diff --git a/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml b/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml
index cc8bcf3b..c63f02ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup .NET
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
       with:
-        dotnet-version: 9.0.x
+        dotnet-version: 8.0.x
     - name: Install workload ios
       run: dotnet workload install ios
     - name: Install workload maccatalyst
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 5d0b10ce..69dbbf25 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <Copyright>Copyright 2014-2025 SourceGear, LLC</Copyright>
     <Company>SourceGear</Company>
     <Authors>Eric Sink</Authors>
-    <Version>3.0.0-pre20250106143708</Version>
+    <Version>3.0.0-pre20250106150515</Version>
     <AssemblyVersion>3.0.0.2562</AssemblyVersion>
     <FileVersion>3.0.0.2562</FileVersion>
     <Description>SQLitePCLRaw is a Portable Class Library (PCL) for low-level (raw) access to SQLite</Description>
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e972eb19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/global.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "sdk": {
+    "version": "8.0.300",
+    "rollForward": "latestFeature"
+  }
+}