diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 7457a1d5bb..ca548b6b0a 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ init:
 - ps: if (Test-Path env:nuget_address) {[System.IO.File]::AppendAllText("C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts", "`n$($env:nuget_address)`tapi.nuget.org")}
 install:
   - if not exist gtk-sharp-2.12.26.msi appveyor DownloadFile http://download.xamarin.com/GTKforWindows/Windows/gtk-sharp-2.12.26.msi
-  - if not exist dotnet-1.0.1.exe appveyor DownloadFile https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=843448 -FileName "dotnet-1.0.1.exe"
+  - if not exist dotnet-2.0.0.exe appveyor DownloadFile https://download.microsoft.com/download/0/F/D/0FD852A4-7EA1-4E2A-983A-0484AC19B92C/dotnet-sdk-2.0.0-win-x64.exe -FileName "dotnet-2.0.0.exe"
   - ps: Start-Process -FilePath "msiexec" -ArgumentList "/i gtk-sharp-2.12.26.msi /quiet /qn /norestart" -Wait
-  - ps: Start-Process -FilePath "dotnet-1.0.1.exe" -ArgumentList "/quiet" -Wait
+  - ps: Start-Process -FilePath "dotnet-2.0.0.exe" -ArgumentList "/quiet" -Wait
   - cmd: set PATH=%programfiles(x86)%\GtkSharp\2.12\bin\;%PATH%
 before_build:
 - git submodule update --init
diff --git a/build.cake b/build.cake
index 4e18f23780..b7b349b12b 100644
--- a/build.cake
+++ b/build.cake
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ void RunCoreTest(string project, Parameters parameters, bool coreOnly = false)
         project = System.IO.Path.Combine(project, System.IO.Path.GetFileName(project)+".csproj");
     Information("Running tests from " + project);
     DotNetCoreRestore(project);
-    var frameworks = new List<string>(){"netcoreapp1.1"};
+    var frameworks = new List<string>(){"netcoreapp2.0"};
     if(parameters.IsRunningOnWindows)
         frameworks.Add("net461");
     foreach(var fw in frameworks)
diff --git a/packages.cake b/packages.cake
index 22a519802f..4d33a90908 100644
--- a/packages.cake
+++ b/packages.cake
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class Packages
         }
     }
         
-    //new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "System.Threading.ThreadPool", TargetFramework = "netcoreapp1.0", Version = "4.3.0" },
+    //new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "System.Threading.ThreadPool", TargetFramework = "netcoreapp2.0", Version = "4.3.0" },
     public Packages(ICakeContext context, Parameters parameters)
     {
         // NUGET NUSPECS
@@ -186,12 +186,12 @@ public class Packages
         };
 
         var coreLibrariesFiles = coreLibraries.Select((lib) => {
-            return (FilePath)context.File(lib[0] + lib[1] + "/bin/" + parameters.DirSuffix + "/netstandard1.3/" + lib[1] + lib[2]);
+            return (FilePath)context.File(lib[0] + lib[1] + "/bin/" + parameters.DirSuffix + "/netstandard2.0/" + lib[1] + lib[2]);
         }).ToList();
 
         var coreLibrariesNuSpecContent = coreLibrariesFiles.Select((file) => {
             return new NuSpecContent { 
-                Source = file.FullPath, Target = "lib/netstandard1.3" 
+                Source = file.FullPath, Target = "lib/netstandard2.0" 
             };
         });
 
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ public class Packages
 
         var netcoreappCoreLibrariesNuSpecContent = coreLibrariesFiles.Select((file) => {
             return new NuSpecContent { 
-                Source = file.FullPath, Target = "lib/netcoreapp1.0" 
+                Source = file.FullPath, Target = "lib/netcoreapp2.0" 
             };
         });
 
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ public class Packages
         var netCoreRuntimePlatformExtensions = new [] {".xml", ".dll"};
         var netCoreRuntimePlatform = netCoreRuntimePlatformExtensions.Select(libSuffix => {
             return new NuSpecContent {
-                Source = ((FilePath)context.File("./src/Avalonia.DotNetCoreRuntime/bin/" + parameters.DirSuffix + "/netcoreapp1.0/Avalonia.DotNetCoreRuntime" + libSuffix)).FullPath, 
-                Target = "lib/netcoreapp1.0" 
+                Source = ((FilePath)context.File("./src/Avalonia.DotNetCoreRuntime/bin/" + parameters.DirSuffix + "/netcoreapp2.0/Avalonia.DotNetCoreRuntime" + libSuffix)).FullPath, 
+                Target = "lib/netcoreapp2.0" 
             };
         });
 
