diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InfluxDB/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InfluxDB/CHANGELOG.md
index 271706b380..aba0951e9c 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InfluxDB/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InfluxDB/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
   in transitive dependencies.
   ([#2073](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/2073))
 
+* Drop support for .NET 6 as this target is no longer supported and add .NET 8 target.
+  ([#2116](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/2116))
+
 ## 1.0.0-alpha.3
 
 Released 2023-Oct-13
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InfluxDB/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InfluxDB.csproj b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InfluxDB/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InfluxDB.csproj
index 9da39c289a..5d6c507da1 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InfluxDB/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InfluxDB.csproj
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InfluxDB/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InfluxDB.csproj
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
-    <Description>An OpenTelemetry .NET exporter that exports to InfluxDB</Description>
-    <Authors>OpenTelemetry Authors</Authors>
     <!-- OmniSharp/VS Code requires TargetFrameworks to be in descending order for IntelliSense and analysis. -->
-    <TargetFrameworks>$(NetMinimumSupportedVersion);$(NetStandardMinimumSupportedVersion)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;$(NetStandardMinimumSupportedVersion)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
+    <Description>An OpenTelemetry .NET exporter that exports to InfluxDB.</Description>
     <MinVerTagPrefix>Exporter.InfluxDB-</MinVerTagPrefix>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <!--Do not run Package Baseline Validation as this package has never released a stable version.
-  Remove this property once we have released a stable version and add PackageValidationBaselineVersion property.-->
+  <!-- Do not run Package Baseline Validation as this package has never released a stable version.
+  Remove this property once we have released a stable version and add PackageValidationBaselineVersion property. -->
   <PropertyGroup>
     <DisablePackageBaselineValidation>true</DisablePackageBaselineValidation>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InfluxDB.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InfluxDB.Tests.csproj b/test/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InfluxDB.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InfluxDB.Tests.csproj
index 155dd334f7..8c24d8c21e 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InfluxDB.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InfluxDB.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InfluxDB.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InfluxDB.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <Description>Unit test project for InfluxDB Exporter for OpenTelemetry.</Description>
     <!-- OmniSharp/VS Code requires TargetFrameworks to be in descending order for IntelliSense and analysis. -->
-    <TargetFrameworks>$(NetMinimumSupportedVersion)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">$(TargetFrameworks);net48;net472;net471;net47;net462</TargetFrameworks>
+    <Description>Unit test project for InfluxDB Exporter for OpenTelemetry.</Description>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>