diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
index c59f623f7..2b8094425 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         mkdir -p artifacts/bin
-        mv out/windows/Installer.Windows/bin/Release/net472/gcm*.exe artifacts/
-        mv out/windows/Installer.Windows/bin/Release/net472/${{ matrix.runtime }} artifacts/bin/
-        cp out/windows/Installer.Windows/bin/Release/net472/${{ matrix.runtime }}.sym/* artifacts/bin/${{ matrix.runtime }}/
+        mv out/windows/Installer.Windows/bin/Release/net8.0/gcm*.exe artifacts/
+        mv out/windows/Installer.Windows/bin/Release/net8.0/${{ matrix.runtime }} artifacts/bin/
+        cp out/windows/Installer.Windows/bin/Release/net8.0/${{ matrix.runtime }}.sym/* artifacts/bin/${{ matrix.runtime }}/
 
     - name: Upload artifacts
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index e7ed76eb9..d8c53e0bb 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -26,10 +26,4 @@
     <GenerateWindowsAppManifest Condition="'$(GenerateWindowsAppManifest)' == '' AND '$(OSPlatform)' == 'windows' AND '$(_IsExeProject)' == 'true'">true</GenerateWindowsAppManifest>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition = "'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net472'">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json">
-      <Version>8.0.5</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>
diff --git a/docs/development.md b/docs/development.md
index 0242d68b8..4e9329268 100644
--- a/docs/development.md
+++ b/docs/development.md
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ To build from the command line, run:
 dotnet build -c WindowsDebug
 ```
 
-You can find a copy of the installer .exe file in `out\windows\Installer.Windows\bin\Debug\net472`.
+You can find a copy of the installer .exe file in `out\windows\Installer.Windows\bin\Debug\net8.0`.
 
-The flat binaries can also be found in `out\windows\Payload.Windows\bin\Debug\net472\win-x86`.
+The flat binaries can also be found in `out\windows\Payload.Windows\bin\Debug\net8.0\win-x86`.
 
 ### Linux
 
diff --git a/src/shared/Atlassian.Bitbucket/Atlassian.Bitbucket.csproj b/src/shared/Atlassian.Bitbucket/Atlassian.Bitbucket.csproj
index 6aab348f8..7cd6da6c7 100644
--- a/src/shared/Atlassian.Bitbucket/Atlassian.Bitbucket.csproj
+++ b/src/shared/Atlassian.Bitbucket/Atlassian.Bitbucket.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
-    <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OSPlatform)'=='windows'">net8.0;net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <AssemblyName>Atlassian.Bitbucket</AssemblyName>
     <RootNamespace>Atlassian.Bitbucket</RootNamespace>
     <IsTestProject>false</IsTestProject>
@@ -13,10 +12,6 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Core\Core.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net472'">
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <AvaloniaResource Include="UI\Assets\atlassian-logo.png" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/shared/Core/Core.csproj b/src/shared/Core/Core.csproj
index f2804177b..7f36031e2 100644
--- a/src/shared/Core/Core.csproj
+++ b/src/shared/Core/Core.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
-    <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OSPlatform)'=='windows'">net8.0;net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <AssemblyName>gcmcore</AssemblyName>
     <RootNamespace>GitCredentialManager</RootNamespace>
     <IsTestProject>false</IsTestProject>
@@ -10,22 +9,12 @@
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net472'">
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Web" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Identity.Client.Broker" Version="4.65.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Win32" Version="11.1.3" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'net472'">
-    <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Desktop" Version="11.1.3" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Identity.Client" Version="4.65.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Identity.Client.Extensions.Msal" Version="4.65.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.CommandLine" Version="2.0.0-beta4.22272.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Avalonia" Version="11.1.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Desktop" Version="11.1.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Skia" Version="11.1.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Themes.Fluent" Version="11.1.3" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/shared/Core/Interop/Linux/LinuxConfigParser.cs b/src/shared/Core/Interop/Linux/LinuxConfigParser.cs
index 1caa918fc..d6a3fb26d 100644
--- a/src/shared/Core/Interop/Linux/LinuxConfigParser.cs
+++ b/src/shared/Core/Interop/Linux/LinuxConfigParser.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public IDictionary<string, string> Parse(string content)
