diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c4a30dc..bf5dcab 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -349,3 +349,4 @@ MigrationBackup/
 # Ionide (cross platform F# VS Code tools) working folder
 .ionide/
 .idea
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/Avalonia.Maui/Avalonia.Maui.csproj b/Avalonia.Maui/Avalonia.Maui.csproj
index 4dcdd2a..26faf11 100644
--- a/Avalonia.Maui/Avalonia.Maui.csproj
+++ b/Avalonia.Maui/Avalonia.Maui.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<TargetFrameworks>net7.0;net7.0-android;net7.0-ios</TargetFrameworks>
+		<TargetFrameworks>net7.0;net7.0-android;net7.0-ios;net8.0;net8.0-android;net8.0-ios</TargetFrameworks>
 		<!-- Uncomment to also build the tizen app. You will need to install tizen by following this: https://github.com/Samsung/Tizen.NET -->
 		<!-- <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworks);net7.0-tizen</TargetFrameworks> -->
 		<UseMaui>true</UseMaui>
@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@
 
 	<ItemGroup Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'android'">
 		<PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Android" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
-		<PackageReference Include="Xamarin.Kotlin.StdLib.Jdk8" Version="1.8.0" />
-    </ItemGroup>
+		<PackageReference Include="Xamarin.Kotlin.StdLib.Jdk8" Version="1.9.0.1" />
+		<PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp.NativeAssets.Android" Version="2.88.6" />
+		<PackageReference Include="HarfBuzzSharp.NativeAssets.Android" Version="2.8.2.5" />
+	</ItemGroup>
 	<ItemGroup Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'ios'">
 		<PackageReference Include="Avalonia.iOS" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
+		<PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp.NativeAssets.iOS" Version="2.88.6" />
+		<PackageReference Include="HarfBuzzSharp.NativeAssets.iOS" Version="2.8.2.5" />
 	</ItemGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
 		<PackageReference Include="Avalonia" Version="$(AvaloniaVersion)" />
diff --git a/AvaloniaSample/AvaloniaSample.Android/AvaloniaSample.Android.csproj b/AvaloniaSample/AvaloniaSample.Android/AvaloniaSample.Android.csproj
index 4a8599f..857c0e9 100644
--- a/AvaloniaSample/AvaloniaSample.Android/AvaloniaSample.Android.csproj
+++ b/AvaloniaSample/AvaloniaSample.Android/AvaloniaSample.Android.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-android</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0-android</TargetFramework>
     <UseMaui>true</UseMaui>
     <SupportedOSPlatformVersion>21</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
diff --git a/AvaloniaSample/AvaloniaSample.iOS/AvaloniaSample.iOS.csproj b/AvaloniaSample/AvaloniaSample.iOS/AvaloniaSample.iOS.csproj
index b0a7ec4..88d7101 100644
--- a/AvaloniaSample/AvaloniaSample.iOS/AvaloniaSample.iOS.csproj
+++ b/AvaloniaSample/AvaloniaSample.iOS/AvaloniaSample.iOS.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <UseMaui>true</UseMaui>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-ios</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0-ios</TargetFramework>
     <SupportedOSPlatformVersion>13.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/AvaloniaSample/AvaloniaSample/AvaloniaSample.csproj b/AvaloniaSample/AvaloniaSample/AvaloniaSample.csproj
index e6ac434..8328ac7 100644
--- a/AvaloniaSample/AvaloniaSample/AvaloniaSample.csproj
+++ b/AvaloniaSample/AvaloniaSample/AvaloniaSample.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <UseMaui>true</UseMaui>
     <UseMauiEssentials>true</UseMauiEssentials>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
diff --git a/MauiSample/MauiSample.csproj b/MauiSample/MauiSample.csproj
index f8cda79..16fda43 100644
--- a/MauiSample/MauiSample.csproj
+++ b/MauiSample/MauiSample.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<TargetFrameworks>net7.0-android;net7.0-ios</TargetFrameworks>
+		<TargetFrameworks>net8.0-android;net8.0-ios</TargetFrameworks>
 		<!-- Uncomment to also build the tizen app. You will need to install tizen by following this: https://github.com/Samsung/Tizen.NET -->
 		<!-- <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworks);net6.0-tizen</TargetFrameworks> -->
 		<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 36e1a9e..0000000
--- a/global.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "sdk": {
-    "version": "7.0.0",
-    "rollForward": "latestMajor",
-    "allowPrerelease": false
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file