diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Core/Flow.Launcher.Core.csproj b/Flow.Launcher.Core/Flow.Launcher.Core.csproj
index df2f4d2cb..8997ff58c 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Core/Flow.Launcher.Core.csproj
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Core/Flow.Launcher.Core.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <UseWpf>true</UseWpf>
     <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.csproj b/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.csproj
index 5d8b26425..ed753b767 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.csproj
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{4FD29318-A8AB-4D8F-AA47-60BC241B8DA3}</ProjectGuid>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <UseWpf>true</UseWpf>
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.csproj b/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.csproj
index 2feb21b12..05c780cd8 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.csproj
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{8451ECDD-2EA4-4966-BB0A-7BBC40138E80}</ProjectGuid>
     <UseWPF>true</UseWPF>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Test/Flow.Launcher.Test.csproj b/Flow.Launcher.Test/Flow.Launcher.Test.csproj
index 0241a374e..f04a9dcc9 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Test/Flow.Launcher.Test.csproj
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Test/Flow.Launcher.Test.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{FF742965-9A80-41A5-B042-D6C7D3A21708}</ProjectGuid>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj b/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj
index 0baa1bef5..ef8bd8a3a 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
     <UseWPF>true</UseWPF>
     <UseWindowsForms>false</UseWindowsForms>
     <StartupObject>Flow.Launcher.App</StartupObject>
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="InputSimulator" Version="1.0.4" />
-    <!-- Do not upgrade Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection and Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting since we are .Net7.0 -->
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="7.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="7.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications" Version="7.1.3" />
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/Properties/PublishProfiles/Net7.0-SelfContained.pubxml b/Flow.Launcher/Properties/PublishProfiles/Net7.0-SelfContained.pubxml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e5cf4489..000000000
--- a/Flow.Launcher/Properties/PublishProfiles/Net7.0-SelfContained.pubxml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!--
-https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
--->
-<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
-    <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
-    <Platform>Any CPU</Platform>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
-    <PublishDir>..\Output\Release\</PublishDir>
-    <RuntimeIdentifier>win-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
-    <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
-    <PublishSingleFile>False</PublishSingleFile>
-    <PublishReadyToRun>False</PublishReadyToRun>
-    <PublishTrimmed>False</PublishTrimmed>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark.csproj
index d7a626e1d..de6c017f2 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <UseWPF>true</UseWPF>
     <ProjectGuid>{9B130CC5-14FB-41FF-B310-0A95B6894C37}</ProjectGuid>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator.csproj
index 1b985acf9..0c2a08bf3 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{59BD9891-3837-438A-958D-ADC7F91F6F7E}</ProjectGuid>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator</RootNamespace>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.csproj
index 29925aeef..7a5809ad7 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <UseWPF>true</UseWPF>
     <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
     <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator.csproj
index 21d964c11..d9e434f95 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{FDED22C8-B637-42E8-824A-63B5B6E05A3A}</ProjectGuid>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginIndicator</RootNamespace>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager.csproj
index b438305d6..b9c181fa3 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <UseWPF>true</UseWPF>
     <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
     <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller.csproj
index 4e216b7b2..7394e8a11 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <AssemblyName>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller</AssemblyName>
     <PackageId>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ProcessKiller</PackageId>
     <Authors>Flow-Launcher</Authors>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program.csproj
index 99c1a12e9..0c45a8590 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{FDB3555B-58EF-4AE6-B5F1-904719637AB4}</ProjectGuid>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Program</RootNamespace>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Shell/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Shell.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Shell/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Shell.csproj
index 8f443214b..89410b7c9 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Shell/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Shell.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Shell/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Shell.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{C21BFF9C-2C99-4B5F-B7C9-A5E6DDDB37B0}</ProjectGuid>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Shell</RootNamespace>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys.csproj
index dbc36ad42..999003fd8 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{0B9DE348-9361-4940-ADB6-F5953BFFCCEC}</ProjectGuid>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Sys</RootNamespace>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Url/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Url.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Url/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Url.csproj
index 6d338733e..fdfe03224 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Url/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Url.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Url/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Url.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{A3DCCBCA-ACC1-421D-B16E-210896234C26}</ProjectGuid>
     <UseWPF>true</UseWPF>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch.csproj
index 55d69d526..3850cd3d2 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{403B57F2-1856-4FC7-8A24-36AB346B763E}</ProjectGuid>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <UseWPF>true</UseWPF>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WindowsSettings/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WindowsSettings.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WindowsSettings/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WindowsSettings.csproj
index 73fcd9f83..879cea6f8 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WindowsSettings/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WindowsSettings.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WindowsSettings/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WindowsSettings.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
     <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 02ffc7932..2b307e09a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ Get in touch if you like to join the Flow-Launcher Team and help build this grea
 
 - Install Visual Studio 2022
 
-- Install .Net 7 SDK
+- Install .Net 9 SDK
   - via Visual Studio installer
   - via winget `winget install Microsoft.DotNet.SDK.7`
-  - Manually from [here](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/7.0)
+  - Manually from [here](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/9.0)
diff --git a/Scripts/flowlauncher.nuspec b/Scripts/flowlauncher.nuspec
index 8d753bc8c..fa12150cc 100644
--- a/Scripts/flowlauncher.nuspec
+++ b/Scripts/flowlauncher.nuspec
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
     <description>Flow Launcher - Quick file search and app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins</description>
   </metadata>
   <files>
-    <file src="**\*.*" target="lib\net7.0\" exclude="Flow.Launcher.vshost.exe;Flow.Launcher.vshost.exe.config;Flow.Launcher.vshost.exe.manifest;*.nupkg;Setup.exe;RELEASES"/>
+    <file src="**\*.*" target="lib\net9.0\" exclude="Flow.Launcher.vshost.exe;Flow.Launcher.vshost.exe.config;Flow.Launcher.vshost.exe.manifest;*.nupkg;Setup.exe;RELEASES"/>
   </files>
 </package>
diff --git a/Scripts/post_build.ps1 b/Scripts/post_build.ps1
index 1757ed99e..da5672e32 100644
--- a/Scripts/post_build.ps1
+++ b/Scripts/post_build.ps1
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ function Pack-Squirrel-Installer ($path, $version, $output) {
 function Publish-Self-Contained ($p) {
 
     $csproj  = Join-Path "$p" "Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj" -Resolve
-    $profile = Join-Path "$p" "Flow.Launcher/Properties/PublishProfiles/Net7.0-SelfContained.pubxml" -Resolve
+    $profile = Join-Path "$p" "Flow.Launcher/Properties/PublishProfiles/net9.0-SelfContained.pubxml" -Resolve
 
     # we call dotnet publish on the main project. 
     # The other projects should have been built in Release at this point.