diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 3bbc1211..4e23657d 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -15,25 +15,25 @@
         "filp/whoops": "~2.11",
         "ircmaxell/password-compat": "~1.0",
         "laravel/serializable-closure": "^1.2",
-        "monolog/monolog": "^2.10",
-        "nesbot/carbon": "^2.71",
+        "monolog/monolog": "^3.10",
+        "nesbot/carbon": "^3.8.4",
         "opis/closure": "~3.6",
         "pda/pheanstalk": "~4.0",
         "predis/predis": "^2.4.1",
-        "symfony/browser-kit": "~6.4",
-        "symfony/console": "~6.4",
-        "symfony/css-selector": "~6.4",
-        "symfony/dom-crawler": "~6.4",
-        "symfony/error-handler": "~6.4",
-        "symfony/event-dispatcher": "~6.4",
-        "symfony/finder": "~6.4",
-        "symfony/http-foundation": "~6.4",
-        "symfony/http-kernel": "~6.4",
-        "symfony/mailer": "^6.4",
-        "symfony/mime": "~6.4",
-        "symfony/process": "~6.4",
-        "symfony/routing": "~6.4",
-        "symfony/translation": "~6.4",
+        "symfony/browser-kit": "^7.4",
+        "symfony/console": "^7.4",
+        "symfony/css-selector": "^7.4",
+        "symfony/dom-crawler": "^7.4",
+        "symfony/error-handler": "^7.4",
+        "symfony/event-dispatcher": "^7.4",
+        "symfony/finder": "^7.4",
+        "symfony/http-foundation": "^7.4",
+        "symfony/http-kernel": "^7.4",
+        "symfony/mailer": "^7.4",
+        "symfony/mime": "^7.4",
+        "symfony/process": "^7.4",
+        "symfony/routing": "^7.4",
+        "symfony/translation": "^7.4",
         "voku/portable-ascii": "2.0.3"
     },
     "replace": {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         "phpspec/prophecy-phpunit": "~2.0",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "~9.6",
         "rector/rector": "^2.1",
-        "symfony/var-dumper": "~6.4"
+        "symfony/var-dumper": "^7.4"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "classmap": [
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Cache/Repository.php b/src/Illuminate/Cache/Repository.php
index 5a0518d1..5fefacfa 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Cache/Repository.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Cache/Repository.php
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ protected function getMinutes($duration)
 			$duration = Carbon::now()->add($duration);
 		}
 
-		$fromNow = Carbon::instance($duration)->diffInMinutes();
+		$fromNow = (int) Carbon::now()->diffInMinutes($duration);
 
 		return $fromNow > 0 ? $fromNow : null;
 	}
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Cache/TaggedCache.php b/src/Illuminate/Cache/TaggedCache.php
index bddccdf5..29aaad7a 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Cache/TaggedCache.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Cache/TaggedCache.php
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ protected function getMinutes($duration)
 			$duration = Carbon::now()->add($duration);
 		}
 
-		$fromNow = Carbon::instance($duration)->diffInMinutes();
+		$fromNow = (int) Carbon::now()->diffInMinutes($duration);
 
 		return $fromNow > 0 ? $fromNow : null;
 	}
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Console/Application.php b/src/Illuminate/Console/Application.php
index 1de25673..23cc4cd0 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Console/Application.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Console/Application.php
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ public static function make($app)
 
 		$console = with($console = new static('Laravel Framework', $app::VERSION))
 								->setLaravel($app)
-								->setExceptionHandler($app['exception'])
-								->setAutoExit(false);
+								->setExceptionHandler($app['exception']);
+
+		$console->setAutoExit(false);
 
 		$app->instance('artisan', $console);
 
