diff --git a/build/_build.csproj b/build/_build.csproj
index 3ac0bc560..1ddba534a 100644
--- a/build/_build.csproj
+++ b/build/_build.csproj
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <!-- Test properties for MSBuild integration -->
   <PropertyGroup>
     <NukeTasksEnabled Condition="'$(NukeTasksEnabled)' == ''">False</NukeTasksEnabled>
-    <NukeTasksDirectory>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\..\source\Nuke.MSBuildTasks\bin\Debug\net9.0\publish</NukeTasksDirectory>
+    <NukeTasksDirectory>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\..\source\Nuke.MSBuildTasks\bin\Debug\net8.0\publish</NukeTasksDirectory>
 
 <!--    <PackAsTool>True</PackAsTool>-->
 <!--    <ToolCommandName>build</ToolCommandName>-->
diff --git a/source/Nuke.Common/Nuke.Common.csproj b/source/Nuke.Common/Nuke.Common.csproj
index f1f4aa501..ffb393270 100644
--- a/source/Nuke.Common/Nuke.Common.csproj
+++ b/source/Nuke.Common/Nuke.Common.csproj
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <None Include="$(MSBuildProjectName).targets" PackagePath="build" Pack="true" />
     <None Include="..\Nuke.MSBuildTasks\Nuke.MSBuildTasks.targets" PackagePath="build\netcore" Pack="true" />
     <None Include="..\Nuke.MSBuildTasks\Nuke.MSBuildTasks.targets" PackagePath="build\netfx" Pack="true" />
-    <None Include="..\Nuke.MSBuildTasks\bin\$(Configuration)\net9.0\publish\**\*.*" PackagePath="build\netcore" Pack="true" />
+    <None Include="..\Nuke.MSBuildTasks\bin\$(Configuration)\net8.0\publish\**\*.*" PackagePath="build\netcore" Pack="true" />
     <None Include="..\Nuke.MSBuildTasks\bin\$(Configuration)\net472\publish\**\*.*" PackagePath="build\netfx" Pack="true" />
     <None Include="..\Nuke.SourceGenerators\bin\$(Configuration)\netstandard2.0\*.dll" PackagePath="analyzers\dotnet\cs" Pack="true" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/source/Nuke.MSBuildTasks/Nuke.MSBuildTasks.csproj b/source/Nuke.MSBuildTasks/Nuke.MSBuildTasks.csproj
index 035fed858..3de69c2ec 100644
--- a/source/Nuke.MSBuildTasks/Nuke.MSBuildTasks.csproj
+++ b/source/Nuke.MSBuildTasks/Nuke.MSBuildTasks.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net9.0;net472</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net472</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>