wixtoolset · robmen · Nov 2, 2025 · Apr 28, 2025 · Apr 29, 2025 · Apr 30, 2025
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Before building the WiX Toolset, ensure you have Visual Studio 2022 (17.8.2 or h
 
 | Individual components |
 | :-------------------- |
-| .NET 6.0 Runtime (Long Term Support) |
+| .NET 8.0 Runtime (Long Term Support) |
 | .NET Framework 4.7.2 SDK |
 | .NET Framework 4.7.2 targeting pack |
 | .NET Framework 4.6.2 targeting pack |

diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.targets b/src/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <SigningToolExe>$(ToolsFolder)\sign.exe</SigningToolExe>
     <SigningCommand>code azure-key-vault</SigningCommand>
-    <SigningConfiguration>--description "WiX Toolset" --description-url "https://wixtoolset.org/" --file-list "$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)signing-empty-file-list.txt"  --azure-key-vault-url $(SigningKeyVaultUri) --azure-key-vault-tenant-id $(SigningTenantId) --azure-key-vault-client-id $(SigningClientId) --azure-key-vault-client-secret $(SigningClientSecret) --azure-key-vault-certificate $(SigningCertName) --timestamp-url "http://timestamp.digicert.com"</SigningConfiguration>
+    <SigningConfiguration>--description "WiX Toolset" --description-url "https://wixtoolset.org/" --recurse-containers=false --azure-key-vault-url $(SigningKeyVaultUri) --azure-key-vault-tenant-id $(SigningTenantId) --azure-key-vault-client-id $(SigningClientId) --azure-key-vault-client-secret $(SigningClientSecret) --azure-key-vault-certificate $(SigningCertName) --timestamp-url "http://timestamp.digicert.com"</SigningConfiguration>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(IsWixTestSupportProject)'=='true' ">

diff --git a/src/Directory.csproj.targets b/src/Directory.csproj.targets
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" PrivateAssets="All" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(IsWixTestProject)'!='true' ">
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" PrivateAssets="All" />
   </ItemGroup>

diff --git a/src/api/api.cmd b/src/api/api.cmd
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ msbuild api_t.proj -p:Configuration=%_C% -tl -nologo -warnaserror -bl:%_L%\api_b
 
 :: Test
 dotnet test ^
- %_B%\net6.0\WixToolsetTest.Data.dll ^
- %_B%\net6.0\win-x86\WixToolsetTest.BootstrapperApplicationApi.dll ^
+ %_B%\net8.0\WixToolsetTest.Data.dll ^
+ %_B%\net8.0\win-x86\WixToolsetTest.BootstrapperApplicationApi.dll ^
  %_B%\x86\BalUtilUnitTest.dll ^
  %_B%\x86\BextUtilUnitTest.dll ^
  --nologo -l "trx;LogFileName=%_L%\TestResults\api.trx" || exit /b

diff --git a/...ixToolsetTest.BootstrapperApplicationApi/WixToolsetTest.BootstrapperApplicationApi.csproj b/...ixToolsetTest.BootstrapperApplicationApi/WixToolsetTest.BootstrapperApplicationApi.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <RuntimeIdentifier>win-x86</RuntimeIdentifier>
     <SelfContained>false</SelfContained>
     <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>

diff --git a/src/api/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.Data/WixToolsetTest.Data.csproj b/src/api/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.Data/WixToolsetTest.Data.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 

diff --git a/...st/WixToolsetTest.BootstrapperApplications/WixToolsetTest.BootstrapperApplications.csproj b/...st/WixToolsetTest.BootstrapperApplications/WixToolsetTest.BootstrapperApplications.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 <Project Sdk="MSTest.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <IsWixMSTestProject>true</IsWixMSTestProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 

diff --git a/src/ext/Bal/test/examples/EarliestCoreMBA/Example.EarliestCoreMBA.csproj b/src/ext/Bal/test/examples/EarliestCoreMBA/Example.EarliestCoreMBA.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x86;win-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
     <DebugType>embedded</DebugType>

diff --git a/src/ext/Bal/test/examples/LatestCoreMBA/Example.LatestCoreMBA.csproj b/src/ext/Bal/test/examples/LatestCoreMBA/Example.LatestCoreMBA.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x86;win-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
     <DebugType>embedded</DebugType>

diff --git a/src/ext/Bal/test/examples/WPFCoreMBA/Example.WPFCoreMBA.csproj b/src/ext/Bal/test/examples/WPFCoreMBA/Example.WPFCoreMBA.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x86;win-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <Description>WPF .NET Core MBA</Description>
     <UseWPF>true</UseWPF>

