diff --git a/build.ps1 b/build.ps1
index c0c0e6123..4634dc03e 100644
--- a/build.ps1
+++ b/build.ps1
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ $DotNetGlobalFile = "$PSScriptRoot\\global.json"
 $DotNetInstallUrl = "https://dot.net/v1/dotnet-install.ps1"
 $DotNetChannel = "STS"
 
-$env:DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE = 1
 $env:DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT = 1
-$env:DOTNET_MULTILEVEL_LOOKUP = 0
+$env:DOTNET_NOLOGO = 1
 
 ###########################################################################
 # EXECUTION
@@ -61,6 +60,7 @@ else {
         ExecSafe { & powershell $DotNetInstallFile -InstallDir $DotNetDirectory -Version $DotNetVersion -NoPath }
     }
     $env:DOTNET_EXE = "$DotNetDirectory\dotnet.exe"
+    $env:PATH = "$DotNetDirectory;$env:PATH"
 }
 
 Write-Output "Microsoft (R) .NET SDK version $(& $env:DOTNET_EXE --version)"
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index d4a7e51ec..fdff0c623 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ DOTNET_INSTALL_URL="https://dot.net/v1/dotnet-install.sh"
 DOTNET_CHANNEL="STS"
 
 export DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT=1
-export DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE=1
-export DOTNET_MULTILEVEL_LOOKUP=0
+export DOTNET_NOLOGO=1
 
 ###########################################################################
 # EXECUTION
@@ -54,11 +53,12 @@ else
         "$DOTNET_INSTALL_FILE" --install-dir "$DOTNET_DIRECTORY" --version "$DOTNET_VERSION" --no-path
     fi
     export DOTNET_EXE="$DOTNET_DIRECTORY/dotnet"
+    export PATH="$DOTNET_DIRECTORY:$PATH"
 fi
 
 echo "Microsoft (R) .NET SDK version $("$DOTNET_EXE" --version)"
 
-if [[ ! -z ${NUKE_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN+x} && "NUKE_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN" != "" ]]; then
+if [[ ! -z ${NUKE_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN+x} && "$NUKE_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN" != "" ]]; then
     "$DOTNET_EXE" nuget remove source "nuke-enterprise" &>/dev/null || true
     "$DOTNET_EXE" nuget add source "https://f.feedz.io/nuke/enterprise/nuget" --name "nuke-enterprise" --username "PAT" --password "$NUKE_ENTERPRISE_TOKEN" --store-password-in-clear-text &>/dev/null || true
 fi
diff --git a/build/_build.csproj b/build/_build.csproj
index 825416996..6218cb6f2 100644
--- a/build/_build.csproj
+++ b/build/_build.csproj
@@ -2,17 +2,20 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <RootNamespace></RootNamespace>
     <NoWarn>CS0649;CS0169</NoWarn>
     <NukeRootDirectory>..</NukeRootDirectory>
     <NukeScriptDirectory>..</NukeScriptDirectory>
     <NukeTelemetryVersion>1</NukeTelemetryVersion>
+    <NukeExcludeConfig>true</NukeExcludeConfig>
+    <NukeExcludeDirectoryBuild>true</NukeExcludeDirectoryBuild>
+    <NukeExcludeLogs>true</NukeExcludeLogs>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Nuke.Common" Version="7.0.6" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Nuke.Common" Version="8.0.0" />
     <PackageDownload Include="NuGet.CommandLine" Version="[5.11.0]" />
   </ItemGroup>