diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-container.yml b/.github/workflows/build-container.yml
index 4b1de1ba2c..542f645880 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-container.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-container.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - base-image: alpine
             os-type: linux-musl
-            net-version: net8.0
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
@@ -34,10 +33,10 @@ jobs:
         docker build -t mybuildimage -f "./docker/${{ matrix.base-image }}.dockerfile" ./docker
         docker run --mount type=bind,source="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}",target=/project --rm mybuildimage /bin/sh -c '
           set -e
-          dotnet publish -f ${{ matrix.net-version }} -c Release ./test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Smoke
+          dotnet publish -f net8.0 -c Release ./test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Smoke
           export OTEL_DOTNET_AUTO_HOME="${PWD}/bin/tracer-home"
           . ./instrument.sh
-          ./test/test-applications/integrations/bin/TestApplication.Smoke/Release/${{ matrix.net-version }}/publish/TestApplication.Smoke
+          ./test/test-applications/integrations/bin/TestApplication.Smoke/Release/net8.0/publish/TestApplication.Smoke
             test "$(ls -A /var/log/opentelemetry/dotnet )"
         '
     - name: Publish Linux build
diff --git a/build/Build.NuGet.Steps.cs b/build/Build.NuGet.Steps.cs
index 0cb9a3e2d9..16bf01e55c 100644
--- a/build/Build.NuGet.Steps.cs
+++ b/build/Build.NuGet.Steps.cs
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ partial class Build
             string MapToNet8RuntimeIdentifiers(string oldRuntimeIdentifier)
             {
 #if NET8_0_OR_GREATER
-// #error Remove method when _build.cproj starts targeting .NET8+
-#endif
+                return oldRuntimeIdentifier;
+#else
                 switch (oldRuntimeIdentifier)
                 {
                     case "ubuntu.20.04-x64": return "linux-x64";
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ string MapToNet8RuntimeIdentifiers(string oldRuntimeIdentifier)
                     case "win10-x64": return "win-x64";
                 }
                 throw new NotSupportedException($"{oldRuntimeIdentifier} is not supported. Extend MapToNet8RuntimeIdentifiers.");
+#endif
             }
 
             foreach (var packagesTestApplicationProject in Solution.GetNuGetPackagesTestApplications())
diff --git a/build/Build.Steps.cs b/build/Build.Steps.cs
index 3e24b3dfb0..82846ea773 100644
--- a/build/Build.Steps.cs
+++ b/build/Build.Steps.cs
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ partial class Build
     };
 
     private static readonly IEnumerable<TargetFramework> TestFrameworks = TargetFrameworks
-        .Concat(TargetFramework.NET7_0, TargetFramework.NET8_0);
+        .Concat(TargetFramework.NET7_0
+#if  NET8_0_OR_GREATER
+            , TargetFramework.NET8_0
+#endif
+            );
 
     Target CreateRequiredDirectories => _ => _
         .Unlisted()
diff --git a/build/_build.csproj b/build/_build.csproj
index 719c5ffcf8..864c4a7d9d 100644
--- a/build/_build.csproj
+++ b/build/_build.csproj
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework Condition="  '!$([System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::IsOSPlatform($([System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform]::OSX)))'  ">net7.0</TargetFramework>
-    <TargetFramework Condition="  '$([System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::IsOSPlatform($([System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform]::OSX)))'  ">net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework Condition=" '$(IsCentos)' == '' ">net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework Condition=" '$(IsCentos)' != '' ">net7.0</TargetFramework>
     <RootNamespace></RootNamespace>
     <NoWarn>CS0649;CS0169</NoWarn>
     <NukeRootDirectory>..\</NukeRootDirectory>
diff --git a/docker/centos.dockerfile b/docker/centos.dockerfile
index dfcc361945..8aa3c1f972 100644
--- a/docker/centos.dockerfile
+++ b/docker/centos.dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ FROM ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-instrumentation-centos7-build-i
 RUN rpm -Uvh https://packages.microsoft.com/config/centos/7/packages-microsoft-prod.rpm
 RUN yum -y install dotnet-sdk-6.0-6.0.415-1 dotnet-sdk-7.0-7.0.402-1
 
