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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Decompiler Frontends
 
 Aside from the WPF UI ILSpy (downloadable via Releases, see also [plugins](https://github.com/icsharpcode/ILSpy/wiki/Plugins)), the following other frontends are available:
 
-* Visual Studio 2022 ships with decompilation support for F12 enabled by default (using our engine v7.1).
+* Visual Studio 2022 ships with decompilation support for F12 enabled by default (using our engine v8.1).
 * In Visual Studio 2019, you have to manually enable F12 support. Go to Tools / Options / Text Editor / C# / Advanced and check "Enable navigation to decompiled source"
 * [C# for Visual Studio Code](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-dotnettools.csharp) ships with decompilation support as well. To enable, activate the setting "Enable Decompilation Support".
 * Our Visual Studio 2022 extension [marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=SharpDevelopTeam.ILSpy2022)
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ How to build
 - Make sure PowerShell (at least version) 5.0 is installed.
 - Clone the ILSpy repository using git.
 - Execute `git submodule update --init --recursive` to download the ILSpy-Tests submodule (used by some test cases).
-- Install Visual Studio (documented version: 17.1). You can install the necessary components in one of 3 ways:
+- Install Visual Studio (documented version: 17.8). You can install the necessary components in one of 3 ways:
   - Follow Microsoft's instructions for [importing a configuration](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/import-export-installation-configurations?view=vs-2022#import-a-configuration), and import the .vsconfig file located at the root of the solution.
   - Alternatively, you can open the ILSpy solution (ILSpy.sln) and Visual Studio will [prompt you to install the missing components](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/import-export-installation-configurations?view=vs-2022#automatically-install-missing-components).
   - Finally, you can manually install the necessary components via the Visual Studio Installer. The workloads/components are as follows:
-    - Workload ".NET Desktop Development". This workload includes the .NET Framework 4.8 SDK and the .NET Framework 4.7.2 targeting pack, as well as the [.NET 6.0 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/6.0) and [.NET 7.0 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/7.0) (ILSpy.csproj targets .NET 6.0, but we have net472+net70 projects too). _Note: The optional components of this workload are not required for ILSpy_
+    - Workload ".NET Desktop Development". This workload includes the .NET Framework 4.8 SDK and the .NET Framework 4.7.2 targeting pack, as well as the [.NET 8.0 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/8.0) (ILSpy.csproj targets .NET 6.0, but we have net472 projects too). _Note: The optional components of this workload are not required for ILSpy_
     - Workload "Visual Studio extension development" (ILSpy.sln contains a VS extension project) _Note: The optional components of this workload are not required for ILSpy_
     - Individual Component "MSVC v143 - VS 2022 C++ x64/x86 build tools" (or similar)
       - _The VC++ toolset is optional_; if present it is used for `editbin.exe` to modify the stack size used by ILSpy.exe from 1MB to 16MB, because the decompiler makes heavy use of recursion, where small stack sizes lead to problems in very complex methods.
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ If this problem occurs, please manually install the .NET 6.0 SDK from [here](htt
 
 #### Unix / Mac:
 
-- Make sure [.NET 7.0 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/7.0) is installed.
+- Make sure [.NET 8.0 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/8.0) is installed.
 - Make sure [PowerShell](https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell) is installed (formerly known as PowerShell Core)
 - Clone the repository using git.
 - Execute `git submodule update --init --recursive` to download the ILSpy-Tests submodule (used by some test cases).