diff --git a/Pipelines/vs/devskim-visualstudio-pr.yml b/Pipelines/vs/devskim-visualstudio-pr.yml
index 939222bf..ad473d9c 100644
--- a/Pipelines/vs/devskim-visualstudio-pr.yml
+++ b/Pipelines/vs/devskim-visualstudio-pr.yml
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ stages:
     parameters:
       buildTool: 'msbuild'
       buildConfiguration: 'Release'
-      # 12/5/23 - This has to be built with msbuild but the template refuses to fetch the latest version of msbuild
-      #   so we have to build with net 7 for now as the version fetched does not support net 8
-      dotnetVersion: '7.0.x'
+      dotnetVersion: '8.0.x'
       targetFramework: 'net47'
       projectPath: 'DevSkim-DotNet/Microsoft.DevSkim.VisualStudio/Microsoft.DevSkim.VisualStudio.csproj'
       projectName: 'DevSkim_VS'
diff --git a/Pipelines/vs/devskim-visualstudio-release.yml b/Pipelines/vs/devskim-visualstudio-release.yml
index 7d0b753a..a01ab658 100644
--- a/Pipelines/vs/devskim-visualstudio-release.yml
+++ b/Pipelines/vs/devskim-visualstudio-release.yml
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ stages:
     parameters:
       buildTool: 'msbuild'
       buildConfiguration: 'Release'
-      # 12/5/23 - This has to be built with msbuild but the template refuses to fetch the latest version of msbuild
-      #   so we have to build with net 7 for now as the version fetched does not support net 8
-      dotnetVersion: '7.0.x'
+      dotnetVersion: '8.0.x'
       targetFramework: 'net47'
       projectPath: 'DevSkim-DotNet/Microsoft.DevSkim.VisualStudio/Microsoft.DevSkim.VisualStudio.csproj'
       projectName: 'DevSkim_VS'