diff --git a/ReactiveExample/ReactiveExample.csproj b/ReactiveExample/ReactiveExample.csproj
index 6c4b3c0a9..d6afc18ff 100644
--- a/ReactiveExample/ReactiveExample.csproj
+++ b/ReactiveExample/ReactiveExample.csproj
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
     <InformationalVersion>1.10.1+6.Branch.main.Sha.f7ee66ddbf8dbcfb0d96af7d63789879091670ec</InformationalVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="ReactiveUI.Fody" Version="19.2.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="ReactiveUI" Version="19.2.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="ReactiveUI.Fody" Version="19.4.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="ReactiveUI" Version="19.4.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="ReactiveMarbles.ObservableEvents.SourceGenerator" Version="1.2.3" PrivateAssets="all" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/CursesDriver/binding.cs b/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/CursesDriver/binding.cs
index 9da53fd03..5e73f065a 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/CursesDriver/binding.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/CursesDriver/binding.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 //
 using System;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Terminal.Gui;
 
 namespace Unix.Terminal {
 #pragma warning disable CS1591 // Missing XML comment for publicly visible type or member
@@ -93,7 +94,8 @@ namespace Unix.Terminal {
 
 					if (attempts == 1) {
 						attempts++;
-						if (Microsoft.DotNet.PlatformAbstractions.RuntimeEnvironment.OperatingSystem.Contains ("opensuse")) {
+						var (exitCode, result) = ClipboardProcessRunner.Bash ("cat /etc/os-release", waitForOutput: true);
+						if (exitCode == 0 && result.Contains ("opensuse")) {
 							libs [0] = "libncursesw.so.5";
 						}
 					} else {
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/WindowsDriver.cs b/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/WindowsDriver.cs
index 4f6a73eb2..ccc77044a 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/WindowsDriver.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/WindowsDriver.cs
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 						keyUpHandler (new KeyEvent (map, keyModifiers));
 					}
 				}
-				if (!inputEvent.KeyEvent.bKeyDown) {
+				if (!inputEvent.KeyEvent.bKeyDown && (inputEvent.KeyEvent.dwControlKeyState == 0 || inputEvent.KeyEvent.dwControlKeyState == WindowsConsole.ControlKeyState.EnhancedKey)) {
 					keyModifiers = null;
 				}
 				break;
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Terminal.Gui.csproj b/Terminal.Gui/Terminal.Gui.csproj
index 9694ca019..08f4e1dc1 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Terminal.Gui.csproj
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Terminal.Gui.csproj
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
     <InformationalVersion>1.0</InformationalVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.PlatformAbstractions" Version="3.1.6" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" Version="1.0.3" PrivateAssets="all" />
     <PackageReference Include="NStack.Core" Version="1.0.7" />
     <InternalsVisibleTo Include="UnitTests" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -53,7 +51,7 @@
   <!-- Enable Nuget Source Link for github -->
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.1.1" PrivateAssets="All" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Management" Version="7.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Management" Version="7.0.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>net472;netstandard2.1;net7.0</TargetFrameworks>
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Views/Menu.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Views/Menu.cs
index 2244531d1..9a825dd6b 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Views/Menu.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Views/Menu.cs
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 					}
 					return true;
 				}
-				if (mi is MenuBarItem menuBarItem && !menuBarItem.IsTopLevel && FindAndOpenMenuByShortcut (kb, menuBarItem.Children)) {
+				if (mi is MenuBarItem menuBarItem && menuBarItem.Children != null && !menuBarItem.IsTopLevel && FindAndOpenMenuByShortcut (kb, menuBarItem.Children)) {
 					return true;
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/UnitTests/Menus/MenuTests.cs b/UnitTests/Menus/MenuTests.cs
index b82450c9c..dc851b44c 100644
--- a/UnitTests/Menus/MenuTests.cs
+++ b/UnitTests/Menus/MenuTests.cs
@@ -1734,5 +1734,17 @@ Edit
 │                                      │
 └──────────────────────────────────────┘", output);
 		}
+
+		[Fact, AutoInitShutdown]
+		public void MenuBarItem_Children_Null_Does_Not_Throw ()
+		{
+			var menu = new MenuBar (new MenuBarItem [] {
+				new MenuBarItem("Test", "", null)
+			});
+			Application.Top.Add (menu);
+
+			var exception = Record.Exception (() => menu.ProcessColdKey (new KeyEvent (Key.Space, new KeyModifiers ())));
+			Assert.Null (exception);
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/UnitTests/UnitTests.csproj b/UnitTests/UnitTests.csproj
index 516909d83..24ac50fd7 100644
--- a/UnitTests/UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/UnitTests/UnitTests.csproj
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
     <DefineConstants>TRACE;DEBUG_IDISPOSABLE</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.6.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="ReportGenerator" Version="5.1.21" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.6.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="ReportGenerator" Version="5.1.23" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Collections" Version="4.3.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.4.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.4.5">
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.5.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.5.0">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>