Azure – Microsoft Graph Api GET request can't deserialize JSON obect when calling Applications

I’m making a GET request call to get back all application with their Id, and password expiration date. I’ve been working with the Graph Explore that Microsoft offers and has been a lot of help. The code I have gets the http request back and then It try’s to deserialize it blows up with the given error below. I’ve spent a good while on SOF looking at similar post but nothing seems to work. I feel I might be missing something simple here or going about it the wrong way.

I’m also stuck on an older version of the Graph Nugget pkg v4.41.0 and Core is at v2.0.13. I went to update them and there were a lot of breaking changes thru out the app and I don’t have time to rewrite everything yet.

I get the following error:

"Message": "An error has occurred.", 
"ExceptionMessage": "Cannot deserialize the current JSON object (e.g. {"name":"value"}) into type 'System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Microsoft.Graph.Application]' because the type requires a JSON array (e.g. [1,2,3]) to deserialize correctly.rnTo fix this error either change the JSON to a JSON array (e.g. [1,2,3]) or change the deserialized type so that it is a normal .NET type (e.g. not a primitive type like integer, not a collection type like an array or List<T>) that can be deserialized from a JSON object. JsonObjectAttribute can also be added to the type to force it to deserialize from a JSON object.rnPath '['@odata.context']', line 1, position 18.",
"ExceptionType": "Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializationException",
"StackTrace": "   at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalReader.CreateObject(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, JsonContract contract, JsonProperty member, JsonContainerContract containerContract, JsonProperty containerMember, Object existingValue)rn   at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization...

        public async Task<List<Microsoft.Graph.Application>> GetAppExpList()
        {
           List<Microsoft.Graph.Application> apps = null;                       

           // query string for url call
           var url = this.GetGraphUrl($"{Consts.GraphUrl}?$select=id,passwordCredentials&$format=json");
           
           // tried to do this with the built in Graph methods
           List<QueryOption> options = new List<QueryOption>
           {
            new QueryOption("$select", "id,DisplayName,passwordCredentials"), 
            new QueryOption("$format", "json")
           };

           // Here I wanted to see what was brought back. No PasswordCreds for some reason 
           var test = await _graphClient.Applications.Request(options).GetAsync();


          // GET request to the Applications Graph Api
          var response = await this.HttpHandler.SendGraphGetRequest(url);            
        
          // Returns JSON data 
          if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
          {
            // Shows the correct data in JSON Format
            var rawData = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

            // Throws error above.    
            apps = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Microsoft.Graph.Application>>(rawData);
                            
          }

         return apps; 
    }

Here is the JSON that comes back for the var rawData = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

{"@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#applications(id,passwordCredentials)"
 ,"value":[
 {
    "id":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "displayName":"App 1 name Here",
    "passwordCredentials":[]
 },
 {
    "id":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001",
    "displayName":" App 2 name here",
    "passwordCredentials":[]
 },
 {
    "id":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002",
    "displayName":"App 3 name here",
    "passwordCredentials":[
       {
        "customKeyIdentifier":null,
        "displayName":"secret",
        "endDateTime":"2025-01-30T14:46:40.985Z",
        "hint":"oHI",
        "keyId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-0000000000",
        "secretText":null,
        "startDateTime":"2023-01-31T14:46:40.985Z"
        }
     ]
  }
]

}