diff --git a/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.Android/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.Android.csproj b/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.Android/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.Android.csproj
index 3834193..5d3773c 100644
--- a/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.Android/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.Android.csproj
+++ b/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.Android/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.Android.csproj
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@
         <!-- keep this sort of parameterization around because it will be very difficult to reintroduce it if we add more target-frameworks in the future -->
         <ShouldBuildNativeLibraries Condition=" '$(IsNetX)' == 'true' ">true</ShouldBuildNativeLibraries>
 
-        <!-- net8 supports android13 and it corresponds to android-api level 34.0 -->
-        <TargetPlatformVersion Condition="      '$(IsNetX)' == 'true'   and   '$(TargetPlatformVersion)' == '' ">34</TargetPlatformVersion>
-        <SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition=" '$(IsNetX)' == 'true'                                          ">21</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
+        <!-- net8 supports android13 and it corresponds to android-api level 34.0    notice that the ordering of the following evaluations is important! -->
+        <TargetPlatformVersion Condition="      '$(IsNetX)' == 'true'   and   '$(Laerdal_Bindings_Android___DotnetTargetPlatformVersion)' != '' ">$(Laerdal_Bindings_Android___DotnetTargetPlatformVersion)</TargetPlatformVersion>
+        <TargetPlatformVersion Condition="      '$(IsNetX)' == 'true'   and   '$(TargetPlatformVersion)' == ''                                  ">34</TargetPlatformVersion>
+        <SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition=" '$(IsNetX)' == 'true'                                                                           ">21</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
         
         <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
         <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);TRACE</DefineConstants>
@@ -61,10 +62,10 @@
         <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
 
         <!-- these versions are getting replaced by the build script in one swift pass -->
-        <Version>1.0.1166.0</Version>
-        <FileVersion>1.0.1166.0</FileVersion>
-        <PackageVersion>1.0.1166.0</PackageVersion>
-        <AssemblyVersion>1.0.1166.0</AssemblyVersion>
+        <Version>1.0.1167.0</Version>
+        <FileVersion>1.0.1167.0</FileVersion>
+        <PackageVersion>1.0.1167.0</PackageVersion>
+        <AssemblyVersion>1.0.1167.0</AssemblyVersion>
 
         <Title>$(PackageId)</Title>
         <Owners>$(Authors)</Owners>
diff --git a/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.MacCatalyst/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.MacCatalyst.csproj b/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.MacCatalyst/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.MacCatalyst.csproj
index e7a42a1..460991f 100644
--- a/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.MacCatalyst/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.MacCatalyst.csproj
+++ b/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.MacCatalyst/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.MacCatalyst.csproj
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@
 
         <ShouldBuildNativeLibraries Condition=" '$(IsNetXMacCatalyst)' == 'true' ">true</ShouldBuildNativeLibraries>
 
-        <!-- this should must be kept in sync between this file and laerdal.mcumgr.csproj -->
-        <TargetPlatformVersion       Condition=" '$(IsNetXMacCatalyst)' == 'true' and '$(TargetPlatformVersion)' == '' ">17.0</TargetPlatformVersion>
-        <SupportedOSPlatformVersion  Condition=" '$(IsNetXMacCatalyst)' == 'true'                                      ">14.5</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
+        <!-- this should must be kept in sync between this file and laerdal.mcumgr.csproj    notice that the ordering of the following evaluations is important! -->
+        <TargetPlatformVersion       Condition=" '$(IsNetXMacCatalyst)' == 'true'  and  '$(Laerdal_Bindings_MacCatalyst___DotnetTargetPlatformVersion)' != '' ">$(Laerdal_Bindings_MacCatalyst___DotnetTargetPlatformVersion)</TargetPlatformVersion>
+        <TargetPlatformVersion       Condition=" '$(IsNetXMacCatalyst)' == 'true'  and  '$(TargetPlatformVersion)' == ''                                      ">17.0</TargetPlatformVersion>
+        <SupportedOSPlatformVersion  Condition=" '$(IsNetXMacCatalyst)' == 'true'                                                                             ">13.1</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
 
         <OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
         <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
@@ -72,10 +73,10 @@
         <AllowedReferenceRelatedFileExtensions>$(AllowedReferenceRelatedFileExtensions);.pdb</AllowedReferenceRelatedFileExtensions>
 
