diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index f94b00d78b..da37719ca8 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
     <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>2.0.0-*</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
     <TestSdkVersion>15.0.0</TestSdkVersion>
     <XunitVersion>2.2.0</XunitVersion>
-    <WindowsAzureStorageVersion>7.2.1</WindowsAzureStorageVersion>
+    <WindowsAzureStorageVersion>8.1.1</WindowsAzureStorageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.AzureStorage/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.AzureStorage.csproj b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.AzureStorage/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.AzureStorage.csproj
index e017d060cc..1aa0031625 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.AzureStorage/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.AzureStorage.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.AzureStorage/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.AzureStorage.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
     <PackageTags>aspnetcore;dataprotection;azure;blob</PackageTags>
-    <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard1.5' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);portable-net45+win8+wp8+wpa81</PackageTargetFallback>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>