diff --git a/.github/workflows/dotnetcore.yml b/.github/workflows/dotnetcore.yml
index 9bacae5..356fe9e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dotnetcore.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dotnetcore.yml
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0 # avoid shallow clone so nbgv can do its work.
 
     - name: Setup .NET Core
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
       with:
         global-json-file: global.json
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       run: dotnet pack $solution --configuration $config --no-build
 
     - name: Upload
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: pkg
         path: ./out/pkg
@@ -55,16 +55,16 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Download Build Artifact
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: pkg
         path: pkg
 
     - name: Setup .NET Core
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
       with:
         dotnet-version: |
-          7.0.x
+          8.0.x
 
     - name: Push Nuget
       env:
diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 71bed5a..91cba2a 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 <Project>
-
   <!-- Azure -->
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.DurableTask.Core" Version="2.13.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.DurableTask.Core" Version="2.16.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.DurableTask.Emulator" Version="2.6.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.DurableTask.ServiceBus" Version="2.7.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.DurableTask.AzureStorage" Version="1.13.8" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.DurableTask.AzureStorage" Version="1.17.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
   <!-- Microsoft Extensions -->
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="$(ExtensionsPackageVersion)" />
@@ -26,34 +24,30 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="$(ExtensionsPackageVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options.ConfigurationExtensions" Version="$(ExtensionsPackageVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
   <!-- Telemetry -->
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry" Version="1.3.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console" Version="1.3.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Zipkin" Version="1.3.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" Version="6.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry" Version="1.7.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Console" Version="1.7.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Zipkin" Version="1.7.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" Version="8.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
   <!-- Nuget -->
   <ItemGroup>
   </ItemGroup>
-
-   <!-- Test projects -->
+  <!-- Test projects -->
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageVersion Include="Bogus" Version="27.0.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="coverlet.collector" Version="3.1.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="coverlet.msbuild" Version="3.1.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="FluentAssertions" Version="6.7.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Moq" Version="4.18.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.3.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="4.7.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="xunit" Version="2.4.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="xunit.analyzers" Version="1.0.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Xunit.Combinatorial" Version="1.5.7-beta" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.4.5" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="coverlet.collector" Version="6.0.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="coverlet.msbuild" Version="6.0.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="FluentAssertions" Version="6.12.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Moq" Version="4.20.70" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.9.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="8.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="xunit" Version="2.7.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="xunit.analyzers" Version="1.11.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Xunit.Combinatorial" Version="1.6.24" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.5.7" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
   <!-- Global -->
   <ItemGroup>
     <GlobalPackageReference Include="Nerdbank.GitVersioning" Version="3.6.133" Condition="'$(EnableGitVersioning)' != 'false'" />
@@ -61,5 +55,4 @@
     <GlobalPackageReference Include="StyleCop.CSharp.Async.Rules" Version="6.1.41" Condition="'$(EnableStyleCop)' != 'false'" />
     <GlobalPackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.1.1" Condition="'$(IsPackable)' != 'false'" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eng/Common.props b/eng/Common.props
index 716ed3f..d312a53 100644
--- a/eng/Common.props
+++ b/eng/Common.props
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
     <EnableStyleCop>true</EnableStyleCop>
     <EnableNETAnalyzers>true</EnableNETAnalyzers>
-    <ExtensionsPackageVersion Condition="'$(ExtensionsPackageVersion)' == ''">2.1.0</ExtensionsPackageVersion>
+    <ExtensionsPackageVersion Condition="'$(ExtensionsPackageVersion)' == ''">8.0.0</ExtensionsPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(IsTestProject)' != 'true'">
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 7096864..b0efe9d 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
   "sdk": {
-    "version": "7.0.100",
+    "version": "8.0.203",
     "rollForward": "latestFeature"
   },
   "msbuild-sdks": {
     "Microsoft.Build.CentralPackageVersions": "2.1.3",
-    "Microsoft.Build.NoTargets": "3.5.6",
-    "Microsoft.Build.Traversal": "3.2.0"
+    "Microsoft.Build.NoTargets": "3.7.56",
+    "Microsoft.Build.Traversal": "4.1.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/samples/Directory.Build.props b/samples/Directory.Build.props
index 1c1d6a7..763a192 100644
--- a/samples/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/samples/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <ExtensionsPackageVersion>3.1.0</ExtensionsPackageVersion>
+    <ExtensionsPackageVersion>8.0.0</ExtensionsPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
  
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\, $(_DirectoryBuildPropsFile)))\$(_DirectoryBuildPropsFile)"