diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-dotnet.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-dotnet.yml
index 64651ed3b..4429809bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-dotnet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-dotnet.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ on:
     - '!Dfe.Academies.Performance/**'
 
 env:
-  DOTNET_VERSION: '6.0.403'
+  DOTNET_VERSION: '8.0.x'
   EF_VERSION: '6.0.5'
   JAVA_VERSION: '17'
   CONNECTION_STRING: 'Server=localhost,1433;Database=sip;TrustServerCertificate=True;User Id=sa;Password=StrongPassword905'
diff --git a/Dfe.Academies.Api.Infrastructure/Dfe.Academies.Infrastructure.csproj b/Dfe.Academies.Api.Infrastructure/Dfe.Academies.Infrastructure.csproj
index 0e961091f..2c2e68f4e 100644
--- a/Dfe.Academies.Api.Infrastructure/Dfe.Academies.Infrastructure.csproj
+++ b/Dfe.Academies.Api.Infrastructure/Dfe.Academies.Infrastructure.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Dfe.Academies.Application.Tests/Dfe.Academies.Application.Tests.csproj b/Dfe.Academies.Application.Tests/Dfe.Academies.Application.Tests.csproj
index ff0abe736..4f81c9a29 100644
--- a/Dfe.Academies.Application.Tests/Dfe.Academies.Application.Tests.csproj
+++ b/Dfe.Academies.Application.Tests/Dfe.Academies.Application.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
 
diff --git a/Dfe.Academies.Application/Dfe.Academies.Application.csproj b/Dfe.Academies.Application/Dfe.Academies.Application.csproj
index 69d808bf9..61b6930a0 100644
--- a/Dfe.Academies.Application/Dfe.Academies.Application.csproj
+++ b/Dfe.Academies.Application/Dfe.Academies.Application.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Dfe.Academies.Domain/Dfe.Academies.Domain.csproj b/Dfe.Academies.Domain/Dfe.Academies.Domain.csproj
index 58e82744b..5eb411b04 100644
--- a/Dfe.Academies.Domain/Dfe.Academies.Domain.csproj
+++ b/Dfe.Academies.Domain/Dfe.Academies.Domain.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Dfe.Academies.Utils/Dfe.Academies.Utils.csproj b/Dfe.Academies.Utils/Dfe.Academies.Utils.csproj
index 27ac3865b..fa71b7ae6 100644
--- a/Dfe.Academies.Utils/Dfe.Academies.Utils.csproj
+++ b/Dfe.Academies.Utils/Dfe.Academies.Utils.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d02218532..ff76e284e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:6.0-bullseye-slim AS build
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0-bookworm-slim AS build
 WORKDIR /build
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
diff --git a/TramsDataApi/TramsDataApi.csproj b/TramsDataApi/TramsDataApi.csproj
index 07e600b3c..0cbf9a30d 100644
--- a/TramsDataApi/TramsDataApi.csproj
+++ b/TramsDataApi/TramsDataApi.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
         <UserSecretsId>1ce62ee2-ff0b-4f40-9066-cfbdae2e889f</UserSecretsId>
 		<GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
     </PropertyGroup>