diff --git a/iothub/device/src/Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Client.csproj b/iothub/device/src/Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Client.csproj
index 1798469fc3..46be631def 100644
--- a/iothub/device/src/Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Client.csproj
+++ b/iothub/device/src/Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Client.csproj
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <Version>1.43.0-edgeLts</Version>
+    <Version>1.43.2-edgeLts</Version>
     <Title>Microsoft Azure IoT Device Client SDK</Title>
     <IncludeSource>True</IncludeSource>
     <IncludeSymbols>True</IncludeSymbols>
diff --git a/iothub/device/src/Transport/Mqtt/MqttTransportHandler.cs b/iothub/device/src/Transport/Mqtt/MqttTransportHandler.cs
index bea2b43233..90242d14aa 100644
--- a/iothub/device/src/Transport/Mqtt/MqttTransportHandler.cs
+++ b/iothub/device/src/Transport/Mqtt/MqttTransportHandler.cs
@@ -1504,6 +1504,8 @@ private async Task HandleIncomingEventMessageAsync(MqttApplicationMessageReceive
             // We try to get the endpoint from the topic, if the topic is in the above format.
             string[] tokens = receivedEventArgs.ApplicationMessage.Topic.Split('/');
 
+            PopulateMessagePropertiesFromMqttMessage(iotHubMessage, receivedEventArgs.ApplicationMessage);
+
             // if there is an input name in the topic string, set the system property accordingly
             if (tokens.Length >= 6)
             {
diff --git a/vsts/horton-e2e.yaml b/vsts/horton-e2e.yaml
index 2833102b48..175ca7788f 100644
--- a/vsts/horton-e2e.yaml
+++ b/vsts/horton-e2e.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 variables:
   Horton.FrameworkRoot: $(Agent.BuildDirectory)/e2e-fx
-  Horton.FrameworkRef: master
+  Horton.FrameworkRef: timtay/temp # This is deliberately not targeting main because the main branch builds for an older version of .NET than this branch of the azure-iot-sdk-csharp repo targets
   Horton.Language: csharp
   Horton.Repo: $(Build.Repository.Uri)
   Horton.Commit: $(Build.SourceBranch)
@@ -12,7 +12,31 @@ resources:
     type: github
     name: Azure/iot-sdks-e2e-fx
     ref: refs/heads/master
-    endpoint: 'GitHub OAuth - az-iot-builder-01'
+    endpoint: 'azure-iot-sdk-python-github'
 
-jobs:
-- template: vsts/templates/jobs-gate-csharp.yaml@e2e_fx
+stages:
+- stage: setup
+  jobs:
+  - job: create_azure_resources
+    pool:
+      vmImage: 'windows-latest'
+    steps:
+    - template: vsts/templates/steps-create-azure-resources.yaml@e2e_fx
+
+- stage: build_and_test
+  dependsOn: setup
+  jobs:
+  - template: vsts/templates/jobs-gate-csharp.yaml@e2e_fx
+
+- stage: cleanup
+  dependsOn:
+  - setup
+  - build_and_test
+  condition: always()
+  jobs:
+  - job: destroy_azure_resource_group
+    condition: always()
+    pool:
+      vmImage: 'ubuntu-24.04'
+    steps:
+    - template: vsts/templates/steps-destroy-azure-resources.yaml@e2e_fx
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