diff --git a/Benchmarks/ClientBenchmarkApp/ClientBenchmarkApp.csproj b/Benchmarks/ClientBenchmarkApp/ClientBenchmarkApp.csproj
index 8e50f7b4..0cfbc8ee 100644
--- a/Benchmarks/ClientBenchmarkApp/ClientBenchmarkApp.csproj
+++ b/Benchmarks/ClientBenchmarkApp/ClientBenchmarkApp.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Examples/ConnectReceiveAndPublish/ConnectReceiveAndPublish.csproj b/Examples/ConnectReceiveAndPublish/ConnectReceiveAndPublish.csproj
index 94690f8f..3ab1e3eb 100644
--- a/Examples/ConnectReceiveAndPublish/ConnectReceiveAndPublish.csproj
+++ b/Examples/ConnectReceiveAndPublish/ConnectReceiveAndPublish.csproj
@@ -2,17 +2,13 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <RestoreSources>$(RestoreSources);../../Source/HiveMQtt/bin/Debug/;https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json</RestoreSources>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="HiveMQtt" Version="0.11.1" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Source\HiveMQtt\HiveMQtt.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/Examples/HiveMQtt-CLI/HiveMQtt-CLI/HiveMQtt-CLI.csproj b/Examples/HiveMQtt-CLI/HiveMQtt-CLI/HiveMQtt-CLI.csproj
index 48ab58d9..34dd46de 100644
--- a/Examples/HiveMQtt-CLI/HiveMQtt-CLI/HiveMQtt-CLI.csproj
+++ b/Examples/HiveMQtt-CLI/HiveMQtt-CLI/HiveMQtt-CLI.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <RootNamespace>HiveMQtt_CLI</RootNamespace>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
diff --git a/Examples/Reconnect/Reconnect.csproj b/Examples/Reconnect/Reconnect.csproj
index 6caddeab..d9aae880 100644
--- a/Examples/Reconnect/Reconnect.csproj
+++ b/Examples/Reconnect/Reconnect.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>