diff --git a/auto-configurations/spring-ai-mcp-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/mcp/client/McpClientAutoConfiguration.java b/auto-configurations/spring-ai-mcp-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/mcp/client/McpClientAutoConfiguration.java
index c6471ed3a..7a8ef7d84 100644
--- a/auto-configurations/spring-ai-mcp-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/mcp/client/McpClientAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/auto-configurations/spring-ai-mcp-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/autoconfigure/mcp/client/McpClientAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ public class McpClientAutoConfiguration {
 				var syncClient = syncSpec.build();
 
 				if (commonProperties.isInitialized()) {
-					syncClient.initialize();
+					syncClient.initialize().block();
 				}
 
 				mcpSyncClients.add(syncClient);
diff --git a/mcp/common/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/mcp/McpToolUtils.java b/mcp/common/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/mcp/McpToolUtils.java
index 07416137d..d9b74af42 100644
--- a/mcp/common/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/mcp/McpToolUtils.java
+++ b/mcp/common/src/main/java/org/springframework/ai/mcp/McpToolUtils.java
@@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ public final class McpToolUtils {
 			try {
 				String callResult = toolCallback.call(ModelOptionsUtils.toJsonString(request));
 				if (mimeType != null && mimeType.toString().startsWith("image")) {
-					return new McpSchema.CallToolResult(List.of(new McpSchema.ImageContent(List.of(Role.ASSISTANT),
-							null, "image", callResult, mimeType.toString())), false);
+					return new McpSchema.CallToolResult(List
+						.of(new McpSchema.ImageContent(List.of(Role.ASSISTANT), null, callResult, mimeType.toString())),
+							false);
 				}
 				return new McpSchema.CallToolResult(List.of(new McpSchema.TextContent(callResult)), false);
 			}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 79e670db3..260341c00 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
 		<okhttp3.version>4.12.0</okhttp3.version>
 
 		<!-- MCP-->
-		<mcp.sdk.version>0.7.0</mcp.sdk.version>
+		<mcp.sdk.version>0.8.0-SNAPSHOT</mcp.sdk.version>
 
 		<!-- plugin versions -->
 		<antlr.version>4.13.1</antlr.version>