diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 61c6c4704..69913111f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup dotnet
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
       with:
-        dotnet-version: 7.0
+        dotnet-version: 8.0
         dotnet-quality: 'ga'
         
     - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/Example/Example.csproj b/Example/Example.csproj
index 900d2a48c..2c2fb9ecc 100644
--- a/Example/Example.csproj
+++ b/Example/Example.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <!-- Version numbers are automatically updated by gitversion when a release is released -->
     <!-- Do not modify these. -->
     <FileVersion>1.0.0.0</FileVersion>
diff --git a/ReactiveExample/ReactiveExample.csproj b/ReactiveExample/ReactiveExample.csproj
index 7aaf02444..e903b9b67 100644
--- a/ReactiveExample/ReactiveExample.csproj
+++ b/ReactiveExample/ReactiveExample.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <!-- Version numbers are automatically updated by gitversion when a release is released -->
     <!-- Do not modify these. -->
     <!--<AssemblyVersion>1.14.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
diff --git a/UICatalog/Dockerfile b/UICatalog/Dockerfile
index 7d3552bb9..ad7ada154 100644
--- a/UICatalog/Dockerfile
+++ b/UICatalog/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8 \
 	DISPLAY=:0
 WORKDIR /app
 
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:7.0 AS build
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0 AS build
 WORKDIR /src
 COPY ["Terminal.Gui/Directory.Build.props", "Terminal.Gui/"]
 COPY ["UICatalog/UICatalog.csproj", "UICatalog/"]