diff --git a/build-system/azure-pipeline.mntr-template.yaml b/build-system/azure-pipeline.mntr-template.yaml
index a153458f62b..bfbebe829c4 100644
--- a/build-system/azure-pipeline.mntr-template.yaml
+++ b/build-system/azure-pipeline.mntr-template.yaml
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ jobs:
       vmImage: ${{ parameters.vmImage }}
     steps:
       - task: UseDotNet@2
-        displayName: 'Use .NET Core SDK 3.1.100'
+        displayName: 'Use .NET Core SDK 3.1.105'
         inputs:
           packageType: sdk
-          version: 3.1.100
+          version: 3.1.105
       - task: Bash@3 
         displayName: Linux / OSX Build
         inputs:
diff --git a/build-system/azure-pipeline.template.yaml b/build-system/azure-pipeline.template.yaml
index 3943c9789ce..0415ac80c11 100644
--- a/build-system/azure-pipeline.template.yaml
+++ b/build-system/azure-pipeline.template.yaml
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ jobs:
       vmImage: ${{ parameters.vmImage }}
     steps:
       - task: UseDotNet@2
-        displayName: 'Use .NET Core SDK 3.1.100'
+        displayName: 'Use .NET Core SDK 3.1.105'
         inputs:
           packageType: sdk
-          version: 3.1.100
+          version: 3.1.105
       - task: Bash@3 
         displayName: Linux / OSX Build
         inputs:
diff --git a/build-system/nightly-builds.yaml b/build-system/nightly-builds.yaml
index d6e57af0874..ed97c2b011e 100644
--- a/build-system/nightly-builds.yaml
+++ b/build-system/nightly-builds.yaml
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ variables:
 
 steps:
 - task: UseDotNet@2
-  displayName: 'Use .NET Core SDK 3.1.100'
+  displayName: 'Use .NET Core SDK 3.1.105'
   inputs:
     packageType: sdk
-    version: 3.1.100
+    version: 3.1.105
 - task: BatchScript@1
   displayName: 'FAKE Build'
   inputs:
diff --git a/build-system/pr-validation.yaml b/build-system/pr-validation.yaml
index 7dbe607eea1..8c259c129ca 100644
--- a/build-system/pr-validation.yaml
+++ b/build-system/pr-validation.yaml
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ jobs:
         submodules: recursive  # set to 'true' for a single level of submodules or 'recursive' to get submodules of submodules
         persistCredentials: true
       - task: UseDotNet@2
-        displayName: 'Use .NET Core SDK 3.1.100'
+        displayName: 'Use .NET Core SDK 3.1.105'
         inputs:
           packageType: sdk
-          version: 3.1.100
+          version: 3.1.105
       - task: BatchScript@1
         displayName: Windows Build
         inputs:
diff --git a/build-system/windows-release.yaml b/build-system/windows-release.yaml
index 5859da12369..253dce9e9ba 100644
--- a/build-system/windows-release.yaml
+++ b/build-system/windows-release.yaml
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ variables:
     value: akkadotnet/akka.net
 steps:
 - task: UseDotNet@2
-  displayName: 'Use .NET Core SDK 3.1.100'
+  displayName: 'Use .NET Core SDK 3.1.105'
   inputs:
     packageType: sdk
-    version: 3.1.100
+    version: 3.1.105
 - task: BatchScript@1
   displayName: 'FAKE Build'
   inputs:
diff --git a/build.ps1 b/build.ps1
index 5415a1e06ac..7cfd2b5e988 100644
--- a/build.ps1
+++ b/build.ps1
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Param(
 
 $FakeVersion = "4.63.0"
 $DotNetChannel = "LTS";
-$DotNetVersion = "3.1.100";
+$DotNetVersion = "3.1.105";
 $DotNetInstallerUri = "https://dot.net/v1/dotnet-install.ps1";
 $NugetVersion = "4.3.0";
 $NugetUrl = "https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/v$NugetVersion/nuget.exe"
diff --git a/src/common.props b/src/common.props
index 9dfbaeb4dab..8e6148e760e 100644
--- a/src/common.props
+++ b/src/common.props
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Copyright>Copyright © 2013-2020 Akka.NET Team</Copyright>
     <Authors>Akka.NET Team</Authors>
-    <VersionPrefix>1.4.4</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>1.4.8</VersionPrefix>
     <PackageIconUrl>http://getakka.net/images/akkalogo.png</PackageIconUrl>
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net</PackageProjectUrl>
     <PackageLicenseUrl>https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/blob/master/LICENSE</PackageLicenseUrl>
@@ -29,21 +29,7 @@
     <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <PackageReleaseNotes>Maintenance Release for Akka.NET 1.4**
-Akka.NET v1.4.4 includes one major fix for HOCON fallback configurations, a new module (Akka.Coordination), and some major improvements to Akka.Cluster.Tools / Akka.Cluster.Sharding:
-[Akka.Coordination: Lease API &amp; integration](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/4344)
-[Akka: Timers for self scheduled messages added, FSM timers fixes](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/3778)
-[Akka **Important** Bugfix: Config.WithFallback is acting inconsistently](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/4358)
-[Akka.Cluster.Sharding: Updates](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/4354)
-To see the full set of changes for Akka.NET 1.4.4, please [see the 1.4.4 milestone](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/milestone/35).
-| COMMITS | LOC+ | LOC- | AUTHOR |
-| --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| 3 | 4845 | 225 | zbynek001 |
-| 2 | 3 | 3 | dependabot-preview[bot] |
-| 2 | 159 | 0 | Aaron Stannard |
-| 2 | 1099 | 23 | Gregorius Soedharmo |
-| 1 | 34 | 5 | Petri Kero |
-| 1 | 1 | 1 | Felix Reisinger |</PackageReleaseNotes>
+    <PackageReleaseNotes>Placeholder for nightlies**</PackageReleaseNotes>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- SourceLink support for all Akka.NET projects -->
   <ItemGroup>