diff --git a/benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks.csproj b/benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks.csproj
index ef01862efd..6cf009ec38 100644
--- a/benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks.csproj
+++ b/benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks/Sentry.Benchmarks.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
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diff --git a/samples/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server.csproj b/samples/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server.csproj
index 9a87e3b353..04fa5f4380 100644
--- a/samples/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server.csproj
+++ b/samples/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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diff --git a/samples/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Grpc/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Grpc.csproj b/samples/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Grpc/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Grpc.csproj
index b29b76dafe..89dc8c6a3e 100644
--- a/samples/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Grpc/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Grpc.csproj
+++ b/samples/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Grpc/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Grpc.csproj
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diff --git a/samples/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Serilog/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Serilog.csproj b/samples/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Serilog/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Serilog.csproj
index ea1adeff77..a56d6004e2 100644
--- a/samples/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Serilog/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Serilog.csproj
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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diff --git a/samples/Sentry.Samples.Aws.Lambda.AspNetCoreServer/Sentry.Samples.Aws.Lambda.AspNetCoreServer.csproj b/samples/Sentry.Samples.Aws.Lambda.AspNetCoreServer/Sentry.Samples.Aws.Lambda.AspNetCoreServer.csproj
index 57b9d04312..8d2dd8b221 100644
--- a/samples/Sentry.Samples.Aws.Lambda.AspNetCoreServer/Sentry.Samples.Aws.Lambda.AspNetCoreServer.csproj
+++ b/samples/Sentry.Samples.Aws.Lambda.AspNetCoreServer/Sentry.Samples.Aws.Lambda.AspNetCoreServer.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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     <AWSProjectType>Lambda</AWSProjectType>
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diff --git a/samples/Sentry.Samples.Azure.Functions.Worker/Sentry.Samples.Azure.Functions.Worker.csproj b/samples/Sentry.Samples.Azure.Functions.Worker/Sentry.Samples.Azure.Functions.Worker.csproj
index 7a13a8be1a..3145f92db6 100644
--- a/samples/Sentry.Samples.Azure.Functions.Worker/Sentry.Samples.Azure.Functions.Worker.csproj
+++ b/samples/Sentry.Samples.Azure.Functions.Worker/Sentry.Samples.Azure.Functions.Worker.csproj
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
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+        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
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diff --git a/samples/Sentry.Samples.Console.Basic/Sentry.Samples.Console.Basic.csproj b/samples/Sentry.Samples.Console.Basic/Sentry.Samples.Console.Basic.csproj
index e5fb119c7e..bf9efb93d8 100644
--- a/samples/Sentry.Samples.Console.Basic/Sentry.Samples.Console.Basic.csproj
+++ b/samples/Sentry.Samples.Console.Basic/Sentry.Samples.Console.Basic.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
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-    <TargetFrameworks>net9.0;net8.0;net6.0;net462</TargetFrameworks>
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diff --git a/samples/Sentry.Samples.Console.Customized/Sentry.Samples.Console.Customized.csproj b/samples/Sentry.Samples.Console.Customized/Sentry.Samples.Console.Customized.csproj
index 1556990eed..ec23ce7173 100644
--- a/samples/Sentry.Samples.Console.Customized/Sentry.Samples.Console.Customized.csproj
+++ b/samples/Sentry.Samples.Console.Customized/Sentry.Samples.Console.Customized.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
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diff --git a/samples/Sentry.Samples.Console.Profiling/Sentry.Samples.Console.Profiling.csproj b/samples/Sentry.Samples.Console.Profiling/Sentry.Samples.Console.Profiling.csproj
index 193eeba4e3..82e57fc84e 100644
--- a/samples/Sentry.Samples.Console.Profiling/Sentry.Samples.Console.Profiling.csproj
+++ b/samples/Sentry.Samples.Console.Profiling/Sentry.Samples.Console.Profiling.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
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diff --git a/samples/Sentry.Samples.Google.Cloud.Functions/Sentry.Samples.Google.Cloud.Functions.csproj b/samples/Sentry.Samples.Google.Cloud.Functions/Sentry.Samples.Google.Cloud.Functions.csproj
index 917bd0e424..c212fcf871 100644
--- a/samples/Sentry.Samples.Google.Cloud.Functions/Sentry.Samples.Google.Cloud.Functions.csproj
+++ b/samples/Sentry.Samples.Google.Cloud.Functions/Sentry.Samples.Google.Cloud.Functions.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
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diff --git a/samples/Sentry.Samples.Log4Net/Sentry.Samples.Log4Net.csproj b/samples/Sentry.Samples.Log4Net/Sentry.Samples.Log4Net.csproj
index e443ac4155..43c4215f48 100644
--- a/samples/Sentry.Samples.Log4Net/Sentry.Samples.Log4Net.csproj
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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
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diff --git a/samples/Sentry.Samples.NLog/Sentry.Samples.NLog.csproj b/samples/Sentry.Samples.NLog/Sentry.Samples.NLog.csproj
index 95e7c00e31..9b7e809ed0 100644
--- a/samples/Sentry.Samples.NLog/Sentry.Samples.NLog.csproj
+++ b/samples/Sentry.Samples.NLog/Sentry.Samples.NLog.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
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diff --git a/samples/Sentry.Samples.OpenTelemetry.Console/Sentry.Samples.OpenTelemetry.Console.csproj b/samples/Sentry.Samples.OpenTelemetry.Console/Sentry.Samples.OpenTelemetry.Console.csproj
index 168bf37dfa..8b5c0e9654 100644
--- a/samples/Sentry.Samples.OpenTelemetry.Console/Sentry.Samples.OpenTelemetry.Console.csproj
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diff --git a/samples/Sentry.Samples.Serilog/Sentry.Samples.Serilog.csproj b/samples/Sentry.Samples.Serilog/Sentry.Samples.Serilog.csproj
index 94f1a979d1..f9df0dc20f 100644
--- a/samples/Sentry.Samples.Serilog/Sentry.Samples.Serilog.csproj
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diff --git a/src/Sentry.Maui/Sentry.Maui.csproj b/src/Sentry.Maui/Sentry.Maui.csproj
index 272cfc1d0d..a80c4dbbc1 100644
--- a/src/Sentry.Maui/Sentry.Maui.csproj
+++ b/src/Sentry.Maui/Sentry.Maui.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
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