diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index bc38da9f39..5c7db60d2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 name: Build
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ 'master', 'release/**' ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
+  push:
     branches: [ 'master', 'release/**' ]
   release:
     types: [published]
@@ -57,17 +57,15 @@ jobs:
     - name: Git checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Restore tools
-      run: |
-        dotnet tool restore
+      run: dotnet tool restore
     - name: Restore packages
-      run: |
-        dotnet restore
+      run: dotnet restore
     - name: Calculate version suffix
       shell: pwsh
       run: |
         if ($env:GITHUB_REF_TYPE -eq 'tag') {
             # Get the version prefix/suffix from the git tag. For example: 'v1.0.0-preview1-final' => '1.0.0' and 'preview1-final'
-            $segments = $env:GITHUB_REF_NAME -split "-"
+            $segments = $env:GITHUB_REF_NAME -split '-'
             $versionPrefix = $segments[0].TrimStart('v')
             $versionSuffix = $segments.Length -eq 1 ? '' : $segments[1..$($segments.Length - 1)] -join '-'
 
@@ -93,9 +91,7 @@ jobs:
         Write-Output "Using version suffix: $versionSuffix"
         Write-Output "PACKAGE_VERSION_SUFFIX=$versionSuffix" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf8 -Append
     - name: Build
-      shell: pwsh
-      run: |
-        dotnet build --no-restore --configuration Release /p:VersionSuffix=$env:PACKAGE_VERSION_SUFFIX
+      run: dotnet build --no-restore --configuration Release /p:VersionSuffix=${{ env.PACKAGE_VERSION_SUFFIX }}
     - name: Test
       env:
         # Override log levels, to reduce logging output when running tests in ci-build.
@@ -104,10 +100,9 @@ jobs:
         Logging__LogLevel__Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Internal.Host: 'None'
         Logging__LogLevel__Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Database.Command: 'None'
         Logging__LogLevel__JsonApiDotNetCore: 'None'
-      run: |
-        dotnet test --no-build --configuration Release --collect:"XPlat Code Coverage" --logger "GitHubActions;summary.includeSkippedTests=true"
+      run: dotnet test --no-build --configuration Release --collect:"XPlat Code Coverage" --logger "GitHubActions;summary.includeSkippedTests=true"
     - name: Upload coverage to codecov.io
-      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' }}
       env:
         CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
@@ -115,11 +110,9 @@ jobs:
         fail_ci_if_error: true
         verbose: true
     - name: Generate packages
-      shell: pwsh
-      run: |
-        dotnet pack --no-build --configuration Release --output $env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE/artifacts/packages /p:VersionSuffix=$env:PACKAGE_VERSION_SUFFIX
+      run: dotnet pack --no-build --configuration Release --output ${{ github.workspace }}/artifacts/packages /p:VersionSuffix=${{ env.PACKAGE_VERSION_SUFFIX }}
     - name: Upload packages to artifacts
-      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' }}
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: packages
@@ -127,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Generate documentation
       shell: pwsh
       env:
-        # This contains the git tag name on release; in that case we build the docs without publishing them.
+        # This contains the git tag name on release; in that case, we build the docs without publishing them.
         DOCFX_SOURCE_BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.base_ref || github.ref_name }}
       run: |
         cd docs
@@ -142,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
         New-Item -Force _site/styles -ItemType Directory | Out-Null
         Copy-Item -Recurse home/assets/* _site/styles/
     - name: Upload documentation to artifacts
-      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' }}
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: documentation
@@ -169,8 +162,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Git checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Restore tools
-      run: |
-        dotnet tool restore
+      run: dotnet tool restore
     - name: InspectCode
       shell: pwsh
       run: |
@@ -199,7 +191,7 @@ jobs:
             }
 
             if ($failed) {
-                Write-Error "One or more projects failed code inspection."
+                Write-Error 'One or more projects failed code inspection.'
             }
         }
 
@@ -226,13 +218,11 @@ jobs:
       with:
         fetch-depth: 2
     - name: Restore tools
-      run: |
-        dotnet tool restore
+      run: dotnet tool restore
     - name: Restore packages
-      run: |
-        dotnet restore
+      run: dotnet restore
     - name: CleanupCode (on PR diff)
-      if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
       shell: pwsh
       run: |
         # Not using the environment variables for SHAs, because they may be outdated. This may happen on force-push after the build is queued, but before it starts.
@@ -243,10 +233,10 @@ jobs:
         Write-Output "Running code cleanup on commit range $baseCommitHash..$headCommitHash in pull request."
         dotnet regitlint -s JsonApiDotNetCore.sln --print-command --skip-tool-check --max-runs=5 --jb --dotnetcoresdk=$(dotnet --version) --jb-profile="JADNC Full Cleanup" --jb --properties:Configuration=Release --jb --properties:RunAnalyzers=false --jb --verbosity=WARN -f commits -a $headCommitHash -b $baseCommitHash --fail-on-diff --print-diff
     - name: CleanupCode (on branch)
-      if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'release'
+      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'release' }}
       shell: pwsh
       run: |
-        Write-Output "Running code cleanup on all files."
+        Write-Output 'Running code cleanup on all files.'
         dotnet regitlint -s JsonApiDotNetCore.sln --print-command --skip-tool-check --jb --dotnetcoresdk=$(dotnet --version) --jb-profile="JADNC Full Cleanup" --jb --properties:Configuration=Release --jb --properties:RunAnalyzers=false --jb --verbosity=WARN --fail-on-diff --print-diff
 
