diff --git a/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/AsymmetricEncryption/DsaEncryptor.cs b/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/AsymmetricEncryption/DsaEncryptor.cs
index f2029ca11f..5f45d5165b 100644
--- a/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/AsymmetricEncryption/DsaEncryptor.cs
+++ b/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/AsymmetricEncryption/DsaEncryptor.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Generators;
+using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Digests;
+using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Generators;
 using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Parameters;
 using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto;
 using Org.BouncyCastle.Security;
@@ -11,9 +12,9 @@ public static class DsaEncryptor
     public static AsymmetricCipherKeyPair GenerateDsaKeyPair()
     {
         // Create DSA parameters
-        var dsaParamsGenerator = new DsaParametersGenerator();
+        var dsaParamsGenerator = new DsaParametersGenerator(new Sha256Digest());
         var random = new SecureRandom();
-        dsaParamsGenerator.Init(1024, 80, random); // key size: 1024 bits, certainty: 80
+        dsaParamsGenerator.Init(new DsaParameterGenerationParameters(2048, 256, 80, random)); // key size: 2048 bits, q size: 256 bits, certainty: 80
 
         // Generate DSA key pair
         var dsaParams = dsaParamsGenerator.GenerateParameters();
diff --git a/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/AsymmetricEncryption/RsaEncryptor.cs b/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/AsymmetricEncryption/RsaEncryptor.cs
index 720e7e5ea6..f10c91b560 100644
--- a/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/AsymmetricEncryption/RsaEncryptor.cs
+++ b/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/AsymmetricEncryption/RsaEncryptor.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Encodings;
+using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Digests;
+using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Encodings;
 using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Engines;
 using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Generators;
 using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto;
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ public static byte[] RsaEncrypt(string input, AsymmetricKeyParameter publicKey)
     {
         var inputBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(input);
 
-        var cipher = new Pkcs1Encoding(new RsaEngine());
+        var cipher = new OaepEncoding(new RsaEngine(), new Sha256Digest());
 
         cipher.Init(true, publicKey);
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ public static byte[] RsaEncrypt(string input, AsymmetricKeyParameter publicKey)
 
     public static string RsaDecrypt(byte[] encryptedBytes, AsymmetricKeyParameter privateKey)
     {
-        var cipher = new Pkcs1Encoding(new RsaEngine());
+        var cipher = new OaepEncoding(new RsaEngine(), new Sha256Digest());
 
         // Initialize the cipher for decryption with the private key
         cipher.Init(false, privateKey);
diff --git a/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography.csproj b/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography.csproj
index 02341e438a..610cd0d701 100644
--- a/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography.csproj
+++ b/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="BouncyCastle.Cryptography" Version="2.3.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="BouncyCastle.Cryptography" Version="2.7.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/Program.cs b/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/Program.cs
index f946250fda..8ed4dc0866 100644
--- a/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/Program.cs
+++ b/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/Program.cs
@@ -3,17 +3,18 @@
 using BouncyCastleCryptography.SymmetricEncryption;
 
 var input = "Hello, Bouncy Castle!";
+var secretValue = "This is my password! Dont read me!";
 
 // HASHING
 Console.WriteLine("Hashing:");
 
-var hash = Md5Hasher.Md5Hash(input);
+var hash = Md5Hasher.Md5Hash(secretValue);
 
 var hashAsStr = Convert.ToBase64String(hash);
 
 Console.WriteLine("MD5 hash result: " + hashAsStr);
 
-hash = ShaHasher.ShaHash(input);
+hash = ShaHasher.ShaHash(secretValue);
 
 hashAsStr = Convert.ToBase64String(hash);
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
 
 var password = "mysecretpassword";
 
-encryptedData = BlowfishEncryptor.BlowfishEncrypt(input, password, out byte[] iv2);
+encryptedData = BlowfishEncryptor.BlowfishEncrypt(input, password, out byte[] salt, out byte[] iv2);
 
 encryptedString = Convert.ToBase64String(encryptedData);
 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@
 
 var signature = DsaEncryptor.DsaSign(input, keyPair2.Private);
 
-var signatureAsStr = Convert.ToBase64String(encryptedData);
+var signatureAsStr = Convert.ToBase64String(signature);
 
 var isSignatureValid = DsaEncryptor.DsaVerify(input, signature, keyPair2.Public);
 
diff --git a/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/SymmetricEncryption/AesEncryptor.cs b/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/SymmetricEncryption/AesEncryptor.cs
index feacb6bfaa..31fc430c60 100644
--- a/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/SymmetricEncryption/AesEncryptor.cs
+++ b/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/SymmetricEncryption/AesEncryptor.cs
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ public static string AesDecrypt(byte[] key, byte[] iv, byte[] encryptedBytes)
         // Decrypt the encrypted data
         var decryptedBytes = cipher.DoFinal(encryptedBytes);
 
