diff --git a/osx/gdal-makefile b/osx/gdal-makefile
index b5be5deb4..a47c0c9ea 100644
--- a/osx/gdal-makefile
+++ b/osx/gdal-makefile
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ configure_gdal:
 		-DGDAL_CSHARP_TESTS=OFF \
 		-DGDAL_CSHARP_BUILD_NUPKG=OFF \
 		-DBUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS=OFF \
-		-DBUILD_CSHARP_BINDINGS=OFF \
-		-DCSHARP_LIBRARY_VERSION=net$(DOTNET_VERSION) \
-		-DCSHARP_APPLICATION_VERSION=net$(DOTNET_VERSION) \
+		-DBUILD_CSHARP_BINDINGS=ON \
+		-DCSHARP_LIBRARY_VERSION=$(GDAL_CSHARP_VERSION) \
+		-DCSHARP_APPLICATION_VERSION=$(GDAL_CSHARP_VERSION) \
 		-DBUILD_JAVA_BINDINGS=OFF \
 		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
 		-DSQLite3_INCLUDE_DIR=$(VCPKG_INSTALLED_DYNAMIC)/include \
diff --git a/shared/GdalCore.opt b/shared/GdalCore.opt
index 21f1ee2fe..34e9af13e 100644
--- a/shared/GdalCore.opt
+++ b/shared/GdalCore.opt
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ LIBSHARED=$(PACKAGE_BUILD_ROOT)/$(__libshared)/$(RID)/$(__libshared)
 GDAL_ROOT=$(BUILD_ROOT)/gdal-source
 ##### Dotnet version for GDAL
 DOTNET_VERSION=8.0
+GDAL_CSHARP_VERSION=net8.0
 
 ##### SWIG executable and interface
 BASE_SWIG_=$(GDAL_ROOT)/swig
diff --git a/unix/gdal-makefile b/unix/gdal-makefile
index 8d4ae5749..117eba808 100644
--- a/unix/gdal-makefile
+++ b/unix/gdal-makefile
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ configure_gdal:
 		-DGDAL_CSHARP_TESTS=OFF \
 		-DGDAL_CSHARP_BUILD_NUPKG=OFF \
 		-DBUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS=OFF \
-		-DBUILD_CSHARP_BINDINGS=OFF \
-		-DCSHARP_LIBRARY_VERSION=net$(DOTNET_VERSION) \
-		-DCSHARP_APPLICATION_VERSION=net$(DOTNET_VERSION) \
+		-DBUILD_CSHARP_BINDINGS=ON \
+		-DCSHARP_LIBRARY_VERSION=$(GDAL_CSHARP_VERSION) \
+		-DCSHARP_APPLICATION_VERSION=$(GDAL_CSHARP_VERSION) \
 		-DBUILD_JAVA_BINDINGS=OFF \
 		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
 		-DPROJ_INCLUDE_DIR=$(PROJ_BUILD)/include \