diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.props b/src/Directory.Build.props
index b686f9fe8f..342937a1ca 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.props
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 
   <!-- Provides Version properties -->
   <Import Project="$(ToolsDir)props\Versions.props" />
+  <Import Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsTargetFrameworkCompatible('$(TargetFramework)', 'net8.0'))" Project="$(ToolsDir)props\VersionsNet8OrLater.props" />
   <!-- Provides Tool properties -->
   <Import Project="$(ToolsDir)props\Tools.props" />
   <!-- Provides Build properties -->
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.csproj b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.csproj
index 371c7124c5..57e72c2239 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.csproj
@@ -985,26 +985,32 @@
       <LogicalName>Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlMetaData.xml</LogicalName>
     </EmbeddedResource>
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Condition="$(TargetGroup) == 'netstandard' and '$(TargetsWindows)' == 'true' and '$(IsUAPAssembly)' != 'true'" Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="$(MicrosoftWin32RegistryVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="$(SystemConfigurationConfigurationManagerVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Permissions" Version="$(SystemSecurityPermissionsVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Condition="$(TargetGroup) == 'netstandard'" Include="System.Security.Principal.Windows" Version="$(SystemSecurityPrincipalWindowsVersion)" />
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetGroup)' == 'netstandard'">
+    <PackageReference Condition="'$(TargetsWindows)' == 'true' and '$(IsUAPAssembly)' != 'true'" Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="$(MicrosoftWin32RegistryVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Principal.Windows" Version="$(SystemSecurityPrincipalWindowsVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" Version="$(SystemDiagnosticsDiagnosticSourceVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Buffers" Version="$(SystemBuffersVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Loader" Version="$(SystemRuntimeLoaderVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Cng" Version="$(SystemSecurityCryptographyCngVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="$(SystemTextEncodingCodePagesVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encodings.Web" Version="$(SystemTextEncodingsWebVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="$(SystemConfigurationConfigurationManagerVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Permissions" Version="$(SystemSecurityPermissionsVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Caching" Version="$(SystemRuntimeCachingVersion)" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetGroup)' == 'netcoreapp'">
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="$(SystemConfigurationConfigurationManagerVersion)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Caching" Version="$(SystemRuntimeCachingVersion)" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.runtime" Version="$(MicrosoftDataSqlClientSNIRuntimeVersion)" />
     <!-- Enable the project reference for debugging purposes. -->
     <!-- <ProjectReference Include="$(SqlServerSourceCode)\Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.csproj" /> -->
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SqlServer.Server" Version="$(MicrosoftSqlServerServerVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Condition="$(TargetGroup) == 'netstandard'" Include="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" Version="$(SystemDiagnosticsDiagnosticSourceVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Azure.Identity" Version="$(AzureIdentityVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Identity.Client" Version="$(MicrosoftIdentityClientVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect" Version="$(MicrosoftIdentityModelProtocolsOpenIdConnectVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens" Version="$(MicrosoftIdentityModelJsonWebTokensVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'" Include="System.Buffers" Version="$(SystemBuffersVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Caching" Version="$(SystemRuntimeCachingVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Condition="$(TargetGroup) == 'netstandard'" Include="System.Runtime.Loader" Version="$(SystemRuntimeLoaderVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Condition="$(TargetGroup) == 'netstandard'" Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Cng" Version="$(SystemSecurityCryptographyCngVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Condition="$(BuildForRelease) == 'true'" Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="$(MicrosoftSourceLinkGitHubVersion)" PrivateAssets="All" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(ToolsDir)targets\GenerateThisAssemblyCs.targets" />
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/ManualTests/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.ManualTesting.Tests.csproj b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/ManualTests/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.ManualTesting.Tests.csproj
index 52223a7bb4..6d567bcdb4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/ManualTests/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.ManualTesting.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/ManualTests/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.ManualTesting.Tests.csproj
@@ -338,8 +338,6 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="$(AddOnsPath)AzureKeyVaultProvider\Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.AlwaysEncrypted.AzureKeyVaultProvider.csproj" />
     <PackageReference Include="Azure.Identity" Version="$(AzureIdentityVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory" Version="$(MicrosoftIdentityModelClientsActiveDirectoryVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="$(SystemConfigurationConfigurationManagerVersion)" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Caching" Version="$(SystemRuntimeCachingVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="$(MicrosoftNETTestSdkVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt" Version="$(SystemIdentityModelTokensJwtVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Condition="'$(TargetGroup)'=='netfx'" Include="Microsoft.SqlServer.Types" Version="$(MicrosoftSqlServerTypesVersion)" />
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/PerformanceTests/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.PerformanceTests.csproj b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/PerformanceTests/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.PerformanceTests.csproj
index 119f98e1c8..07e16ee318 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/PerformanceTests/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.PerformanceTests.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/PerformanceTests/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.PerformanceTests.csproj
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="$(NetCoreSource)src\Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Runtime.Caching" Version="$(SystemRuntimeCachingVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="$(BenchmarkDotNetVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="$(NewtonsoftJsonVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/tools/props/VersionsNet8OrLater.props b/tools/props/VersionsNet8OrLater.props
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbc10bb875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/props/VersionsNet8OrLater.props
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="Current" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <!-- Net8 project dependencies -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <SystemConfigurationConfigurationManagerVersion>8.0.0</SystemConfigurationConfigurationManagerVersion>
+    <SystemRuntimeCachingVersion>8.0.0</SystemRuntimeCachingVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/tools/specs/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.nuspec b/tools/specs/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.nuspec
index eb1751e6f5..7891d5a8ee 100644
--- a/tools/specs/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.nuspec
+++ b/tools/specs/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.nuspec
@@ -45,11 +45,9 @@ When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.</description>
         <dependency id="Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect" version="6.35.0" />
         <dependency id="Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens" version="6.35.0" />
         <dependency id="Microsoft.SqlServer.Server" version="1.0.0"/>
-        <dependency id="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" version="6.0.1" exclude="Compile" />
-        <dependency id="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" version="6.0.1" exclude="Compile" />
-        <dependency id="System.Runtime.Caching" version="6.0.0" exclude="Compile" />
-        <dependency id="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" version="6.0.0" exclude="Compile" />
-        <dependency id="System.Text.Encodings.Web" version="6.0.0" />
+        <dependency id="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" version="8.0.0" exclude="Compile" />
+        <dependency id="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" version="8.0.0" exclude="Compile" />
+        <dependency id="System.Runtime.Caching" version="8.0.0" exclude="Compile" />
       </group>
       <group targetFramework="net6.0">
         <dependency id="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.runtime" version="5.2.0-preview1.23340.1" exclude="Compile" />
@@ -60,12 +58,10 @@ When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.</description>
         <dependency id="Microsoft.SqlServer.Server" version="1.0.0"/>
         <dependency id="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" version="6.0.1" exclude="Compile" />
         <dependency id="System.Runtime.Caching" version="6.0.0" exclude="Compile" />
-        <dependency id="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" version="6.0.0" exclude="Compile" />
-        <dependency id="System.Text.Encodings.Web" version="6.0.0" />
       </group>
       <group targetFramework="netstandard2.0">
         <dependency id="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.runtime" version="5.2.0-preview1.23340.1" exclude="Compile" />
-        <dependency id="Azure.Identity" version="1.8.0" />
+        <dependency id="Azure.Identity" version="1.10.3" />
         <dependency id="Microsoft.Identity.Client" version="4.56.0" exclude="Compile"/>
         <dependency id="Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect" version="6.35.0" />
         <dependency id="Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens" version="6.35.0" />