diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-dotnet.yml b/.github/workflows/test-dotnet.yml
index 760167b..03b9a29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-dotnet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-dotnet.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         operating-system: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macOS-latest]
-        dotnet-version: ['2.1', '2.2', '3.0', '3.1', '5.0', '6.0', '7.0']
+        dotnet-version: ['2.1', '2.2', '3.0', '3.1', '5.0', '6.0', '7.0', '8.0']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/__tests__/verify-dotnet.ps1 b/__tests__/verify-dotnet.ps1
index b937a14..fa4876d 100755
--- a/__tests__/verify-dotnet.ps1
+++ b/__tests__/verify-dotnet.ps1
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ $targetFrameworkVersionMap = @{
   "5.0" = "net5.0";
   "6.0" = "net6.0";
   "7.0" = "net7.0";
+  "8.0" = "net8.0";
  }
 
 foreach ($version in $Versions)
@@ -78,10 +79,18 @@ foreach ($version in $Versions)
   # Creating temporary global.json file inside e2e-test-csproj dir and setting exact version of .NET inside allows to override default behavior of .NET and run build and tests on that exact version. 
   Write-Host "Creating temporary global.json file for $version .NET version."
   & $dotnet new globaljson --sdk-version $version --force
+  if (!(Test-Path "./global.json"))
+  {
+    throw "An error occured while creating the global.json file. Exit code: $LASTEXITCODE"
+  }
   Write-Host "The global.json file for the version $version is created. Currently used .NET version is: $(& $dotnet --version)."
 
   # Environment variable TEST_TARGET_FRAMEWORK is used inside the test.csproj file to target required framework version
-  $version -match "^(?<key>\d+\.\d+)"
+  $version -match "^(?<key>\d+\.\d+)" | Out-Null
+  if (!($targetFrameworkVersionMap.ContainsKey($Matches.key)))
+  {
+    throw "The map with the framework targets doesn't contain a target name for the version $version."
+  }
   Write-Host "Setting the TEST_TARGET_FRAMEWORK environment variable to $($targetFrameworkVersionMap[$Matches.key])"
   [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('TEST_TARGET_FRAMEWORK', $($targetFrameworkVersionMap[$Matches.key]))