         <!-- these versions are getting replaced by the build script in one swift pass -->
-        <Version>1.0.1166.0</Version>
-        <FileVersion>1.0.1166.0</FileVersion>
-        <PackageVersion>1.0.1166.0</PackageVersion>
-        <AssemblyVersion>1.0.1166.0</AssemblyVersion>
+        <Version>1.0.1167.0</Version>
+        <FileVersion>1.0.1167.0</FileVersion>
+        <PackageVersion>1.0.1167.0</PackageVersion>
+        <AssemblyVersion>1.0.1167.0</AssemblyVersion>
 
         <Title>$(PackageId)</Title>
         <Summary>McuMgr Bindings for MacCatalyst - MAUI ready</Summary>
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@
         <Exec WorkingDirectory="../Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.MacCatalystAndIos.Native" Command=" bash -c &quot; chmod +x ./Laerdal.Mac.CompileAndGenerateFatLibs.sh &quot; "/>
 
         <PropertyGroup>
+            <_CliCommand>$(_CliCommand)  SUPPORTS_MACCATALYST='YES'                                                    </_CliCommand>
             <_CliCommand>$(_CliCommand)  SWIFT_OUTPUT_PATH='$(NativeFrameworkParentFolderpath)'                        </_CliCommand>
             <_CliCommand>$(_CliCommand)  XCODE_IDE_DEV_PATH='$(Laerdal_Bindings_MacCatalyst___Xcode_Ide_Dev_Path)'     </_CliCommand>
             <_CliCommand>$(_CliCommand)  XCODEBUILD_TARGET_SDK='macosx'                                                </_CliCommand>
diff --git a/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.NetStandard/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.NetStandard.csproj b/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.NetStandard/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.NetStandard.csproj
index 58ff74b..e534f35 100644
--- a/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.NetStandard/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.NetStandard.csproj
+++ b/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.NetStandard/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.NetStandard.csproj
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
         <AllowedReferenceRelatedFileExtensions>$(AllowedReferenceRelatedFileExtensions);.pdb</AllowedReferenceRelatedFileExtensions>
 
         <!-- these versions are getting replaced by the build script in one swift pass --> 
-        <Version>1.0.1166.0</Version>
-        <FileVersion>1.0.1166.0</FileVersion>
-        <PackageVersion>1.0.1166.0</PackageVersion>
-        <AssemblyVersion>1.0.1166.0</AssemblyVersion>
+        <Version>1.0.1167.0</Version>
+        <FileVersion>1.0.1167.0</FileVersion>
+        <PackageVersion>1.0.1167.0</PackageVersion>
+        <AssemblyVersion>1.0.1167.0</AssemblyVersion>
 
         <Title>$(PackageId)</Title>
         <Summary>McuMgr C# Implementation (WIP)</Summary>
diff --git a/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.iOS/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.iOS.csproj b/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.iOS/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.iOS.csproj
index d18de80..f1db6f2 100644
--- a/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.iOS/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.iOS.csproj
+++ b/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.iOS/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.iOS.csproj
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@
 
         <ShouldBuildNativeLibraries Condition=" '$(IsNetXIos)' == 'true' ">true</ShouldBuildNativeLibraries>
 
-        <!-- this should must be kept in sync between this file and laerdal.mcumgr.csproj -->
-        <TargetPlatformVersion       Condition=" '$(IsNetXIos)' == 'true' and '$(TargetPlatformVersion)' == '' ">17.0</TargetPlatformVersion>
-        <SupportedOSPlatformVersion  Condition=" '$(IsNetXIos)' == 'true'                                      ">11.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
+        <!-- this should must be kept in sync between this file and laerdal.mcumgr.csproj     notice that the ordering of the following evaluations is important! -->
+        <TargetPlatformVersion       Condition=" '$(IsNetXIos)' == 'true'  and  '$(Laerdal_Bindings_iOS___DotnetTargetPlatformVersion)' != '' ">$(Laerdal_Bindings_iOS___DotnetTargetPlatformVersion)</TargetPlatformVersion>
+        <TargetPlatformVersion       Condition=" '$(IsNetXIos)' == 'true'  and  '$(TargetPlatformVersion)'                              == '' ">17.0</TargetPlatformVersion>
+        <SupportedOSPlatformVersion  Condition=" '$(IsNetXIos)' == 'true'                                                                     ">11.0</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
 
         <OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
         <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
@@ -72,10 +73,10 @@
         <AllowedReferenceRelatedFileExtensions>$(AllowedReferenceRelatedFileExtensions);.pdb</AllowedReferenceRelatedFileExtensions>
 
