diff --git a/build/build.proj b/build/build.proj
index 18189ad52..e0d158c47 100644
--- a/build/build.proj
+++ b/build/build.proj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net462;net48;net6.0;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462;net48;net6.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <Configurations>Debug;Release</Configurations>
   </PropertyGroup>
     
diff --git a/doc/dev/doc/network.md b/doc/dev/doc/network.md
index 4f21d3af9..09012109e 100644
--- a/doc/dev/doc/network.md
+++ b/doc/dev/doc/network.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Please note that server should support this routing mode which is available with
 In all members mode, the clients connect to each cluster member. Since each data partition uses the well known and consistent hashing algorithm, each client can send an operation to the relevant cluster member, which increases the overall throughput and efficiency. This mode is the default mode.
 
 ### Send CP Requests Directly To the Leader
-This `@Hazelcast.NetworkingOptions.CPDirectToLeaderEnabled` option allows to redirect CP related requests to the leader of the CP group. This option is only available for CP Subsystem enabled clusters. By default, this option is disabled.
+This `@Hazelcast.NetworkingOptions.CPDirectToLeaderEnabled` option allows to CP related requests to be sent directly to the leader of the CP group. This option is only available for CP Subsystem enabled clusters which have the `AVANCED_CP` license component. By default, this option is disabled.
 
 
 ## Reconnect Mode
diff --git a/doc/versions.md b/doc/versions.md
index 66f2746a1..be08e8439 100644
--- a/doc/versions.md
+++ b/doc/versions.md
@@ -38,17 +38,20 @@ Versions lifecycle and support period follows the Hazelcast [Version Support Win
 
 The following table defines the .NET versions that were active and supported by each version of the Hazelcast .NET Client, at the time it was released. The Hazelcast .NET Client remains supported on these .NET versions for as long as they have not reached their end of support from Microsoft.
 
-|Version|.NET Framework<br/>4.5-4.6.1|.NET Framework<br/>4.6.2-4.8|.NET Core<br/>2.1|.NET Core<br/>3.1 (LTS)|.NET<br/>5.0|.NET<br/>6.0 (LTS)|.NET<br/>7.0|
-|-|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|
-|5.2|No|Yes|No|**No** (note)|**No** (note)|Yes|**Yes**|
-|5.1|No|Yes|No|Yes|Yes|**Yes**|No|
-|5.0|No|Yes|**No** (note)|Yes|**Yes**|No|No|
-|4.x|**No** (note)|Yes|Yes|Yes|No|No|No|
-|3.x|Yes|Yes|No|No|No|No|No|
+| Version |.NET Framework<br/>4.5-4.6.1|.NET Framework<br/>4.6.2-4.8|.NET Core<br/>2.1|.NET Core<br/>3.1 (LTS)|.NET<br/>5.0|.NET<br/>6.0 (LTS)| .NET<br/>7.0 | .NET<br/>8.0 (LTS) |
+|---------|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:------------:|:------------------:|
+| 5.5     |No|Yes|No|**No** (note)|**No** (note)|Yes|    **No**    |        Yes         |
+| 5.4     |No|Yes|No|**No** (note)|**No** (note)|Yes|   **Yes**    |        Yes         |
+| 5.3     |No|Yes|No|**No** (note)|**No** (note)|Yes|   **Yes**    |         No         |
+| 5.2     |No|Yes|No|**No** (note)|**No** (note)|Yes|   **Yes**    |         No         |
+| 5.1     |No|Yes|No|Yes|Yes|**Yes**|      No      |         No         |
+| 5.0     |No|Yes|**No** (note)|Yes|**Yes**|No|      No      |         No         |
+| 4.x     |**No** (note)|Yes|Yes|Yes|No|No|      No      |         No         |
+| 3.x     |Yes|Yes|No|No|No|No|      No      |         No         |
 
 Note that .NET Framework runs on Windows exclusively, whereas .NET Core and .NET 5.0+ run on Windows, Linux and MacOS.
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > As per Microsoft's **.NET Framework** [Support Policy](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/microsoft-net-framework), versions 4.5.2, 4.6, and 4.6.1 will reach end of support on April 26, 2022. We do *not* support these versions starting with Hazelcast 4. We recommend that all Hazelcast 3 users migrate to at least .NET Framework 4.6.2, and ideally to .NET Framework 4.8.
 >
-> As per Microsoft's **.NET and .NET Core** [Support Policy](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/microsoft-net-and-net-core) and [LifeCycle](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/platform/support/policy/dotnet-core), versions 2.1 to 5.0 are not supported anymore. We recommend that all users use versions of .NET supported by Microsoft.
\ No newline at end of file
+> As per Microsoft's **.NET and .NET Core** [Support Policy](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/microsoft-net-and-net-core) and [LifeCycle](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/platform/support/policy/dotnet-core), versions 2.1 to 5.0 and 7.0 are not supported anymore. We recommend that all users use versions of .NET supported by Microsoft.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hz.ps1 b/hz.ps1
index 3d9176319..bd7d8d49f 100644
--- a/hz.ps1
+++ b/hz.ps1
@@ -1044,12 +1044,10 @@ function require-dotnet ( $full ) {
     $result = @{ validSdks = $true; sdkInfos = "  SDKs:" }
 
