diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ee1915f1d..2c4c1ac8c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ variables:
 build:
   stage: build
   script:
-    - "dotnet publish -c Release -r linux-x64 --self-contained -p:PublishSingleFile=true -o $LINUX_X64_OUTPUT_DIR src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.csproj"
-    - "dotnet publish -c Release -r linux-arm64 --self-contained -p:PublishSingleFile=true -o $LINUX_ARM64_OUTPUT_DIR src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.csproj"
-    - "dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained -p:PublishSingleFile=true -o $WIN_X64_OUTPUT_DIR src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.csproj"
-    - "dotnet publish -c Release -r win-arm64 --self-contained -p:PublishSingleFile=true -o $WIN_ARM64_OUTPUT_DIR src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.csproj"
-    - "dotnet publish -c Release -r osx-x64 --self-contained -p:PublishSingleFile=true -o $MACOS_X64_OUTPUT_DIR src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.csproj"
-    - "dotnet publish -c Release -r osx-arm64 --self-contained -p:PublishSingleFile=true -o $MACOS_ARM64_OUTPUT_DIR src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.csproj"
+    - "dotnet publish -c Release -r linux-x64 --self-contained -o $LINUX_X64_OUTPUT_DIR src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.csproj"
+    - "dotnet publish -c Release -r linux-arm64 --self-contained -o $LINUX_ARM64_OUTPUT_DIR src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.csproj"
+    - "dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained -o $WIN_X64_OUTPUT_DIR src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.csproj"
+    - "dotnet publish -c Release -r win-arm64 --self-contained -o $WIN_ARM64_OUTPUT_DIR src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.csproj"
+    - "dotnet publish -c Release -r osx-x64 --self-contained -o $MACOS_X64_OUTPUT_DIR src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.csproj"
+    - "dotnet publish -c Release -r osx-arm64 --self-contained -o $MACOS_ARM64_OUTPUT_DIR src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.csproj"
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - "$LINUX_X64_OUTPUT_DIR/"
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ build-installer:
  script:
    - dotnet clean
    - dotnet restore -f --no-cache -v n
-   - dotnet publish -c Release --runtime win-x64 /p:Version=$CI_COMMIT_TAG src/NadekoBot
+   - dotnet publish -c Release --self-contained --runtime win-x64 /p:Version=$CI_COMMIT_TAG src/NadekoBot
    - $env:NADEKOBOT_INSTALL_VERSION = $CI_COMMIT_TAG
    - iscc.exe "/O+" ".\exe_builder.iss"
  tags:
diff --git a/docs/guides/windows-guide.md b/docs/guides/windows-guide.md
index 797f075ba..2338cb8b7 100644
--- a/docs/guides/windows-guide.md
+++ b/docs/guides/windows-guide.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ You can still install them manually:
 ##### Prerequisites
 
 **Install these before proceeding or your bot will not work!**
-- [.net 7](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download)  - needed to compile and run the bot
+- [.net 8](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download)  - needed to compile and run the bot
 - [git](https://git-scm.com/downloads) - needed to clone the repository (you can also download the zip manually and extract it, but this guide assumes you're using git)
 - [Redis] (OPTIONAL)- to cache things needed by some features and persist through restarts
 
diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.csproj b/src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.csproj
index 3ceab771a..7bef05e92 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.csproj
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
         <ImplicitUsings>true</ImplicitUsings>
         <SatelliteResourceLanguages>en</SatelliteResourceLanguages>
-        <Version>5.0.0</Version>
+        <Version>5.0.2</Version>
 
         <!-- Output/build -->
         <RunWorkingDirectory>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)</RunWorkingDirectory>