diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 4ca87cf3..90659bce 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <Project>
     <PropertyGroup>
         <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
-        <LangVersion>10.0</LangVersion>
-        <BotSharpVersion>1.5.1</BotSharpVersion>
+        <LangVersion>12.0</LangVersion>
+        <BotSharpVersion>1.6.1</BotSharpVersion>
         <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
         <GenerateDocumentationFile>false</GenerateDocumentationFile>
     </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Abstraction/Conversations/Enums/ConversationChannel.cs b/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Abstraction/Conversations/Enums/ConversationChannel.cs
index ecf84e3f..cf0defbc 100644
--- a/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Abstraction/Conversations/Enums/ConversationChannel.cs
+++ b/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.Abstraction/Conversations/Enums/ConversationChannel.cs
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ public class ConversationChannel
     public const string OpenAPI = "openapi";
     public const string Phone = "phone";
     public const string Messenger = "messenger";
+    public const string Email = "email";
 }
diff --git a/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.OpenAPI/Controllers/ConversationController.cs b/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.OpenAPI/Controllers/ConversationController.cs
index aea3bf34..b3e29e31 100644
--- a/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.OpenAPI/Controllers/ConversationController.cs
+++ b/src/Infrastructure/BotSharp.OpenAPI/Controllers/ConversationController.cs
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ public class ConversationController : ControllerBase
     public async Task<ConversationViewModel> NewConversation([FromRoute] string agentId, [FromBody] MessageConfig config)
     {
         var service = _services.GetRequiredService<IConversationService>();
+        var channel = config.States.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Key == "channel");
         var conv = new Conversation
         {
             AgentId = agentId,
-            Channel = ConversationChannel.OpenAPI,
+            Channel = channel == default ? ConversationChannel.OpenAPI : channel.Value,
             TaskId = config.TaskId
         };
         conv = await service.NewConversation(conv);