   publish:
@@ -263,23 +253,17 @@ jobs:
     - name: Download artifacts
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
     - name: Publish to GitHub Packages
-      if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'release'
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      shell: pwsh
+      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'release' }}
       run: |
-        dotnet nuget add source --username 'json-api-dotnet' --password "$env:GITHUB_TOKEN" --store-password-in-clear-text --name 'github' 'https://nuget.pkg.github.com/json-api-dotnet/index.json'
-        dotnet nuget push "$env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE/packages/*.nupkg" --api-key "$env:GITHUB_TOKEN" --source 'github'
+        dotnet nuget add source --username 'json-api-dotnet' --password '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}' --store-password-in-clear-text --name 'github' 'https://nuget.pkg.github.com/json-api-dotnet/index.json'
+        dotnet nuget push '${{ github.workspace }}/packages/*.nupkg' --api-key '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}' --source 'github'
     - name: Publish to feedz.io
-      if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'release'
-      env:
-        FEEDZ_IO_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.FEEDZ_IO_API_KEY }}
-      shell: pwsh
+      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'release' }}
       run: |
         dotnet nuget add source --name 'feedz-io' 'https://f.feedz.io/json-api-dotnet/jsonapidotnetcore/nuget/index.json'
-        dotnet nuget push "$env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE/packages/*.nupkg" --api-key "$env:FEEDZ_IO_API_KEY" --source 'feedz-io'
+        dotnet nuget push '${{ github.workspace }}/packages/*.nupkg' --api-key '${{ secrets.FEEDZ_IO_API_KEY }}' --source 'feedz-io'
     - name: Publish documentation
-      if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
       uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v4
       with:
         github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -287,9 +271,5 @@ jobs:
         publish_dir: ./documentation
         commit_message: 'Auto-generated documentation from'
     - name: Publish to NuGet
-      if: github.event_name == 'release' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-      env:
-        NUGET_ORG_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.NUGET_ORG_API_KEY }}
-      shell: pwsh
-      run: |
-        dotnet nuget push "$env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE/packages/*.nupkg" --api-key "$env:NUGET_ORG_API_KEY" --source 'nuget.org' --skip-duplicate
+      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'release' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') }}
+      run: dotnet nuget push '${{ github.workspace }}/packages/*.nupkg' --api-key '${{ secrets.NUGET_ORG_API_KEY }}' --source 'nuget.org' --skip-duplicate
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 508d210158..705d75d68c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 name: "CodeQL"
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ 'master', 'release/**' ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
-    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
+  push:
     branches: [ 'master', 'release/**' ]
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 0 * * 5'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/qodana.yml b/.github/workflows/qodana.yml
index 8ce0acd5db..0f88a90f3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qodana.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qodana.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
-# https://www.jetbrains.com/help/qodana/cloud-forward-reports.html#cloud-forward-reports-github-actions
-
 name: Qodana
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-      - 'release/*'
+    branches: [ 'master', 'release/**' ]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  DOTNET_NOLOGO: true
+  DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT: true
 
 jobs:
   qodana:
@@ -17,17 +21,32 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
       checks: write
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Setup .NET
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+      with:
+        dotnet-version: |
+          8.0.*
+          9.0.*
+    - name: Git checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}  # to check out the actual pull request commit, not the merge commit
         fetch-depth: 0  # a full history is required for pull request analysis
-    - name: 'Qodana Scan'
-      uses: JetBrains/qodana-action@v2024.1
+    - name: Restore tools
+      run: dotnet tool restore
+    - name: Restore packages
+      run: dotnet restore
+    - name: Build
+      run: dotnet build --no-restore --configuration Release
+    - name: Qodana scan
+      uses: JetBrains/qodana-action@v2025.1
+      with:
+        args: --ide,QDNET,--profile-name,qodana.recommended,--configuration,Release,--apply-fixes
+        push-fixes: pull-request
+        upload-result: true
       env:
         QODANA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.QODANA_TOKEN }}
-    - name: Upload results to artifacts on failure
-      if: failure()
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+    - name: Upload SARIF report
+      uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
       with:
-        name: qodana_results
-        path: ${{ runner.temp }}/qodana/results
+        sarif_file: ${{ runner.temp }}/qodana/results/qodana.sarif.json
diff --git a/src/Examples/DapperExample/AtomicOperations/AmbientTransactionFactory.cs b/src/Examples/DapperExample/AtomicOperations/AmbientTransactionFactory.cs
index 82790819fe..715310e04f 100644
--- a/src/Examples/DapperExample/AtomicOperations/AmbientTransactionFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Examples/DapperExample/AtomicOperations/AmbientTransactionFactory.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public AmbientTransactionFactory(IJsonApiOptions options, IDataModelService data
 
     internal async Task<AmbientTransaction> BeginTransactionAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
-        var instance = (IOperationsTransactionFactory)this;
+        IOperationsTransactionFactory instance = this;
 
         IOperationsTransaction transaction = await instance.BeginTransactionAsync(cancellationToken);
         return (AmbientTransaction)transaction;
diff --git a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/Response/LinkBuilder.cs b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/Response/LinkBuilder.cs
index b7f200dd48..df712d6eec 100644
--- a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/Response/LinkBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/Response/LinkBuilder.cs
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ private string GetLinkForPagination(int pageOffset, string? pageSizeValue)
 
     private string GetQueryStringInPaginationLink(int pageOffset, string? pageSizeValue)
     {
-        Dictionary<string, string?> parameters = HttpContext.Request.Query.ToDictionary(pair => pair.Key, pair => (string?)pair.Value.ToString());
+        Dictionary<string, string?> parameters = HttpContext.Request.Query.ToDictionary(pair => pair.Key, string? (pair) => pair.Value.ToString());
 
         if (pageSizeValue == null)
         {