@@ -238,15 +238,15 @@ public class Packages
                     new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Sprache", Version = SpracheVersion },
                     new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "System.Reactive", Version = SystemReactiveVersion },
                     //.NET Core
-                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "System.Threading.ThreadPool", TargetFramework = "netcoreapp1.0", Version = "4.3.0" },
-                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel", TargetFramework = "netcoreapp1.0", Version = "1.1.0" },
-                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "NETStandard.Library", TargetFramework = "netcoreapp1.0", Version = "1.6.0" },
-                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Splat", TargetFramework = "netcoreapp1.0", Version = SplatVersion },
-                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Serilog", TargetFramework = "netcoreapp1.0", Version = SerilogVersion },
-                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Sprache", TargetFramework = "netcoreapp1.0", Version = SpracheVersion },
-                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "System.Reactive", TargetFramework = "netcoreapp1.0", Version = SystemReactiveVersion },
+                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "System.Threading.ThreadPool", TargetFramework = "netcoreapp2.0", Version = "4.3.0" },
+                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel", TargetFramework = "netcoreapp2.0", Version = "1.1.0" },
+                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "NETStandard.Library", TargetFramework = "netcoreapp2.0", Version = "1.6.0" },
+                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Splat", TargetFramework = "netcoreapp2.0", Version = SplatVersion },
+                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Serilog", TargetFramework = "netcoreapp2.0", Version = SerilogVersion },
+                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Sprache", TargetFramework = "netcoreapp2.0", Version = SpracheVersion },
+                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "System.Reactive", TargetFramework = "netcoreapp2.0", Version = SystemReactiveVersion },
                 }
-                .Deps(new string[]{null, "netcoreapp1.0"},
+                .Deps(new string[]{null, "netcoreapp2.0"},
                     "System.ValueTuple", "System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter", "System.ComponentModel.Primitives",
                     "System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives", "System.Xml.XmlDocument", "System.Xml.ReaderWriter")
                 .ToArray(),
@@ -269,9 +269,9 @@ public class Packages
                 },
                 Files = new []
                 {
-                    new NuSpecContent { Source = "Avalonia.HtmlRenderer.dll", Target = "lib/netstandard1.3" }
+                    new NuSpecContent { Source = "Avalonia.HtmlRenderer.dll", Target = "lib/netstandard2.0" }
                 },
-                BasePath = context.Directory("./src/Avalonia.HtmlRenderer/bin/" + parameters.DirSuffix + "/netstandard1.3"),
+                BasePath = context.Directory("./src/Avalonia.HtmlRenderer/bin/" + parameters.DirSuffix + "/netstandard2.0"),
                 OutputDirectory = parameters.NugetRoot
             }
         };
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ public class Packages
                 Files = new []
                 {
                     new NuSpecContent { Source = "Avalonia.Win32/bin/" + parameters.DirSuffix + "/Avalonia.Win32.dll", Target = "lib/net45" },
-                    new NuSpecContent { Source = "Avalonia.Win32.NetStandard/bin/" + parameters.DirSuffix + "/netstandard1.3/Avalonia.Win32.dll", Target = "lib/netstandard1.3" }
+                    new NuSpecContent { Source = "Avalonia.Win32.NetStandard/bin/" + parameters.DirSuffix + "/netstandard2.0/Avalonia.Win32.dll", Target = "lib/netstandard2.0" }
                 },
                 BasePath = context.Directory("./src/Windows"),
                 OutputDirectory = parameters.NugetRoot
@@ -352,9 +352,9 @@ public class Packages
                 },
                 Files = new []
                 {
-                    new NuSpecContent { Source = "Avalonia.Direct2D1.dll", Target = "lib/netstandard1.3" }
+                    new NuSpecContent { Source = "Avalonia.Direct2D1.dll", Target = "lib/netstandard2.0" }
                 },
-                BasePath = context.Directory("./src/Windows/Avalonia.Direct2D1/bin/" + parameters.DirSuffix + "/netstandard1.3"),
+                BasePath = context.Directory("./src/Windows/Avalonia.Direct2D1/bin/" + parameters.DirSuffix + "/netstandard2.0"),
                 OutputDirectory = parameters.NugetRoot
             },
             ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -386,9 +386,9 @@ public class Packages
                 },
                 Files = new []
