diff --git a/build-system/azure-pipeline.mntr-template.yaml b/build-system/azure-pipeline.mntr-template.yaml
index 3684dc07026..92f1636bc17 100644
--- a/build-system/azure-pipeline.mntr-template.yaml
+++ b/build-system/azure-pipeline.mntr-template.yaml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ jobs:
       vmImage: ${{ parameters.vmImage }}
     steps:
       - task: UseDotNet@2
-        displayName: 'Use .NET 7 SDK 7.0.100'
+        displayName: 'Use .NET 8 SDK 8.0.100'
         inputs:
-          version: 7.0.100
+          version: 8.0.100
       - task: Bash@3 
         displayName: Linux / OSX Build
         inputs:
diff --git a/build-system/azure-pipeline.template.yaml b/build-system/azure-pipeline.template.yaml
index e222629231b..b997e90b371 100644
--- a/build-system/azure-pipeline.template.yaml
+++ b/build-system/azure-pipeline.template.yaml
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ jobs:
         value: true
     steps:
       - task: UseDotNet@2
-        displayName: 'Use .NET 7 SDK 7.0.100'
+        displayName: 'Use .NET 8 SDK 8.0.100'
         inputs:
-          version: 7.0.100
+          version: 8.0.100
       - task: Bash@3 
         displayName: Linux / OSX Build
         inputs:
diff --git a/build-system/nightly-builds.yaml b/build-system/nightly-builds.yaml
index 4a0bed2ecd7..907ebaa9cf5 100644
--- a/build-system/nightly-builds.yaml
+++ b/build-system/nightly-builds.yaml
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ variables:
 
 steps:
 - task: UseDotNet@2
-  displayName: 'Use .NET 7 SDK 7.0.100'
+  displayName: 'Use .NET 8 SDK 8.0.100'
   inputs:
-    version: 7.0.100
+    version: 8.0.100
 - task: BatchScript@1
   displayName: 'FAKE Build'
   inputs:
diff --git a/build-system/pr-validation.yaml b/build-system/pr-validation.yaml
index 295e456f401..9948966e278 100644
--- a/build-system/pr-validation.yaml
+++ b/build-system/pr-validation.yaml
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ jobs:
         submodules: recursive # set to 'true' for a single level of submodules or 'recursive' to get submodules of submodules
         persistCredentials: true
       - task: UseDotNet@2
-        displayName: "Use .NET 7 SDK 7.0.100"
+        displayName: "Use .NET 8 SDK 8.0.100"
         inputs:
-          version: 7.0.100
+          version: 8.0.100
       - task: BatchScript@1
         displayName: Windows Build
         inputs:
diff --git a/build-system/windows-release.yaml b/build-system/windows-release.yaml
index 3772a8df9bc..143e7611dd5 100644
--- a/build-system/windows-release.yaml
+++ b/build-system/windows-release.yaml
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ variables:
     value: akkadotnet/akka.net
 steps:
 - task: UseDotNet@2
-  displayName: 'Use .NET 7 SDK 7.0.100'
+  displayName: 'Use .NET 8 SDK 8.0.100'
   inputs:
-    version: 7.0.100
+    version: 8.0.100
 - task: BatchScript@1
   displayName: 'FAKE Build'
   inputs:
diff --git a/build.ps1 b/build.ps1
index fa94de50ae7..0b75a6ed9c7 100644
--- a/build.ps1
+++ b/build.ps1
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ $NugetUrl = "https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/v$NugetVersion/nuget.exe
 $ProtobufVersion = "3.21.5"
 $DocfxVersion = "2.59.4"
 
-$IncrementalistVersion = "0.8.0";
+$IncrementalistVersion = "0.9.0";
 
 # Make sure tools folder exists
 $PSScriptRoot = Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path -Parent
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index ee6620bbea6..6b41a6af7cc 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DOTNET_VERSION=5.0.101
 DOTNET_INSTALLER_URL=https://dot.net/v1/dotnet-install.sh
 DOTNET_CHANNEL=LTS
 PROTOBUF_VERSION=3.21.5
-INCREMENTALIST_VERSION=0.8.0
+INCREMENTALIST_VERSION=0.9.0
 
