diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 076ec9873..587286a0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "printing exiting dlls"
           ls "bin\Debug\*"
           ls "bin\Debug\${{ matrix.dotnet }}\*"
-          dotnet-coverage collect "dotnet test --framework ${{ matrix.dotnet }} -l console;verbosity=normal" --output windows_${{ matrix.dotnet }}_${{ matrix.cloud_env }}_coverage.xml --output-format cobertura --settings coverage.config
+          dotnet-coverage collect "dotnet test --framework ${{ matrix.dotnet }} --no-build -l console;verbosity=normal" --output windows_${{ matrix.dotnet }}_${{ matrix.cloud_env }}_coverage.xml --output-format cobertura --settings coverage.config
         env:
           snowflake_cloud_env: ${{ matrix.cloud_env }}
           net_version: ${{ matrix.dotnet }}
diff --git a/Snowflake.Data/Snowflake.Data.csproj b/Snowflake.Data/Snowflake.Data.csproj
index c66ce5594..f2e5ed77f 100644
--- a/Snowflake.Data/Snowflake.Data.csproj
+++ b/Snowflake.Data/Snowflake.Data.csproj
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <Authors>Snowflake</Authors>
     <Version>3.1.0</Version>
     <DebugType>Full</DebugType>
-    <LangVersion>7.3</LangVersion>
+    <LangVersion>9</LangVersion>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>..\sign\publicKey.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <DelaySign>true</DelaySign>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>