diff --git a/build/repo.props b/build/repo.props
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b123ee35e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/repo.props
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<Project>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <DotNetCoreRuntime Include="2.0.0" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/samples/dotnet-watch/LaunchAnyCommand/LaunchAnyCommand.csproj b/samples/dotnet-watch/LaunchAnyCommand/LaunchAnyCommand.csproj
index 80e25acb9c..1a5ab09de4 100644
--- a/samples/dotnet-watch/LaunchAnyCommand/LaunchAnyCommand.csproj
+++ b/samples/dotnet-watch/LaunchAnyCommand/LaunchAnyCommand.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/samples/dotnet-watch/WatchJavascriptFiles/WatchJavascriptFiles.csproj b/samples/dotnet-watch/WatchJavascriptFiles/WatchJavascriptFiles.csproj
index 4ff79540da..3b2818d532 100755
--- a/samples/dotnet-watch/WatchJavascriptFiles/WatchJavascriptFiles.csproj
+++ b/samples/dotnet-watch/WatchJavascriptFiles/WatchJavascriptFiles.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/samples/dotnet-watch/WatchMultipleProjects/Test/Test.csproj b/samples/dotnet-watch/WatchMultipleProjects/Test/Test.csproj
index 7c8da8f68a..694a96f3f9 100755
--- a/samples/dotnet-watch/WatchMultipleProjects/Test/Test.csproj
+++ b/samples/dotnet-watch/WatchMultipleProjects/Test/Test.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/samples/dotnet-watch/WatchMultipleProjects/Web/Web.csproj b/samples/dotnet-watch/WatchMultipleProjects/Web/Web.csproj
index 4b6806ff93..0bc2f3e71b 100755
--- a/samples/dotnet-watch/WatchMultipleProjects/Web/Web.csproj
+++ b/samples/dotnet-watch/WatchMultipleProjects/Web/Web.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/samples/dotnet-watch/WatchMultipleProjects/watch.proj b/samples/dotnet-watch/WatchMultipleProjects/watch.proj
index fd05a8a4e9..c66bcda4c7 100644
--- a/samples/dotnet-watch/WatchMultipleProjects/watch.proj
+++ b/samples/dotnet-watch/WatchMultipleProjects/watch.proj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/AppWithDeps/AppWithDeps.csproj b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/AppWithDeps/AppWithDeps.csproj
index eced22cfbb..3a4f75ddc6 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/AppWithDeps/AppWithDeps.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/AppWithDeps/AppWithDeps.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/GlobbingApp/GlobbingApp.csproj b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/GlobbingApp/GlobbingApp.csproj
index fa5c47e125..d18211405e 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/GlobbingApp/GlobbingApp.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/GlobbingApp/GlobbingApp.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>exe</OutputType>
     <EnableDefaultCompileItems>false</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
     <Compile Include="Program.cs;include\*.cs" Exclude="exclude\*" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/NoDepsApp/NoDepsApp.csproj b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/NoDepsApp/NoDepsApp.csproj
index 80621241e8..161a1c9290 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/NoDepsApp/NoDepsApp.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.FunctionalTests/TestProjects/NoDepsApp/NoDepsApp.csproj
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools.Tests/UserSecretsTestFixture.cs b/test/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools.Tests/UserSecretsTestFixture.cs
index acc027e840..36a9e524ae 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools.Tests/UserSecretsTestFixture.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools.Tests/UserSecretsTestFixture.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets.Tests
         private const string ProjectTemplate = @"<Project ToolsVersion=""15.0"" Sdk=""Microsoft.NET.Sdk"">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     {0}
     <EnableDefaultCompileItems>false</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -94,4 +94,4 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets.Tests
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}