diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f75db00..67f6978 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
     }
   ],
   "require": {
-    "illuminate/view": "^5.5|^6",
-    "illuminate/support": "^5.5|^6",
-    "illuminate/console": "^5.5|^6",
-    "illuminate/contracts": "^5.5|^6",
-    "illuminate/http": "^5.5|^6",
-    "illuminate/database": "^5.5|^6",
-    "illuminate/pagination": "^5.5|^6"
+    "illuminate/view": "^5.5|^6|^8",
+    "illuminate/support": "^5.5|^6|^8",
+    "illuminate/console": "^5.5|^6|^8",
+    "illuminate/contracts": "^5.5|^6|^8",
+    "illuminate/http": "^5.5|^6|^8",
+    "illuminate/database": "^5.5|^6|^8",
+    "illuminate/pagination": "^5.5|^6|^8"
   },
   "suggest": {
     "maatwebsite/excel": "For exporting grid data as excel (~3.0)",
diff --git a/src/Buttons/GenericButton.php b/src/Buttons/GenericButton.php
index 79deb8c..c88659c 100644
--- a/src/Buttons/GenericButton.php
+++ b/src/Buttons/GenericButton.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 namespace Leantony\Grid\Buttons;
 
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Htmlable;
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 
 class GenericButton implements Htmlable
@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@ public function render(...$args)
 
         // collapse the array of args into a single 1d array, so that the values passed can be
         // accessed as key value pair
-        $args = array_collapse($args);
+        $args = Arr::collapse($args);
 
         return view($this->getButtonView(), $this->compactData($args))->render();
     }
diff --git a/src/Buttons/RendersButtons.php b/src/Buttons/RendersButtons.php
index 7eab976..341f2ec 100644
--- a/src/Buttons/RendersButtons.php
+++ b/src/Buttons/RendersButtons.php
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 namespace Leantony\Grid\Buttons;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 
 trait RendersButtons
@@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ public function hasButtons(string $section = 'toolbar')
             return false;
         }
         // no buttons on section
-        return count(array_get($this->buttons, $section, [])) === 0 ? false : true;
+        return count(Arr::get($this->buttons, $section, [])) === 0 ? false : true;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -303,7 +305,7 @@ protected function makeCustomButton(array $properties, $position = null): Generi
      */
     protected function makeButtonKey(string $name)
     {
-        return str_slug($name);
+        return Str::slug($name);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Commands/GenerateGrid.php b/src/Commands/GenerateGrid.php
index 3a0ca0f..23b66c7 100644
--- a/src/Commands/GenerateGrid.php
+++ b/src/Commands/GenerateGrid.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem;
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Leantony\Grid\HasGridConfigurations;
 
@@ -104,10 +105,10 @@ public function handle()
             die(-1);
         }
 
-        list($model, $rows) = $this->generateRows($suppliedModel);
+        [$model, $rows] = $this->generateRows($suppliedModel);
 
         // binding
-        list($namespace, $replaced, $filename) = $this->dumpBinding($model);
+        [$namespace, $replaced, $filename] = $this->dumpBinding($model);
 
         // class
         $this->dumpClass($model, $rows, $stub);
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ protected function dumpBinding($model): array
     {
         $stub = __DIR__ . '/../Stubs/GridInterface.txt';
 
-        list($namespace, $interfaceName, $replaced) = $this->makeReplacementsForBinding($model,
+        [$namespace, $interfaceName, $replaced] = $this->makeReplacementsForBinding($model,
             $this->generateDynamicNamespace(), $stub);
 
         $this->binding = $interfaceName;
@@ -396,7 +397,7 @@ protected function makeDirectory($path)
      */
     protected function dumpClass($model, $rows, $stub)
     {
-        list($namespace, $tableName, $replaced) = $this->makeReplacements($model, $rows, $stub);
+        [$namespace, $tableName, $replaced] = $this->makeReplacements($model, $rows, $stub);
 
         $filename = $this->makeFileName($tableName . 'Grid');
 
@@ -466,7 +467,7 @@ protected function replaceRows($rows, $stub)
      */
     protected function replaceOtherContent(array $replacements, &$stub)
     {
-        $replaced = str_replace(array_values(array_except($this->searches, 'rows')), [
+        $replaced = str_replace(array_values(Arr::except($this->searches, 'rows')), [
             $replacements['namespace'],
             $replacements['modelName'],
             $replacements['tableName'],
diff --git a/src/Events/UserActionRequested.php b/src/Events/UserActionRequested.php
index fd96829..ff9c50b 100644
--- a/src/Events/UserActionRequested.php
+++ b/src/Events/UserActionRequested.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 namespace Leantony\Grid\Events;
 
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Leantony\Grid\Grid;
 use Leantony\Grid\GridInterface;
 
@@ -51,6 +52,6 @@ public function __construct(GridInterface $grid, Request $request, $builder, $va
         $this->request = $request;
         $this->builder = $builder;
         $this->validTableColumns = $validTableColumns;
-        $this->args = array_collapse($args);
+        $this->args = Arr::collapse($args);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Filters/GenericFilter.php b/src/Filters/GenericFilter.php
index 770bda3..25428fe 100644
--- a/src/Filters/GenericFilter.php
+++ b/src/Filters/GenericFilter.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 namespace Leantony\Grid\Filters;
 
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Htmlable;
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 
@@ -159,11 +160,11 @@ public function render()
                 // all filters apart from dropdowns are rendered as text elements.
                 // css classes or js libraries can be used to change this
                 return view('leantony::grid.filters.text', $this->compactData(
-                    array_collapse(func_get_args())
+                    Arr::collapse(func_get_args())
                 ))->render();
             case 'select':
                 return view('leantony::grid.filters.dropdown', $this->compactData(
-                    array_collapse(func_get_args())
+                    Arr::collapse(func_get_args())
                 ))->render();
             default:
                 throw new \Exception("Unknown filter type.");