diff --git a/samples/dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core.Sample.Maui/dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core.Sample.Maui.csproj b/samples/dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core.Sample.Maui/dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core.Sample.Maui.csproj
index a51b12a1..8810c3c6 100644
--- a/samples/dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core.Sample.Maui/dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core.Sample.Maui.csproj
+++ b/samples/dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core.Sample.Maui/dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core.Sample.Maui.csproj
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFrameworks>net8.0-android;net8.0-ios;net8.0-maccatalyst</TargetFrameworks>
-        <TargetFrameworks Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('windows'))">$(TargetFrameworks);net8.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFrameworks>
-        <!-- Uncomment to also build the tizen app. You will need to install tizen by following this: https://github.com/Samsung/Tizen.NET -->
-        <!-- <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworks);net6.0-tizen</TargetFrameworks> -->
+	    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0-android;net8.0-ios;net8.0-maccatalyst</TargetFrameworks>
+	    <TargetFrameworks Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('windows'))">$(TargetFrameworks);net8.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFrameworks>
+	    <!-- Uncomment to also build the tizen app. You will need to install tizen by following this: https://github.com/Samsung/Tizen.NET -->
+	    <!-- <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworks);net8.0-tizen</TargetFrameworks> -->
+
+	    <!-- Note for MacCatalyst:
+		The default runtime is maccatalyst-x64, except in Release config, in which case the default is maccatalyst-x64;maccatalyst-arm64.
+		When specifying both architectures, use the plural <RuntimeIdentifiers> instead of the singular <RuntimeIdentifier>.
+		The Mac App Store will NOT accept apps with ONLY maccatalyst-arm64 indicated;
+		either BOTH runtimes must be indicated or ONLY macatalyst-x64. -->
+	    <!-- For example: <RuntimeIdentifiers>maccatalyst-x64;maccatalyst-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers> -->
+
         <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
         <RootNamespace>dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core.Sample.Maui</RootNamespace>
         <UseMaui>true</UseMaui>
diff --git a/src/dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core/package-lock.json b/src/dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core/package-lock.json
index d8ae3c27..e6e34601 100644
--- a/src/dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core/package-lock.json
+++ b/src/dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core/package-lock.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       "name": "dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@arcgis/core": "4.28",
+        "@arcgis/core": "4.28.10",
         "esbuild": "0.19.5",
         "protobufjs": "7.2.5",
         "protobufjs-cli": "1.1.2"
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@arcgis/core": {
-      "version": "4.28.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@arcgis/core/-/core-4.28.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-YTihhrezWGc1ci5bPS/bd5ZUHDnbaCpcwEGXmdk7h9xPmLtC3JHeIkVn0G+EJiyWkWVew9vsKL/864ToMLb/Sw==",
+      "version": "4.28.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@arcgis/core/-/core-4.28.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-FKvicMVDwFuKX8JKLqAfukzQU2F3AG7s3tDigTcIC4ApGRbj7Nc/F9dRfPZo+aY1Vl7Sa1FjYlo6tfV93LJ2Eg==",
       "dependencies": {
         "@esri/arcgis-html-sanitizer": "~3.0.1",
         "@esri/calcite-colors": "~6.1.0",
@@ -1412,9 +1412,9 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@arcgis/core": {
-      "version": "4.28.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@arcgis/core/-/core-4.28.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-YTihhrezWGc1ci5bPS/bd5ZUHDnbaCpcwEGXmdk7h9xPmLtC3JHeIkVn0G+EJiyWkWVew9vsKL/864ToMLb/Sw==",
+      "version": "4.28.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@arcgis/core/-/core-4.28.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-FKvicMVDwFuKX8JKLqAfukzQU2F3AG7s3tDigTcIC4ApGRbj7Nc/F9dRfPZo+aY1Vl7Sa1FjYlo6tfV93LJ2Eg==",
