diff --git a/MoreLinq.Test/SequenceTest.cs b/MoreLinq.Test/SequenceTest.cs
index ad01a274d..4c75ff43f 100644
--- a/MoreLinq.Test/SequenceTest.cs
+++ b/MoreLinq.Test/SequenceTest.cs
@@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ public void SequenceWithDescendingRangeDescendigStep(int start, int stop, int st
         [TestCase(int.MinValue, int.MinValue, null)]
         public void SequenceWithStartEqualsStop(int start, int stop, int? step)
         {
-            var result = step.HasValue ? MoreEnumerable.Sequence(start, stop, step.Value)
-                                       : MoreEnumerable.Sequence(start, stop);
+            var result = step is { } someStep
+                       ? MoreEnumerable.Sequence(start, stop, someStep)
+                       : MoreEnumerable.Sequence(start, stop);
 
             Assert.That(start, Is.EqualTo(result.Single()));
         }
diff --git a/MoreLinq.Test/ToDataTableTest.cs b/MoreLinq.Test/ToDataTableTest.cs
index 9b4249d62..d6cac4cda 100644
--- a/MoreLinq.Test/ToDataTableTest.cs
+++ b/MoreLinq.Test/ToDataTableTest.cs
@@ -41,10 +41,8 @@ sealed class TestObject(int key)
             public override string ToString() => nameof(TestObject);
         }
 
-
         readonly IReadOnlyCollection<TestObject> testObjects;
 
-
         public ToDataTableTest() =>
             this.testObjects = Enumerable.Range(0, 3)
                                          .Select(i => new TestObject(i))
@@ -172,16 +170,14 @@ public void ToDataTableWithSchema()
             Assert.That(rows.Select(r => r["Value"]).ToArray(), Is.EqualTo(vars.Select(e => e.Value).ToArray()));
         }
 
-        readonly struct Point
+        readonly struct Point(int x, int y)
         {
-
 #pragma warning disable CA1805 // Do not initialize unnecessarily (avoids CS0649)
             public static Point Empty = new();
 #pragma warning restore CA1805 // Do not initialize unnecessarily
             public bool IsEmpty => X == 0 && Y == 0;
-            public int X { get; }
-            public int Y { get; }
-            public Point(int x, int y) : this() { X = x; Y = y; }
+            public int X { get; } = x;
+            public int Y { get; } = y;
         }
 
         [Test]
diff --git a/MoreLinq.Test/TraceTest.cs b/MoreLinq.Test/TraceTest.cs
index 6e32ba55e..e0604a2cb 100644
--- a/MoreLinq.Test/TraceTest.cs
+++ b/MoreLinq.Test/TraceTest.cs
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ public void TraceSequenceWithFormatter()
             var trace = Lines(CaptureTrace(delegate
             {
                 var formatter = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
-                new int?[] { 1234, null, 5678 }.Trace(n => n.HasValue
-                                                           ? n.Value.ToString("N0", formatter)
+                new int?[] { 1234, null, 5678 }.Trace(n => n is { } some
+                                                           ? some.ToString("N0", formatter)
                                                            : "#NULL")
                                                .Consume();
             }));
diff --git a/MoreLinq/MoreLinq.csproj b/MoreLinq/MoreLinq.csproj
index 38d48eee5..d21855c5e 100644
--- a/MoreLinq/MoreLinq.csproj
+++ b/MoreLinq/MoreLinq.csproj
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
     <Copyright>$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Replace($(Copyright), `\s+`, ` `).Trim())</Copyright>
     <AssemblyTitle>MoreLINQ</AssemblyTitle>
     <NeutralLanguage>en-US</NeutralLanguage>
-    <VersionPrefix>4.1.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>4.2.0</VersionPrefix>
     <Authors>MoreLINQ Developers.</Authors>
     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1;net6.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <DebugType>portable</DebugType>
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
     <PackageOutputPath>..\dist</PackageOutputPath>
     <PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
     <EnablePackageValidation>true</EnablePackageValidation>
-    <PackageValidationBaselineVersion>4.0.0</PackageValidationBaselineVersion>
+    <PackageValidationBaselineVersion>4.1.0</PackageValidationBaselineVersion>
     <IncludeSymbols>true</IncludeSymbols>
     <IncludeSource>true</IncludeSource>
     <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>