diff --git a/Core.Arango.Tests/Core.Arango.Tests.csproj b/Core.Arango.Tests/Core.Arango.Tests.csproj
index 7dc0ea74e9..921f908de5 100644
--- a/Core.Arango.Tests/Core.Arango.Tests.csproj
+++ b/Core.Arango.Tests/Core.Arango.Tests.csproj
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
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-    <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.6.1" />
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diff --git a/Core.Arango/Core.Arango.csproj b/Core.Arango/Core.Arango.csproj
index 2b3e8350b5..499158290c 100644
--- a/Core.Arango/Core.Arango.csproj
+++ b/Core.Arango/Core.Arango.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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+    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
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     <Authors>Andreas Dominik Jung</Authors>
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@@ -32,21 +32,12 @@
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