       "requires": {
         "@esri/arcgis-html-sanitizer": "~3.0.1",
         "@esri/calcite-colors": "~6.1.0",
diff --git a/src/dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core/package.json b/src/dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core/package.json
index 224b0aee..3f7a0655 100644
--- a/src/dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core/package.json
+++ b/src/dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "author": "Tim Purdum",
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@arcgis/core": "4.28",
+    "@arcgis/core": "4.28.10",
     "esbuild": "0.19.5",
     "protobufjs": "7.2.5",
     "protobufjs-cli": "1.1.2"
diff --git a/templates/README.md b/templates/README.md
index bc9560a3..32e69554 100644
--- a/templates/README.md
+++ b/templates/README.md
@@ -11,15 +11,9 @@ Maui Hybrid Blazor App
 Web App (Client/Server hybrid Blazor)
 
 
-to install this template package from this folder, run:
+to install this template package run:
 ```
-dotnet new install .\
-```
-(MacOS\Linux users should reverse the slash)
-
-to install from nuget package, run:
-```
-dotnet new install ..PATH_TO_NUGET_SOURCE\GeoBlazor.Templates.1.0.0.nupkg
+dotnet new install GeoBlazor.Templates
 ```
 
 to create a new GeoBlazor Server project run:
diff --git a/templates/content/GeoBlazor.Template.Maui/GeoBlazor.Template.Maui.csproj b/templates/content/GeoBlazor.Template.Maui/GeoBlazor.Template.Maui.csproj
index eea42815..5f04a5cb 100644
--- a/templates/content/GeoBlazor.Template.Maui/GeoBlazor.Template.Maui.csproj
+++ b/templates/content/GeoBlazor.Template.Maui/GeoBlazor.Template.Maui.csproj
@@ -1,80 +1,93 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor">
 
-    <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFrameworks>net7.0-android;net7.0-ios;net7.0-maccatalyst</TargetFrameworks>
-        <TargetFrameworks Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('windows'))">$(TargetFrameworks);net7.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFrameworks>
-        <!-- Uncomment to also build the tizen app. You will need to install tizen by following this: https://github.com/Samsung/Tizen.NET -->
-        <!-- <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworks);net7.0-tizen</TargetFrameworks> -->
-        <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-        <RootNamespace>GeoBlazor.Template.Maui</RootNamespace>
-        <UseMaui>true</UseMaui>
-        <SingleProject>true</SingleProject>
-        <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
-        <EnableDefaultCssItems>false</EnableDefaultCssItems>
-
-        <!-- Display name -->
-        <ApplicationTitle>GeoBlazor.Template.Maui</ApplicationTitle>
-
-        <!-- App Identifier -->
-        <ApplicationId>com.companyname.geoblazor.template.maui</ApplicationId>
-        <ApplicationIdGuid>044B2D00-113D-451C-9538-163BCAFC33E2</ApplicationIdGuid>
-
-        <!-- Versions -->
-        <ApplicationDisplayVersion>1.0</ApplicationDisplayVersion>
-        <ApplicationVersion>1</ApplicationVersion>
-
-        <SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'ios'">14.2</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
-        <SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'maccatalyst'">14.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
-        <SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'android'">24.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
-        <SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'windows'">10.0.17763.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
-        <TargetPlatformMinVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'windows'">10.0.17763.0</TargetPlatformMinVersion>
-        <SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'tizen'">6.5</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
-     </PropertyGroup>
-
-    <ItemGroup>
-        <!-- App Icon -->
-        <MauiIcon Include="Resources\AppIcon\appiconfg.svg" Color="White" />
-        <!-- Splash Screen -->
-        <MauiSplashScreen Include="Resources\Splash\geoblazor.png" Color="Black" BaseSize="64,64" />
-
-        <!-- Images -->
-        <MauiImage Include="Resources\Images\*" />
