diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 065527d..5be095b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+    - name: Setup dotnet
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
+      with:
+        dotnet-version: '8.x.x'
+
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
       uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-updates.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-updates.yml
index 1b28a04..460aa03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-updates.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-updates.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install .NET Core
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
       with:
-        dotnet-version: 7.x.x
+        dotnet-version: 8.x.x
 
     - name: Install dotnet-outdated
       run: dotnet tool install --global dotnet-outdated-tool
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml b/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml
index 6f0722f..0c6027b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
       with:
         dotnet-version: |
-          7.x.x
+          8.x.x
     #      6.x.x
     # - name: Check for vulnerabilities
     #   run: |
diff --git a/CleanArchitecture.Api/CleanArchitecture.Api.csproj b/CleanArchitecture.Api/CleanArchitecture.Api.csproj
index 4cda0e0..1a53d65 100644
--- a/CleanArchitecture.Api/CleanArchitecture.Api.csproj
+++ b/CleanArchitecture.Api/CleanArchitecture.Api.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
         <UserSecretsId>64377c40-44d6-4989-9662-5d778f8b3b92</UserSecretsId>
     </PropertyGroup>
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@
         <PackageReference Include="AspNetCore.HealthChecks.Redis" Version="7.0.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="AspNetCore.HealthChecks.SqlServer" Version="7.0.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="AspNetCore.HealthChecks.UI.Client" Version="7.1.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="7.0.13" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi" Version="7.0.13" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="7.0.13">
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="8.0.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi" Version="8.0.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="8.0.0">
             <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
             <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
         </PackageReference>
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Proxies" Version="7.0.13" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.StackExchangeRedis" Version="7.0.13" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="7.0.13" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Proxies" Version="8.0.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.StackExchangeRedis" Version="8.0.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.HealthChecks.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="8.0.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="6.5.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.Annotations" Version="6.5.0" />
     </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/CleanArchitecture.Application.Tests/CleanArchitecture.Application.Tests.csproj b/CleanArchitecture.Application.Tests/CleanArchitecture.Application.Tests.csproj
index 7ac6880..8c222c0 100644
--- a/CleanArchitecture.Application.Tests/CleanArchitecture.Application.Tests.csproj
+++ b/CleanArchitecture.Application.Tests/CleanArchitecture.Application.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
 
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" Version="6.12.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.7.2" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.8.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="MockQueryable.NSubstitute" Version="7.0.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="NSubstitute" Version="5.1.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.6.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.6.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.5.3">
             <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
             <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
diff --git a/CleanArchitecture.Application/CleanArchitecture.Application.csproj b/CleanArchitecture.Application/CleanArchitecture.Application.csproj
index dd7f8ef..de72048 100644
--- a/CleanArchitecture.Application/CleanArchitecture.Application.csproj
+++ b/CleanArchitecture.Application/CleanArchitecture.Application.csproj
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="7.0.13" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="8.0.0" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/CleanArchitecture.Domain.Tests/CleanArchitecture.Domain.Tests.csproj b/CleanArchitecture.Domain.Tests/CleanArchitecture.Domain.Tests.csproj
index ee3de39..ab63a54 100644
--- a/CleanArchitecture.Domain.Tests/CleanArchitecture.Domain.Tests.csproj
+++ b/CleanArchitecture.Domain.Tests/CleanArchitecture.Domain.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
 
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="BCrypt.Net-Next" Version="4.0.3" />
         <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" Version="6.12.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.7.2" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.8.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="NSubstitute" Version="5.1.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.6.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.6.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.5.3">
             <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
             <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
diff --git a/CleanArchitecture.Domain/CleanArchitecture.Domain.csproj b/CleanArchitecture.Domain/CleanArchitecture.Domain.csproj
index 1c1d9ff..67cf3be 100644
--- a/CleanArchitecture.Domain/CleanArchitecture.Domain.csproj
+++ b/CleanArchitecture.Domain/CleanArchitecture.Domain.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         <PackageReference Include="BCrypt.Net-Next" Version="4.0.3" />
         <PackageReference Include="FluentValidation" Version="11.8.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="MediatR" Version="12.1.1" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="7.0.1" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="8.0.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
         <PackageReference Include="RabbitMQ.Client" Version="6.6.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt" Version="7.0.3" />
diff --git a/CleanArchitecture.Infrastructure.Tests/CleanArchitecture.Infrastructure.Tests.csproj b/CleanArchitecture.Infrastructure.Tests/CleanArchitecture.Infrastructure.Tests.csproj
index aa725bb..7df52a6 100644
--- a/CleanArchitecture.Infrastructure.Tests/CleanArchitecture.Infrastructure.Tests.csproj
+++ b/CleanArchitecture.Infrastructure.Tests/CleanArchitecture.Infrastructure.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
 
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" Version="6.12.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.7.2" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.8.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="NSubstitute" Version="5.1.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.6.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.6.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.5.3">
             <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
             <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
diff --git a/CleanArchitecture.Infrastructure/CleanArchitecture.Infrastructure.csproj b/CleanArchitecture.Infrastructure/CleanArchitecture.Infrastructure.csproj
index e18aeb3..de5234e 100644
--- a/CleanArchitecture.Infrastructure/CleanArchitecture.Infrastructure.csproj
+++ b/CleanArchitecture.Infrastructure/CleanArchitecture.Infrastructure.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
 
