diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1710e230..5b073b60 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -205,3 +205,6 @@ ModelManifest.xml
 
 # Don't ignore content files that happen to use the .obj extension.
 !Demos/Content/*.obj
+
+# JetBrains Rider
+.idea/
diff --git a/DemoRenderer.GL/DemoRenderer.csproj b/DemoRenderer.GL/DemoRenderer.csproj
index 74a20afb..658c2ffd 100644
--- a/DemoRenderer.GL/DemoRenderer.csproj
+++ b/DemoRenderer.GL/DemoRenderer.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>True</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Demos.GL/Demos.csproj b/Demos.GL/Demos.csproj
index 75af1539..c796aad4 100644
--- a/Demos.GL/Demos.csproj
+++ b/Demos.GL/Demos.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>True</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <Configurations>Debug;Release</Configurations>
     <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>