-        <MauiImage Update="Resources\Images\dymaptic.svg" BaseSize="168,208" />
-
-        <!-- Custom Fonts -->
-        <MauiFont Include="Resources\Fonts\*" />
-
-        <!-- Raw Assets (also remove the "Resources\Raw" prefix) -->
-        <MauiAsset Include="Resources\Raw\**" LogicalName="%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)" />
-    </ItemGroup>
-
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <AndroidResource Remove="Resources\ImagesImagesAppIcon\**" />
-      <Compile Remove="Resources\ImagesImagesAppIcon\**" />
-      <Content Remove="Resources\ImagesImagesAppIcon\**" />
-      <EmbeddedResource Remove="Resources\ImagesImagesAppIcon\**" />
-      <MauiXaml Remove="Resources\ImagesImagesAppIcon\**" />
-      <None Remove="Resources\ImagesImagesAppIcon\**" />
-    </ItemGroup>
-
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <Content Remove="appsettings.json" />
-    </ItemGroup>
-
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <MauiImage Remove="Resources\Images\dymaptic.svg" />
-    </ItemGroup>
-
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <EmbeddedResource Include="appsettings.json">
-        <ExcludeFromSingleFile>true</ExcludeFromSingleFile>
-        <CopyToPublishDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToPublishDirectory>
-      </EmbeddedResource>
-    </ItemGroup>
-
-    <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core" Version="2.5.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug" Version="8.0.0" />
-    </ItemGroup>
+	<PropertyGroup>
+		<TargetFrameworks>net8.0-android;net8.0-ios;net8.0-maccatalyst</TargetFrameworks>
+		<TargetFrameworks Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('windows'))">$(TargetFrameworks);net8.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFrameworks>
+		<!-- Uncomment to also build the tizen app. You will need to install tizen by following this: https://github.com/Samsung/Tizen.NET -->
+		<!-- <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworks);net8.0-tizen</TargetFrameworks> -->
+
+		<!-- Note for MacCatalyst:
+		The default runtime is maccatalyst-x64, except in Release config, in which case the default is maccatalyst-x64;maccatalyst-arm64.
+		When specifying both architectures, use the plural <RuntimeIdentifiers> instead of the singular <RuntimeIdentifier>.
+		The Mac App Store will NOT accept apps with ONLY maccatalyst-arm64 indicated;
+		either BOTH runtimes must be indicated or ONLY macatalyst-x64. -->
+		<!-- For example: <RuntimeIdentifiers>maccatalyst-x64;maccatalyst-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers> -->
+
+		<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+		<RootNamespace>GeoBlazor.Template.Maui</RootNamespace>
+		<UseMaui>true</UseMaui>
+		<SingleProject>true</SingleProject>
+		<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+		<EnableDefaultCssItems>false</EnableDefaultCssItems>
+
+		<!-- Display name -->
+		<ApplicationTitle>GeoBlazor.Template.Maui</ApplicationTitle>
+
+		<!-- App Identifier -->
+		<ApplicationId>com.companyname.geoblazor.template.maui</ApplicationId>
+		<ApplicationIdGuid>044B2D00-113D-451C-9538-163BCAFC33E2</ApplicationIdGuid>
+
+		<!-- Versions -->
+		<ApplicationDisplayVersion>1.0</ApplicationDisplayVersion>
+		<ApplicationVersion>1</ApplicationVersion>
+
+		<SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'ios'">14.2</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
+		<SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'maccatalyst'">14.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
+		<SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'android'">24.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
+		<SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'windows'">10.0.17763.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
+		<TargetPlatformMinVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'windows'">10.0.17763.0</TargetPlatformMinVersion>
+		<SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'tizen'">6.5</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
+	</PropertyGroup>
+
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<!-- App Icon -->
+		<MauiIcon Include="Resources\AppIcon\appiconfg.svg" Color="White" />
+		<!-- Splash Screen -->
+		<MauiSplashScreen Include="Resources\Splash\geoblazor.png" Color="Black" BaseSize="64,64" />
+
+		<!-- Images -->
