diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Matchers/GraphQLMatcher.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Matchers/GraphQLMatcher.cs
index 305b973e..2227b371 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Matchers/GraphQLMatcher.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Matchers/GraphQLMatcher.cs
@@ -113,16 +113,16 @@ public MatchResult IsMatch(string? input)
         {
             try
             {
-                var executionResult = new DocumentExecuter().ExecuteAsync(_ =>
+                var executionResult = new DocumentExecuter().ExecuteAsync(eo =>
                 {
-                    _.ThrowOnUnhandledException = true;
+                    eo.ThrowOnUnhandledException = true;
 
-                    _.Schema = _schema;
-                    _.Query = graphQLRequest.Query;
+                    eo.Schema = _schema;
+                    eo.Query = graphQLRequest.Query;
 
                     if (graphQLRequest.Variables != null)
                     {
-                        _.Variables = new Inputs(graphQLRequest.Variables);
+                        eo.Variables = new Inputs(graphQLRequest.Variables);
                     }
                 }).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
 
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/WireMock.Net.csproj b/src/WireMock.Net/WireMock.Net.csproj
index a55ee930..17711cbc 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/WireMock.Net.csproj
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/WireMock.Net.csproj
@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'netstandard1.3' and '$(TargetFramework)' != 'net451' and '$(TargetFramework)' != 'net452' and '$(TargetFramework)' != 'net46' and '$(TargetFramework)' != 'net461'">
-        <PackageReference Include="GraphQL" Version="7.5.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="GraphQL.NewtonsoftJson" Version="7.5.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="GraphQL.NewtonsoftJson" Version="8.2.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="MimeKitLite" Version="4.1.0.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="ProtoBufJsonConverter" Version="0.5.0" />
     </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Matchers/GraphQLMatcherTests.cs b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Matchers/GraphQLMatcherTests.cs
index ac1ddfb3..1091c957 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Matchers/GraphQLMatcherTests.cs
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Matchers/GraphQLMatcherTests.cs
@@ -107,22 +107,32 @@ public void GraphQLMatcher_For_ValidSchema_And_CorrectGraphQL_Mutation_IsMatch()
     public void GraphQLMatcher_For_ValidSchema_And_CorrectGraphQL_UsingCustomType_Mutation_IsMatch()
     {
         // Arrange
-        const string testSchema = @"
-  scalar DateTime
-  scalar MyCustomScalar
-
-  type Message {
-    id: ID!
-  }
-
-  type Mutation {
-    createMessage(x: MyCustomScalar, dt: DateTime): Message
-  }";
-
-        var input = @"{
-    ""query"": ""mutation CreateMessage($x: MyCustomScalar!, $dt: DateTime!) { createMessage(x: $x, dt: $dt) { id } }"",
-    ""variables"": { ""x"": 100, ""dt"": ""2007-12-03T10:15:30Z"" }
-}";
+        // Query is provided here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59608833/apollo-graphql-error-query-root-type-must-be-provided
+        const string testSchema =
+            """
+              scalar DateTime
+              scalar MyCustomScalar
+            
+              type Query {
+                _empty: String  
+              }
+            
+              type Message {
+                id: ID!
+              }
+            
+              type Mutation {
+                createMessage(x: MyCustomScalar, dt: DateTime): Message
+              }
+            """;
+
+        const string input =
+            """
+            {
+                "query": "mutation CreateMessage($x: MyCustomScalar!, $dt: DateTime!) { createMessage(x: $x, dt: $dt) { id } }",
+                "variables": { "x": 100, "dt": "2007-12-03T10:15:30Z" }
+            }
+            """;
 
         var customScalars = new Dictionary<string, Type> { { "MyCustomScalar", typeof(int) } };
 
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/WireMock.Net.Tests.csproj b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/WireMock.Net.Tests.csproj
index 9f7f78e4..2468b7e4 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/WireMock.Net.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/WireMock.Net.Tests.csproj
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@
     <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net452'">
         <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http.Json" Version="3.2.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="JsonConverter.System.Text.Json" Version="0.7.0" />
-
         <PackageReference Include="Google.Protobuf" Version="3.25.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="Grpc.Net.Client" Version="2.60.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="Grpc.Tools" Version="2.60.0">