diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bb368d6..3fed914 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -46,10 +46,26 @@ jobs:
     - name: Determine Release Info
       id: release
       run: |
-        from_tag=$(git tag --points-at ${{ steps.gitversion.outputs.versionSourceSha }} | grep -m 1 ^v[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]* | head -1)
-        [[ -z "$from_tag" ]] && \
-          from_ref_exclusive=${{ steps.gitversion.outputs.versionSourceSha }} || \
-          from_ref_exclusive=$from_tag
+        default_branch=$(git remote show origin | awk '/HEAD branch/ {print $NF}')
+
+        if [ "${{ github.ref_name }}" == "$default_branch" ]; then
+          # Extract the branch name of the branch that merged into the current commit
+          commit_subject=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:%s)
+          regex='Merge pull request #[0-9]+ from .+/(.+)$'
+          [[ $commit_subject =~ $regex ]]
+          merged_branch=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+          
+          [[ -z "$merged_branch" ]] && \
+            # Committed directly on default branch, use the previous commit
+            from_ref_exclusive=$(git log -2 --pretty=format:"%H" | tail -1)
+            # Find what commit the merged branch branched from originally
+            from_ref_exclusive=$(diff -u <(git rev-list --first-parent $merged_branch) \
+                    <(git rev-list --first-parent $default_branch) | \
+                sed -ne 's/^ //p' | head -1)
+        else
+          # Get the commit this branch branched from
+          from_ref_exclusive=$(git rev-list $(git rev-list $default_branch.. | tail -1)^ -n 1)
+        fi
 
         [[ -z "${{ steps.gitversion.outputs.preReleaseTag }}" ]] && \
           is_prerelease=false || \
diff --git a/src/Kafka.TestFramework/Client.cs b/src/Kafka.TestFramework/Client.cs
index 64284cf..6ad2a1e 100644
--- a/src/Kafka.TestFramework/Client.cs
+++ b/src/Kafka.TestFramework/Client.cs
@@ -42,52 +42,49 @@ protected void StartReceiving()
                 {
                     var cancellationToken = _signalNoMoreDataToWrite.Token;
                     var writer = _pipe.Writer;
-                    await using (_networkClient.ConfigureAwait(false))
+                    try
                     {
-                        try
+                        FlushResult result;
+                        do
                         {
-                            FlushResult result;
-                            do
-                            {
-                                var memory = writer.GetMemory(MinimumBufferSize);
-                                var bytesRead = await _networkClient.ReceiveAsync(
-                                        memory,
-                                        cancellationToken)
-                                    .ConfigureAwait(false);
+                            var memory = writer.GetMemory(MinimumBufferSize);
+                            var bytesRead = await _networkClient.ReceiveAsync(
+                                    memory,
+                                    cancellationToken)
+                                .ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-                                if (bytesRead == 0)
-                                {
-                                    break;
-                                }
+                            if (bytesRead == 0)
+                            {
+                                break;
+                            }
 
-                                Logger.Debug("Received {bytesRead} bytes", bytesRead);
-                                writer.Advance(bytesRead);
+                            Logger.Debug("Received {bytesRead} bytes", bytesRead);
+                            writer.Advance(bytesRead);
 
-                                result = await writer
-                                    .FlushAsync(cancellationToken)
-                                    .ConfigureAwait(false);
-                            } while (result.IsCanceled == false &&
-                                     result.IsCompleted == false);
-                        }
-                        catch when (_signalNoMoreDataToWrite.IsCancellationRequested)
-                        {
-                            // Shutdown in progress
-                        }
-                        catch (OperationCanceledException)
-                        {
-                        }
-                        catch (Exception ex)
-                        {
-                            writer.Complete(ex);
-                            throw;
-                        }
-                        finally
-                        {
-                            _signalNoMoreDataToWrite.Cancel();
-                        }
-
-                        writer.Complete();
+                            result = await writer
+                                .FlushAsync(cancellationToken)
+                                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        } while (result.IsCanceled == false &&
+                                 result.IsCompleted == false);
+                    }
+                    catch when (_signalNoMoreDataToWrite.IsCancellationRequested)
+                    {
+                        // Shutdown in progress
                     }
+                    catch (OperationCanceledException)
+                    {
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
+                    {
+                        writer.Complete(ex);
+                        throw;
+                    }
+                    finally
+                    {
+                        _signalNoMoreDataToWrite.Cancel();
+                    }
+
+                    writer.Complete();
                 });
         }
 
@@ -98,6 +95,8 @@ public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
 
             await _sendAndReceiveBackgroundTask
                 .ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await _networkClient.DisposeAsync()
+                .ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Kafka.TestFramework/KafkaTestFramework.cs b/src/Kafka.TestFramework/KafkaTestFramework.cs
index 5d81f57..da554e0 100644
--- a/src/Kafka.TestFramework/KafkaTestFramework.cs
+++ b/src/Kafka.TestFramework/KafkaTestFramework.cs
@@ -192,11 +192,13 @@ public StopOnDispose(KafkaTestFramework testFramework)
             {
                 _testFramework = testFramework;
             }
-            public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+
+            public ValueTask DisposeAsync()
             {
                 _testFramework._cancellationTokenSource.Cancel();
-                await Task.WhenAll(_testFramework._backgroundTasks)
-                    .ConfigureAwait(false);
+                return Task.WhenAll(_testFramework._backgroundTasks)
+                    .ThrowAllExceptions()
+                    .AsValueTask();
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Kafka.TestFramework/TaskExtensions.cs b/src/Kafka.TestFramework/TaskExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..142c165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Kafka.TestFramework/TaskExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+using System.Runtime.ExceptionServices;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Kafka.TestFramework
+{
+    internal static class TaskExtensions
+    {
+        internal static async Task ThrowAllExceptions(this Task task)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                await task.ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                if (task.Exception?.InnerExceptions.Count > 1)
+                {
+                    ExceptionDispatchInfo.Capture(task.Exception).Throw();
+                }
+
+                throw;
+            }
+        }
+
+        internal static ValueTask AsValueTask(this Task task) =>
+            task.IsCompletedSuccessfully ? default : new ValueTask(task);
+    }
+}
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