-        var decryptedString = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(decryptedBytes);
-
-        return decryptedString;
+        return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(decryptedBytes);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/SymmetricEncryption/BlowfishEncryptor.cs b/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/SymmetricEncryption/BlowfishEncryptor.cs
index 3ca5078c87..31a520dc26 100644
--- a/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/SymmetricEncryption/BlowfishEncryptor.cs
+++ b/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptography/SymmetricEncryption/BlowfishEncryptor.cs
@@ -1,46 +1,53 @@
-using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Parameters;
-using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto;
+using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Digests;
+using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Generators;
+using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Parameters;
 using Org.BouncyCastle.Security;
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
-namespace BouncyCastleCryptography.SymmetricEncryption
+namespace BouncyCastleCryptography.SymmetricEncryption;
+
+public static class BlowfishEncryptor
 {
-    public class BlowfishEncryptor
+    private const int Iterations = 600_000;
+
+    public static byte[] BlowfishEncrypt(string input, string password, out byte[] salt, out byte[] iv)
     {
-        public static byte[] BlowfishEncrypt(string input, string password, out byte[] iv)
-        {
-            var inputBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(input);
+        var inputBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(input);
+
+        var random = new SecureRandom();
+        salt = new byte[16];
+        random.NextBytes(salt);
+        iv = new byte[8]; // Blowfish uses an 8-byte (64-bit) IV
+        random.NextBytes(iv);
+
+        var cipher = CipherUtilities.GetCipher("Blowfish/CBC/PKCS7Padding");
 
-            var random = new SecureRandom();
-            iv = new byte[8]; // Blowfish uses an 8-byte (64-bit) IV
-            random.NextBytes(iv);
+        var keyParam = DeriveKey(password, salt);
 
-            var cipher = CipherUtilities.GetCipher("Blowfish/CBC/PKCS7Padding");
+        cipher.Init(true, new ParametersWithIV(keyParam, iv));
 
-            var keyBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(password);
-            var keyParam = new KeyParameter(keyBytes);
+        return cipher.DoFinal(inputBytes);
+    }
 
-            cipher.Init(true, new ParametersWithIV(keyParam, iv));
+    public static string BlowfishDecrypt(byte[] encryptedBytes, string password, byte[] salt, byte[] iv)
+    {
+        var cipher = CipherUtilities.GetCipher("Blowfish/CBC/PKCS7Padding");
 
-            return cipher.DoFinal(inputBytes);
-        }
+        var keyParam = DeriveKey(password, salt);
 
-        public static string BlowfishDecrypt(byte[] encryptedBytes, string password, byte[] iv)
-        {
-            var cipher = CipherUtilities.GetCipher("Blowfish/CBC/PKCS7Padding");
+        cipher.Init(false, new ParametersWithIV(keyParam, iv));
 
-            var keyBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(password);
-            var keyParam = new KeyParameter(keyBytes);
+        var plainBytes = cipher.DoFinal(encryptedBytes);
 
-            cipher.Init(false, new ParametersWithIV(keyParam, iv));
+        return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(plainBytes);
+    }
 
-            var plainBytes = cipher.DoFinal(encryptedBytes);
+    private static KeyParameter DeriveKey(string password, byte[] salt)
+    {
+        // PBKDF2 with HMAC-SHA256 stretches the password and salt into a 128-bit key
+        var generator = new Pkcs5S2ParametersGenerator(new Sha256Digest());
+        generator.Init(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(password), salt, Iterations);
 
-            return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(plainBytes);
-        }
+        return (KeyParameter)generator.GenerateDerivedParameters("Blowfish", 128);
     }
 }
diff --git a/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptographyTests/BouncyCastleCryptographyTests.csproj b/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptographyTests/BouncyCastleCryptographyTests.csproj
index 2544f81751..9ecff50130 100644
--- a/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptographyTests/BouncyCastleCryptographyTests.csproj
+++ b/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptographyTests/BouncyCastleCryptographyTests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
 
