diff --git a/build.ps1 b/build.ps1
index e9de3bc..419f392 100644
--- a/build.ps1
+++ b/build.ps1
@@ -28,11 +28,7 @@ if (-not $DotnetCli) {
     Write-Host "Using dotnet from $DotnetCli"
 }
 
-if (Get-Variable -Name IsCoreClr -ValueOnly -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
-    $framework = 'netstandard1.6'
-} else {
-    $framework = 'net451'
-}
+$framework = "net8.0"
 
 & $DotnetCli publish ./src/Markdown.MAML -f $framework --output=$pwd/publish /p:Configuration=$Configuration
 
diff --git a/src/Markdown.MAML/Markdown.MAML.csproj b/src/Markdown.MAML/Markdown.MAML.csproj
index d11d7b2..2c2a4d4 100644
--- a/src/Markdown.MAML/Markdown.MAML.csproj
+++ b/src/Markdown.MAML/Markdown.MAML.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard1.6;net451</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
diff --git a/src/Markdown.MAML/Transformer/ModelTransformerBase.cs b/src/Markdown.MAML/Transformer/ModelTransformerBase.cs
index 1e07e69..3800c3d 100644
--- a/src/Markdown.MAML/Transformer/ModelTransformerBase.cs
+++ b/src/Markdown.MAML/Transformer/ModelTransformerBase.cs
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ namespace Markdown.MAML.Transformer
             {
                 Report("Schema exception. This can occur when there are multiple code blocks in one example. " + headingException.Message);
 
-                throw headingException;
+                throw;
             }
             
         }
diff --git a/test/Markdown.MAML.Test/Markdown.MAML.Test.csproj b/test/Markdown.MAML.Test/Markdown.MAML.Test.csproj
index 6289a9c..3ac58c8 100644
--- a/test/Markdown.MAML.Test/Markdown.MAML.Test.csproj
+++ b/test/Markdown.MAML.Test/Markdown.MAML.Test.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>