diff --git a/e2e/Uno/Directory.Build.props b/e2e/Uno/Directory.Build.props
index 5dc044b9de..042177fedd 100644
--- a/e2e/Uno/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/e2e/Uno/Directory.Build.props
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
     <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);NU5104;NU5100;NU5118;NU5123;NU1603;CS1701;CS1702;XA0101;MSB3277;CS8785;CS8669;CS1998</NoWarn>
     <IsUnoProject>true</IsUnoProject>
+
+    <DotNetVersion>net8.0</DotNetVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Choose>
diff --git a/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Base/HelloWorld.Base.csproj b/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Base/HelloWorld.Base.csproj
index 8d78f515e0..6ba75e7d1c 100644
--- a/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Base/HelloWorld.Base.csproj
+++ b/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Base/HelloWorld.Base.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.NoTargets/3.7.0">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- NOTE: The TargetFramework is required by MSBuild but not used as this project is not built. -->
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(DotNetVersion)</TargetFramework>
     <EnableDefaultItems>false</EnableDefaultItems>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Mobile/HelloWorld.Mobile.csproj b/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Mobile/HelloWorld.Mobile.csproj
index 39a32b586f..a7a3c937b1 100644
--- a/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Mobile/HelloWorld.Mobile.csproj
+++ b/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Mobile/HelloWorld.Mobile.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net7.0-ios;net7.0-android;net7.0-maccatalyst</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>$(DotNetVersion)-ios;$(DotNetVersion)-android;$(DotNetVersion)-maccatalyst</TargetFrameworks>
     <SingleProject>true</SingleProject>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <!-- Display name -->
diff --git a/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Skia.Gtk/HelloWorld.Skia.Gtk.csproj b/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Skia.Gtk/HelloWorld.Skia.Gtk.csproj
index 2a11fac372..910962ba17 100644
--- a/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Skia.Gtk/HelloWorld.Skia.Gtk.csproj
+++ b/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Skia.Gtk/HelloWorld.Skia.Gtk.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">WinExe</OutputType>
     <OutputType Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(DotNetVersion)</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Condition="exists('Platforms\Windows')">
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Platforms\Windows\Package.appxmanifest" LogicalName="Package.appxmanifest" />
diff --git a/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Skia.Linux.FrameBuffer/HelloWorld.Skia.Linux.FrameBuffer.csproj b/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Skia.Linux.FrameBuffer/HelloWorld.Skia.Linux.FrameBuffer.csproj
index 7fd8639462..5897ad9b03 100644
--- a/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Skia.Linux.FrameBuffer/HelloWorld.Skia.Linux.FrameBuffer.csproj
+++ b/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Skia.Linux.FrameBuffer/HelloWorld.Skia.Linux.FrameBuffer.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">WinExe</OutputType>
     <OutputType Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(DotNetVersion)</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Condition="exists('Platforms\Windows')">
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Platforms\Windows\Package.appxmanifest" LogicalName="Package.appxmanifest" />
diff --git a/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Skia.WPF/HelloWorld.Skia.WPF.csproj b/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Skia.WPF/HelloWorld.Skia.WPF.csproj
index 422d632d8f..a8ffadb51c 100644
--- a/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Skia.WPF/HelloWorld.Skia.WPF.csproj
+++ b/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Skia.WPF/HelloWorld.Skia.WPF.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">WinExe</OutputType>
     <OutputType Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(DotNetVersion)-windows</TargetFramework>
     <UseWPF>true</UseWPF>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="AssemblyInfo">
diff --git a/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Wasm/HelloWorld.Wasm.csproj b/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Wasm/HelloWorld.Wasm.csproj
index c392c4c9a3..aba062002d 100644
--- a/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Wasm/HelloWorld.Wasm.csproj
+++ b/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Wasm/HelloWorld.Wasm.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(DotNetVersion)</TargetFramework>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);NU1504;NU1505;NU1701</NoWarn>
     <!-- Disabled due to issue with Central Package Management with implicit using -->
     <ImplicitUsings>disable</ImplicitUsings>
diff --git a/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Windows/HelloWorld.Windows.csproj b/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Windows/HelloWorld.Windows.csproj
index b80cf72bc5..368fcc7128 100644
--- a/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Windows/HelloWorld.Windows.csproj
+++ b/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld.Windows/HelloWorld.Windows.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows10.0.22621.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(DotNetVersion)-windows10.0.22621.0</TargetFramework>
     <TargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.18362.0</TargetPlatformMinVersion>
     <RootNamespace>UnoWinUIQuickStart</RootNamespace>
     <Platforms>x86;x64;arm64</Platforms>
diff --git a/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld/HelloWorld.csproj b/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld/HelloWorld.csproj
index 5f34fc1c69..3a1efb3505 100644
--- a/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld/HelloWorld.csproj
+++ b/e2e/Uno/HelloWorld/HelloWorld.csproj
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('windows')) or '$(EnableWindowsTargeting)' == 'true'">net7.0-windows10.0.22621</TargetFrameworks>
-    <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworks);net7.0;net7.0-ios;net7.0-android;net7.0-maccatalyst</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('windows')) or '$(EnableWindowsTargeting)' == 'true'">$(DotNetVersion)-windows10.0.22621</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworks);$(DotNetVersion);$(DotNetVersion)-ios;$(DotNetVersion)-android;$(DotNetVersion)-maccatalyst</TargetFrameworks>
 
     <!-- Ensures the .xr.xml files are generated in a proper layout folder -->
     <GenerateLibraryLayout>true</GenerateLibraryLayout>
diff --git a/e2e/Uno/ModuleA/ModuleA.csproj b/e2e/Uno/ModuleA/ModuleA.csproj
index 5eedfa0684..a2e5a2b45e 100644
--- a/e2e/Uno/ModuleA/ModuleA.csproj
+++ b/e2e/Uno/ModuleA/ModuleA.csproj
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net7.0;net7.0-ios;net7.0-android;net7.0-maccatalyst</TargetFrameworks>
-     <TargetFrameworks Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('windows')) or '$(EnableWindowsTargeting)' == 'true'">$(TargetFrameworks);net7.0-windows10.0.22621</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>$(DotNetVersion);$(DotNetVersion)-ios;$(DotNetVersion)-android;$(DotNetVersion)-maccatalyst</TargetFrameworks>
+     <TargetFrameworks Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('windows')) or '$(EnableWindowsTargeting)' == 'true'">$(TargetFrameworks);$(DotNetVersion)-windows10.0.22621</TargetFrameworks>
 
     <!-- Ensures the .xr.xml files are generated in a proper layout folder -->
     <GenerateLibraryLayout>true</GenerateLibraryLayout>
diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.props b/src/Directory.Build.props
index f5a06a15d2..c784ed5936 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.props
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
   </Choose>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" $(IsUnoProject) ">
-    <UnoTargetFrameworks>net7.0;net7.0-android;net7.0-ios;net7.0-maccatalyst;net7.0-macos</UnoTargetFrameworks>
-    <UnoTargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT' ">$(UnoTargetFrameworks);net7.0-windows10.0.19041</UnoTargetFrameworks>
+    <UnoTargetFrameworks>net8.0;net8.0-android;net8.0-ios;net8.0-maccatalyst;net8.0-macos</UnoTargetFrameworks>
+    <UnoTargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT' ">$(UnoTargetFrameworks);net8.0-windows10.0.19041</UnoTargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>