diff --git a/src/ext/Bal/wixext-backward-compatible/README.md b/src/ext/Bal/wixext-backward-compatible/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# WixToolset.Bal.wixext - Bootstrapper Applications WiX Toolset Extension
+
+This WiX Extension was renamed. Use `WixToolset.BootstrapperApplications.wixext` instead.
+
+- [WixStandardBootstrapperApplication](https://www.nuget.org/packages/WixToolset.BootstrapperApplications.wixext)
+
+[Web Site][web] | [Documentation][docs] | [Issue Tracker][issues] | [Discussions][discussions]
+
+## Open Source Maintenance Fee
+
+To ensure the long-term sustainability of this project, users of this package who generate revenue must pay an [Open Source Maintenance Fee][osmf]. While the source code is freely available under the terms of the [LICENSE][license], this package and other aspects of the project require [adherence to the Open Source Maintenance Fee EULA][eula].
+
+To pay the Maintenance Fee, [become a Sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/wixtoolset).
+
+
+## Getting started
+
+Add the WiX Extension as a PackageReference to your .wixproj:
+
+```
+<Project Sdk="WixToolset.Sdk/6.0.2">
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="WixToolset.BootstrapperApplications.wixext" Version="6.0.2" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
+```
+
+Then add the namespace and bootstrapper application of choice:
+
+```
+<Wix xmlns="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs"
+     xmlns:bal="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs/bal">
+  <Bundle BundleId="AcmeCorp.Example" Name="Example Bundle" Version="0.0.0.1" Manufacturer="ACME Corporation">
+    <BootstrapperApplication>
+      <bal:WixStandardBootstrapperApplication LicenseUrl="http://wixtoolset.org/about/license/" Theme="hyperlinkLicense" />
+    </BootstrapperApplication>
+  </Bundle>
+</Wix>
+```
+
+## Additional resources
+
+* [WiX Website][web]
+* [WiX Documentation][docs]
+* [WiX Issue Tracker][issues]
+* [WiX Discussions][discussions]
+
+
+[web]: https://www.firegiant.com/wixtoolset/
+[docs]: https://docs.firegiant.com/wixtoolset/
+[issues]: https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/issues
+[discussions]: https://github.com/orgs/wixtoolset/discussions
+[sdk]: https://www.nuget.org/packages/WixToolset.Sdk/
+[osmf]: https://opensourcemaintenancefee.org/
+[license]: https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix/blob/main/LICENSE.TXT
+[eula]: https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix/blob/main/OSMFEULA.txt
diff --git a/src/ext/Bal/wixext-backward-compatible/WixToolset.Bal.wixext.csproj b/src/ext/Bal/wixext-backward-compatible/WixToolset.Bal.wixext.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\..\WixExt.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <IncludeBuildOutput>false</IncludeBuildOutput>
     <Title>WiX Toolset BootstrapperApplications extension</Title>
     <Description>WiX Toolset BootstrapperApplications extension</Description>

diff --git a/src/ext/Bal/wixext-backward-compatible/WixToolset.Bal.wixext.nuspec b/src/ext/Bal/wixext-backward-compatible/WixToolset.Bal.wixext.nuspec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     <description>$description$</description>
     <authors>$authors$</authors>
     <icon>icon.png</icon>
+    <readme>README.md</readme>
     <license type="file">OSMFEULA.txt</license>
     <requireLicenseAcceptance>true</requireLicenseAcceptance>
     <tags>$packageTags$</tags>
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
   <files>
     <file src="$eulaTxt$" />
     <file src="$iconPng$" />
+    <file src="$projectFolder$\README.md" />
     <file src="$projectFolder$\WixToolset.Bal.wixext.targets"  target="build" />
     <file src="WixToolset.BootstrapperApplications.wixext.dll" target="$wixExtensionPackageFolder$" />
   </files>

diff --git a/src/ext/ComPlus/test/WixToolsetTest.ComPlus/ComPlusExtensionFixture.cs b/src/ext/ComPlus/test/WixToolsetTest.ComPlus/ComPlusExtensionFixture.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information.
 
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+
+[assembly: Parallelize(Scope = ExecutionScope.MethodLevel)]
+
 namespace WixToolsetTest.ComPlus
 {
     using System.Linq;
-    using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
     using WixInternal.MSTestSupport;
     using WixInternal.Core.MSTestPackage;
     using WixToolset.ComPlus;

diff --git a/src/ext/ComPlus/test/WixToolsetTest.ComPlus/WixToolsetTest.ComPlus.csproj b/src/ext/ComPlus/test/WixToolsetTest.ComPlus/WixToolsetTest.ComPlus.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 <Project Sdk="MSTest.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <IsWixMSTestProject>true</IsWixMSTestProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 

diff --git a/src/ext/Dependency/test/WixToolsetTest.Dependency/DependencyExtensionFixture.cs b/src/ext/Dependency/test/WixToolsetTest.Dependency/DependencyExtensionFixture.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information.
 