+		<MauiImage Include="Resources\Images\*" />
+		<MauiImage Update="Resources\Images\dymaptic.svg" BaseSize="168,208" />
+
+		<!-- Custom Fonts -->
+		<MauiFont Include="Resources\Fonts\*" />
+
+		<!-- Raw Assets (also remove the "Resources\Raw" prefix) -->
+		<MauiAsset Include="Resources\Raw\**" LogicalName="%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)" />
+	</ItemGroup>
+
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<AndroidResource Remove="Resources\ImagesImagesAppIcon\**" />
+		<Compile Remove="Resources\ImagesImagesAppIcon\**" />
+		<Content Remove="Resources\ImagesImagesAppIcon\**" />
+		<EmbeddedResource Remove="Resources\ImagesImagesAppIcon\**" />
+		<MauiXaml Remove="Resources\ImagesImagesAppIcon\**" />
+		<None Remove="Resources\ImagesImagesAppIcon\**" />
+	</ItemGroup>
+
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<Content Remove="appsettings.json" />
+	</ItemGroup>
+
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<MauiImage Remove="Resources\Images\dymaptic.svg" />
+	</ItemGroup>
+
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<EmbeddedResource Include="appsettings.json">
+			<ExcludeFromSingleFile>true</ExcludeFromSingleFile>
+			<CopyToPublishDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToPublishDirectory>
+		</EmbeddedResource>
+	</ItemGroup>
+
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<PackageReference Include="dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core" Version="2.5.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="8.0.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets" Version="8.0.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug" Version="8.0.0" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebView.Maui" Version="$(MauiVersion)" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Maui.Controls" Version="$(MauiVersion)" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Compatibility" Version="$(MauiVersion)" />
+	</ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/templates/content/GeoBlazor.Template.WebApp/GeoBlazor.Template.WebApp.Client/wwwroot/appsettings.json b/templates/content/GeoBlazor.Template.WebApp/GeoBlazor.Template.WebApp.Client/wwwroot/appsettings.json
index 0fc3e007..41f52c56 100644
--- a/templates/content/GeoBlazor.Template.WebApp/GeoBlazor.Template.WebApp.Client/wwwroot/appsettings.json
+++ b/templates/content/GeoBlazor.Template.WebApp/GeoBlazor.Template.WebApp.Client/wwwroot/appsettings.json
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
       "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
     }
   },
-  "ArcGISApiKey": "AAPKf80573b33855415a91e89fe2936e735dXZ1lSzS1r45kvzIhSdv008E1bizdGdoiXHb401mAPt7qT35wxf4DH22CbOPxsxHJ"
+  "ArcGISApiKey": "EnterArcGISApiKey"
 }
diff --git a/templates/content/GeoBlazor.Template.WebApp/GeoBlazor.Template.WebApp/appsettings.json b/templates/content/GeoBlazor.Template.WebApp/GeoBlazor.Template.WebApp/appsettings.json
index fc5cc112..6e3939ec 100644
--- a/templates/content/GeoBlazor.Template.WebApp/GeoBlazor.Template.WebApp/appsettings.json
+++ b/templates/content/GeoBlazor.Template.WebApp/GeoBlazor.Template.WebApp/appsettings.json
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
     }
   },
   "AllowedHosts": "*",
-  "ArcGISApiKey": "AAPKf80573b33855415a91e89fe2936e735dXZ1lSzS1r45kvzIhSdv008E1bizdGdoiXHb401mAPt7qT35wxf4DH22CbOPxsxHJ"
+  "ArcGISApiKey": "EnterArcGISApiKey"
 }
diff --git a/templates/content/GeoBlazor.Template.WebAssembly/GeoBlazor.Template.WebAssembly.csproj b/templates/content/GeoBlazor.Template.WebAssembly/GeoBlazor.Template.WebAssembly.csproj
index 3dde7da2..3d55cea0 100644
--- a/templates/content/GeoBlazor.Template.WebAssembly/GeoBlazor.Template.WebAssembly.csproj
+++ b/templates/content/GeoBlazor.Template.WebAssembly/GeoBlazor.Template.WebAssembly.csproj
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.BlazorWebAssembly">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="dymaptic.GeoBlazor.Core" Version="2.5.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly" Version="7.0.13" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.DevServer" Version="7.0.13" PrivateAssets="all" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly" Version="8.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.DevServer" Version="8.0.0" PrivateAssets="all" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>