 # Define default arguments.
 TARGET="Default"
diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.props b/src/Directory.Build.props
index dff1fa12dae..0d169dd8159 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.props
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <NBenchVersion>2.0.1</NBenchVersion>
     <ProtobufVersion>3.25.0</ProtobufVersion>
     <BenchmarkDotNetVersion>0.13.10</BenchmarkDotNetVersion>
-    <NetTestVersion>net7.0</NetTestVersion>
+    <NetTestVersion>net8.0</NetTestVersion>
     <FsharpVersion>6.0.5</FsharpVersion>
     <NetFrameworkTestVersion>net471</NetFrameworkTestVersion>
     <NetStandardLibVersion>netstandard2.0</NetStandardLibVersion>
@@ -44,7 +44,29 @@
     <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <PackageReleaseNotes>Placeholder for nightlies*</PackageReleaseNotes>
+    <PackageReleaseNotes>Akka.NET v1.5.14 is a maintenance release with several bug fixes.
+[Streams: Ensure stream are closed on shutdown](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/6935)
+[Akka: Fix PeriodicTimer HashWheelTimerScheduler deadlock during start](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/6949)
+[Cluster: Old version of LeastShardAllocationStrategy is now deprecated](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/6975)
+[Query: Add a more descriptive ToString() values to Offset types](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/6978)
+Package dependency upgrades
+[MNTR: Bump Akka.Multinode.TestAdapter to 1.5.13](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/6926)
+[Akka: Bump Polyfill to 1.28](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/6936)
+[Akka: Bump Google.Protobuf to 3.24.4](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/6951)
+[DData: Bump LightningDB to 0.16.0](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/6960)
+[Persistence: Bump Microsoft.Data.SQLite to 7.0.13](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/6969)
+If you want to see the [full set of changes made in Akka.NET v1.5.14, click here](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/milestone/96?closed=1).
+| COMMITS | LOC+ | LOC- | AUTHOR              |
+|---------|------|------|---------------------|
+| 11      | 25   | 21   | dependabot[bot]     |
+| 3       | 14   | 2    | Aaron Stannard      |
+| 3       | 114  | 369  | Simon Cropp         |
+| 2       | 36   | 31   | Gregorius Soedharmo |
+| 1       | 41   | 43   | Lehonti Ramos       |
+| 1       | 38   | 0    | Yaroslav Paslavskiy |
+| 1       | 3    | 0    | Sean Killeen        |
+| 1       | 227  | 25   | Drew                |
+| 1       | 1    | 1    | szaliszali          |</PackageReleaseNotes>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- SourceLink support for all Akka.NET projects -->
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/benchmark/Akka.Benchmarks/Akka.Benchmarks.csproj b/src/benchmark/Akka.Benchmarks/Akka.Benchmarks.csproj
index d354c20531b..1e9f0637937 100644
--- a/src/benchmark/Akka.Benchmarks/Akka.Benchmarks.csproj
+++ b/src/benchmark/Akka.Benchmarks/Akka.Benchmarks.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>$(NetTestVersion)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>$(NetTestVersion);net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/benchmark/PingPong/PingPong.csproj b/src/benchmark/PingPong/PingPong.csproj
index 1bd2d3f26d6..87f8813fc76 100644
--- a/src/benchmark/PingPong/PingPong.csproj
+++ b/src/benchmark/PingPong/PingPong.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>$(NetFrameworkTestVersion);$(NetTestVersion)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>$(NetFrameworkTestVersion);$(NetTestVersion);net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <ServerGarbageCollection>true</ServerGarbageCollection>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/benchmark/RemotePingPong/RemotePingPong.csproj b/src/benchmark/RemotePingPong/RemotePingPong.csproj
index 2566e144f56..1c07e50d5e8 100644
--- a/src/benchmark/RemotePingPong/RemotePingPong.csproj
+++ b/src/benchmark/RemotePingPong/RemotePingPong.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <AssemblyTitle>RemotePingPong</AssemblyTitle>
   <AssemblyName>RemotePingPong</AssemblyName>
   <Authors>Akka.NET Team</Authors>
-  <TargetFrameworks>$(NetFrameworkTestVersion);$(NetTestVersion)</TargetFrameworks>
+  <TargetFrameworks>$(NetFrameworkTestVersion);$(NetTestVersion);net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
   <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
 </PropertyGroup>