diff --git a/benchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Microbenchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Microbenchmarks.csproj b/benchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Microbenchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Microbenchmarks.csproj
index cce90498ea..b9ad8ab3b8 100644
--- a/benchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Microbenchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Microbenchmarks.csproj
+++ b/benchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Microbenchmarks/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Microbenchmarks.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp2.1;net461</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp2.0;net461</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>