diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Sampler.AWS/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Sampler.AWS/CHANGELOG.md
index 94a027034e..01fdb8bef2 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Sampler.AWS/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Sampler.AWS/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+* Drop support for .NET 6 as this target is no longer supported and add .NET 8 target.
+  ([#2172](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib/pull/2172))
+
 ## 0.1.0-alpha.2
 
 Released 2024-Sep-09
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Sampler.AWS/OpenTelemetry.Sampler.AWS.csproj b/src/OpenTelemetry.Sampler.AWS/OpenTelemetry.Sampler.AWS.csproj
index 8811644f38..791d699747 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Sampler.AWS/OpenTelemetry.Sampler.AWS.csproj
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Sampler.AWS/OpenTelemetry.Sampler.AWS.csproj
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- OmniSharp/VS Code requires TargetFrameworks to be in descending order for IntelliSense and analysis. -->
-    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;$(NetStandardMinimumSupportedVersion)</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition="$(OS) == 'Windows_NT'">$(TargetFrameworks);$(NetFrameworkMinimumSupportedVersion)</TargetFrameworks>
     <Description>OpenTelemetry remote sampler for AWS X-Ray.</Description>
     <MinVerTagPrefix>Sampler.AWS-</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>
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' Or '$(TargetFramework)' == '$(NetFrameworkMinimumSupportedVersion)'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == '$(NetStandardMinimumSupportedVersion)' Or '$(TargetFramework)' == '$(NetFrameworkMinimumSupportedVersion)'">
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="6.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Sampler.AWS.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Sampler.AWS.Tests.csproj b/test/OpenTelemetry.Sampler.AWS.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Sampler.AWS.Tests.csproj
index d8db5a8c05..9f6ec1878e 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.Sampler.AWS.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Sampler.AWS.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Sampler.AWS.Tests/OpenTelemetry.Sampler.AWS.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>$(SupportedNetTargets)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>$(SupportedNetTargetsWithoutNet6)</TargetFrameworks>
     <TargetFrameworks Condition="$(OS) == 'Windows_NT'">$(TargetFrameworks);$(NetFrameworkMinimumSupportedVersion)</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>