Assert.Equal(exception, httpOperationException.InnerException);
         Assert.Equal(exception.Message, httpOperationException.Message);
         Assert.Equal(pipelineResponse.Status, (int)httpOperationException.StatusCode!);
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.UnitTests/SemanticKernel.UnitTests.csproj b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.UnitTests/SemanticKernel.UnitTests.csproj
index 1e95741e153e..e3452f799be6 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.UnitTests/SemanticKernel.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.UnitTests/SemanticKernel.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ML.Tokenizers" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Memory.Data" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>