diff --git a/src/AVPRClient/AVPRClient.csproj b/src/AVPRClient/AVPRClient.csproj
index 652ebfb..872ad7a 100644
--- a/src/AVPRClient/AVPRClient.csproj
+++ b/src/AVPRClient/AVPRClient.csproj
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
     <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
     <PackageReleaseNotes>$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText("$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/RELEASE_NOTES.md"))</PackageReleaseNotes>
     <PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
-    <PackageVersion>0.0.8</PackageVersion>
+    <PackageVersion>0.0.9</PackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
     <None Include="README.md" Pack="true" PackagePath="\" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\AVPRIndex\AVPRIndex.fsproj" PackageVersion="[0.1.2, 1.0.0)" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\AVPRIndex\AVPRIndex.fsproj" PackageVersion="[0.1.3, 1.0.0)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <Target Name="UseExplicitPackageVersions" BeforeTargets="GenerateNuspec">
diff --git a/src/AVPRClient/Extensions.cs b/src/AVPRClient/Extensions.cs
index 303bd8c..87be033 100644
--- a/src/AVPRClient/Extensions.cs
+++ b/src/AVPRClient/Extensions.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ DateTimeOffset releaseDate
                 MajorVersion = indexedPackage.Metadata.MajorVersion,
                 MinorVersion = indexedPackage.Metadata.MinorVersion,
                 PatchVersion = indexedPackage.Metadata.PatchVersion,
-                PackageContent = File.ReadAllBytes(indexedPackage.RepoPath),
+                PackageContent = BinaryContent.fromFile(indexedPackage.RepoPath),
                 ReleaseDate = releaseDate,
                 Tags =
                     indexedPackage.Metadata.Tags
diff --git a/src/AVPRClient/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/src/AVPRClient/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 28685a7..7ea560a 100644
--- a/src/AVPRClient/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/src/AVPRClient/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## v0.0.9
+- Use AVPRIndex for all package binary content extractions
+
 ## v0.0.8
 - Use AVPRIndex for all package hash calculations
 
diff --git a/tests/ClientTests/ReferenceObjects.fs b/tests/ClientTests/ReferenceObjects.fs
index 002d899..1277dc4 100644
--- a/tests/ClientTests/ReferenceObjects.fs
+++ b/tests/ClientTests/ReferenceObjects.fs
@@ -73,20 +73,9 @@ module ValidationPackageMetadata =
         CQCHookEndpoint = "hookendpoint"
     )
 
-module PackageContentHash =
-    open System
-    open System.IO
-    open System.Text
-    open System.Security.Cryptography
-
-    let expected_hash = 
-        let md5 = MD5.Create()
-        "fixtures/test_validation_package_all_fields.fsx"
-        |> File.ReadAllText
-        |> fun s -> s.ReplaceLineEndings("\n")
-        |> Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes
-        |> md5.ComputeHash
-        |> Convert.ToHexString
+module Hash =
+
+    let expected_hash = "C5BD4262301D27CF667106D9024BD721"
 
     let allFields = AVPRClient.PackageContentHash(
         PackageName = "name",
@@ -95,17 +84,42 @@ module PackageContentHash =
         PackagePatchVersion = 0,
         Hash = expected_hash
     )
-  
 
-module ValidationPackage =
+module BinaryContent =
 
     open System.IO
 
-    let expected_content = 
+    let expected_content = "(*
+---
+Name: name
+Summary: summary
+Description = description
+MajorVersion: 1
+MinorVersion: 0
+PatchVersion: 0
+Publish: true
+Authors:
+  - FullName: test
+    Email: test@test.test
+    Affiliation: testaffiliation
+    AffiliationLink: test.com
+Tags:
+  - Name: test
+    TermSourceREF: REF
+    TermAccessionNumber: TAN
+ReleaseNotes: releasenotes
+CQCHookEndpoint: hookendpoint
+---
+*)
+
+printfn \"yes\""                  .ReplaceLineEndings("\n")
+
+    let expected_binary_content = expected_content |> System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes
 
-        "fixtures/test_validation_package_all_fields.fsx"
-        |> File.ReadAllBytes
 
+module ValidationPackage =
+
+    open System.IO
 
     let allFields = AVPRClient.ValidationPackage(
         Name = "name",
@@ -114,7 +128,7 @@ module ValidationPackage =
         MajorVersion = 1,
         MinorVersion = 0,
         PatchVersion = 0,
-        PackageContent = expected_content,
+        PackageContent = BinaryContent.expected_binary_content,
         ReleaseDate = date,
         Authors = [|Author.allFieldsClient|],
         Tags = [|OntologyAnnotation.allFieldsClient|],
diff --git a/tests/ClientTests/TypeExtensionsTests.fs b/tests/ClientTests/TypeExtensionsTests.fs
index 6dd298b..af1ee52 100644
--- a/tests/ClientTests/TypeExtensionsTests.fs
+++ b/tests/ClientTests/TypeExtensionsTests.fs
@@ -14,24 +14,26 @@ module ValidationPackageIndex =
         repoPath = "fixtures/test_validation_package_all_fields.fsx",
         fileName = "test_validation_package_all_fields.fsx",
         lastUpdated = ReferenceObjects.date,
-        contentHash = ReferenceObjects.PackageContentHash.expected_hash,
+        contentHash = ReferenceObjects.Hash.expected_hash,
         metadata = ReferenceObjects.ValidationPackageMetadata.allFields
     )
 
     [<Fact>]
-    let ``toValidationpackage with release date`` () =
+    let ``toValidationPackage with release date`` () =
         let actual = test_validation_package_all_fields.toValidationPackage(ReferenceObjects.date)
         Assert.Equivalent(actual, ReferenceObjects.ValidationPackage.allFields)
 
+
+
     [<Fact>]
     let ``toPackageContentHash without direct file hash`` () =
         let actual = test_validation_package_all_fields.toPackageContentHash()
-        Assert.Equivalent(ReferenceObjects.PackageContentHash.allFields, actual)
+        Assert.Equivalent(ReferenceObjects.Hash.allFields, actual)
 
     [<Fact>]
     let ``toPackageContentHash with direct file hash`` () =
         let actual = test_validation_package_all_fields.toPackageContentHash(HashFileDirectly = true)
-        Assert.Equivalent(ReferenceObjects.PackageContentHash.allFields, actual)
+        Assert.Equivalent(ReferenceObjects.Hash.allFields, actual)
 
 module Author =