                 {
-                    new NuSpecContent { Source = "Avalonia.Gtk3.dll", Target = "lib/netstandard1.3" }
+                    new NuSpecContent { Source = "Avalonia.Gtk3.dll", Target = "lib/netstandard2.0" }
                 },
-                BasePath = context.Directory("./src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/bin/" + parameters.DirSuffix + "/netstandard1.3"),
+                BasePath = context.Directory("./src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/bin/" + parameters.DirSuffix + "/netstandard2.0"),
                 OutputDirectory = parameters.NugetRoot
             },
             ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -418,18 +418,18 @@ public class Packages
                 {
                     new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Avalonia", Version = parameters.Version },
                     new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "SkiaSharp", Version = SkiaSharpVersion },
-                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Avalonia", Version = parameters.Version, TargetFramework="netcoreapp1.1" },
-                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "SkiaSharp", Version = SkiaSharpVersion, TargetFramework="netcoreapp1.1" },
-                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Avalonia.Skia.Linux.Natives", Version = SkiaSharpLinuxVersion, TargetFramework="netcoreapp1.1" },
+                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Avalonia", Version = parameters.Version, TargetFramework="netcoreapp2.0" },
+                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "SkiaSharp", Version = SkiaSharpVersion, TargetFramework="netcoreapp2.0" },
+                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Avalonia.Skia.Linux.Natives", Version = SkiaSharpLinuxVersion, TargetFramework="netcoreapp2.0" },
                     new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Avalonia", Version = parameters.Version, TargetFramework="net461" },
                     new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "SkiaSharp", Version = SkiaSharpVersion, TargetFramework="net461" },
                     new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Avalonia.Skia.Linux.Natives", Version = SkiaSharpLinuxVersion, TargetFramework="net461" }
                 },
                 Files = new []
                 {
-                    new NuSpecContent { Source = "Avalonia.Skia.dll", Target = "lib/netstandard1.3" }
+                    new NuSpecContent { Source = "Avalonia.Skia.dll", Target = "lib/netstandard2.0" }
                 },
-                BasePath = context.Directory("./src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/bin/" + parameters.DirSuffix + "/netstandard1.3"),
+                BasePath = context.Directory("./src/Skia/Avalonia.Skia/bin/" + parameters.DirSuffix + "/netstandard2.0"),
                 OutputDirectory = parameters.NugetRoot
             },
             ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -448,9 +448,9 @@ public class Packages
                     new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Avalonia.Skia", TargetFramework="net45", Version = parameters.Version },
                     new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Avalonia.Gtk3", TargetFramework="net45", Version = parameters.Version },
                     //.NET Core
-                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Avalonia.Win32", TargetFramework="netcoreapp1.0", Version = parameters.Version },
-                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Avalonia.Skia", TargetFramework="netcoreapp1.0", Version = parameters.Version },
-                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Avalonia.Gtk3", TargetFramework="netcoreapp1.0", Version = parameters.Version }
+                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Avalonia.Win32", TargetFramework="netcoreapp2.0", Version = parameters.Version },
+                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Avalonia.Skia", TargetFramework="netcoreapp2.0", Version = parameters.Version },
+                    new NuSpecDependency() { Id = "Avalonia.Gtk3", TargetFramework="netcoreapp2.0", Version = parameters.Version }
                 },
                 Files = new NuSpecContent[]
                 {
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ public class Packages
                 },
                 Files = new []
                 {
-                    new NuSpecContent { Source = "Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/bin/" + parameters.DirSuffix + "/netstandard1.3/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer.dll", Target = "lib/netstandard1.3" }
+                    new NuSpecContent { Source = "Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/bin/" + parameters.DirSuffix + "/netstandard2.0/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer.dll", Target = "lib/netstandard2.0" }
                 },
