diff --git a/async-request-reply/deploy.bicep b/async-request-reply/deploy.bicep
index 546eb5a3..8478e11c 100644
--- a/async-request-reply/deploy.bicep
+++ b/async-request-reply/deploy.bicep
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ resource diagnosticSettings 'Microsoft.Insights/diagnosticSettings@2021-05-01-pr
   }
 }
 
-resource appStorageAccount 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2025-06-01' = {
+resource appStorageAccount 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2026-04-01' = {
   name: appStorageAccountName
   sku: {
     name: 'Standard_LRS'
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ resource appStorageAccount 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2025-06-01' = {
   }
 }
 
-resource dataStorageAccount 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2025-06-01' = {
+resource dataStorageAccount 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2026-04-01' = {
   name: dataStorageAccountName
   sku: {
     name: 'Standard_RAGRS'
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ resource dataStorageAccount 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2025-06-01' = {
   }
 }
 
-resource dataStorageAccountNameContainer 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers@2025-06-01' = {
+resource dataStorageAccountNameContainer 'Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers@2026-04-01' = {
   name: '${dataStorageAccountName}/default/data'
   dependsOn: [
     dataStorageAccount
diff --git a/async-request-reply/src/asyncpattern.csproj b/async-request-reply/src/asyncpattern.csproj
index 617c06d4..7f40242f 100644
--- a/async-request-reply/src/asyncpattern.csproj
+++ b/async-request-reply/src/asyncpattern.csproj
@@ -8,16 +8,21 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Azure.Identity" Version="1.17.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Azure.Identity" Version="1.21.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus" Version="7.20.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker" Version="2.51.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker" Version="2.52.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.Http" Version="3.3.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.Http.AspNetCore" Version="2.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.ServiceBus" Version="5.24.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.Storage.Blobs" Version="6.8.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Sdk" Version="2.0.7" />
+    <!-- Pinned to 2.x: WorkerService 3.x restructured internals around OpenTelemetry, breaking the deep integration
+         used by Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.ApplicationInsights (built against 2.x internal APIs).
+         https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-dotnet-worker/issues/3322
+         Upgrading to 3.x causes the isolated worker process to crash on startup with "Language Worker Process exited".
+         Re-evaluate when a Worker.ApplicationInsights release targeting WorkerService 3.x is available-->
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.WorkerService" Version="2.23.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.ApplicationInsights" Version="2.50.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.ApplicationInsights" Version="2.51.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.4" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>