+ENV IsCentos=true
 WORKDIR /project
 COPY ./docker-entrypoint.sh /
 ENTRYPOINT ["/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/examples/playground/AspNetCoreMvc/Examples.AspNetCoreMvc.csproj b/examples/playground/AspNetCoreMvc/Examples.AspNetCoreMvc.csproj
index 9eae0cce0b..565adb653d 100644
--- a/examples/playground/AspNetCoreMvc/Examples.AspNetCoreMvc.csproj
+++ b/examples/playground/AspNetCoreMvc/Examples.AspNetCoreMvc.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(IsCentos)' == '' ">net8.0;$(TargetFrameworks)</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>Examples.AspNetCoreMvc</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/test/Directory.Build.props b/test/Directory.Build.props
index d679c7021d..6b3d8e54ae 100644
--- a/test/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/test/Directory.Build.props
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <DefineConstants Condition="'$(BuildingInsideVisualStudio)'=='true'">$(DefineConstants);DEFAULT_TEST_PACKAGE_VERSIONS</DefineConstants>
     <!-- only run .NET Framework tests on Windows -->
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(IsCentos)' == '' ">net8.0;$(TargetFrameworks)</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">$(TargetFrameworks);net462</TargetFrameworks>
 
     <!-- Hide warnings for EOL .NET Core targets (e.g. netcoreapp3.0) -->
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation.StartupHook.Tests/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation.StartupHook.Tests.csproj b/test/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation.StartupHook.Tests/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation.StartupHook.Tests.csproj
index 101e3fe9d2..7cf6d5d9ea 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation.StartupHook.Tests/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation.StartupHook.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation.StartupHook.Tests/OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation.StartupHook.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(IsCentos)' == '' ">net8.0;$(TargetFrameworks)</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/test-applications/integrations/Integrations.props b/test/test-applications/integrations/Integrations.props
index 3bbc475da3..837a0e229d 100644
--- a/test/test-applications/integrations/Integrations.props
+++ b/test/test-applications/integrations/Integrations.props
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- only run .NET Framework tests on Windows -->
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(IsCentos)' == '' ">net8.0;$(TargetFrameworks)</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">$(TargetFrameworks);net462</TargetFrameworks>
 
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
diff --git a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.CustomSdk/TestApplication.CustomSdk.csproj b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.CustomSdk/TestApplication.CustomSdk.csproj
index 9c1b962203..5496bbf5e2 100644
--- a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.CustomSdk/TestApplication.CustomSdk.csproj
+++ b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.CustomSdk/TestApplication.CustomSdk.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(IsCentos)' == '' ">net8.0;$(TargetFrameworks)</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry" />
diff --git a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.EntityFrameworkCore.Pomelo.MySql/TestApplication.EntityFrameworkCore.Pomelo.MySql.csproj b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.EntityFrameworkCore.Pomelo.MySql/TestApplication.EntityFrameworkCore.Pomelo.MySql.csproj
index 591fa5e3f0..38a7417f98 100644
--- a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.EntityFrameworkCore.Pomelo.MySql/TestApplication.EntityFrameworkCore.Pomelo.MySql.csproj
+++ b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.EntityFrameworkCore.Pomelo.MySql/TestApplication.EntityFrameworkCore.Pomelo.MySql.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(IsCentos)' == '' ">net8.0;$(TargetFrameworks)</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.EntityFrameworkCore/TestApplication.EntityFrameworkCore.csproj b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.EntityFrameworkCore/TestApplication.EntityFrameworkCore.csproj
index 84d9954769..b23d896569 100644
--- a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.EntityFrameworkCore/TestApplication.EntityFrameworkCore.csproj
+++ b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.EntityFrameworkCore/TestApplication.EntityFrameworkCore.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(IsCentos)' == '' ">net8.0;$(TargetFrameworks)</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.GraphQL/TestApplication.GraphQL.csproj b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.GraphQL/TestApplication.GraphQL.csproj
index b132916882..2568b2a516 100644
--- a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.GraphQL/TestApplication.GraphQL.csproj
+++ b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.GraphQL/TestApplication.GraphQL.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(IsCentos)' == '' ">net8.0;$(TargetFrameworks)</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Http/TestApplication.Http.csproj b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Http/TestApplication.Http.csproj
index 9de915f986..bf2bd03f13 100644
--- a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Http/TestApplication.Http.csproj
+++ b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Http/TestApplication.Http.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(IsCentos)' == '' ">net8.0;$(TargetFrameworks)</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
   
