diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 03fa0e24fd4..5786b4478ec 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Version settings">
     <MajorVersion>9</MajorVersion>
-    <MinorVersion>7</MinorVersion>
+    <MinorVersion>8</MinorVersion>
     <PatchVersion>0</PatchVersion>
     <PreReleaseVersionLabel>preview</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
     <PreReleaseVersionIteration>1</PreReleaseVersionIteration>
     <VersionPrefix>$(MajorVersion).$(MinorVersion).$(PatchVersion)</VersionPrefix>
-    <ApiCompatBaselineVersion>9.5.0</ApiCompatBaselineVersion>
+    <ApiCompatBaselineVersion>9.6.0</ApiCompatBaselineVersion>
     <AssemblyVersion>$(MajorVersion).$(MinorVersion).0.0</AssemblyVersion>
     <!--
         When StabilizePackageVersion is set to 'true', this branch will produce stable outputs for 'Shipping' packages
diff --git a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring/CompatibilitySuppressions.xml b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring/CompatibilitySuppressions.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6526176c304..00000000000
--- a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring/CompatibilitySuppressions.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/fundamentals/package-validation/diagnostic-ids -->
-<Suppressions xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
-  <Suppression>
-    <DiagnosticId>CP0002</DiagnosticId>
-    <Target>M:Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring.ResourceMonitoringOptions.get_EnableDiskIoMetrics</Target>
-    <Left>lib/net462/Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring.dll</Left>
-    <Right>lib/net462/Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring.dll</Right>
-    <IsBaselineSuppression>true</IsBaselineSuppression>
-  </Suppression>
-  <Suppression>
-    <DiagnosticId>CP0002</DiagnosticId>
-    <Target>M:Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring.ResourceMonitoringOptions.set_EnableDiskIoMetrics(System.Boolean)</Target>
-    <Left>lib/net462/Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring.dll</Left>
-    <Right>lib/net462/Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring.dll</Right>
-    <IsBaselineSuppression>true</IsBaselineSuppression>
-  </Suppression>
-  <Suppression>
-    <DiagnosticId>CP0002</DiagnosticId>
-    <Target>M:Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring.ResourceMonitoringOptions.get_EnableDiskIoMetrics</Target>
-    <Left>lib/net8.0/Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring.dll</Left>
-    <Right>lib/net8.0/Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring.dll</Right>
-    <IsBaselineSuppression>true</IsBaselineSuppression>
-  </Suppression>
-  <Suppression>
-    <DiagnosticId>CP0002</DiagnosticId>
-    <Target>M:Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring.ResourceMonitoringOptions.set_EnableDiskIoMetrics(System.Boolean)</Target>
-    <Left>lib/net8.0/Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring.dll</Left>
-    <Right>lib/net8.0/Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring.dll</Right>
-    <IsBaselineSuppression>true</IsBaselineSuppression>
-  </Suppression>
-  <Suppression>
-    <DiagnosticId>CP0002</DiagnosticId>
-    <Target>M:Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring.ResourceMonitoringOptions.get_EnableDiskIoMetrics</Target>
-    <Left>lib/net9.0/Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring.dll</Left>
-    <Right>lib/net9.0/Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring.dll</Right>
-    <IsBaselineSuppression>true</IsBaselineSuppression>
-  </Suppression>
-  <Suppression>
-    <DiagnosticId>CP0002</DiagnosticId>
-    <Target>M:Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring.ResourceMonitoringOptions.set_EnableDiskIoMetrics(System.Boolean)</Target>
-    <Left>lib/net9.0/Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring.dll</Left>
-    <Right>lib/net9.0/Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.ResourceMonitoring.dll</Right>
-    <IsBaselineSuppression>true</IsBaselineSuppression>
-  </Suppression>
-</Suppressions>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.AzureOpenAI_Qdrant_Aspire.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults.csproj b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.AzureOpenAI_Qdrant_Aspire.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults.csproj
index 8f588a6bef4..b54a7690839 100644
--- a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.AzureOpenAI_Qdrant_Aspire.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults.csproj
+++ b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.AzureOpenAI_Qdrant_Aspire.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience" Version="9.7.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience" Version="9.8.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ServiceDiscovery" Version="9.3.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol" Version="1.12.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting" Version="1.12.0" />
diff --git a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.AzureOpenAI_Qdrant_Aspire.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.Web/aichatweb.Web.csproj b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.AzureOpenAI_Qdrant_Aspire.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.Web/aichatweb.Web.csproj
index e76ef5b53f6..e3e384f86da 100644
--- a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.AzureOpenAI_Qdrant_Aspire.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.Web/aichatweb.Web.csproj
+++ b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.AzureOpenAI_Qdrant_Aspire.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.Web/aichatweb.Web.csproj
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Aspire.Azure.AI.OpenAI" Version="9.3.0-preview.1.25265.20" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI" Version="9.7.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI" Version="9.7.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI" Version="9.8.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI" Version="9.8.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Core" Version="1.53.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="PdfPig" Version="0.1.10" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Linq.Async" Version="6.0.1" />
