diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 35e4d51..081ef2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ jobs:
     name: Build and Run Tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     container:
-      image: "ubuntu:22.04"
+      # TODO: move to 24.04 as soon as it is published in Apr2024
+      image: "ubuntu:23.10"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Install required dependencies
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           # The remote certificate is invalid because of errors in the certificate chain: UntrustedRoot
           apt install --yes --no-install-recommends ca-certificates
 
-          apt install --yes --no-install-recommends dotnet7
+          apt install --yes --no-install-recommends dotnet8
 
       - name: Restore nuget dependencies
         run: dotnet restore
diff --git a/Directory.Build.targets b/Directory.Build.targets
deleted file mode 100644
index 96627be..0000000
--- a/Directory.Build.targets
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<!-- Workaround for Central Package Management taken from
-     https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/11949 and
-     https://github.com/microsoft/MSBuildSdks/blob/22cee25ad037827b54b75b6ee1c59a5bc75a744f/src/CentralPackageVersions/Sdk/Sdk.targets#L70-L76
-
-     TODO: when upgrading to .NET8.0, we can simply use <PackageReference Include="FSharp.Core" VersionOverride="7.0.0" /> for example, and it
-     just works (example of a project that works today this way: fantomas)
--->
-<Project>
-    <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(EnableCentralPackageVersions)' != 'false' ">
-        <PackageReference
-            Update="FSharp.Core"
-            Condition="'$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.fsproj' And '$(DisableImplicitFSharpCoreReference)' != 'true' And '$(UpdateImplicitFSharpCoreReference)' != 'false'"
-            IsImplicitlyDefined="true"
-        />
-    </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 1efa6fd..e51e66d 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Giraffe.Razor" Version="1.3.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets" Version="2.1.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="TaskBuilder.fs" Version="2.1.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="FSharp.Core" Version="8.0.101" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/FX.Tests/FX.Tests.csproj b/src/FX.Tests/FX.Tests.csproj
index a2c40ae..7bef3f5 100644
--- a/src/FX.Tests/FX.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/FX.Tests/FX.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" />
     <PackageReference Include="StackExchange.Redis" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" />
+    <PackageReference Include="FSharp.Core" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Remove="Class1.cs" />