diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9ce3d9d..c870797 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ SpiceDb.net was created by Michael Tanczos and has contributions from Pavel Akim
 
 ## What's New?
 
+1.6.0
+- Dropped .NET 7 dependency and introduced new targets for .NET 8 and .NET 9
+
 1.5.3
 - BREAKING CHANGE: The constructors for `SpiceDbClient` now accept a nullable `schemaPrefix` instead of a required string. If not provided, it defaults to null.
 - @williamgraver added empty schema prefix handling for dedicated version of SpiceDb
diff --git a/SpiceDb.Example/SpiceDb.Example.csproj b/SpiceDb.Example/SpiceDb.Example.csproj
index bce3750..cf2676f 100644
--- a/SpiceDb.Example/SpiceDb.Example.csproj
+++ b/SpiceDb.Example/SpiceDb.Example.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <UserSecretsId>3c39b9f0-8b22-4508-ae36-bdaccdb871ea</UserSecretsId>
diff --git a/SpiceDb.Tests/SpiceDb.Tests.csproj b/SpiceDb.Tests/SpiceDb.Tests.csproj
index b31ad95..9b36685 100644
--- a/SpiceDb.Tests/SpiceDb.Tests.csproj
+++ b/SpiceDb.Tests/SpiceDb.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
 	  <PackageReference Include="nunit" Version="4.1.0" />
 	  <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="4.5.0" />
-	  <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.9.0" />
+	  <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.12.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/SpiceDb/SpiceDb.csproj b/SpiceDb/SpiceDb.csproj
index 3c2d60f..8c40cc2 100644
--- a/SpiceDb/SpiceDb.csproj
+++ b/SpiceDb/SpiceDb.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net8; net9</TargetFrameworks>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	<PackageIcon>logo.png</PackageIcon>
 	<PackageLicenseFile>LICENSE.txt</PackageLicenseFile>
 	<PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
-	<Version>1.5.3</Version>
+	<Version>1.6.0</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|AnyCPU'">
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 			<PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
 			<IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
 		</PackageReference>
-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="8.0.0" />
-		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="8.0.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="9.0.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="9.0.0" />
 		<PackageReference Include="YamlDotNet" Version="15.1.2" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 	<ItemGroup>