diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindCoreClrEmbed.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindCoreClrEmbed.cmake
index b4251ec04..9bcb6738b 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindCoreClrEmbed.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindCoreClrEmbed.cmake
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if (NOT DOTNET_EXECUTABLE)
     set(DOTNET_EXECUTABLE dotnet)
 endif ()
 
-set(CORECLR_VERSION "7.0")
+set(CORECLR_VERSION "8.0")
 
 execute_process(COMMAND ${DOTNET_EXECUTABLE} "--list-runtimes" OUTPUT_VARIABLE CORECLR_LIST_RUNTIMES_OUTPUT OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 if (CORECLR_LIST_RUNTIMES_OUTPUT STREQUAL "")