diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 0db7296a9c8..cd7e2a3b5de 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <DotNetTargetFramework>net$(DotNetTargetFrameworkVersion)</DotNetTargetFramework>
     <DotNetAndroidTargetFramework>$(DotNetTargetFramework)-android</DotNetAndroidTargetFramework>
     <!-- Used for bootstrap, command-line tooling, and desktop NUnit projects -->
-    <DotNetStableTargetFramework>net8.0</DotNetStableTargetFramework>
+    <DotNetStableTargetFramework>net9.0</DotNetStableTargetFramework>
     <TargetFrameworkNETStandard>netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworkNETStandard>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
     <BuildOutputDirectory>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)bin\$(Configuration)\</BuildOutputDirectory>
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 103e43b7468..85a0a28b92a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ RUNTIME       := $(shell which mono64 2> /dev/null && echo mono64 || echo mono)
 SOLUTION       = Xamarin.Android.sln
 TEST_TARGETS   = build-tools/scripts/RunTests.targets
 API_LEVEL     ?=
-PREPARE_NET_FX = net8.0
+PREPARE_NET_FX = net9.0
 PREPARE_ARGS =
 PREPARE_PROJECT = build-tools/xaprepare/xaprepare/xaprepare.csproj
 PREPARE_MSBUILD_FLAGS = $(PREPARE_MSBUILD_ARGS) $(MSBUILD_ARGS)
diff --git a/build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/build-linux.yaml b/build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/build-linux.yaml
index c4f3b7652c5..29f35e1907d 100644
--- a/build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/build-linux.yaml
+++ b/build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/build-linux.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ stages:
     #  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/repos/multi-repo-checkout?view=azure-devops#checkout-path
     - checkout: maui
 
+    - template: /build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/use-dot-net.yaml
+      parameters:
+        remove_dotnet: true
+
     - ${{ if ne(variables['System.PullRequest.IsFork'], 'True') }}:
       - checkout: android-platform-support
         clean: true
diff --git a/build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/variables.yaml b/build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/variables.yaml
index 4dce9868bb4..c80f03fdc94 100644
--- a/build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/variables.yaml
+++ b/build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/variables.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ variables:
 - name: NUnit.NumberOfTestWorkers
   value: 4
 - name: DotNetSdkVersion
-  value: 8.0
+  value: 9.0
 - name: DotNetSdkQuality
   value: GA
 - name: GitHub.Token
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ variables:
 - name: DotNetTargetFramework
   value: net9.0
 - name: DotNetStableTargetFramework
-  value: net8.0
+  value: net9.0
 # Workaround: https://devdiv.visualstudio.com/DevDiv/_workitems/edit/1585820
 - name: _WriteTelemetryProperties
   value: false