diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a00193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ScreenShots/*.png filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+GitItGUI.UI/Images/*.png filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
diff --git a/GitCommander/GitCommander.csproj b/GitCommander/GitCommander.csproj
index 0a76499..740c693 100644
--- a/GitCommander/GitCommander.csproj
+++ b/GitCommander/GitCommander.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>disable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/GitItGUI.Core/GitItGUI.Core.csproj b/GitItGUI.Core/GitItGUI.Core.csproj
index 77628ff..236a8e0 100644
--- a/GitItGUI.Core/GitItGUI.Core.csproj
+++ b/GitItGUI.Core/GitItGUI.Core.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>disable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/GitItGUI.UI/GitItGUI.UI.csproj b/GitItGUI.UI/GitItGUI.UI.csproj
index 2be28c7..5e178f5 100644
--- a/GitItGUI.UI/GitItGUI.UI.csproj
+++ b/GitItGUI.UI/GitItGUI.UI.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <Nullable>disable</Nullable>
     <BuiltInComInteropSupport>true</BuiltInComInteropSupport>
     <ApplicationManifest>app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <!--Condition below is needed to remove Avalonia.Diagnostics package from build output in Release configuration.-->
-    <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Desktop" Version="11.0.0-preview8" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Themes.Fluent" Version="11.0.0-preview8" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU" Version="13.1.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Desktop" Version="11.2.8" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Themes.Fluent" Version="11.2.8" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU" Version="14.6.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>