diff --git a/examples/demo/Dockerfile b/examples/demo/Dockerfile
index ec3d00fbdc..69ca66f406 100644
--- a/examples/demo/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/demo/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0-jammy
 
 # install OpenTelemetry .NET Automatic Instrumentation
-ARG OTEL_VERSION=1.7.0
+ARG OTEL_VERSION=1.8.0
 ADD https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-instrumentation/releases/download/v${OTEL_VERSION}/otel-dotnet-auto-install.sh otel-dotnet-auto-install.sh
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y unzip && \
     OTEL_DOTNET_AUTO_HOME="/otel-dotnet-auto" sh otel-dotnet-auto-install.sh
diff --git a/test/test-applications/nuget-packages/TestApplication.NugetSample/TestApplication.NugetSample.csproj b/test/test-applications/nuget-packages/TestApplication.NugetSample/TestApplication.NugetSample.csproj
index cd59631df6..f9343f5a8a 100644
--- a/test/test-applications/nuget-packages/TestApplication.NugetSample/TestApplication.NugetSample.csproj
+++ b/test/test-applications/nuget-packages/TestApplication.NugetSample/TestApplication.NugetSample.csproj
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation" Version="$(NuGetPackageVersion)" Condition=" '$(NuGetPackageVersion)' != '' " />
-    <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation" Version="1.7.0" Condition=" '$(NuGetPackageVersion)' == '' " />
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.AutoInstrumentation" Version="1.8.0" Condition=" '$(NuGetPackageVersion)' == '' " />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>