diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index d538bdc02845e..ed295475ac009 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ name: drone desktop client
 
 steps:
 - name: cmake
-  image: ghcr.io/nextcloud/continuous-integration-client-qt6:client-6.7.3-1
+  image: ghcr.io/nextcloud/continuous-integration-client-qt6:client-6.8.0-1
   volumes:
     - name: build
       path: /drone/build
   commands:
     - cd /drone/build
-    - cmake /drone/src -G Ninja -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/opt/qt6.7.3 -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc-11 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-11 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DQT_MAJOR_VERSION=6 -DQUICK_COMPILER=ON -DBUILD_UPDATER=ON -DBUILD_TESTING=1 -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-Werror -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/lib64 -DADD_E2E_TESTS=ON
+    - cmake /drone/src -G Ninja -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/opt/qt6.8.0 -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc-11 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-11 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DQT_MAJOR_VERSION=6 -DQUICK_COMPILER=ON -DBUILD_UPDATER=ON -DBUILD_TESTING=1 -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-Werror -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/lib64 -DADD_E2E_TESTS=ON
 
 - name: compile
-  image: ghcr.io/nextcloud/continuous-integration-client-qt6:client-6.7.3-1
+  image: ghcr.io/nextcloud/continuous-integration-client-qt6:client-6.8.0-1
   volumes:
     - name: build
       path: /drone/build
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ steps:
     - ninja
 
 - name: test
-  image: ghcr.io/nextcloud/continuous-integration-client-qt6:client-6.7.3-1
+  image: ghcr.io/nextcloud/continuous-integration-client-qt6:client-6.8.0-1
   volumes:
     - name: build
       path: /drone/build
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ services:
     image: ghcr.io/nextcloud/continuous-integration-shallow-server:latest # also change in updateScreenshots.sh
     environment:
       EVAL: true
-      SERVER_VERSION: 'stable28'
+      SERVER_VERSION: 'stable30'
     commands:
       - BRANCH="$SERVER_VERSION" /usr/local/bin/initnc.sh
       - echo 127.0.0.1 server >> /etc/hosts
@@ -79,15 +79,15 @@ name: qt-5.15-clang
 
 steps:
 - name: cmake
-  image: ghcr.io/nextcloud/continuous-integration-client-qt6:client-6.7.3-1
+  image: ghcr.io/nextcloud/continuous-integration-client-qt6:client-6.8.0-1
   volumes:
     - name: build
       path: /drone/build
   commands:
     - cd /drone/build
-    - cmake /drone/src -G Ninja -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/opt/qt6.7.3 -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-14 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++-14 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DQT_MAJOR_VERSION=6 -DQUICK_COMPILER=ON -DBUILD_UPDATER=ON -DBUILD_TESTING=1 -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-Werror -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/lib64 -DADD_E2E_TESTS=ON
+    - cmake /drone/src -G Ninja -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/opt/qt6.8.0 -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-14 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++-14 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DQT_MAJOR_VERSION=6 -DQUICK_COMPILER=ON -DBUILD_UPDATER=ON -DBUILD_TESTING=1 -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-Werror -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/lib64 -DADD_E2E_TESTS=ON
 - name: compile
-  image: ghcr.io/nextcloud/continuous-integration-client-qt6:client-6.7.3-1
+  image: ghcr.io/nextcloud/continuous-integration-client-qt6:client-6.8.0-1
   volumes:
     - name: build
       path: /drone/build
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ steps:
     - cd /drone/build
     - ninja
 - name: test
-  image: ghcr.io/nextcloud/continuous-integration-client-qt6:client-6.7.3-1
+  image: ghcr.io/nextcloud/continuous-integration-client-qt6:client-6.8.0-1
   volumes:
     - name: build
       path: /drone/build
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ services:
     image: ghcr.io/nextcloud/continuous-integration-shallow-server:latest # also change in updateScreenshots.sh
     environment:
       EVAL: true
-      SERVER_VERSION: 'stable28'
+      SERVER_VERSION: 'stable30'
     commands:
       - BRANCH="$SERVER_VERSION" /usr/local/bin/initnc.sh
       - echo 127.0.0.1 server >> /etc/hosts
@@ -152,14 +152,14 @@ name: AppImage
 