     # note:
-    # - net6.0 end of support is nov 12, 2024
-    # - net7.0 end of support is may 14, 2024
+    # - net6.0 end of support is nov 12, 2024    
     # - net8.0 end of support is nov 10, 2026
 
-    require-dotnet-version $result $sdks "6.0" $frameworks "net6.0" "6.0.x" $true $allowPrerelease
-    require-dotnet-version $result $sdks "7.0" $frameworks "net7.0" "7.0.x" $true $allowPrerelease
+    require-dotnet-version $result $sdks "6.0" $frameworks "net6.0" "6.0.x" $true $allowPrerelease    
     require-dotnet-version $result $sdks "8.0" $frameworks "net8.0" "8.0.x" $true $allowPrerelease
 
     # report
@@ -2420,7 +2418,7 @@ function hz-verify-version {
 # runs an example
 function hz-run-example {
 
-    if ($options.framework -ne $null) { $f = $options.framework } else { $f = "net7.0" }
+    if ($options.framework -ne $null) { $f = $options.framework } else { $f = "net8.0" }
     $ext = ""
     if ($isWindows) { $ext = ".exe" }
     $hx = "$srcDir/Hazelcast.Net.Examples/bin/$($options.configuration)/$f/hx$ext"
diff --git a/src/Hazelcast.Net.Caching/Hazelcast.Net.Caching.csproj b/src/Hazelcast.Net.Caching/Hazelcast.Net.Caching.csproj
index 06deb3f32..db0c9a263 100644
--- a/src/Hazelcast.Net.Caching/Hazelcast.Net.Caching.csproj
+++ b/src/Hazelcast.Net.Caching/Hazelcast.Net.Caching.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1;net6.0;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+        <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1;net6.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
         <RootNamespace>Hazelcast.Caching</RootNamespace>
         <!--<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>-->
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
diff --git a/src/Hazelcast.Net.DependencyInjection/Hazelcast.Net.DependencyInjection.csproj b/src/Hazelcast.Net.DependencyInjection/Hazelcast.Net.DependencyInjection.csproj
index e1f72eadd..86c9e1777 100644
--- a/src/Hazelcast.Net.DependencyInjection/Hazelcast.Net.DependencyInjection.csproj
+++ b/src/Hazelcast.Net.DependencyInjection/Hazelcast.Net.DependencyInjection.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1;net6.0;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1;net6.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>Hazelcast.DependencyInjection</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/Hazelcast.Net.Examples/Hazelcast.Net.Examples.csproj b/src/Hazelcast.Net.Examples/Hazelcast.Net.Examples.csproj
index cfcd0fa88..d6e6aa15e 100644
--- a/src/Hazelcast.Net.Examples/Hazelcast.Net.Examples.csproj
+++ b/src/Hazelcast.Net.Examples/Hazelcast.Net.Examples.csproj
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT' ">
-    <TargetFrameworks>net462;net48;net6.0;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462;net48;net6.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">
-    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Hazelcast.Net.Linq.Async/Hazelcast.Net.Linq.Async.csproj b/src/Hazelcast.Net.Linq.Async/Hazelcast.Net.Linq.Async.csproj
index be65463c8..4696bd3f0 100644
--- a/src/Hazelcast.Net.Linq.Async/Hazelcast.Net.Linq.Async.csproj
+++ b/src/Hazelcast.Net.Linq.Async/Hazelcast.Net.Linq.Async.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1;net6.0;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+        <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1;net6.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
         <RootNamespace>Hazelcast.Linq</RootNamespace>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Hazelcast.Net.Tests/Hazelcast.Net.Tests.csproj b/src/Hazelcast.Net.Tests/Hazelcast.Net.Tests.csproj
index b2e233760..7205d4100 100644
--- a/src/Hazelcast.Net.Tests/Hazelcast.Net.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Hazelcast.Net.Tests/Hazelcast.Net.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT' ">
-    <TargetFrameworks>net462;net48;net6.0;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462;net48;net6.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">
-    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Hazelcast.Net.Win32/Hazelcast.Net.Win32.csproj b/src/Hazelcast.Net.Win32/Hazelcast.Net.Win32.csproj
index 9d79051f1..001489132 100644
--- a/src/Hazelcast.Net.Win32/Hazelcast.Net.Win32.csproj
+++ b/src/Hazelcast.Net.Win32/Hazelcast.Net.Win32.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1;net6.0;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1;net6.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>Hazelcast</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/Hazelcast.Net/Hazelcast.Net.csproj b/src/Hazelcast.Net/Hazelcast.Net.csproj
index 350c395c3..b73dab51e 100644
--- a/src/Hazelcast.Net/Hazelcast.Net.csproj
+++ b/src/Hazelcast.Net/Hazelcast.Net.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1;net6.0;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1;net6.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>Hazelcast</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>