diff --git a/osu.Desktop.Deploy/Program.cs b/osu.Desktop.Deploy/Program.cs
index 16bbf90cd4..a1c2a8aef2 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop.Deploy/Program.cs
+++ b/osu.Desktop.Deploy/Program.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Deploy
     {
         private static string packages => Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile), ".nuget", "packages");
         private static string nugetPath => Path.Combine(packages, @"nuget.commandline\4.5.1\tools\NuGet.exe");
-        private static string squirrelPath => Path.Combine(packages, @"squirrel.windows\1.7.8\tools\Squirrel.exe");
+        private static string squirrelPath => Path.Combine(packages, @"squirrel.windows\1.8.0\tools\Squirrel.exe");
         private const string msbuild_path = @"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe";
 
         public static string StagingFolder = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["StagingFolder"];
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Deploy
             checkReleaseFiles();
 
             write("Running squirrel build...");
-            runCommand(squirrelPath, $"--releasify {stagingPath}\\{nupkgFilename(version)} --setupIcon {iconPath} --icon {iconPath} {codeSigningCmd} --no-msi");
+            runCommand(squirrelPath, $"--releasify {stagingPath}\\{nupkgFilename(version)} --framework-version=net471 --setupIcon {iconPath} --icon {iconPath} {codeSigningCmd} --no-msi");
 
             //prune again to clean up before upload.
             pruneReleases();
diff --git a/osu.Desktop.Deploy/osu.Desktop.Deploy.csproj b/osu.Desktop.Deploy/osu.Desktop.Deploy.csproj
index a97b8197b4..063fb89918 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop.Deploy/osu.Desktop.Deploy.csproj
+++ b/osu.Desktop.Deploy/osu.Desktop.Deploy.csproj
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <ItemGroup Label="Package References">
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.CommandLine" Version="4.5.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="3.10.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="squirrel.windows" Version="1.7.8" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net471'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="squirrel.windows" Version="1.8.0" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net471'" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="4.4.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Management.Automation.dll" Version="10.0.10586" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj b/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
index 27bc3f7597..3d64cab84e 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
+++ b/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <Import Project="..\osu.Game.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Project">
     <TargetFrameworks>net471;netcoreapp2.0</TargetFrameworks>
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
     <Title>osu!lazer</Title>
     <Product>osu!lazer</Product>
     <ApplicationIcon>lazer.ico</ApplicationIcon>
-    <Version>0.0.0.0</Version>
-    <FileVersion>0.0.0.0</FileVersion>
+    <Version>0.0.0</Version>
+    <FileVersion>0.0.0</FileVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Defines">
     <DefineConstants Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net471'">$(DefineConstants);NET_FRAMEWORK</DefineConstants>
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Package References">
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="2.0.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="squirrel.windows" Version="1.7.8" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net471'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="squirrel.windows" Version="1.8.0" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net471'" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Resources">
     <EmbeddedResource Include="lazer.ico" />
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>