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ public function call($command, array $parameters = array(), ?OutputInterface $ou
 	 * @return \Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command
 	 */
 	#[\Override]
-    public function add(SymfonyCommand $command)
+    public function add(SymfonyCommand $command): ?SymfonyCommand
 	{
 		if ($command instanceof Command)
 		{
@@ -229,18 +230,4 @@ public function setLaravel($laravel)
 		return $this;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Set whether the Console app should auto-exit when done.
-	 *
-	 * @param  bool  $boolean
-	 * @return $this
-	 */
-	#[\Override]
-    public function setAutoExit($boolean)
-	{
-		parent::setAutoExit($boolean);
-
-		return $this;
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php b/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php
index feba65d2..c81337b4 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public function run(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
 	 * @param  \Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface  $output
 	 * @return mixed
 	 */
-	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): mixed
+	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
     {
         // Prefer handle() (L13 idiom); fire() is the L4.2 fallback that dies at the Console swap.
         // ponytail: fork mirror of stock Command's handle-or-__invoke resolution; app-side is grep-guarded.
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php
index 72448dc1..e461fe62 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ public function dispatch(Request $request)
 	 * @param  \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response  $response
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	public function terminate(SymfonyRequest $request, SymfonyResponse $response)
+	public function terminate(SymfonyRequest $request, SymfonyResponse $response): void
 	{
 		$this->callFinishCallbacks($request, $response);
 
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/StackedHttpKernel.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/StackedHttpKernel.php
index b010093e..1849bb6b 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/StackedHttpKernel.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/StackedHttpKernel.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public function handle(Request $request, $type = HttpKernelInterface::MAIN_REQUE
         return $this->app->handle($request, $type, $catch);
     }
 
-    public function terminate(Request $request, Response $response)
+    public function terminate(Request $request, Response $response): void
     {
         $prevKernel = null;
 
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Http/Request.php b/src/Illuminate/Http/Request.php
index c190e75e..14947e00 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Http/Request.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Http/Request.php
@@ -591,7 +591,14 @@ public static function createFromBase(SymfonyRequest $request)
 
 		$request->content = $content;
 
-		$request->request = $request->getInputSource();
+		if ($request->isJson())
+		{
+			$request->request->replace($request->json()->all());
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$request->request = $request->getInputSource();
+		}
 
 		return $request;
 	}
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Log/LogServiceProvider.php b/src/Illuminate/Log/LogServiceProvider.php
index dba98093..3292aa7e 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Log/LogServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Log/LogServiceProvider.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php namespace Illuminate\Log;
 
-use Monolog\Logger;
+use Monolog\Logger as MonologLogger;
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
 
 class LogServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class LogServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider {
 	public function register()
 	{
 		$logger = new Logger(
-			new Logger($this->app['env']), $this->app['events']
+			new MonologLogger($this->app['env']), $this->app['events']
 		);
 
 		// Once we have an instance of the logger we'll bind it as an instance into
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Mail/MailServiceProvider.php b/src/Illuminate/Mail/MailServiceProvider.php
index 17f7958f..47053d38 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Mail/MailServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Mail/MailServiceProvider.php
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ protected function registerSmtpTransport(array $config): void
             if (! $scheme) {
                 $scheme = ! empty($config['encryption']) && $config['encryption'] === 'tls'
                     ? (($config['port'] == 465) ? 'smtps' : 'smtp')
-                    : '';
+                    : 'smtp';
             }
 
             /** @var EsmtpTransport $transport */
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ protected function registerLogTransport(array $config): void
 	 *
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	#[\Override]
+	#[\Override]
     public function provides(): array
 	{
 		return ['mailer', 'symfony.transport'];
diff --git a/tests/Foundation/FoundationArtisanTest.php b/tests/Foundation/FoundationArtisanTest.php
index 01147eee..573e377b 100755
--- a/tests/Foundation/FoundationArtisanTest.php
+++ b/tests/Foundation/FoundationArtisanTest.php
@@ -25,16 +25,18 @@ public function testArtisanIsCalledWithProperArguments(): void
         $artisan->expects($this->once())->method('getArtisan')->willReturn(
             $console = m::mock('Illuminate\Console\Application[find]')
         );
-        $console->shouldReceive('find')->once()->with('foo')->andReturn($command = m::mock('StdClass'));
+        $console->shouldReceive('find')->once()->with('foo')->andReturn($command = m::mock(\Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command::class));
 		$command->shouldReceive('run')->once()->with(m::type(ArrayInput::class), m::type(
             NullOutput::class
-        ))->andReturnUsing(function($input, $output)
+        ))->andReturnUsing(function($input, $output) use (&$captured)
 		{
-			return $input;
+			$captured = $input;
+
+			return 0;
 		});
 
-		$input = $artisan->call('foo', ['--bar' => 'baz']);
-		$this->assertEquals('baz', $input->getParameterOption('--bar'));
+		$artisan->call('foo', ['--bar' => 'baz']);
+		$this->assertEquals('baz', $captured->getParameterOption('--bar'));
 	}
 
 }