diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 8ce4053..1c5ba26 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);1573;1591;1712</NoWarn>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
diff --git a/Packages.props b/Packages.props
index ca304bf..726578f 100644
--- a/Packages.props
+++ b/Packages.props
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <Project>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Update="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition" Version="17.2.41" />
     <PackageReference Update="GitExtensions.Extensibility" Version="0.3.*" />
     <PackageReference Update="Neptuo" Version="6.0.2" />
     <PackageReference Update="Neptuo.Exceptions" Version="1.2.2" />
     <PackageReference Update="Neptuo.Observables" Version="2.1.1" />
-    <PackageReference Update="NuGet.PackageManagement" Version="6.3.1" />
-    <PackageReference Update="System.ComponentModel.Composition" Version="6.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Update="System.Resources.Extensions" Version="6.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Update="NuGet.PackageManagement" Version="6.8.0" />
+    <PackageReference Update="System.Resources.Extensions" Version="8.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- Test-related -->
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index f1b222a..df85ec1 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@
 #---------------------------------#
 
 # version format
-version: 2.1.0.{build}
+version: 3.0.0.{build}
 
 # version suffix, if any (e.g. '-RC1', '-beta' otherwise '')
 environment:
   version_suffix: ''
+  # Disable the .NET logo in the console output.
+  DOTNET_NOLOGO: true
+  # Disable the .NET first time experience to skip caching NuGet packages and speed up the build.
+  DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE: true
+
 
 # Do not build on tags (GitHub and BitBucket)
 skip_tags: true
diff --git a/src/GitExtensions.PluginManager/GitExtensions.PluginManager.csproj b/src/GitExtensions.PluginManager/GitExtensions.PluginManager.csproj
index 6159b4a..f5c7c6c 100644
--- a/src/GitExtensions.PluginManager/GitExtensions.PluginManager.csproj
+++ b/src/GitExtensions.PluginManager/GitExtensions.PluginManager.csproj
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
+    <UseWPF>true</UseWPF>
     <Description>NuGet-based Plugin Manager for Git Extensions</Description>
     <PackageTags>GitExtensions</PackageTags>
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions.pluginmanager</PackageProjectUrl>
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="GitExtensions.Extensibility" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.ComponentModel.Composition" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Composition" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Resources.Extensions" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
@@ -27,15 +28,12 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="GitUI">
-      <HintPath>$(GitExtensionsPath)\GitUI.dll</HintPath>
+    <Reference Include="GitExtensions.Extensibility">
+      <HintPath>$(GitExtensionsPath)\GitExtensions.Extensibility.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="GitUIPluginInterfaces">
       <HintPath>$(GitExtensionsPath)\GitUIPluginInterfaces.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="ResourceManager">
-      <HintPath>$(GitExtensionsPath)\ResourceManager.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/GitExtensions.PluginManager/GitExtensions.PluginManager.nuspec b/src/GitExtensions.PluginManager/GitExtensions.PluginManager.nuspec
index 825c1f9..d6a7d5c 100644
--- a/src/GitExtensions.PluginManager/GitExtensions.PluginManager.nuspec
+++ b/src/GitExtensions.PluginManager/GitExtensions.PluginManager.nuspec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   </metadata>
   <files>
     <file src="../../LICENSE.md" target="/" />
-    <file src="bin/$configuration$/net6.0-windows/GitExtensions.PluginManager.dll" target="lib/" />
-    <file src="bin/$configuration$/net6.0-windows/PackageManager/PackageManager.UI.exe" target="lib/PackageManager/" />
+    <file src="bin/$configuration$/net8.0-windows/GitExtensions.PluginManager.dll" target="lib/" />
+    <file src="bin/$configuration$/net8.0-windows/PackageManager/PackageManager.UI.exe" target="lib/PackageManager/" />
   </files>
 </package>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/GitExtensions.PluginManager/Plugin.cs b/src/GitExtensions.PluginManager/Plugin.cs
index a0b93a4..ce70878 100644
--- a/src/GitExtensions.PluginManager/Plugin.cs
+++ b/src/GitExtensions.PluginManager/Plugin.cs
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
-using GitExtensions.PluginManager.Properties;
+using GitExtensions.Extensibility.Git;
+using GitExtensions.Extensibility.Plugins;
+using GitExtensions.Extensibility.Settings;
+using GitExtensions.PluginManager.Properties;
 using GitUIPluginInterfaces;
 using PackageManager;
-using ResourceManager;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.ComponentModel.Composition;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
 
 namespace GitExtensions.PluginManager
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ public class Plugin : GitPluginBase
         public const string PackageId = @"GitExtensions.PluginManager";
         public const string GitExtensionsRelativePath = @"GitExtensions.exe";
         public const string PluginManagerRelativePath = @"PackageManager\PackageManager.UI.exe";
-        public static readonly List<string> FrameworkMonikers = new List<string>() { "net5.0", "net6.0", "any", "netstandard2.0" };
+        public static readonly List<string> FrameworkMonikers = new List<string>() { "net5.0", "net6.0", "net7.0", "net8.0", "any", "netstandard2.0" };
 