         <!-- these versions are getting replaced by the build script in one swift pass -->
-        <Version>1.0.1166.0</Version>
-        <FileVersion>1.0.1166.0</FileVersion>
-        <PackageVersion>1.0.1166.0</PackageVersion>
-        <AssemblyVersion>1.0.1166.0</AssemblyVersion>
+        <Version>1.0.1167.0</Version>
+        <FileVersion>1.0.1167.0</FileVersion>
+        <PackageVersion>1.0.1167.0</PackageVersion>
+        <AssemblyVersion>1.0.1167.0</AssemblyVersion>
 
         <Title>$(PackageId)</Title>
         <Summary>McuMgr Bindings for iOS - MAUI ready</Summary>
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@
         <Exec WorkingDirectory="../Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.MacCatalystAndIos.Native" Command=" chmod +x ./Laerdal.Mac.CompileAndGenerateFatLibs.sh "/>
 
         <PropertyGroup>
+            <_CliCommand>$(_CliCommand)  SUPPORTS_MACCATALYST='NO'                                             </_CliCommand>
             <_CliCommand>$(_CliCommand)  SWIFT_OUTPUT_PATH='$(NativeFrameworkParentFolderpath)'                </_CliCommand>
             <_CliCommand>$(_CliCommand)  XCODE_IDE_DEV_PATH='$(Laerdal_Bindings_iOS___Xcode_Ide_Dev_Path)'     </_CliCommand>
             <_CliCommand>$(_CliCommand)  XCODEBUILD_TARGET_SDK='iphoneos'                                      </_CliCommand>
diff --git a/Laerdal.McuMgr/Laerdal.McuMgr.csproj b/Laerdal.McuMgr/Laerdal.McuMgr.csproj
index 2fe646d..314792d 100644
--- a/Laerdal.McuMgr/Laerdal.McuMgr.csproj
+++ b/Laerdal.McuMgr/Laerdal.McuMgr.csproj
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@
         <AllowedOutputExtensionsInPackageBuildOutputFolder>$(AllowedOutputExtensionsInPackageBuildOutputFolder);.pdb</AllowedOutputExtensionsInPackageBuildOutputFolder>
 
         <!-- these versions are getting replaced by the build script in one swift pass -->
-        <Version>1.0.1166.0</Version>
-        <FileVersion>1.0.1166.0</FileVersion>
-        <PackageVersion>1.0.1166.0</PackageVersion>
-        <AssemblyVersion>1.0.1166.0</AssemblyVersion>
+        <Version>1.0.1167.0</Version>
+        <FileVersion>1.0.1167.0</FileVersion>
+        <PackageVersion>1.0.1167.0</PackageVersion>
+        <AssemblyVersion>1.0.1167.0</AssemblyVersion>
 
         <Title>$(PackageId)</Title>
         <Owners>$(Authors)</Owners>
@@ -168,21 +168,21 @@
     
     <!-- ANDROID -->
     <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(IsAndroid)' == 'true' ">
-        <PackageReference Include="Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.Android" Version="1.0.1166.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.Android" Version="1.0.1167.0"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <!-- IOS/MacCatalyst -->
     <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(IsIOS)' == 'true' ">
-        <PackageReference Include="Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.iOS" Version="1.0.1166.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.iOS" Version="1.0.1167.0"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(IsNetXMacCatalyst)' == 'true' and '$(Should_Skip_MacCatalyst)' != 'true' ">
-        <PackageReference Include="Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.MacCatalyst" Version="1.0.1166.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.MacCatalyst" Version="1.0.1167.0"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <!-- NETSTANDARD -->
     <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(IsNetStandard)' == 'true' ">
-        <PackageReference Include="Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.NetStandard" Version="1.0.1166.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.NetStandard" Version="1.0.1167.0"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/Laerdal.Scripts/Laerdal.Builder.targets b/Laerdal.Scripts/Laerdal.Builder.targets
index a87271e..4826dd6 100644
--- a/Laerdal.Scripts/Laerdal.Builder.targets
+++ b/Laerdal.Scripts/Laerdal.Builder.targets
@@ -242,20 +242,20 @@
         <MSBuild Projects="$(Laerdal_McuMgrBindings_ProjectFile_Android)" Properties="$(_Laerdal_Build_Parameters)" Targets="Restore"/>
         <MSBuild Projects="$(Laerdal_McuMgrBindings_ProjectFile_Android)" Properties="$(_Laerdal_Build_Parameters);BuildingProject=true;" Targets="TackleJarDependencies"/>
         <MSBuild Projects="$(Laerdal_McuMgrBindings_ProjectFile_Android)"
-                 Properties="$(_Laerdal_Build_Parameters);TargetPlatformVersion=$(Laerdal_Bindings_Android___DotnetTargetPlatformVersion);BuildingProject=true;SourceRoot=$(Laerdal_RootDirectory_Folderpath)/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.Android/;" Targets="Build"/>
+                 Properties="$(_Laerdal_Build_Parameters);Laerdal_Bindings_Android___DotnetTargetPlatformVersion=$(Laerdal_Bindings_Android___DotnetTargetPlatformVersion);BuildingProject=true;SourceRoot=$(Laerdal_RootDirectory_Folderpath)/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.Android/;" Targets="Build"/>
 
