diff --git a/Synthesis.Bethesda.Execution/Patchers/Git/ModifyProject/SwapToProperNetVersion.cs b/Synthesis.Bethesda.Execution/Patchers/Git/ModifyProject/SwapToProperNetVersion.cs
index ab225b89..77918337 100644
--- a/Synthesis.Bethesda.Execution/Patchers/Git/ModifyProject/SwapToProperNetVersion.cs
+++ b/Synthesis.Bethesda.Execution/Patchers/Git/ModifyProject/SwapToProperNetVersion.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Xml.Linq;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
 using NuGet.Versioning;
 using Serilog;
 using Synthesis.Bethesda.Execution.Versioning;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ public class SwapToProperNetVersion : ISwapToProperNetVersion
     private readonly ILogger _logger;
     private const int NetNum = 8;
     private readonly Version Net8Version = new Version(0, 45);
+    private readonly CultureInfo Culture = new CultureInfo("en");
 
     public SwapToProperNetVersion(ILogger logger)
     {
@@ -46,18 +48,30 @@ private void ProcessLegacy(XElement elem)
         }
     }
 
-    private void ProcessNet8(XElement elem, Version targetMutagenVersion)
+    private bool NeedsUpgrade(string elem)
     {
-        if (!elem.Value.StartsWith("net"))
+        if (elem.StartsWith("netcoreapp", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (!elem.StartsWith("net", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
         {
-            throw new ArgumentException($"Could not process version: {elem.Value}");
+            throw new ArgumentException($"Could not process version: {elem}");
         }
 
-        if (double.TryParse(elem.Value.Substring(3), out var netNum)
+        if (double.TryParse(elem.Substring(3), Culture, out var netNum)
             && netNum > NetNum)
         {
-            return;
+            _logger.Information($"Already net{netNum}.  No need to upgrade");
+            return false;
         }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private void ProcessNet8(XElement elem, Version targetMutagenVersion)
+    {
+        if (!NeedsUpgrade(elem.Value)) return;
         
         _logger.Information("Swapping to net8.0");
         elem.Value = $"net{NetNum}.0";