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Logs/TestApplication.Logs.csproj b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Logs/TestApplication.Logs.csproj
index 1b512612b6..e4c605f33e 100644
--- a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Logs/TestApplication.Logs.csproj
+++ b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Logs/TestApplication.Logs.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(IsCentos)' == '' ">net8.0;$(TargetFrameworks)</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.NServiceBus/TestApplication.NServiceBus.csproj b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.NServiceBus/TestApplication.NServiceBus.csproj
index d8bbebb718..8e20aa908d 100644
--- a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.NServiceBus/TestApplication.NServiceBus.csproj
+++ b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.NServiceBus/TestApplication.NServiceBus.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(IsCentos)' == '' ">net8.0;$(TargetFrameworks)</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">$(TargetFrameworks);net472</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Quartz/TestApplication.Quartz.csproj b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Quartz/TestApplication.Quartz.csproj
index ed99cdcd23..5915064f9e 100644
--- a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Quartz/TestApplication.Quartz.csproj
+++ b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Quartz/TestApplication.Quartz.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(IsCentos)' == '' ">net8.0;$(TargetFrameworks)</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">$(TargetFrameworks);net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <DefineConstants Condition="'$(LibraryVersion)'=='' or '$(LibraryVersion)'>='3.7.0'">$(DefineConstants);QUARTZ_3_7_0_OR_GREATER</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Razor/Properties/launchSettings.json b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Razor/Properties/launchSettings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8b277ea4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Razor/Properties/launchSettings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "profiles": {
+    "TestApplication.Razor": {
+      "commandName": "Project",
+      "launchBrowser": true,
+      "environmentVariables": {
+        "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
+      },
+      "applicationUrl": "https://localhost:53389;http://localhost:53390"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Razor/TestApplication.Razor.csproj b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Razor/TestApplication.Razor.csproj
index 1b512612b6..e4c605f33e 100644
--- a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Razor/TestApplication.Razor.csproj
+++ b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Razor/TestApplication.Razor.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(IsCentos)' == '' ">net8.0;$(TargetFrameworks)</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Wcf.Client.DotNet/TestApplication.Wcf.Client.DotNet.csproj b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Wcf.Client.DotNet/TestApplication.Wcf.Client.DotNet.csproj
index a905a7dad3..807de1ce7f 100644
--- a/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Wcf.Client.DotNet/TestApplication.Wcf.Client.DotNet.csproj
+++ b/test/test-applications/integrations/TestApplication.Wcf.Client.DotNet/TestApplication.Wcf.Client.DotNet.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(IsCentos)' == '' ">net8.0;$(TargetFrameworks)</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/test-applications/nuget-packages/Directory.Build.props b/test/test-applications/nuget-packages/Directory.Build.props
index da2be821e8..e7c6b77e5f 100644
--- a/test/test-applications/nuget-packages/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/test/test-applications/nuget-packages/Directory.Build.props
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- only run .NET Framework tests on Windows -->
-    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net7.0;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(IsCentos)' == '' ">net8.0;$(TargetFrameworks)</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">$(TargetFrameworks);net462</TargetFrameworks>
 
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
diff --git a/tools/DependencyListGenerator/DependencyListGenerator.csproj b/tools/DependencyListGenerator/DependencyListGenerator.csproj
index 97b2dc21a8..9e867165fa 100644
--- a/tools/DependencyListGenerator/DependencyListGenerator.csproj
+++ b/tools/DependencyListGenerator/DependencyListGenerator.csproj
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework Condition="  '!$([System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::IsOSPlatform($([System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform]::OSX)))'  ">net7.0</TargetFramework>
-    <TargetFramework Condition="  '$([System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::IsOSPlatform($([System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform]::OSX)))'  ">net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework Condition=" '$(IsCentos)' == '' ">net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework Condition=" '$(IsCentos)' != '' ">net7.0</TargetFramework>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>disable</Nullable>
   </PropertyGroup>