diff --git a/Directory.Build.targets b/Directory.Build.targets
index e83ff95e39..894b1d0cf8 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RuntimeFrameworkVersion Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.0' ">$(MicrosoftNETCoreApp20PackageVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1' ">$(MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion)</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index 2f11580ad0..11c97146ef 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project>
+<Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <MSBuildAllProjects>$(MSBuildAllProjects);$(MSBuildThisFileFullPath)</MSBuildAllProjects>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     <MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingTestingPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-27498</MicrosoftExtensionsLoggingTestingPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftExtensionsOptionsPackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-27498</MicrosoftExtensionsOptionsPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftNETCoreApp20PackageVersion>2.0.0</MicrosoftNETCoreApp20PackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion>2.1.0-preview1-25907-02</MicrosoftNETCoreApp21PackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftNETTestSdkPackageVersion>15.3.0</MicrosoftNETTestSdkPackageVersion>
     <XunitPackageVersion>2.3.0</XunitPackageVersion>
     <XunitRunnerVisualStudioPackageVersion>2.3.0</XunitRunnerVisualStudioPackageVersion>