From 496747381679474c7c160cc6b6cfd44f93c3a6b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:03:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Bump MessagePack from 2.4.59 to 2.5.187

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: MessagePack
  dependency-version: 2.5.187
  dependency-type: direct:production
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 .../Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid.csproj             | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid.csproj b/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid.csproj
index f3a40f0..260ceef 100644
--- a/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid.csproj
+++ b/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Foundatio.Redis" Version="10.6.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="MessagePack" Version="2.4.59" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MessagePack" Version="2.5.187" />
     <PackageReference Include="Neolution.CodeAnalysis" Version="2.6.1">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>

From f75c77b8a5ffae7e8c1da7338e91293c7312d12c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sandro Ciervo <sandro.ciervo@neolution.ch>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:22:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Bump MessagePack to 2.5.198

Updates the MessagePack package across relevant projects for improved serialization and deserialization.

Additionally, this change adds a null check to the deserialization process in `MsgPackSerializer.cs` to prevent unexpected null returns.
---
 .../Neolution.Extensions.Caching.Distributed.csproj            | 2 +-
 Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid/MsgPackSerializer.cs  | 3 ++-
 .../Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid.csproj            | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.Distributed/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.Distributed.csproj b/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.Distributed/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.Distributed.csproj
index fb55735..446a296 100644
--- a/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.Distributed/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.Distributed.csproj
+++ b/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.Distributed/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.Distributed.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="MessagePack" Version="2.5.187" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MessagePack" Version="2.5.198" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Abstractions" Version="6.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="6.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Neolution.CodeAnalysis" Version="2.6.1">
diff --git a/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid/MsgPackSerializer.cs b/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid/MsgPackSerializer.cs
index 730c3db..bff7b81 100644
--- a/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid/MsgPackSerializer.cs
+++ b/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid/MsgPackSerializer.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ public class MsgPackSerializer : ISerializer
         /// <returns>The deserialized object</returns>
         public object Deserialize(Stream data, Type objectType)
         {
-            return MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize(objectType, data, this.options);
+            return MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize(objectType, data, this.options)
+                ?? throw new InvalidOperationException($"Deserialization returned null for type '{objectType}'.");
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid.csproj b/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid.csproj
index 260ceef..ecdd485 100644
--- a/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid.csproj
+++ b/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid/Neolution.Extensions.Caching.RedisHybrid.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Foundatio.Redis" Version="10.6.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="MessagePack" Version="2.5.187" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MessagePack" Version="2.5.198" />
     <PackageReference Include="Neolution.CodeAnalysis" Version="2.6.1">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>