diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 67b7aceed..85a826755 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ A third-party Golang SDK for Jackett is available from [webtor-io/go-jackett](ht
 
 #### Supported Systems
 * Windows 7 SP1 or greater
-* Linux [supported operating systems here](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/master/release-notes/5.0/5.0-supported-os.md#linux)
+* Linux [supported operating systems here](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/6.0/supported-os.md#linux)
 * macOS 10.13 or greater
 
 <details> <summary> <b> Supported Public Trackers </b> </summary>
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ We recommend you install Jackett as a Windows service using the supplied install
 
 To get started with using the installer for Jackett, follow the steps below:
 
-1. Check if you need any .NET prerequisites installed, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/windows?tabs=net50#dependencies
+1. Check if you need any .NET prerequisites installed, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/windows?tabs=net60#dependencies
 2. Download the latest version of the Windows installer, "Jackett.Installer.Windows.exe" from the [releases](https://github.com/Jackett/Jackett/releases/latest) page.
 3. When prompted if you would like this app to make changes to your computer, select "yes".
 4. If you would like to install Jackett as a Windows Service, make sure the "Install as Windows Service" checkbox is filled.
@@ -853,21 +853,21 @@ git clone https://github.com/Jackett/Jackett.git
 cd Jackett/src
 
 # dotnet core version
-dotnet publish Jackett.Server -f net5.0 --self-contained -r osx-x64 -c Debug # takes care of everything
-./Jackett.Server/bin/Debug/net5.0/osx-x64/jackett # run jackett
+dotnet publish Jackett.Server -f net6.0 --self-contained -r osx-x64 -c Debug # takes care of everything
+./Jackett.Server/bin/Debug/net6.0/osx-x64/jackett # run jackett
 ```
 
 ### Linux
 
 
 ```bash
-sudo apt install nuget msbuild dotnet-sdk-5.0 # install build tools (Debian/ubuntu)
+sudo apt install nuget msbuild dotnet-sdk-6.0 # install build tools (Debian/ubuntu)
 git clone https://github.com/Jackett/Jackett.git
 cd Jackett/src
 
