From 0e882da1c26d3e04ce300987dc06fbda2feb441d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Buvinghausen <buvinghausen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:01:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Depend on EF Core 11.0.0-rc.3 with a version range up to the
 next major

Bump EF Core and Microsoft.Extensions to 11.0.0-rc.3.26522.148 (October 2026
out-of-band security release), the SDK to 11.0.100-rc.3.26522.148 and the
package version to 11.0.0-rc.3.

Replace the exact EF version pins with [EFCoreVersion, 12.0.0-a), the same
range EF's own packages use, so users can move to newer EF previews/RCs/patches
without waiting for a new EFCore.PG release.

Drop the direct Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore reference, which flows
transitively via Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational (the EF analyzer
still flows to consumers).

Fixes #4111

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 Directory.Build.props                         |  2 +-
 Directory.Packages.props                      | 22 ++++++++++---------
 global.json                                   |  2 +-
 src/EFCore.PG/EFCore.PG.csproj                |  1 -
 .../EFCore.PG.FunctionalTests.csproj          |  1 -
 test/EFCore.PG.Tests/EFCore.PG.Tests.csproj   |  1 -
 6 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index feca3c7c3c..5b52114b7d 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionPrefix>11.0.0-rc.2</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>11.0.0-rc.3</VersionPrefix>
     <TargetFramework>net11.0</TargetFramework>
     <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 0d9451cb80..2bb3e9a9a9 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
   <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <EFCoreVersion>11.0.0-rc.2.26504.105</EFCoreVersion>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsVersion>11.0.0-rc.2.26504.105</MicrosoftExtensionsVersion>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationVersion>11.0.0-rc.2.26504.105</MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationVersion>
+    <EFCoreVersion>11.0.0-rc.3.26522.148</EFCoreVersion>
+    <EFCoreNextMajorVersion>12.0.0-a</EFCoreNextMajorVersion>
+    <MicrosoftExtensionsVersion>11.0.0-rc.3.26522.148</MicrosoftExtensionsVersion>
+    <MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationVersion>11.0.0-rc.3.26522.148</MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationVersion>
     <NpgsqlVersion>10.0.3</NpgsqlVersion>
     <XunitVersion>4.0.1</XunitVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <!--
-      Dependencies on EF preview versions should be locked to a specific version (as provider-facing breaking changes are frequent).
-      For released versions, depend on anything in the current major version to allow users to update to higher patch versions.
+      Depend on anything from the EF version we build against up to (but excluding) the next major version, including its prereleases.
+      This mirrors the ranges EF's own packages use (e.g. >= 11.0.0-rc.3.26522.148 && < 12.0.0-a), and allows users to pick up newer
+      EF previews/RCs/patches (e.g. out-of-band security releases) without waiting for a new EFCore.PG release.
+      The upper bound of 12.0.0-a excludes all 12.0.0 prereleases, since "a" sorts before "alpha", "preview" and "rc".
     -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="[$(EFCoreVersion)]" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" Version="[$(EFCoreVersion)]" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Abstractions" Version="[$(EFCoreVersion)]" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational.Specification.Tests" Version="[$(EFCoreVersion)]" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="[$(EFCoreVersion)]" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" Version="[$(EFCoreVersion), $(EFCoreNextMajorVersion))" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Abstractions" Version="[$(EFCoreVersion), $(EFCoreNextMajorVersion))" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational.Specification.Tests" Version="[$(EFCoreVersion), $(EFCoreNextMajorVersion))" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="[$(EFCoreVersion), $(EFCoreNextMajorVersion))" />
 
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables" Version="$(MicrosoftExtensionsConfigurationVersion)" />
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 0ccf782c24..dad3b97cbd 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "sdk": {
-    "version": "11.0.100-rc.2.26504.105",
+    "version": "11.0.100-rc.3.26522.148",
     "allowPrerelease": true
   },
   "test": {
diff --git a/src/EFCore.PG/EFCore.PG.csproj b/src/EFCore.PG/EFCore.PG.csproj
index f6dd61b6cb..2ea09cfc4b 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.PG/EFCore.PG.csproj
+++ b/src/EFCore.PG/EFCore.PG.csproj
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- PrivateAssets="none" is set to flow the EF Core analyzer to users referencing this package https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFrameworkCore/pull/11350 -->
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" PrivateAssets="none" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" PrivateAssets="none" />
     <PackageReference Include="Npgsql" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/EFCore.PG.FunctionalTests/EFCore.PG.FunctionalTests.csproj b/test/EFCore.PG.FunctionalTests/EFCore.PG.FunctionalTests.csproj
index d40d04c6b5..6baffbef54 100644
--- a/test/EFCore.PG.FunctionalTests/EFCore.PG.FunctionalTests.csproj
+++ b/test/EFCore.PG.FunctionalTests/EFCore.PG.FunctionalTests.csproj
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational.Specification.Tests" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" />
diff --git a/test/EFCore.PG.Tests/EFCore.PG.Tests.csproj b/test/EFCore.PG.Tests/EFCore.PG.Tests.csproj
index 8facd65aba..63e156f48d 100644
--- a/test/EFCore.PG.Tests/EFCore.PG.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/EFCore.PG.Tests/EFCore.PG.Tests.csproj
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational.Specification.Tests" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" />