diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index ac4f9bd7..10522257 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     <EnforceCodeStyleInBuild>true</EnforceCodeStyleInBuild>
     <EmbedUntrackedSources>true</EmbedUntrackedSources>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <LangVersion>default</LangVersion>
     <!-- workaround for https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/41640 -->
     <NoWarn>EnableGenerateDocumentationFile</NoWarn>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
diff --git a/MinVer.Lib/Git.cs b/MinVer.Lib/Git.cs
index f4aaeebf..eef16294 100644
--- a/MinVer.Lib/Git.cs
+++ b/MinVer.Lib/Git.cs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public static bool TryGetHead(string directory, [NotNullWhen(returnValue: true)]
                 .Split(newLineChars, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
                 .Select(line => line.Split(" ", 2))
                 .Select(tokens => (tokens[1][10..].RemoveFromEnd("^{}"), tokens[0]))
-            : Enumerable.Empty<(string, string)>();
+            : [];
 
     private static string RemoveFromEnd(this string text, string value) =>
         text.EndsWith(value, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ? text[..^value.Length] : text;
diff --git a/MinVer.Lib/MinVer.Lib.csproj b/MinVer.Lib/MinVer.Lib.csproj
index 37bd6a0d..db0a35b6 100644
--- a/MinVer.Lib/MinVer.Lib.csproj
+++ b/MinVer.Lib/MinVer.Lib.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
-    <LangVersion>default</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/MinVer.Lib/PreReleaseIdentifiers.cs b/MinVer.Lib/PreReleaseIdentifiers.cs
index b3d8cf4e..98e5afb0 100644
--- a/MinVer.Lib/PreReleaseIdentifiers.cs
+++ b/MinVer.Lib/PreReleaseIdentifiers.cs
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ namespace MinVer.Lib;
 
 public static class PreReleaseIdentifiers
 {
-    public static readonly IReadOnlyCollection<string> Default = new List<string> { "alpha", "0", };
+    public static readonly IReadOnlyCollection<string> Default = ["alpha", "0",];
 }
diff --git a/MinVer/MinVer.csproj b/MinVer/MinVer.csproj
index 4996ba3c..263a10c6 100644
--- a/MinVer/MinVer.csproj
+++ b/MinVer/MinVer.csproj
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     <RollForward>major</RollForward>
     <SuppressDependenciesWhenPacking>true</SuppressDependenciesWhenPacking>
     <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
-    <LangVersion>default</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/MinVerTests.Infra/CommandEx.cs b/MinVerTests.Infra/CommandEx.cs
index 64a575af..a4913cd5 100644
--- a/MinVerTests.Infra/CommandEx.cs
+++ b/MinVerTests.Infra/CommandEx.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ internal static class CommandEx
 
     public static async Task<(string StandardOutput, string StandardError)> ReadLoggedAsync(string name, string args = "", string workingDirectory = "", IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string>>? envVars = null, Func<int, bool>? handleExitCode = null)
     {
-        envVars = (envVars ?? Enumerable.Empty<KeyValuePair<string, string>>()).ToList();
+        envVars = (envVars ?? []).ToList();
 
         var result = await Command.ReadAsync(
             name,
diff --git a/MinVerTests.Infra/Configuration.cs b/MinVerTests.Infra/Configuration.cs
index 28bca368..b9eb490b 100644
--- a/MinVerTests.Infra/Configuration.cs
+++ b/MinVerTests.Infra/Configuration.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ internal static class Configuration
 #if DEBUG
         "Debug";
 #elif RELEASE
-            "Release";
+        "Release";
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/MinVerTests.Infra/MinVerCli.cs b/MinVerTests.Infra/MinVerCli.cs
index 7ffa7d5d..e3eccf27 100644
--- a/MinVerTests.Infra/MinVerCli.cs
+++ b/MinVerTests.Infra/MinVerCli.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ public static string GetPath(string configuration) =>
         Solution.GetFullPath($"minver-cli/bin/{configuration}/net6.0/minver-cli.dll");
 #endif
 #if NET8_0
-            Solution.GetFullPath($"minver-cli/bin/{configuration}/net8.0/minver-cli.dll");
+        Solution.GetFullPath($"minver-cli/bin/{configuration}/net8.0/minver-cli.dll");
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/MinVerTests.Infra/StringExtensions.cs b/MinVerTests.Infra/StringExtensions.cs
index 96cfe274..2e5375ee 100644
--- a/MinVerTests.Infra/StringExtensions.cs
+++ b/MinVerTests.Infra/StringExtensions.cs
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@ namespace MinVerTests.Infra;
 
 public static class StringExtensions
 {
-#if NET8_0_OR_GREATER
     private static readonly char[] newLineChars = ['\r', '\n',];
-#else
-    private static readonly char[] newLineChars = { '\r', '\n', };
-#endif
 
     public static string[] ToNonEmptyLines(this string text) =>
 #pragma warning disable CA1062 // Validate arguments of public methods
diff --git a/MinVerTests.Lib/Infra/TestLogger.cs b/MinVerTests.Lib/Infra/TestLogger.cs
index e91f1ef4..158206a5 100644
--- a/MinVerTests.Lib/Infra/TestLogger.cs
+++ b/MinVerTests.Lib/Infra/TestLogger.cs
@@ -4,11 +4,7 @@ namespace MinVerTests.Lib.Infra;
 
 internal sealed class TestLogger : ILogger
 {
-#if NET8_0_OR_GREATER
     private readonly List<LogMessage> messages = [];
-#else
-    private readonly List<LogMessage> messages = new();
-#endif
 
     public bool IsTraceEnabled => true;
 
diff --git a/MinVerTests.Packages/MinVerTests.Packages.csproj b/MinVerTests.Packages/MinVerTests.Packages.csproj
index b74a03ad..023259b5 100644
--- a/MinVerTests.Packages/MinVerTests.Packages.csproj
+++ b/MinVerTests.Packages/MinVerTests.Packages.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RollForward>major</RollForward>
     <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
-    <LangVersion>default</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/minver-cli/Program.cs b/minver-cli/Program.cs
index 27b0d877..594484e2 100644
--- a/minver-cli/Program.cs
+++ b/minver-cli/Program.cs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     {
         log.Warn(1008, "MinVerDefaultPreReleasePhase is deprecated and will be removed in the next major version. Use MinVerDefaultPreReleaseIdentifiers instead, with an additional \"0\" identifier. For example, if you are setting MinVerDefaultPreReleasePhase to \"preview\", set MinVerDefaultPreReleaseIdentifiers to \"preview.0\" instead.");
 
-        defaultPreReleaseIdentifiers ??= new[] { options.DefaultPreReleasePhase, "0", };
+        defaultPreReleaseIdentifiers ??= [options.DefaultPreReleasePhase, "0",];
     }
 
     Version version;
diff --git a/minver-cli/minver-cli.csproj b/minver-cli/minver-cli.csproj
index 0911a9a8..ea2acb5e 100644
--- a/minver-cli/minver-cli.csproj
+++ b/minver-cli/minver-cli.csproj
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <RootNamespace>MinVer</RootNamespace>
     <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <ToolCommandName>minver</ToolCommandName>
-    <LangVersion>default</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/targets/Targets.csproj b/targets/Targets.csproj
index d22b9263..4a261336 100644
--- a/targets/Targets.csproj
+++ b/targets/Targets.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RollForward>major</RollForward>
     <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
-    <LangVersion>default</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>