diff --git a/src/SqlPersistence/Config/SqlDialect_Oracle.cs b/src/SqlPersistence/Config/SqlDialect_Oracle.cs
index 4eed1145a..8bd9175e6 100644
--- a/src/SqlPersistence/Config/SqlDialect_Oracle.cs
+++ b/src/SqlPersistence/Config/SqlDialect_Oracle.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public abstract partial class SqlDialect
         /// </summary>
         public partial class Oracle : SqlDialect
         {
-            volatile PropertyInfo bindByName;
+            volatile PropertyInfo parametersByNameProperty;
 
             internal override void SetJsonParameterValue(DbParameter parameter, object value)
             {
@@ -42,16 +42,19 @@ internal override CommandWrapper CreateCommand(DbConnection connection)
             {
                 var command = connection.CreateCommand();
 
-                if (bindByName == null)
+                if (parametersByNameProperty == null)
                 {
                     var type = command.GetType();
-                    bindByName = type.GetProperty("BindByName");
-                    if (bindByName == null)
+                    parametersByNameProperty = type.GetProperty("BindByName") ??
+                                               // someone might be using DevArt Oracle provider which uses PassParametersByName
+                                               type.GetProperty("PassParametersByName");
+                    if (parametersByNameProperty == null)
                     {
-                        throw new Exception($"Could not extract field 'BindByName' from '{type.AssemblyQualifiedName}'.");
+                        throw new Exception($"Could not extract property 'BindByName' nor 'PassParametersByName' from '{type.AssemblyQualifiedName}'. The property is required to make sure the parameters passed to the commands can be passed by name and do not depend on the order they are added to the command.");
                     }
                 }
-                bindByName.SetValue(command, true);
+
+                parametersByNameProperty.SetValue(command, true);
 
                 return new CommandWrapper(command, this);
             }
diff --git a/src/SqlPersistence/Extensions.cs b/src/SqlPersistence/Extensions.cs
index 61cdcf9fb..7e0bdd98c 100644
--- a/src/SqlPersistence/Extensions.cs
+++ b/src/SqlPersistence/Extensions.cs
@@ -72,16 +72,21 @@ public static void AddParameter(this DbCommand command, string name, Version val
     public static async Task<bool> GetBoolAsync(this DbDataReader reader, int position, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
         var type = reader.GetFieldType(position);
-        // MySql stores bools as ints
+        // MySql stores bools as longs (ulong)
         if (type == typeof(ulong))
         {
             return Convert.ToBoolean(await reader.GetFieldValueAsync<ulong>(position, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false));
         }
-        // In Oracle we store bools as NUMBER(1,0) (short).
+        // In Oracle default driver store bools as NUMBER(1,0) (short).
         if (type == typeof(short))
         {
             return Convert.ToBoolean(await reader.GetFieldValueAsync<short>(position, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false));
         }
+        // or it might be stored as ints.
+        if (type == typeof(int))
+        {
+            return Convert.ToBoolean(await reader.GetFieldValueAsync<int>(position, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false));
+        }
         return await reader.GetFieldValueAsync<bool>(position, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/TestHelper/TestHelper.csproj b/src/TestHelper/TestHelper.csproj
index bd2d55639..649f6ec18 100644
--- a/src/TestHelper/TestHelper.csproj
+++ b/src/TestHelper/TestHelper.csproj
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="MySql.Data" Version="8.0.29" ExcludeAssets="contentFiles" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="3.13.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Data.SqlClient" Version="4.8.6" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="5.1.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="5.2.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- Workaround to prevent VS test discovery error -->