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+
+[assembly: Parallelize(Scope = ExecutionScope.MethodLevel)]
+
 namespace WixToolsetTest.Dependency
 {
     using System.Linq;
     using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
-    using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
     using WixInternal.MSTestSupport;
     using WixInternal.Core.MSTestPackage;
     using WixToolset.Dependency;

diff --git a/src/ext/Dependency/test/WixToolsetTest.Dependency/WixToolsetTest.Dependency.csproj b/src/ext/Dependency/test/WixToolsetTest.Dependency/WixToolsetTest.Dependency.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 <Project Sdk="MSTest.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <IsWixMSTestProject>true</IsWixMSTestProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 

diff --git a/src/ext/DirectX/test/WixToolsetTest.DirectX/DirectXExtensionFixture.cs b/src/ext/DirectX/test/WixToolsetTest.DirectX/DirectXExtensionFixture.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information.
 
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+
+[assembly: Parallelize(Scope = ExecutionScope.MethodLevel)]
+
 namespace WixToolsetTest.DirectX
 {
     using System.Linq;
-    using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
     using WixInternal.MSTestSupport;
     using WixInternal.Core.MSTestPackage;
     using WixToolset.DirectX;

diff --git a/src/ext/DirectX/test/WixToolsetTest.DirectX/WixToolsetTest.DirectX.csproj b/src/ext/DirectX/test/WixToolsetTest.DirectX/WixToolsetTest.DirectX.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 <Project Sdk="MSTest.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <IsWixMSTestProject>true</IsWixMSTestProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 

diff --git a/src/ext/Firewall/ca/firewall.cpp b/src/ext/Firewall/ca/firewall.cpp
@@ -464,29 +464,30 @@ static HRESULT GetFwRuleInterfaces(
         }
     }
 
-    ExitOnNull(iInterfacesCount, hr, S_OK, "All interfaces are empty values");
-
-    vInterfaces.vt = VT_ARRAY | VT_VARIANT;
-    // this will be cleaned up by ReleaseVariant call of the calling function
-    vInterfaces.parray = SafeArrayCreateVector(VT_VARIANT, 0, iInterfacesCount);
-
-    for (LPCWSTR pwzElement = bstrInterfaces; pwzElement < (bstrInterfaces + iLength); ++pwzElement)
+    if (iInterfacesCount > 0)
     {
-        if (*pwzElement)
+        vInterfaces.vt = VT_ARRAY | VT_VARIANT;
+        // this will be cleaned up by ReleaseVariant call of the calling function
+        vInterfaces.parray = SafeArrayCreateVector(VT_VARIANT, 0, iInterfacesCount);
+
+        for (LPCWSTR pwzElement = bstrInterfaces; pwzElement < (bstrInterfaces + iLength); ++pwzElement)
         {
-            VARIANT vElement;
-            ::VariantInit(&vElement);
+            if (*pwzElement)
+            {
+                VARIANT vElement;
+                ::VariantInit(&vElement);
 
-            vElement.vt = VT_BSTR;
-            // this will be cleaned up by ReleaseVariant call of the calling function
-            vElement.bstrVal = ::SysAllocString(pwzElement);
-            ExitOnNull(vElement.bstrVal, hr, E_OUTOFMEMORY, "failed SysAllocString for interface element");
+                vElement.vt = VT_BSTR;
+                // this will be cleaned up by ReleaseVariant call of the calling function
+                vElement.bstrVal = ::SysAllocString(pwzElement);
+                ExitOnNull(vElement.bstrVal, hr, E_OUTOFMEMORY, "failed SysAllocString for interface element");
 
-            hr = SafeArrayPutElement(vInterfaces.parray, &iIndex, &vElement);
-            ExitOnFailure(hr, "failed to put interface '%ls' into safe array", pwzElement);
+                hr = SafeArrayPutElement(vInterfaces.parray, &iIndex, &vElement);
+                ExitOnFailure(hr, "failed to put interface '%ls' into safe array", pwzElement);
 
-            pwzElement += ::SysStringLen(vElement.bstrVal);
-            iIndex++;
+                pwzElement += ::SysStringLen(vElement.bstrVal);
+                iIndex++;
+            }
         }
     }
 

diff --git a/src/ext/Firewall/test/WixToolsetTest.Firewall/WixToolsetTest.Firewall.csproj b/src/ext/Firewall/test/WixToolsetTest.Firewall/WixToolsetTest.Firewall.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 <Project Sdk="MSTest.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <IsWixMSTestProject>true</IsWixMSTestProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 

diff --git a/src/ext/Http/test/WixToolsetTest.Http/WixToolsetTest.Http.csproj b/src/ext/Http/test/WixToolsetTest.Http/WixToolsetTest.Http.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 <Project Sdk="MSTest.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <IsWixMSTestProject>true</IsWixMSTestProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 

diff --git a/src/ext/Iis/test/WixToolsetTest.Iis/IisExtensionFixture.cs b/src/ext/Iis/test/WixToolsetTest.Iis/IisExtensionFixture.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information.
 
