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-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <Description>bash the drum. to the beat.</Description>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests.Android/osu.Game.Tests.Android.csproj b/osu.Game.Tests.Android/osu.Game.Tests.Android.csproj
index b745d91980..889f0a3583 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests.Android/osu.Game.Tests.Android.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests.Android/osu.Game.Tests.Android.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <Import Project="..\osu.Android.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0-android</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0-android</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RootNamespace>osu.Game.Tests</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>osu.Game.Tests.Android</AssemblyName>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests.iOS/osu.Game.Tests.iOS.csproj b/osu.Game.Tests.iOS/osu.Game.Tests.iOS.csproj
index 79771fcd50..e4b9d2ba94 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests.iOS/osu.Game.Tests.iOS.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests.iOS/osu.Game.Tests.iOS.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0-ios</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0-ios</TargetFramework>
     <SupportedOSPlatformVersion>13.4</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
     <RootNamespace>osu.Game.Tests</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>osu.Game.Tests.iOS</AssemblyName>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/osu.Game.Tests.csproj b/osu.Game.Tests/osu.Game.Tests.csproj
index 7b08524240..c0bbdfb4ed 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/osu.Game.Tests.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/osu.Game.Tests.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Project">
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Code Analysis">
     <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>tests.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests.csproj b/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests.csproj
index 3b00f103c4..8f1d7114b1 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests/osu.Game.Tournament.Tests.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Project">
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Project References">
     <ProjectReference Include="..\osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch\osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.csproj" />
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament/osu.Game.Tournament.csproj b/osu.Game.Tournament/osu.Game.Tournament.csproj
index ab67e490cd..c8578ac464 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament/osu.Game.Tournament.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament/osu.Game.Tournament.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Project">
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <Description>tools for tournaments.</Description>
diff --git a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
index a5d212bffe..caffebd063 100644
--- a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Project">
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <LangVersion>10</LangVersion>
diff --git a/osu.iOS/osu.iOS.csproj b/osu.iOS/osu.iOS.csproj
index 2d61b73125..6e9449de95 100644
--- a/osu.iOS/osu.iOS.csproj
+++ b/osu.iOS/osu.iOS.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup Label="Project">
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0-ios</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0-ios</TargetFramework>
     <SupportedOSPlatformVersion>13.4</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <UseMauiEssentials>true</UseMauiEssentials>