diff --git a/sample/ConsoleDemo/ConsoleDemo.csproj b/sample/ConsoleDemo/ConsoleDemo.csproj
index de9024a..67ca599 100644
--- a/sample/ConsoleDemo/ConsoleDemo.csproj
+++ b/sample/ConsoleDemo/ConsoleDemo.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/sample/ConsoleDemo/Program.cs b/sample/ConsoleDemo/Program.cs
index 3ff0ec4..6264faa 100644
--- a/sample/ConsoleDemo/Program.cs
+++ b/sample/ConsoleDemo/Program.cs
@@ -3,37 +3,29 @@
 using System;
 using System.Threading;
 
-namespace ConsoleDemo;
+Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
+    .MinimumLevel.Verbose()
+    .WriteTo.Console(theme: AnsiConsoleTheme.Code)
+    .CreateLogger();
 
-public static class Program
+try
 {
-    public static void Main()
-    {
-        Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
-            .MinimumLevel.Verbose()
-            .WriteTo.Console(theme: AnsiConsoleTheme.Code)
-            .CreateLogger();
+    Log.Debug("Getting started");
 
-        try
-        {
-            Log.Debug("Getting started");
+    Log.Information("Hello {Name} from thread {ThreadId}", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("USERNAME"), Thread.CurrentThread.ManagedThreadId);
 
-            Log.Information("Hello {Name} from thread {ThreadId}", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("USERNAME"), Thread.CurrentThread.ManagedThreadId);
+    Log.Warning("No coins remain at position {@Position}", new { Lat = 25, Long = 134 });
 
-            Log.Warning("No coins remain at position {@Position}", new { Lat = 25, Long = 134 });
-
-            Fail();
-        }
-        catch (Exception e)
-        {
-            Log.Error(e, "Something went wrong");
-        }
+    Fail();
+}
+catch (Exception e)
+{
+    Log.Error(e, "Something went wrong");
+}
 
-        Log.CloseAndFlush();
-    }
+await Log.CloseAndFlushAsync();
 
-    static void Fail()
-    {
-        throw new DivideByZeroException();
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+static void Fail()
+{
+    throw new DivideByZeroException();
+}
diff --git a/sample/SyncWritesDemo/Program.cs b/sample/SyncWritesDemo/Program.cs
index 3220c12..f1015a1 100644
--- a/sample/SyncWritesDemo/Program.cs
+++ b/sample/SyncWritesDemo/Program.cs
@@ -1,56 +1,47 @@
 using Serilog;
 using Serilog.Sinks.SystemConsole.Themes;
 using System;
-using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
-namespace SyncWritesDemo;
+Console.WriteLine("A sample of how to sync writes to the console sink.");
 
-public static class Program
+if (args is { Length: 1 })
 {
-    public static void Main(string[] args)
+    switch (args[0])
     {
-        Console.WriteLine("A sample of how to sync writes to the console sink.");
-
-        if (args != null && args.Length == 1)
-        {
-            switch (args[0])
-            {
-                case "--sync-root-default":
-                    SystemConsoleSyncTest(syncRootForLogger1: null, syncRootForLogger2: null);
-                    return;
-                case "--sync-root-separate":
-                    SystemConsoleSyncTest(syncRootForLogger1: new object(), syncRootForLogger2: new object());
-                    return;
-                case "--sync-root-same":
-                    var sameSyncRoot = new object();
-                    SystemConsoleSyncTest(syncRootForLogger1: sameSyncRoot, syncRootForLogger2: sameSyncRoot);
-                    return;
-            }
-        }
-
-        Console.WriteLine("Expecting one of the following arguments:{0}--sync-root-default{0}--sync-root-separate{0}--sync-root-same", Environment.NewLine);
+        case "--sync-root-default":
+            SystemConsoleSyncTest(syncRootForLogger1: null, syncRootForLogger2: null);
+            return;
+        case "--sync-root-separate":
+            SystemConsoleSyncTest(syncRootForLogger1: new object(), syncRootForLogger2: new object());
+            return;
+        case "--sync-root-same":
+            var sameSyncRoot = new object();
+            SystemConsoleSyncTest(syncRootForLogger1: sameSyncRoot, syncRootForLogger2: sameSyncRoot);
+            return;
     }
+}
 
-    static void SystemConsoleSyncTest(object syncRootForLogger1, object syncRootForLogger2)
-    {
-        var logger1 = new LoggerConfiguration()
-            .MinimumLevel.Verbose()
-            .Enrich.WithProperty("Logger", "logger1")
-            .WriteTo.Console(theme: SystemConsoleTheme.Literate, syncRoot: syncRootForLogger1)
-            .CreateLogger();
+Console.WriteLine("Expecting one of the following arguments:{0}--sync-root-default{0}--sync-root-separate{0}--sync-root-same", Environment.NewLine);
 
-        var logger2 = new LoggerConfiguration()
-            .MinimumLevel.Verbose()
-            .Enrich.WithProperty("Logger", "logger2")
-            .WriteTo.Console(theme: SystemConsoleTheme.Literate, syncRoot: syncRootForLogger2)
-            .CreateLogger();
+static void SystemConsoleSyncTest(object syncRootForLogger1, object syncRootForLogger2)
+{
+    var logger1 = new LoggerConfiguration()
+        .MinimumLevel.Verbose()
+        .Enrich.WithProperty("Logger", "logger1")
+        .WriteTo.Console(theme: SystemConsoleTheme.Literate, syncRoot: syncRootForLogger1)
+        .CreateLogger();
 
-        var options = new ParallelOptions { MaxDegreeOfParallelism = 8 };
-        Parallel.For(0, 1000, options, (i, loopState) =>
-        {
-            var logger = (i % 2 == 0) ? logger1 : logger2;
-            logger.Information("Event {Iteration} generated by {ThreadId}", i, Thread.CurrentThread.ManagedThreadId);
-        });
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    var logger2 = new LoggerConfiguration()
+        .MinimumLevel.Verbose()
+        .Enrich.WithProperty("Logger", "logger2")
+        .WriteTo.Console(theme: SystemConsoleTheme.Literate, syncRoot: syncRootForLogger2)
+        .CreateLogger();
+
+    var options = new ParallelOptions { MaxDegreeOfParallelism = 8 };
+    Parallel.For(0, 1000, options, (i, _) =>
+    {
+        var logger = i % 2 == 0 ? logger1 : logger2;
+        logger.Information("Event {Iteration} generated by {ThreadId}", i, Environment.CurrentManagedThreadId);
+    });
+}
diff --git a/sample/SyncWritesDemo/SyncWritesDemo.csproj b/sample/SyncWritesDemo/SyncWritesDemo.csproj
index de9024a..67ca599 100644
--- a/sample/SyncWritesDemo/SyncWritesDemo.csproj
+++ b/sample/SyncWritesDemo/SyncWritesDemo.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>