diff --git a/.autover/changes/6b75589f-72e6-4973-b218-21136d118f5d.json b/.autover/changes/6b75589f-72e6-4973-b218-21136d118f5d.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b32dfdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.autover/changes/6b75589f-72e6-4973-b218-21136d118f5d.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "Projects": [
+    {
+      "Name": "NLog.AWS.Logger",
+      "Type": "Major",
+      "ChangelogMessages": [
+        "Updated to NLog v5.2.2 to support IsTrimmable = true"
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/samples/NLog/ConfigExample/ConfigExample.csproj b/samples/NLog/ConfigExample/ConfigExample.csproj
index 03bc225..14ebc83 100644
--- a/samples/NLog/ConfigExample/ConfigExample.csproj
+++ b/samples/NLog/ConfigExample/ConfigExample.csproj
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="4.7.0" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\NLog.AWS.Logger\NLog.AWS.Logger.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/AWS.Logger.Core/AWS.Logger.Core.csproj b/src/AWS.Logger.Core/AWS.Logger.Core.csproj
index fd2905d..403d3d7 100644
--- a/src/AWS.Logger.Core/AWS.Logger.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/AWS.Logger.Core/AWS.Logger.Core.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
         <TargetFrameworks>net472;netstandard2.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
diff --git a/src/NLog.AWS.Logger/AWSTarget.cs b/src/NLog.AWS.Logger/AWSTarget.cs
index aea632f..2eaf877 100644
--- a/src/NLog.AWS.Logger/AWSTarget.cs
+++ b/src/NLog.AWS.Logger/AWSTarget.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ public class AWSTarget : TargetWithLayout, IAWSLoggerConfig
         /// </summary>
         public AWSTarget()
         {
-            this.OptimizeBufferReuse = true;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/NLog.AWS.Logger/NLog.AWS.Logger.csproj b/src/NLog.AWS.Logger/NLog.AWS.Logger.csproj
index 9464930..8118ea9 100644
--- a/src/NLog.AWS.Logger/NLog.AWS.Logger.csproj
+++ b/src/NLog.AWS.Logger/NLog.AWS.Logger.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
         <TargetFrameworks>net472;netstandard2.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
         <IncludeSymbols>true</IncludeSymbols>
         <SymbolPackageFormat>snupkg</SymbolPackageFormat>
-        
+
         <Version>4.0.0</Version>
     </PropertyGroup>
     
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     </ItemGroup>
     
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="4.5.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="5.2.2" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="8.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/test/AWS.Logger.NLog.FilterTests/TestFilter.cs b/test/AWS.Logger.NLog.FilterTests/TestFilter.cs
index 1e47133..122d0f2 100644
--- a/test/AWS.Logger.NLog.FilterTests/TestFilter.cs
+++ b/test/AWS.Logger.NLog.FilterTests/TestFilter.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 using Xunit;
 using System;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Reflection;
 using System.Linq;
 using NLog.Config;
 using NLog;
@@ -45,7 +43,8 @@ public void CustomFilter()
             var config = new LoggingConfiguration();
             config.AddTarget("FakeAWSTarget", fakeawsTarget);
 
-            var rule = new LoggingRule("CustomFilter", LogLevel.Warn,LogLevel.Fatal, fakeawsTarget);
+            var rule = new LoggingRule("CustomFilter", LogLevel.Warn, LogLevel.Fatal, fakeawsTarget);
+            rule.FilterDefaultAction = FilterResult.Log;
             rule.Filters.Add(filter);
 
             config.LoggingRules.Add(rule);