diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index eba94e254..78b9d1912 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -54,18 +54,18 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Tmds.ExecFunction" Version="0.8.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.v3" Version="$(XunitV3Version)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="$(XunitRunnerVisualstudioVersion)" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Buffers" Version="4.6.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Buffers" Version="4.6.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Collections.Immutable" Version="8.0.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="8.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="8.0.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Linq.Async" Version="6.0.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Memory" Version="4.6.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="8.0.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe" Version="6.1.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe" Version="6.1.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs" Version="6.0.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="8.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="8.0.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.RegularExpressions" Version="4.3.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" Version="4.6.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" Version="4.6.3" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 6dfc6666e..8b2877a60 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
     "sdk": {
-        "version": "8.0.407"
+        "version": "8.0.409"
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/coverlet.core.coverage.tests/Coverage/CoverageTests.AsyncAwait.cs b/test/coverlet.core.coverage.tests/Coverage/CoverageTests.AsyncAwait.cs
index 2cd661086..7ede65ced 100644
--- a/test/coverlet.core.coverage.tests/Coverage/CoverageTests.AsyncAwait.cs
+++ b/test/coverlet.core.coverage.tests/Coverage/CoverageTests.AsyncAwait.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Coverlet.Core;
@@ -102,9 +103,11 @@ public void AsyncAwait_Issue_669_1()
       }
     }
 
-    [Fact(Skip = "Unhandled exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Sequence contains more than one matching element, InstrumenterHelper.cs:line 139 ")]
+    [Fact]
     public void AsyncAwait_Issue_669_2()
     {
+      // fails on CI with Windows OS - unknown reason - successfully executed locally (CLI)
+      Assert.SkipWhen(RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows), "This test is skipped on Windows for CI environment");
       string path = Path.GetTempFileName();
       try
       {
diff --git a/test/coverlet.core.coverage.tests/Coverage/CoverageTests.DoesNotReturn.cs b/test/coverlet.core.coverage.tests/Coverage/CoverageTests.DoesNotReturn.cs
index 408ac6417..6babc6738 100644
--- a/test/coverlet.core.coverage.tests/Coverage/CoverageTests.DoesNotReturn.cs
+++ b/test/coverlet.core.coverage.tests/Coverage/CoverageTests.DoesNotReturn.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public void NoBranches_DoesNotReturnAttribute_InstrumentsCorrect()
       }
     }
 
-    [Fact(Skip = "xunit.v3 '(Explicit=true)' (System.Console.ReadKey, Instrumentation.DoesNotReturn.cs line 22) ")]
+    [Fact]
     public void If_DoesNotReturnAttribute_InstrumentsCorrect()
     {
       string path = Path.GetTempFileName();
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public void If_DoesNotReturnAttribute_InstrumentsCorrect()
       }
     }
 
-    [Fact(Skip = "xunit.v3 '(Explicit=true)' (System.Console.ReadKey, Instrumentation.DoesNotReturn.cs line 36) ")]
+    [Fact]
     public void Switch_DoesNotReturnAttribute_InstrumentsCorrect()
     {
       string path = Path.GetTempFileName();
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public void Switch_DoesNotReturnAttribute_InstrumentsCorrect()
       }
     }
 
-    [Fact(Skip = "xunit.v3 '(Explicit=true)' (System.Console.ReadKey, Instrumentation.DoesNotReturn.cs line 37) ")]
+    [Fact]
     public void Subtle_DoesNotReturnAttribute_InstrumentsCorrect()
     {
       string path = Path.GetTempFileName();
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public void Subtle_DoesNotReturnAttribute_InstrumentsCorrect()
       }
     }
 
-    [Fact(Skip = "xunit.v3 '(Explicit=true)' (System.Console.ReadKey, Instrumentation.DoesNotReturn.cs line 107) ")]
+    [Fact]
     public void UnreachableBranch_DoesNotReturnAttribute_InstrumentsCorrect()
     {
       string path = Path.GetTempFileName();