diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Core/Flow.Launcher.Core.csproj b/Flow.Launcher.Core/Flow.Launcher.Core.csproj
index beb2925bf..107992647 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>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net7.0-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 80c3bbec5..f4d7511c6 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>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net7.0-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 38c3ebc9f..dc2923154 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>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net7.0-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 b3d595589..039947a9f 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>net6.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net7.0-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 a36668fc4..1143f7f72 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
     <UseWPF>true</UseWPF>
     <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
     <StartupObject>Flow.Launcher.App</StartupObject>
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/Properties/PublishProfiles/Net6.0-SelfContained.pubxml b/Flow.Launcher/Properties/PublishProfiles/Net7.0-SelfContained.pubxml
similarity index 90%
rename from Flow.Launcher/Properties/PublishProfiles/Net6.0-SelfContained.pubxml
rename to Flow.Launcher/Properties/PublishProfiles/Net7.0-SelfContained.pubxml
index 23867d894..0e5cf4489 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/Properties/PublishProfiles/Net6.0-SelfContained.pubxml
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/Properties/PublishProfiles/Net7.0-SelfContained.pubxml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208121.
     <PublishProtocol>FileSystem</PublishProtocol>
     <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
     <Platform>Any CPU</Platform>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
     <PublishDir>..\Output\Release\</PublishDir>
     <RuntimeIdentifier>win-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
     <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/PublicAPIInstance.cs b/Flow.Launcher/PublicAPIInstance.cs
index 927055971..b2487693e 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/PublicAPIInstance.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/PublicAPIInstance.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
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 4596acb4c..c42378a9a 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>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net7.0-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 e65e7d497..db731fb2c 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>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <ProjectGuid>{59BD9891-3837-438A-958D-ADC7F91F6F7E}</ProjectGuid>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Caculator</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 29acf0eb7..1c0bdaad7 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>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net7.0-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 4176d2d50..21d964c11 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>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net7.0-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 317ba4e89..e056beb07 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>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net7.0-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 80642c8a3..861fc3197 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>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net7.0-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 83f9464c4..02555cf1f 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>net6.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net7.0-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 c3f63eeb5..dfbf54c3a 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>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net7.0-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 ce4773908..c7a722189 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>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net7.0-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 8d50a80e2..c03acefae 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>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net7.0-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 f238c4e93..55d69d526 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>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net7.0-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 aa3eb8e6f..47ab3b2ba 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>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
     <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ef78e3cd0..22c16996c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -368,4 +368,7 @@ Get in touch if you like to join the Flow-Launcher Team and help build this grea
 
 - Install Visual Studio 2022
 
-- Install .Net 6 SDK via Visual Studio installer or manually from [here](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/thank-you/sdk-6.0.300-windows-x64-installer)
+- Install .Net 7 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)
diff --git a/Scripts/flowlauncher.nuspec b/Scripts/flowlauncher.nuspec
index aeb29d1f1..8d753bc8c 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\net6.0\" exclude="Flow.Launcher.vshost.exe;Flow.Launcher.vshost.exe.config;Flow.Launcher.vshost.exe.manifest;*.nupkg;Setup.exe;RELEASES"/>
+    <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"/>
   </files>
 </package>
diff --git a/Scripts/post_build.ps1 b/Scripts/post_build.ps1
index d937c5732..23eabedfd 100644
--- a/Scripts/post_build.ps1
+++ b/Scripts/post_build.ps1
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ 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/Net6.0-SelfContained.pubxml" -Resolve
+    $profile = Join-Path "$p" "Flow.Launcher/Properties/PublishProfiles/Net7.0-SelfContained.pubxml" -Resolve
 
     # we call dotnet publish on the main project. 
     # The other projects should have been built in Release at this point.
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 6ff5b35d3..1ee79d7a2 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "sdk": {
-        "version": "6.0.*",
+        "version": "7.0.*",
         "rollForward": "latestPatch"
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}