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+
+[assembly: Parallelize(Scope = ExecutionScope.MethodLevel)]
+
 namespace WixToolsetTest.Iis
 {
     using System.Linq;

diff --git a/src/ext/Iis/test/WixToolsetTest.Iis/WixToolsetTest.Iis.csproj b/src/ext/Iis/test/WixToolsetTest.Iis/WixToolsetTest.Iis.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 <Project Sdk="MSTest.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <IsWixMSTestProject>true</IsWixMSTestProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 

diff --git a/src/ext/Msmq/test/WixToolsetTest.Msmq/MsmqExtensionFixture.cs b/src/ext/Msmq/test/WixToolsetTest.Msmq/MsmqExtensionFixture.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information.
 
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+
+[assembly: Parallelize(Scope = ExecutionScope.MethodLevel)]
+
 namespace WixToolsetTest.Msmq
 {
     using System.Data;
     using System.IO;
     using System.Linq;
     using System.Xml.Linq;
-    using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
     using WixInternal.MSTestSupport;
     using WixInternal.Core.MSTestPackage;
     using WixToolset.Msmq;

diff --git a/src/ext/Msmq/test/WixToolsetTest.Msmq/WixToolsetTest.Msmq.csproj b/src/ext/Msmq/test/WixToolsetTest.Msmq/WixToolsetTest.Msmq.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 <Project Sdk="MSTest.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <IsWixMSTestProject>true</IsWixMSTestProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 

diff --git a/src/ext/NetFx/netcoresearch/netcoresearch.vcxproj b/src/ext/NetFx/netcoresearch/netcoresearch.vcxproj
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <NetHostPlatform>$(Platform)</NetHostPlatform>
     <NetHostPlatform Condition=" '$(NetHostPlatform)'=='Win32' ">x86</NetHostPlatform>
-    <NetHostPath>..\..\..\..\packages\runtime.win-$(NetHostPlatform).Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetAppHost.6.0.4\runtimes\win-$(NetHostPlatform)\native\</NetHostPath>
-    <HostfxrPath>..\..\..\..\packages\runtime.win-$(NetHostPlatform).Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostResolver.6.0.4\runtimes\win-$(NetHostPlatform)\native\</HostfxrPath>
+    <NetHostPath>..\..\..\..\packages\runtime.win-$(NetHostPlatform).Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetAppHost.8.0.21\runtimes\win-$(NetHostPlatform)\native\</NetHostPath>
+    <HostfxrPath>..\..\..\..\packages\runtime.win-$(NetHostPlatform).Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostResolver.8.0.21\runtimes\win-$(NetHostPlatform)\native\</HostfxrPath>
     <ProjectAdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(NetHostPath)</ProjectAdditionalIncludeDirectories>
   </PropertyGroup>
 

diff --git a/src/ext/NetFx/netcoresearch/packages.config b/src/ext/NetFx/netcoresearch/packages.config
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="runtime.win-arm64.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetAppHost" version="6.0.4" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="runtime.win-x64.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetAppHost" version="6.0.4" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="runtime.win-x86.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetAppHost" version="6.0.4" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="runtime.win-arm64.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostResolver" version="6.0.4" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="runtime.win-x64.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostResolver" version="6.0.4" targetFramework="native" />
-  <package id="runtime.win-x86.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostResolver" version="6.0.4" targetFramework="native" />
-</packages>
+  <package id="runtime.win-arm64.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetAppHost" version="8.0.21" targetFramework="native" />
+  <package id="runtime.win-x64.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetAppHost" version="8.0.21" targetFramework="native" />
+  <package id="runtime.win-x86.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetAppHost" version="8.0.21" targetFramework="native" />
+  <package id="runtime.win-arm64.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostResolver" version="8.0.21" targetFramework="native" />
+  <package id="runtime.win-x64.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostResolver" version="8.0.21" targetFramework="native" />
+  <package id="runtime.win-x86.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostResolver" version="8.0.21" targetFramework="native" />
+</packages>
diff --git a/src/ext/NetFx/test/WixToolsetTest.Netfx/WixToolsetTest.Netfx.csproj b/src/ext/NetFx/test/WixToolsetTest.Netfx/WixToolsetTest.Netfx.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 <Project Sdk="MSTest.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <IsWixMSTestProject>true</IsWixMSTestProject>
   </PropertyGroup>