     {
         var result = new Dictionary<string, string>(GitConfigurationKeyComparer.Instance);
 
-        IEnumerable<string> lines = content.Split(['\n'], StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+        IEnumerable<string> lines = content.Split("\n", StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
 
         foreach (string line in lines)
         {
diff --git a/src/shared/Git-Credential-Manager/Git-Credential-Manager.csproj b/src/shared/Git-Credential-Manager/Git-Credential-Manager.csproj
index 8c469897e..3a56c6439 100644
--- a/src/shared/Git-Credential-Manager/Git-Credential-Manager.csproj
+++ b/src/shared/Git-Credential-Manager/Git-Credential-Manager.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <TargetFrameworks>net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
-    <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OSPlatform)'=='windows'">net472;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x86;win-x64;win-arm64;osx-x64;linux-x64;osx-arm64;linux-arm64;linux-arm</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <AssemblyName>git-credential-manager</AssemblyName>
     <RootNamespace>GitCredentialManager</RootNamespace>
diff --git a/src/shared/GitHub/GitHub.csproj b/src/shared/GitHub/GitHub.csproj
index 66a4afd79..38d6b94b8 100644
--- a/src/shared/GitHub/GitHub.csproj
+++ b/src/shared/GitHub/GitHub.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
-    <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OSPlatform)'=='windows'">net8.0;net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <AssemblyName>GitHub</AssemblyName>
     <RootNamespace>GitHub</RootNamespace>
     <IsTestProject>false</IsTestProject>
@@ -13,8 +12,4 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Core\Core.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net472'">
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/shared/GitLab/GitLab.csproj b/src/shared/GitLab/GitLab.csproj
index 25c37f2fe..0d9279117 100644
--- a/src/shared/GitLab/GitLab.csproj
+++ b/src/shared/GitLab/GitLab.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
-    <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OSPlatform)'=='windows'">net8.0;net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <AssemblyName>GitLab</AssemblyName>
     <RootNamespace>GitLab</RootNamespace>
     <IsTestProject>false</IsTestProject>
@@ -13,8 +12,4 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Core\Core.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net472'">
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/shared/Microsoft.AzureRepos/Microsoft.AzureRepos.csproj b/src/shared/Microsoft.AzureRepos/Microsoft.AzureRepos.csproj
index eaf866bfa..ec08beda2 100644
--- a/src/shared/Microsoft.AzureRepos/Microsoft.AzureRepos.csproj
+++ b/src/shared/Microsoft.AzureRepos/Microsoft.AzureRepos.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
-    <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OSPlatform)'=='windows'">net8.0;net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <AssemblyName>Microsoft.AzureRepos</AssemblyName>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.AzureRepos</RootNamespace>
     <IsTestProject>false</IsTestProject>
@@ -13,8 +12,4 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Core\Core.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net472'">
-    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/windows/Installer.Windows/Installer.Windows.csproj b/src/windows/Installer.Windows/Installer.Windows.csproj
index ec678fe5f..853a4985d 100644
--- a/src/windows/Installer.Windows/Installer.Windows.csproj
+++ b/src/windows/Installer.Windows/Installer.Windows.csproj
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net472</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
     <EnableDefaultItems>false</EnableDefaultItems>
-    <PayloadPath>$(PlatformOutPath)Installer.Windows\bin\$(Configuration)\net472\$(RuntimeIdentifier)\</PayloadPath>
+    <PayloadPath>$(PlatformOutPath)Installer.Windows\bin\$(Configuration)\net8.0\$(RuntimeIdentifier)\</PayloadPath>
     <InnoSetupVersion>6.3.1</InnoSetupVersion>
     <!-- We already append the RID to our intermediate PayloadPath and also to the
          final installer filenames so there's no need to append to the output path. -->
diff --git a/src/windows/Installer.Windows/layout.ps1 b/src/windows/Installer.Windows/layout.ps1
index 3b1624896..a9d1ae9c2 100644
--- a/src/windows/Installer.Windows/layout.ps1
+++ b/src/windows/Installer.Windows/layout.ps1
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ mkdir -p "$PAYLOAD","$SYMBOLS" | Out-Null
 # Publish core application executables
 Write-Output "Publishing core application..."
 dotnet publish "$GCM_SRC" `
-	--framework net472 `
+	--framework net8.0 `
 	--configuration "$Configuration" `
 	--runtime $RuntimeIdentifier `
 	--output "$PAYLOAD"