 # dotnet core version
-dotnet publish Jackett.Server -f net5.0 --self-contained -r linux-x64 -c Debug # takes care of everything
-./Jackett.Server/bin/Debug/net5.0/linux-x64/jackett # run jackett
+dotnet publish Jackett.Server -f net6.0 --self-contained -r linux-x64 -c Debug # takes care of everything
+./Jackett.Server/bin/Debug/net6.0/linux-x64/jackett # run jackett
 ```
 
 ## Screenshots
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index b1925c965..a864e4cfe 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 name: $(majorVersion).$(minorVersion).$(patchVersion)
 variables:
   majorVersion: 0
-  minorVersion: 19
+  minorVersion: 20
   patchVersion: $[counter(variables['minorVersion'], 1)]  # this will reset when we bump minor
   jackettVersion: $(majorVersion).$(minorVersion).$(patchVersion)
   buildConfiguration: Release
-  netCoreFramework: net5.0
-  netCoreSdkVersion: 5.0.x
+  netCoreFramework: net6.0
+  netCoreSdkVersion: 6.0.x
   # system.debug: true
 
 trigger:
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ stages:
             inputs:
               command: build
               projects: '**/*.Test*/*.csproj'
-              arguments: '--configuration $(buildConfiguration) --runtime $(runtime) --framework $(framework)'
+              arguments: '--configuration $(buildConfiguration) --runtime $(runtime) --framework $(framework) --no-self-contained'
 
           - task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
             displayName: Unit Tests (Mono, Linux and macOS)
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ stages:
             inputs:
               command: test
               projects: '**/*.Test*/*.csproj'
-              arguments: '--configuration $(buildConfiguration) --framework $(framework) --runtime $(runtime)'
+              arguments: '--configuration $(buildConfiguration) --runtime $(runtime) --framework $(framework)'
               testRunTitle: 'Unit - $(buildDescription) - $(Build.BuildId)'
 
           - task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Jackett.Common.csproj b/src/Jackett.Common/Jackett.Common.csproj
index 65bf87d15..2c777a3dd 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Jackett.Common.csproj
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Jackett.Common.csproj
@@ -10,24 +10,24 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="AngleSharp" Version="0.14.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Autofac" Version="5.2.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="AngleSharp" Version="0.16.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Autofac" Version="6.3.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="AutoMapper" Version="10.1.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="BencodeNET" Version="3.1.4" />
-    <PackageReference Include="FlareSolverrSharp" Version="2.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="BencodeNET" Version="4.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="FlareSolverrSharp" Version="2.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="CommandLineParser" Version="2.8.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="DotNet4.SocksProxy" Version="1.4.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http" Version="2.2.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities" Version="2.2.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" Version="4.7.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="MimeMapping" Version="1.0.1.30" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="12.0.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="4.7.5" />
-    <PackageReference Include="polly" Version="7.2.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="SharpZipLib" Version="1.2.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MimeMapping" Version="1.0.1.37" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="4.7.12" />
+    <PackageReference Include="polly" Version="7.2.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="SharpZipLib" Version="1.3.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.IO.FileSystem.AccessControl" Version="5.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" Version="5.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="YamlDotNet" Version="8.1.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" Version="6.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="YamlDotNet" Version="11.2.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Services/UpdateService.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Services/UpdateService.cs
index 7d1168dff..1f972938b 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Services/UpdateService.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Services/UpdateService.cs
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Services
                 Stream inStream = File.OpenRead(gzPath);
                 Stream gzipStream = new GZipInputStream(inStream);
 
-                var tarArchive = TarArchive.CreateInputTarArchive(gzipStream);
+                var tarArchive = TarArchive.CreateInputTarArchive(gzipStream, null);
                 tarArchive.ExtractContents(tempDir);
                 tarArchive.Close();
                 gzipStream.Close();
diff --git a/src/Jackett.IntegrationTests/Jackett.IntegrationTests.csproj b/src/Jackett.IntegrationTests/Jackett.IntegrationTests.csproj
index 04ca67187..d54fcdbf3 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.IntegrationTests/Jackett.IntegrationTests.csproj
+++ b/src/Jackett.IntegrationTests/Jackett.IntegrationTests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <NoWarn />
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>false</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.8.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" Version="2.1.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestFramework" Version="2.1.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" Version="2.2.7" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestFramework" Version="2.2.7" />
     <PackageReference Include="Selenium.Chrome.WebDriver" Version="85.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Selenium.WebDriver" Version="3.141.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Selenium.WebDriver" Version="4.0.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Server/Jackett.Server.csproj b/src/Jackett.Server/Jackett.Server.csproj
index 4a8b918f6..9774e369e 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Server/Jackett.Server.csproj
+++ b/src/Jackett.Server/Jackett.Server.csproj
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net5.0;net461</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net461</TargetFrameworks>
     <ApplicationIcon>jackett.ico</ApplicationIcon>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <NoWarn></NoWarn>
     <ServerGarbageCollection>false</ServerGarbageCollection>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(TargetFramework)|$(Platform)'=='Release|net5.0|AnyCPU'">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(TargetFramework)|$(Platform)'=='Release|net6.0|AnyCPU'">
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>false</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <WarningsAsErrors />
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(TargetFramework)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|net5.0|AnyCPU'">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(TargetFramework)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|net6.0|AnyCPU'">
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>false</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <WarningsAsErrors />
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@
     </Otherwise>
   </Choose>
 
-  <!-- Conditionally obtain references for the .NET 5.0 target -->
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net5.0' ">
+  <!-- Conditionally obtain references for the .NET 6.0 target -->
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net6.0' ">
     <PackageReference Include="Mono.Posix.NETStandard" Version="1.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson" Version="5.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="5.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData" Version="5.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson" Version="6.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="6.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData" Version="6.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- Conditionally obtain references for the .NET461 target -->
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Autofac" Version="5.2.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Autofac.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="6.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Autofac" Version="6.3.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Autofac.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="7.2.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="AutoMapper" Version="10.1.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="CommandLineParser" Version="2.8.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="4.7.5" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NLog.Web.AspNetCore" Version="4.9.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" Version="5.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="5.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="4.7.12" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NLog.Web.AspNetCore" Version="4.14.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" Version="6.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="6.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Server/Services/SecurityService.cs b/src/Jackett.Server/Services/SecurityService.cs
index 1d7f5853b..75ae04af1 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Server/Services/SecurityService.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Server/Services/SecurityService.cs
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ namespace Jackett.Server.Services
             byte[] hashValue;
             var message = UE.GetBytes(input);
 
+#pragma warning disable SYSLIB0021
             var hashString = new SHA512Managed();
-            var hex = "";
+#pragma warning restore SYSLIB0021
 
             hashValue = hashString.ComputeHash(message);
+            var hex = "";
             foreach (var x in hashValue)
             {
                 hex += string.Format("{0:x2}", x);
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Service/Jackett.Service.csproj b/src/Jackett.Service/Jackett.Service.csproj
index 205a02661..0737914d3 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Service/Jackett.Service.csproj
+++ b/src/Jackett.Service/Jackett.Service.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net5.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
     <AssemblyName>JackettService</AssemblyName>
     <ApplicationIcon>jackett.ico</ApplicationIcon>
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Test/Jackett.Test.csproj b/src/Jackett.Test/Jackett.Test.csproj
index 4e8240b9b..b5d66ce54 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Test/Jackett.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/Jackett.Test/Jackett.Test.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net5.0;net461</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net461</TargetFrameworks>
     <NoWarn />
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>false</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <WarningsAsErrors />
@@ -19,20 +19,20 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Autofac" Version="5.2.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="coverlet.msbuild" Version="2.9.0">
+    <PackageReference Include="Autofac" Version="6.3.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="coverlet.msbuild" Version="3.1.0">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" Version="5.10.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection" Version="5.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.8.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" Version="2.1.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestFramework" Version="2.1.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" Version="6.2.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection" Version="6.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" Version="2.2.7" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestFramework" Version="2.2.7" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="3.13.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit.ConsoleRunner" Version="3.12.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="4.1.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="5.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="6.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Tray/Jackett.Tray.csproj b/src/Jackett.Tray/Jackett.Tray.csproj
index 33b8f1eb2..c21e3ce16 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Tray/Jackett.Tray.csproj
+++ b/src/Jackett.Tray/Jackett.Tray.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net5.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
     <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
     <AssemblyName>JackettTray</AssemblyName>
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Updater/Jackett.Updater.csproj b/src/Jackett.Updater/Jackett.Updater.csproj
index 9d6b6d502..f536c127e 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Updater/Jackett.Updater.csproj
+++ b/src/Jackett.Updater/Jackett.Updater.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net461;net5.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net461</TargetFrameworks>
     <ApplicationIcon>jackett.ico</ApplicationIcon>
     <AssemblyName>JackettUpdater</AssemblyName>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
   <!-- Conditionally obtain references for the .NET461 target -->
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net461' ">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" Version="1.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" Version="1.0.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>