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector" Version="6.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.8.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" Version="3.1.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestFramework" Version="3.1.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector" Version="10.1.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.10.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" Version="4.5.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestFramework" Version="4.5.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptographyTests/HashingUnitTests.cs b/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptographyTests/HashingUnitTests.cs
index 71411fff46..b90879f48e 100644
--- a/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptographyTests/HashingUnitTests.cs
+++ b/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptographyTests/HashingUnitTests.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ public class HashingUnitTests
     [TestMethod]
     public void GivenSecretData_WhenMd5IsUsed_ThenSecretIsHashed()
     {
-        var secretValue = "This is my pasword! Dont read me!";
+        var secretValue = "This is my password! Dont read me!";
 
         var hash = Md5Hasher.Md5Hash(secretValue);
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public void GivenSecretData_WhenMd5IsUsed_ThenSecretIsHashed()
     [TestMethod]
     public void GivenSecretData_WhenMd5HashingMultipleTimes_ThenResultIsDeterministic()
     {
-        var secretValue = "This is my pasword! Dont read me!";
+        var secretValue = "This is my password! Dont read me!";
 
         var hash = Md5Hasher.Md5Hash(secretValue);
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public void GivenSecretData_WhenMd5HashingMultipleTimes_ThenResultIsDeterministi
     [TestMethod]
     public void GivenSecretData_WhenShaIsUsed_ThenSecretIsHashed()
     {
-        var secretValue = "This is my pasword! Dont read me!";
+        var secretValue = "This is my password! Dont read me!";
 
         var hash = ShaHasher.ShaHash(secretValue);
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public void GivenSecretData_WhenShaIsUsed_ThenSecretIsHashed()
     [TestMethod]
     public void GivenSecretData_WhenShaHashingMultipleTimes_ThenResultIsDeterministic()
     {
-        var secretValue = "This is my pasword! Dont read me!";
+        var secretValue = "This is my password! Dont read me!";
 
         var hash = ShaHasher.ShaHash(secretValue);
 
@@ -48,4 +48,24 @@ public void GivenSecretData_WhenShaHashingMultipleTimes_ThenResultIsDeterministi
 
         CollectionAssert.AreEqual(hash, hash2);
     }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void GivenSecretData_WhenMd5IsUsed_ThenHashMatchesKnownValue()
+    {
+        var secretValue = "This is my password! Dont read me!";
+
+        var hash = Md5Hasher.Md5Hash(secretValue);
+
+        Assert.AreEqual("l5aMGrOOPOxm6i6cRK/sqA==", Convert.ToBase64String(hash));
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void GivenSecretData_WhenShaIsUsed_ThenHashMatchesKnownValue()
+    {
+        var secretValue = "This is my password! Dont read me!";
+
+        var hash = ShaHasher.ShaHash(secretValue);
+
+        Assert.AreEqual("SSNYFZG3vQSGtXqZVaSZry4QBm4uueLwegd/gd6H8ns=", Convert.ToBase64String(hash));
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptographyTests/SymmetricEncryptionUnitTests.cs b/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptographyTests/SymmetricEncryptionUnitTests.cs
index 752d0ea580..f944c48020 100644
--- a/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptographyTests/SymmetricEncryptionUnitTests.cs
+++ b/authorization-dotnet/BouncyCastleCryptography/BouncyCastleCryptographyTests/SymmetricEncryptionUnitTests.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ public void GivenSecretData_WhenAesEncrypting_ThenDataIsEncrypted()
     {
         var input = "Hello, Bouncy Castle!";
 
-        var encryptedData = AesEncryptor.AesEncrypt(input, out byte[] iv, out byte[] key);
+        var encryptedData = AesEncryptor.AesEncrypt(input, out _, out _);
 
         var encryptedString = Convert.ToBase64String(encryptedData);
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public void GivenSecretData_WhenBlowfishEncrypting_ThenDataIsEncrypted()
         var input = "Hello, Bouncy Castle!";
         var password = "mysecretpassword";
 
-        var encryptedBytes = BlowfishEncryptor.BlowfishEncrypt(input, password, out byte[] iv);
+        var encryptedBytes = BlowfishEncryptor.BlowfishEncrypt(input, password, out _, out _);
 
         var encryptedString = Convert.ToBase64String(encryptedBytes);
 
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ public void GivenSecretData_WhenBlowfishEncrypting_ThenDataCanBeDecrypted()
         var input = "Hello, Bouncy Castle!";
         var password = "mysecretpassword";
 
-        var encryptedBytes = BlowfishEncryptor.BlowfishEncrypt(input, password, out byte[] iv);
+        var encryptedBytes = BlowfishEncryptor.BlowfishEncrypt(input, password, out byte[] salt, out byte[] iv);
 
-        var myDecryptedStr = BlowfishEncryptor.BlowfishDecrypt(encryptedBytes, password, iv);
+        var myDecryptedStr = BlowfishEncryptor.BlowfishDecrypt(encryptedBytes, password, salt, iv);
 
         Assert.IsNotNull(myDecryptedStr);
         Assert.AreEqual(input, myDecryptedStr);