         internal PluginSettings Configuration { get; private set; }
 
diff --git a/src/GitExtensions.PluginManager/PluginSettings.cs b/src/GitExtensions.PluginManager/PluginSettings.cs
index 5594bca..f857acc 100644
--- a/src/GitExtensions.PluginManager/PluginSettings.cs
+++ b/src/GitExtensions.PluginManager/PluginSettings.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-using GitUIPluginInterfaces;
+using GitExtensions.Extensibility.Settings;
 using System;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace GitExtensions.PluginManager
 {
@@ -15,14 +12,14 @@ internal class PluginSettings : IEnumerable<ISetting>
         /// </summary>
         public static BoolSetting CloseInstancesProperty { get; } = new BoolSetting("CloseInstances", "Close all instances of Git Extensions before starting Plugin Manager", false);
 
-        private readonly ISettingsSource source;
+        private readonly SettingsSource source;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets current value of <see cref="CloseInstancesProperty"/>.
         /// </summary>
         public bool CloseInstances => source.GetBool(CloseInstancesProperty.Name, CloseInstancesProperty.DefaultValue);
 
-        public PluginSettings(ISettingsSource source)
+        public PluginSettings(SettingsSource source)
         {
             this.source = source ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(source));
         }
diff --git a/src/PackageManager.NuGet/Models/InvalidPackageSourceImplementationException.cs b/src/PackageManager.NuGet/Models/InvalidPackageSourceImplementationException.cs
index b5eef31..ced036c 100644
--- a/src/PackageManager.NuGet/Models/InvalidPackageSourceImplementationException.cs
+++ b/src/PackageManager.NuGet/Models/InvalidPackageSourceImplementationException.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ namespace PackageManager.Models
     /// <summary>
     /// Raised when passed implementation of <see cref="IPackageSource"/> to not compatible with <see cref="NuGetPackageSourceCollection"/>,
     /// </summary>
-    [Serializable]
     public class InvalidPackageSourceImplementationException : Exception
     {
         /// <summary>
@@ -18,14 +17,5 @@ public class InvalidPackageSourceImplementationException : Exception
         /// </summary>
         public InvalidPackageSourceImplementationException()
         { }
-        
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Creates a new instance for deserialization.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="info">A serialization info.</param>
-        /// <param name="context">A streaming context.</param>
-        protected InvalidPackageSourceImplementationException(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
-            : base(info, context)
-        { }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/PackageManager.NuGet/Models/NuGetPackageContent.cs b/src/PackageManager.NuGet/Models/NuGetPackageContent.cs
index a2cf23a..a663bf3 100644
--- a/src/PackageManager.NuGet/Models/NuGetPackageContent.cs
+++ b/src/PackageManager.NuGet/Models/NuGetPackageContent.cs
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ string ExtractFile(string sourceFile, string targetPath, Stream sourceContent)
                             string result = MapPackageFilePath(path, content.frameworkFolderName, targetPath);
                             log.Debug($"Extracting file '{result}'.");
 
+                            string resultDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(result);
+                            if (!Directory.Exists(resultDirectory))
+                                Directory.CreateDirectory(resultDirectory);
+
                             using (FileStream targetContent = new FileStream(result, FileMode.OpenOrCreate))
                                 sourceContent.CopyTo(targetContent);
 
