diff --git a/benchmarks/Kestrel.Performance/Kestrel.Performance.csproj b/benchmarks/Kestrel.Performance/Kestrel.Performance.csproj
index 8be37d2c9c..2854b101ea 100644
--- a/benchmarks/Kestrel.Performance/Kestrel.Performance.csproj
+++ b/benchmarks/Kestrel.Performance/Kestrel.Performance.csproj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <!-- Using shorter assembly name instead of Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Performance because https://github.com/dotnet/BenchmarkDotNet/issues/498 -->
     <AssemblyName>Kestrel.Performance</AssemblyName>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Performance</RootNamespace>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <ServerGarbageCollection>true</ServerGarbageCollection>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>