diff --git a/Dalamud.sln b/Dalamud.sln
index ee3c75b25..de91e7ceb 100644
--- a/Dalamud.sln
+++ b/Dalamud.sln
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Solution Items", "Solution
 		.editorconfig = .editorconfig
 		.gitignore = .gitignore
 		tools\BannedSymbols.txt = tools\BannedSymbols.txt
-		targets\Dalamud.Plugin.Bootstrap.targets = targets\Dalamud.Plugin.Bootstrap.targets
-		targets\Dalamud.Plugin.targets = targets\Dalamud.Plugin.targets
 		tools\dalamud.ruleset = tools\dalamud.ruleset
 		Directory.Build.props = Directory.Build.props
 		Directory.Packages.props = Directory.Packages.props
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 3897256bf..8a8df22d7 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
         <TargetFramework>net10.0-windows</TargetFramework>
         <PlatformTarget>x64</PlatformTarget>
         <Platforms>x64</Platforms>
-        <LangVersion>14.0</LangVersion>
+
+        <!-- preview, as docfx is late at upgrading Roslyn versions -->
+        <LangVersion>preview</LangVersion>
 
         <!-- Disable Intel CET. Causes crashes on unpatched Windows 10 systems. -->
         <!-- https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/108589 -->
diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index ec2e7e276..06338efac 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" Version="7.0.0" />
 
     <!-- Injector Utilities -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Iced" Version="1.21.0" />
+    <!-- Take care: must be pinned to version used in goatcorp.Reloaded.Hooks, otherwise we are trampling the injector's version when building Dalamud -->
+    <PackageVersion Include="Iced" Version="1.17.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="PeNet" Version="5.1.0" />
 
     <!-- HexaGen -->
diff --git a/lib/Lumina.Excel b/lib/Lumina.Excel
index 1420d8a4a..8345e7312 160000
--- a/lib/Lumina.Excel
+++ b/lib/Lumina.Excel
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1420d8a4abdc61e50808152e00217e3119ca2914
+Subproject commit 8345e7312761187732c591f157470fdafb780fb4