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="MediatR" Version="12.1.1" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="7.0.13" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" Version="7.0.13" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="7.0.13" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="7.0.13">
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="8.0.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" Version="8.0.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="8.0.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="8.0.0">
             <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
             <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
         </PackageReference>
diff --git a/CleanArchitecture.IntegrationTests/CleanArchitecture.IntegrationTests.csproj b/CleanArchitecture.IntegrationTests/CleanArchitecture.IntegrationTests.csproj
index 8c6650f..b259217 100644
--- a/CleanArchitecture.IntegrationTests/CleanArchitecture.IntegrationTests.csproj
+++ b/CleanArchitecture.IntegrationTests/CleanArchitecture.IntegrationTests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
 
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" Version="6.12.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="7.0.13" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.Core" Version="7.0.13" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Proxies" Version="7.0.13" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="7.0.13" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.7.2" />
-        <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.6.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="8.0.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.Core" Version="8.0.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Proxies" Version="8.0.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="8.0.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.8.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.6.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="Xunit.Priority" Version="1.1.6" />
         <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.5.3">
             <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
diff --git a/CleanArchitecture.IntegrationTests/Infrastructure/Auth/TestAuthenticationHandler.cs b/CleanArchitecture.IntegrationTests/Infrastructure/Auth/TestAuthenticationHandler.cs
index db98295..57f7faa 100644
--- a/CleanArchitecture.IntegrationTests/Infrastructure/Auth/TestAuthenticationHandler.cs
+++ b/CleanArchitecture.IntegrationTests/Infrastructure/Auth/TestAuthenticationHandler.cs
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ public sealed class TestAuthenticationHandler : AuthenticationHandler<TestAuthen
     public TestAuthenticationHandler(
         IOptionsMonitor<TestAuthenticationOptions> options,
         ILoggerFactory logger,
-        UrlEncoder encoder,
-        ISystemClock clock) : base(options, logger, encoder, clock)
+        UrlEncoder encoder) : base(options, logger, encoder)
     {
     }
 
diff --git a/CleanArchitecture.Proto/CleanArchitecture.Proto.csproj b/CleanArchitecture.Proto/CleanArchitecture.Proto.csproj
index 013eb28..685f659 100644
--- a/CleanArchitecture.Proto/CleanArchitecture.Proto.csproj
+++ b/CleanArchitecture.Proto/CleanArchitecture.Proto.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="Google.Protobuf" Version="3.24.4" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Google.Protobuf.Tools" Version="3.24.4" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Grpc.AspNetCore" Version="2.58.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Google.Protobuf" Version="3.25.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Google.Protobuf.Tools" Version="3.25.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Grpc.AspNetCore" Version="2.59.0" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/CleanArchitecture.Shared/CleanArchitecture.Shared.csproj b/CleanArchitecture.Shared/CleanArchitecture.Shared.csproj
index 812e7fd..5ea58b1 100644
--- a/CleanArchitecture.Shared/CleanArchitecture.Shared.csproj
+++ b/CleanArchitecture.Shared/CleanArchitecture.Shared.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/CleanArchitecture.gRPC.Tests/CleanArchitecture.gRPC.Tests.csproj b/CleanArchitecture.gRPC.Tests/CleanArchitecture.gRPC.Tests.csproj
index 9b5c040..b60b2fb 100644
--- a/CleanArchitecture.gRPC.Tests/CleanArchitecture.gRPC.Tests.csproj
+++ b/CleanArchitecture.gRPC.Tests/CleanArchitecture.gRPC.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
 
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" Version="6.12.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.7.2" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.8.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="MockQueryable.NSubstitute" Version="7.0.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="NSubstitute" Version="5.1.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.6.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.6.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.5.3">
             <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
             <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
diff --git a/CleanArchitecture.gRPC/CleanArchitecture.gRPC.csproj b/CleanArchitecture.gRPC/CleanArchitecture.gRPC.csproj
index 068e549..e106542 100644
--- a/CleanArchitecture.gRPC/CleanArchitecture.gRPC.csproj
+++ b/CleanArchitecture.gRPC/CleanArchitecture.gRPC.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 646bd78..0704fd1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:7.0 AS build
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0 AS build
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # copy csproj and restore as distinct layers
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ COPY CleanArchitecture.Api/. ./CleanArchitecture.Api/
 WORKDIR /app/CleanArchitecture.Api
 RUN dotnet publish -c Release -o out
 
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:7.0 AS runtime
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:8.0 AS runtime
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=build /app/CleanArchitecture.Api/out ./
 
diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 722e13b..d2c35c5 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Clean Architecture Dotnet 7 API Project
+# Clean Architecture Dotnet 8 API Project
 
 ![GitHub Workflow Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/alex289/CleanArchitecture/dotnet.yml)
 
@@ -78,4 +78,4 @@ To run the tests, follow these steps:
 This project uses GitHub Actions to build and test the project on every commit to the main branch. The workflow consists of several steps, including restoring packages, building the project and running tests.
 
 ## Conclusion
-This project is a sample implementation of the Clean Architecture principles, Onion Architecture, MediatR, and Entity Framework. It demonstrates how to organize a .NET 7 API project into layers, how to use the MediatR library to implement the mediator pattern, and how to use Entity Framework to access data. It also includes unit tests for all layers and integration tests using xUnit.
+This project is a sample implementation of the Clean Architecture principles, Onion Architecture, MediatR, and Entity Framework. It demonstrates how to organize a .NET 8 API project into layers, how to use the MediatR library to implement the mediator pattern, and how to use Entity Framework to access data. It also includes unit tests for all layers and integration tests using xUnit.