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 ## Requirements
 
-- A desktop platform with the [.NET 6.0 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download).
+- A desktop platform with the [.NET 8.0 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download).
 - When running on linux, please have a system-wide ffmpeg installation available to support video decoding.
-- When running on Windows 7 or 8.1, *[additional prerequisites](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/windows?tabs=net60&pivots=os-windows#dependencies)** may be required to correctly run .NET 6 applications if your operating system is not up-to-date with the latest service packs.
+- When running on Windows 7 or 8.1, *[additional prerequisites](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/windows?tabs=net60&pivots=os-windows#dependencies)** may be required to correctly run .NET 8 applications if your operating system is not up-to-date with the latest service packs.
 - When working with the codebase, we recommend using an IDE with intellisense and syntax highlighting, such as [Visual Studio 2019+](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/), [Jetbrains Rider](https://www.jetbrains.com/rider/), or [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) with the [EditorConfig](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=EditorConfig.EditorConfig) and [C#](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-dotnettools.csharp) plugin installed.
 
 ### Building