         <!-- its absolute vital to call this targets first explicitly and separately from the main build otherwise the   -->
         <!-- resulting nugets will be poisoned and will not work in maui apps at all due to missing native symbols       -->
         <MSBuild Projects="$(Laerdal_McuMgrBindings_ProjectFile_iOS)" Targets="EnsureFrameworkFolderIsCreated"/>
         <MSBuild Projects="$(Laerdal_McuMgrBindings_ProjectFile_iOS)"
-                 Properties="$(_Laerdal_Build_Parameters);TargetPlatformVersion=$(Laerdal_Bindings_iOS___DotnetTargetPlatformVersion);Laerdal_Bindings_iOS___Xcode_Ide_Dev_Path=$(Laerdal_Bindings_iOS___Xcode_Ide_Dev_Path);Laerdal_Bindings_iOS___Sdk_Version=$(Laerdal_Bindings_iOS___Sdk_Version);SourceRoot=$(Laerdal_RootDirectory_Folderpath)/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.iOS/;" Targets="Restore;Rebuild"/>
+                 Properties="$(_Laerdal_Build_Parameters);Laerdal_Bindings_iOS___DotnetTargetPlatformVersion=$(Laerdal_Bindings_iOS___DotnetTargetPlatformVersion);Laerdal_Bindings_iOS___Xcode_Ide_Dev_Path=$(Laerdal_Bindings_iOS___Xcode_Ide_Dev_Path);Laerdal_Bindings_iOS___Sdk_Version=$(Laerdal_Bindings_iOS___Sdk_Version);SourceRoot=$(Laerdal_RootDirectory_Folderpath)/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.iOS/;" Targets="Restore;Rebuild"/>
 
         <!-- its absolute vital to call this targets first explicitly and separately from the main build otherwise the   -->
         <!-- resulting nugets will be poisoned and will not work in maui apps at all due to missing native symbols       -->
         <MSBuild Projects="$(Laerdal_McuMgrBindings_ProjectFile_MacCatalyst)" Targets="EnsureFrameworkFolderIsCreated" Condition=" '$(Should_Skip_MacCatalyst)' != 'true' "/>
         <MSBuild Targets="Restore;Rebuild" Condition=" '$(Should_Skip_MacCatalyst)' != 'true' "
                  Projects="$(Laerdal_McuMgrBindings_ProjectFile_MacCatalyst)"                 
-                 Properties="$(_Laerdal_Build_Parameters);TargetPlatformVersion=$(Laerdal_Bindings_MacCatalyst___DotnetTargetPlatformVersion);Laerdal_Bindings_MacCatalyst___Xcode_Ide_Dev_Path=$(Laerdal_Bindings_MacCatalyst___Xcode_Ide_Dev_Path);Laerdal_Bindings_MacCatalyst___Sdk_Version=$(Laerdal_Bindings_MacCatalyst___Sdk_Version);SourceRoot=$(Laerdal_RootDirectory_Folderpath)/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.MacCatalyst/;" />
+                 Properties="$(_Laerdal_Build_Parameters);Laerdal_Bindings_MacCatalyst___DotnetTargetPlatformVersion=$(Laerdal_Bindings_MacCatalyst___DotnetTargetPlatformVersion);Laerdal_Bindings_MacCatalyst___Xcode_Ide_Dev_Path=$(Laerdal_Bindings_MacCatalyst___Xcode_Ide_Dev_Path);Laerdal_Bindings_MacCatalyst___Sdk_Version=$(Laerdal_Bindings_MacCatalyst___Sdk_Version);SourceRoot=$(Laerdal_RootDirectory_Folderpath)/Laerdal.McuMgr.Bindings.MacCatalyst/;" />
 
         <!-- notice that we are actually rebuilding mcumgr   merely building the project doesnt really cut it -->
         <MSBuild Projects="$(Laerdal_McuMgr_ProjectFile)"