diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index a4d12ed86..b504856fd 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Meziantou.Analyzer" Version="2.0.201" />
     
     <!-- Should stay on LTS .NET releases. -->
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Bcl.Cryptography" Version="10.0.0-preview.5.25277.114" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="8.0.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="9.0.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="MSTest" Version="3.9.1" />
diff --git a/src/Renci.SshNet/Renci.SshNet.csproj b/src/Renci.SshNet/Renci.SshNet.csproj
index 446865229..45b2087ca 100644
--- a/src/Renci.SshNet/Renci.SshNet.csproj
+++ b/src/Renci.SshNet/Renci.SshNet.csproj
@@ -49,10 +49,11 @@
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" !$([MSBuild]::IsTargetFrameworkCompatible('$(TargetFramework)', 'net8.0')) ">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Formats.Asn1" />
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Bcl.Cryptography" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="..\..\images\logo\png\SS-NET-icon-h500.png">
       <Pack>True</Pack>
diff --git a/src/Renci.SshNet/Security/KeyExchangeMLKem768X25519Sha256.cs b/src/Renci.SshNet/Security/KeyExchangeMLKem768X25519Sha256.cs
index 469a53738..491cb9843 100644
--- a/src/Renci.SshNet/Security/KeyExchangeMLKem768X25519Sha256.cs
+++ b/src/Renci.SshNet/Security/KeyExchangeMLKem768X25519Sha256.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-using System.Globalization;
-using System.Linq;
+using System;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
 
 using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Agreement;
 using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Generators;
@@ -12,8 +13,11 @@
 
 namespace Renci.SshNet.Security
 {
+#pragma warning disable SYSLIB5006 // Type is for evaluation purposes only and is subject to change or removal in future updates. Suppress this diagnostic to proceed.
     internal sealed class KeyExchangeMLKem768X25519Sha256 : KeyExchangeEC
     {
+        private readonly MLKemAlgorithm _mlkem768 = MLKemAlgorithm.MLKem768;
+        private MLKem _mlkem;
         private MLKemDecapsulator _mlkemDecapsulator;
         private X25519Agreement _x25519Agreement;
 
@@ -45,12 +49,22 @@ public override void Start(Session session, KeyExchangeInitMessage message, bool
 
             Session.KeyExchangeHybridReplyMessageReceived += Session_KeyExchangeHybridReplyMessageReceived;
 
-            var mlkem768KeyPairGenerator = new MLKemKeyPairGenerator();
-            mlkem768KeyPairGenerator.Init(new MLKemKeyGenerationParameters(CryptoAbstraction.SecureRandom, MLKemParameters.ml_kem_768));
-            var mlkem768KeyPair = mlkem768KeyPairGenerator.GenerateKeyPair();
+            if (MLKem.IsSupported)
+            {
+                _mlkem = MLKem.GenerateKey(_mlkem768);
+                _clientExchangeValue = _mlkem.ExportEncapsulationKey();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                var mlkem768KeyPairGenerator = new MLKemKeyPairGenerator();
+                mlkem768KeyPairGenerator.Init(new MLKemKeyGenerationParameters(CryptoAbstraction.SecureRandom, MLKemParameters.ml_kem_768));
+                var mlkem768KeyPair = mlkem768KeyPairGenerator.GenerateKeyPair();
+
+                _mlkemDecapsulator = new MLKemDecapsulator(MLKemParameters.ml_kem_768);
+                _mlkemDecapsulator.Init(mlkem768KeyPair.Private);
 
-            _mlkemDecapsulator = new MLKemDecapsulator(MLKemParameters.ml_kem_768);
-            _mlkemDecapsulator.Init(mlkem768KeyPair.Private);
+                _clientExchangeValue = ((MLKemPublicKeyParameters)mlkem768KeyPair.Public).GetEncoded();
+            }
 
             var x25519KeyPairGenerator = new X25519KeyPairGenerator();
             x25519KeyPairGenerator.Init(new X25519KeyGenerationParameters(CryptoAbstraction.SecureRandom));
@@ -59,10 +73,9 @@ public override void Start(Session session, KeyExchangeInitMessage message, bool
             _x25519Agreement = new X25519Agreement();
             _x25519Agreement.Init(x25519KeyPair.Private);
 
-            var mlkem768PublicKey = ((MLKemPublicKeyParameters)mlkem768KeyPair.Public).GetEncoded();
-            var x25519PublicKey = ((X25519PublicKeyParameters)x25519KeyPair.Public).GetEncoded();
+            Array.Resize(ref _clientExchangeValue, _mlkem768.EncapsulationKeySizeInBytes + X25519PublicKeyParameters.KeySize);
 
-            _clientExchangeValue = mlkem768PublicKey.Concat(x25519PublicKey);
+            ((X25519PublicKeyParameters)x25519KeyPair.Public).Encode(_clientExchangeValue, _mlkem768.EncapsulationKeySizeInBytes);
 
             SendMessage(new KeyExchangeHybridInitMessage(_clientExchangeValue));
         }
@@ -114,21 +127,39 @@ private void HandleServerHybridReply(byte[] hostKey, byte[] serverExchangeValue,
             _hostKey = hostKey;
             _signature = signature;
 
-            if (serverExchangeValue.Length != _mlkemDecapsulator.EncapsulationLength + _x25519Agreement.AgreementSize)
+            if (serverExchangeValue.Length != _mlkem768.CiphertextSizeInBytes + _x25519Agreement.AgreementSize)
             {
                 throw new SshConnectionException(
                     string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, "Bad S_Reply length: {0}.", serverExchangeValue.Length),
                     DisconnectReason.KeyExchangeFailed);
             }
 
-            var secret = new byte[_mlkemDecapsulator.SecretLength + _x25519Agreement.AgreementSize];
+            var secret = new byte[_mlkem768.SharedSecretSizeInBytes + _x25519Agreement.AgreementSize];
 
-            _mlkemDecapsulator.Decapsulate(serverExchangeValue, 0, _mlkemDecapsulator.EncapsulationLength, secret, 0, _mlkemDecapsulator.SecretLength);
+            if (MLKem.IsSupported)
+            {
+                _mlkem.Decapsulate(serverExchangeValue.AsSpan(0, _mlkem768.CiphertextSizeInBytes), secret.AsSpan(0, _mlkem768.SharedSecretSizeInBytes));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _mlkemDecapsulator.Decapsulate(serverExchangeValue, 0, _mlkemDecapsulator.EncapsulationLength, secret, 0, _mlkemDecapsulator.SecretLength);
+            }
 
-            var x25519PublicKey = new X25519PublicKeyParameters(serverExchangeValue, _mlkemDecapsulator.EncapsulationLength);
-            _x25519Agreement.CalculateAgreement(x25519PublicKey, secret, _mlkemDecapsulator.SecretLength);
+            var x25519PublicKey = new X25519PublicKeyParameters(serverExchangeValue, _mlkem768.CiphertextSizeInBytes);
+            _x25519Agreement.CalculateAgreement(x25519PublicKey, secret, _mlkem768.SharedSecretSizeInBytes);
 
             SharedKey = CryptoAbstraction.HashSHA256(secret);
         }
+
+        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        {
+            if (disposing)
+            {
+                _mlkem?.Dispose();
+            }
+
+            base.Dispose(disposing);
+        }
     }
+#pragma warning restore SYSLIB5006 // Type is for evaluation purposes only and is subject to change or removal in future updates. Suppress this diagnostic to proceed.
 }