diff --git a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api/FilterLists.Directory.Api.csproj b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api/FilterLists.Directory.Api.csproj
index c376bd7e3..7bb917fb8 100644
--- a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api/FilterLists.Directory.Api.csproj
+++ b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api/FilterLists.Directory.Api.csproj
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi" Version="9.0.2" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="9.0.2">
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="8.0.13">
             <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
             <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
         </PackageReference>
diff --git a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/ConfigurationExtensions.cs b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
index 076ec2060..0f8ddb0d3 100644
--- a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
+++ b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@ public static void AddInfrastructure(this IHostApplicationBuilder builder)
                 .UseQueryTrackingBehavior(QueryTrackingBehavior.NoTracking)
                 .EnableSensitiveDataLogging(string.Equals(
                     Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DOTNET_RUNNING_EF_CORE_TOOLS"), "true",
-                    StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                
-                // TODO: use new seeding pattern https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/what-is-new/ef-core-9.0/whatsnew#improved-data-seeding
-                .ConfigureWarnings(w => w.Ignore(RelationalEventId.PendingModelChangesWarning)));
+                    StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)));
         
         builder.Services.AddHostedService<MigrationService>();
         builder.Services.AddMemoryCache();
diff --git a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure.csproj b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure.csproj
index 2d769516b..6f45a0af0 100644
--- a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure.csproj
+++ b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure/FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="Aspire.Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="9.0.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Aspire.Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="8.2.2" />
         <PackageReference Include="JetBrains.Annotations" Version="2024.3.0"/>
     </ItemGroup>