diff --git a/src/PackageManager.NuGet/Services/NuGetPackageVersionService.cs b/src/PackageManager.NuGet/Services/NuGetPackageVersionService.cs
index b2e8c33..d358337 100644
--- a/src/PackageManager.NuGet/Services/NuGetPackageVersionService.cs
+++ b/src/PackageManager.NuGet/Services/NuGetPackageVersionService.cs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public async Task<IReadOnlyList<IPackage>> GetListAsync(int resultCount, IPackag
             catch (FatalProtocolException e) when (e.InnerException is TaskCanceledException)
             {
                 cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-                throw e;
+                throw;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/PackageManager.UI/Services/RestartAsAdministratorCancelledException.cs b/src/PackageManager.UI/Services/RestartAsAdministratorCancelledException.cs
index 589127a..9992230 100644
--- a/src/PackageManager.UI/Services/RestartAsAdministratorCancelledException.cs
+++ b/src/PackageManager.UI/Services/RestartAsAdministratorCancelledException.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ namespace PackageManager.Services
     /// <summary>
     /// An exception raised when attempt to restart the application as administrator was cancelled by the user.
     /// </summary>
-    [Serializable]
     public class RestartAsAdministratorCancelledException : Exception
     {
         /// <summary>
@@ -20,14 +19,5 @@ public class RestartAsAdministratorCancelledException : Exception
         public RestartAsAdministratorCancelledException(Exception inner)
             : base("Attempt to restart the application as administrator was cancelled by the user.", inner)
         { }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Creates new instance for deserialization.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="info">The serialization info.</param>
-        /// <param name="context">The streaming context.</param>
-        protected RestartAsAdministratorCancelledException(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
-            : base(info, context)
-        { }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/PackageManager/Models/PackageFileExtractionException.cs b/src/PackageManager/Models/PackageFileExtractionException.cs
index bba36ce..3093f42 100644
--- a/src/PackageManager/Models/PackageFileExtractionException.cs
+++ b/src/PackageManager/Models/PackageFileExtractionException.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ namespace PackageManager.Models
     /// <summary>
     /// An exception raised when there was an extracting file from package content.
     /// </summary>
-    [Serializable]
     public class PackageFileExtractionException : Exception
     {
         /// <summary>
@@ -28,14 +27,5 @@ public PackageFileExtractionException(string filePath, Exception inner)
         {
             FilePath = filePath;
         }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Creates a new instance for deserialization.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="info">The serialization info.</param>
-        /// <param name="context">The streaming context.</param>
-        protected PackageFileExtractionException(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
-            : base(info, context)
-        { }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/PackageManager/Models/PackageFileRemovalException.cs b/src/PackageManager/Models/PackageFileRemovalException.cs
index 664cc52..7ca94ae 100644
--- a/src/PackageManager/Models/PackageFileRemovalException.cs
+++ b/src/PackageManager/Models/PackageFileRemovalException.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ namespace PackageManager.Models
     /// <summary>
     /// An exception raised when there was an removing file from installed package.
     /// </summary>
-    [Serializable]
     public class PackageFileRemovalException : Exception
     {
         /// <summary>
@@ -28,14 +27,5 @@ public PackageFileRemovalException(string filePath, Exception inner)
         {
             FilePath = filePath;
         }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Creates a new instance for deserialization.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="info">The serialization info.</param>
-        /// <param name="context">The streaming context.</param>
-        protected PackageFileRemovalException(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
-            : base(info, context)
-        { }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tools/Prepare-Release.ps1 b/tools/Prepare-Release.ps1
index df83f24..f22f70e 100644
--- a/tools/Prepare-Release.ps1
+++ b/tools/Prepare-Release.ps1
@@ -20,12 +20,18 @@ function EnsureLastCommandSucceeded()
     }
 }
 
+# Install the required .NET SDK
+Invoke-WebRequest "https://dot.net/v1/dotnet-install.ps1" -OutFile "./dotnet-install.ps1"
+./dotnet-install.ps1 -Channel LTS -InstallDir 'C:\Program Files\dotnet'
+# Remove the script so it doesn't "pollute" the build
+Remove-Item -Path .\dotnet-install.ps1
+
 Write-Host "Restore solution"
 dotnet restore ..\GitExtensions.PluginManager.sln -p:RuntimeIdentifier=win-x86
 EnsureLastCommandSucceeded
 
 Write-Host "Publish PackageManager.UI"
-dotnet publish ..\src\PackageManager.UI\PackageManager.UI.csproj -c Release -p:PublishDir=bin\Release\net6.0-windows\publish\ -bl:$targetPath\build-PackageManager.UI.binlog
+dotnet publish ..\src\PackageManager.UI\PackageManager.UI.csproj -c Release -p:PublishDir=bin\Release\net8.0-windows\publish\ -bl:$targetPath\build-PackageManager.UI.binlog
 EnsureLastCommandSucceeded
 
 Write-Host "Publish GitExtensions.PluginManager"
diff --git a/tools/Zip-GitExtensionsPlugin.ps1 b/tools/Zip-GitExtensionsPlugin.ps1
index 6f91ff5..46b53cb 100644
--- a/tools/Zip-GitExtensionsPlugin.ps1
+++ b/tools/Zip-GitExtensionsPlugin.ps1
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ $tempPmPath = Join-Path $tempPath -ChildPath "PackageManager";
 New-Item -Force -ItemType Directory $tempPath | Out-Null;
 New-Item -Force -ItemType Directory $tempPmPath | Out-Null;
 
-Copy-Item -Force ($sourceBasePath + "\net6.0-windows\GitExtensions.PluginManager.dll") $tempPath | Out-Null;
-Copy-Item -Force ($sourceBasePath + "\net6.0-windows\PackageManager\PackageManager.UI.exe") $tempPmPath | Out-Null;
+Copy-Item -Force ($sourceBasePath + "\net8.0-windows\GitExtensions.PluginManager.dll") $tempPath | Out-Null;
+Copy-Item -Force ($sourceBasePath + "\net8.0-windows\PackageManager\PackageManager.UI.exe") $tempPmPath | Out-Null;
 
 Compress-Archive -Path ($tempPath + "\*") -DestinationPath $target -Force;
 Write-Host ("Created release zip at '" + $target + "'");