diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6ff02ef..d44987a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 *.suo
 *.user
 *.sln.docstates
+.idea/
 
 # Build results
 
diff --git a/NTwain.sln b/NTwain.sln
index 762ecc0..c2ae1c4 100644
--- a/NTwain.sln
+++ b/NTwain.sln
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ VisualStudioVersion = 17.1.32414.318
 MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "_common", "_common", "{4CE0B9ED-2CD1-440F-B4EC-35ECA6D61EFE}"
 	ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
+		.gitignore = .gitignore
 		Build.cmd = Build.cmd
 		src\Directory.Build.props = src\Directory.Build.props
 		LICENSE.txt = LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/samples/WinConsole32/WinConsole32.csproj b/samples/WinConsole32/WinConsole32.csproj
index 1df7d68..f703786 100644
--- a/samples/WinConsole32/WinConsole32.csproj
+++ b/samples/WinConsole32/WinConsole32.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
diff --git a/samples/WinForm32/WinForm32.csproj b/samples/WinForm32/WinForm32.csproj
index da18e6d..8f2b83a 100644
--- a/samples/WinForm32/WinForm32.csproj
+++ b/samples/WinForm32/WinForm32.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
-		<TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+		<TargetFramework>net8.0-windows</TargetFramework>
 		<Nullable>enable</Nullable>
 		<UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
 		<PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup>
-	  <PackageReference Include="Magick.NET-Q8-x86" Version="13.0.1" />
+	  <PackageReference Include="Magick.NET-Q8-x86" Version="13.9.1" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup>
diff --git a/samples/WinForm64/WinForm64.csproj b/samples/WinForm64/WinForm64.csproj
index 98161d9..0733242 100644
--- a/samples/WinForm64/WinForm64.csproj
+++ b/samples/WinForm64/WinForm64.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
     <PlatformTarget>x64</PlatformTarget>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Magick.NET-Q8-x64" Version="13.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Magick.NET-Q8-x64" Version="13.9.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.props b/src/Directory.Build.props
index 8f5270c..7b7a80b 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.props
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!--change these in each release-->
     <VersionPrefix>4.0.0.0</VersionPrefix>
-    <VersionSuffix>alpha.3</VersionSuffix>
+    <VersionSuffix>alpha.4</VersionSuffix>
     
     <!--keep it the same until major # changes-->
     <AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/soukoku/ntwain</RepositoryUrl>
     <RepositoryType>GIT</RepositoryType>
     <NeutralLanguage>en-US</NeutralLanguage>
-    <Copyright>Eugene Wang 2012-2023</Copyright>
+    <Copyright>Eugene Wang 2012-2024</Copyright>
     <Authors>Eugene Wang</Authors>
 
     <LangVersion>11</LangVersion>
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.1.1" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="8.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/NTwain/NTwain.csproj b/src/NTwain/NTwain.csproj
index ac8049e..690e169 100644
--- a/src/NTwain/NTwain.csproj
+++ b/src/NTwain/NTwain.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageId>NTwain</PackageId>
     <Description>Library containing the TWAIN API for dotnet.</Description>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net6.0-windows;net7.0;net7.0-windows;net462;</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net6.0-windows;net8.0;net8.0-windows;net462;</TargetFrameworks>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.Memory" Version="4.5.5" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' != 'net462'">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="7.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="8.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'!='Release'">
     <None Remove="runtimes\win-x64\native\TWAINDSM.dll" />