diff --git a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.Basic.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.csproj b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.Basic.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.csproj
index a00ffe716f9..fd2138900b0 100644
--- a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.Basic.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.csproj
+++ b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.Basic.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.csproj
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI" Version="9.7.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI" Version="9.7.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI" Version="9.8.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI" Version="9.8.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Core" Version="1.53.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="PdfPig" Version="0.1.10" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Linq.Async" Version="6.0.1" />
diff --git a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.BasicAspire.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults.csproj b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.BasicAspire.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults.csproj
index 8f588a6bef4..b54a7690839 100644
--- a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.BasicAspire.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults.csproj
+++ b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.BasicAspire.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience" Version="9.7.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience" Version="9.8.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ServiceDiscovery" Version="9.3.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol" Version="1.12.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting" Version="1.12.0" />
diff --git a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.BasicAspire.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.Web/aichatweb.Web.csproj b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.BasicAspire.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.Web/aichatweb.Web.csproj
index 13d362a5b15..9a1b1da5279 100644
--- a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.BasicAspire.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.Web/aichatweb.Web.csproj
+++ b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.BasicAspire.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.Web/aichatweb.Web.csproj
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Aspire.Azure.AI.OpenAI" Version="9.3.0-preview.1.25265.20" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI" Version="9.7.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI" Version="9.7.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI" Version="9.8.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI" Version="9.8.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Core" Version="1.53.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="PdfPig" Version="0.1.10" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Linq.Async" Version="6.0.1" />
diff --git a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.Ollama_Qdrant.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults.csproj b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.Ollama_Qdrant.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults.csproj
index 8f588a6bef4..b54a7690839 100644
--- a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.Ollama_Qdrant.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults.csproj
+++ b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.Ollama_Qdrant.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults/aichatweb.ServiceDefaults.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience" Version="9.7.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience" Version="9.8.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ServiceDiscovery" Version="9.3.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol" Version="1.12.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting" Version="1.12.0" />
diff --git a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.Ollama_Qdrant.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.Web/aichatweb.Web.csproj b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.Ollama_Qdrant.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.Web/aichatweb.Web.csproj
index a69db54eabc..74fed505bde 100644
--- a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.Ollama_Qdrant.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.Web/aichatweb.Web.csproj
+++ b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.Ollama_Qdrant.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.Web/aichatweb.Web.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.Aspire.OllamaSharp" Version="9.4.1-beta.291" />
     <PackageReference Include="OllamaSharp" Version="5.1.18" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI" Version="9.7.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI" Version="9.8.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Core" Version="1.53.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="PdfPig" Version="0.1.10" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Linq.Async" Version="6.0.1" />
diff --git a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.OpenAI_AzureAISearch.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.csproj b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.OpenAI_AzureAISearch.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.csproj
index 01d4728712a..66360fa60a0 100644
--- a/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.OpenAI_AzureAISearch.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.csproj
+++ b/test/ProjectTemplates/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates.IntegrationTests/Snapshots/aichatweb.OpenAI_AzureAISearch.verified/aichatweb/aichatweb.csproj
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI" Version="9.7.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI" Version="9.8.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Azure.Identity" Version="1.14.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI" Version="9.7.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI" Version="9.8.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Core" Version="1.53.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="PdfPig" Version="0.1.10" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Linq.Async" Version="6.0.1" />