 steps:
 - name: build
-  image: ghcr.io/nextcloud/continuous-integration-client-appimage-qt6:client-appimage-6.7.3-1
+  image: ghcr.io/nextcloud/continuous-integration-client-appimage-qt6:client-appimage-6.8.0-1
   environment:
     CI_UPLOAD_GIT_TOKEN:
       from_secret: CI_UPLOAD_GIT_TOKEN
     CI_UPLOAD_GIT_USERNAME:
       from_secret: CI_UPLOAD_GIT_USERNAME
   commands:
-    - BUILDNR=$DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER VERSION_SUFFIX=$DRONE_PULL_REQUEST BUILD_UPDATER=ON DESKTOP_CLIENT_ROOT=$DRONE_WORKSPACE EXECUTABLE_NAME=nextcloud QT_BASE_DIR=/opt/qt6.7.3 OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/lib64  /bin/bash -c "./admin/linux/build-appimage.sh"
+    - BUILDNR=$DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER VERSION_SUFFIX=$DRONE_PULL_REQUEST BUILD_UPDATER=ON DESKTOP_CLIENT_ROOT=$DRONE_WORKSPACE EXECUTABLE_NAME=nextcloud QT_BASE_DIR=/opt/qt6.8.0 OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/lib64  /bin/bash -c "./admin/linux/build-appimage.sh"
     - BUILDNR=$DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER VERSION_SUFFIX=$DRONE_PULL_REQUEST DESKTOP_CLIENT_ROOT=$DRONE_WORKSPACE /bin/bash -c "./admin/linux/upload-appimage.sh" || echo "Upload failed, however this is an optional step."
 trigger:
   branch:
@@ -190,6 +190,6 @@ trigger:
     - push
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: 94f252484ad174569755f01f37a1776a74085e73b39e36defd4c9e5e13b48456
+hmac: a3e21446a001d2aadffa4b4f7c1fcc798817d2af582209095cd5bbb6829d55fc
 
 ...
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c1d91f800855..54fdf0a3be059 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ set(BIN_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin")
 include(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/NEXTCLOUD.cmake)
 
 set(QT_VERSION_MAJOR "6")
-set(REQUIRED_QT_VERSION "6.7.0")
+set(REQUIRED_QT_VERSION "6.8.0")
 
 # CfAPI Shell Extensions
 set( CFAPI_SHELL_EXTENSIONS_LIB_NAME CfApiShellExtensions )
diff --git a/src/gui/main.cpp b/src/gui/main.cpp
index b603a8a7c0b14..91ab3b08d11a5 100644
--- a/src/gui/main.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/main.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #if defined Q_OS_MAC
     style = QStringLiteral("macOS");
 #elif defined Q_OS_WIN
-    style = QStringLiteral("Fusion");
+    style = QStringLiteral("FluentWinUI3");
 #endif
 
     QQuickStyle::setStyle(style);
diff --git a/src/gui/tray/MainWindow.qml b/src/gui/tray/MainWindow.qml
index 482f65ea88b39..69c99003f211f 100644
--- a/src/gui/tray/MainWindow.qml
+++ b/src/gui/tray/MainWindow.qml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
             radius: Systray.useNormalWindow ? 0.0 : Style.trayWindowRadius
             border.width: Style.trayWindowBorderWidth
             border.color: palette.dark
-            color: palette.base
+            color: Style.colorWithoutTransparency(palette.base)
         }
 
         property int userIndex: 0
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
             radius: Systray.useNormalWindow ? 0.0 : Style.trayWindowRadius
             border.width: Style.trayWindowBorderWidth
             border.color: palette.dark
-            color: palette.base
+            color: Style.colorWithoutTransparency(palette.base)
         }
 
         property var folderAccountState: ({})
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
         clip: true
 
         radius: Systray.useNormalWindow ? 0.0 : Style.trayWindowRadius
-        color: palette.base
+        color: Style.colorWithoutTransparency(palette.base)
 
         Accessible.role: Accessible.Grouping
         Accessible.name: qsTr("Nextcloud desktop main dialog")
diff --git a/theme/Style/Style.qml b/theme/Style/Style.qml
index 014fa5a07690f..03c7bf932fcd7 100644
--- a/theme/Style/Style.qml
+++ b/theme/Style/Style.qml
@@ -200,4 +200,9 @@ QtObject {
     function variableSize(size) {
         return size * (1 + Math.min(pixelSize / 100, 1));
     }
+
+    // some platforms (e.g. Windows 11) have a transparency set on palette colours, this function removes that
+    function colorWithoutTransparency(color) {
+        return Qt.rgba(color.r, color.g, color.b, 1)
+    }
 }