                 BasePath = context.Directory("./src/Linux/"),
                 OutputDirectory = parameters.NugetRoot
diff --git a/samples/ControlCatalog.NetCore/ControlCatalog.NetCore.csproj b/samples/ControlCatalog.NetCore/ControlCatalog.NetCore.csproj
index e0e848b91b..b308c59789 100644
--- a/samples/ControlCatalog.NetCore/ControlCatalog.NetCore.csproj
+++ b/samples/ControlCatalog.NetCore/ControlCatalog.NetCore.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/samples/ControlCatalog/ControlCatalog.csproj b/samples/ControlCatalog/ControlCatalog.csproj
index a75de098e8..99ddce0757 100644
--- a/samples/ControlCatalog/ControlCatalog.csproj
+++ b/samples/ControlCatalog/ControlCatalog.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard1.3</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <EnableDefaultCompileItems>False</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Animation/Avalonia.Animation.csproj b/src/Avalonia.Animation/Avalonia.Animation.csproj
index 8f832dabcf..bafac2b261 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Animation/Avalonia.Animation.csproj
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Animation/Avalonia.Animation.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard1.3</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Base/Avalonia.Base.csproj b/src/Avalonia.Base/Avalonia.Base.csproj
index 6906aed42b..58c510f483 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Base/Avalonia.Base.csproj
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Base/Avalonia.Base.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard1.3</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
     <RootNamespace>Avalonia</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Avalonia.Controls.csproj b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Avalonia.Controls.csproj
index 037546b186..d999e3b74e 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Avalonia.Controls.csproj
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Avalonia.Controls.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard1.3</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.DesignerSupport/Avalonia.DesignerSupport.csproj b/src/Avalonia.DesignerSupport/Avalonia.DesignerSupport.csproj
index a68e8760f2..63cb8132a9 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.DesignerSupport/Avalonia.DesignerSupport.csproj
+++ b/src/Avalonia.DesignerSupport/Avalonia.DesignerSupport.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard1.3</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Diagnostics/Avalonia.Diagnostics.csproj b/src/Avalonia.Diagnostics/Avalonia.Diagnostics.csproj
index be3f397283..5cb56e0be1 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Diagnostics/Avalonia.Diagnostics.csproj
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Diagnostics/Avalonia.Diagnostics.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard1.3</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.DotNetCoreRuntime/Avalonia.DotNetCoreRuntime.csproj b/src/Avalonia.DotNetCoreRuntime/Avalonia.DotNetCoreRuntime.csproj
index 36443ce6f3..5c72d433ce 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.DotNetCoreRuntime/Avalonia.DotNetCoreRuntime.csproj
+++ b/src/Avalonia.DotNetCoreRuntime/Avalonia.DotNetCoreRuntime.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.HtmlRenderer/Avalonia.HtmlRenderer.csproj b/src/Avalonia.HtmlRenderer/Avalonia.HtmlRenderer.csproj
index f715217e42..0cbe318c9b 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.HtmlRenderer/Avalonia.HtmlRenderer.csproj
+++ b/src/Avalonia.HtmlRenderer/Avalonia.HtmlRenderer.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard1.3</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <EnableDefaultCompileItems>False</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
     <EnableDefaultItems>False</EnableDefaultItems>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Input/Avalonia.Input.csproj b/src/Avalonia.Input/Avalonia.Input.csproj
index b5482ebce1..901f7b5675 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Input/Avalonia.Input.csproj
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Input/Avalonia.Input.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard1.3</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Interactivity/Avalonia.Interactivity.csproj b/src/Avalonia.Interactivity/Avalonia.Interactivity.csproj
index 9d22de86b3..d683c77468 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Interactivity/Avalonia.Interactivity.csproj
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Interactivity/Avalonia.Interactivity.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard1.3</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Layout/Avalonia.Layout.csproj b/src/Avalonia.Layout/Avalonia.Layout.csproj
index d0260391d8..810a985e36 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Layout/Avalonia.Layout.csproj
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Layout/Avalonia.Layout.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard1.3</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Logging.Serilog/Avalonia.Logging.Serilog.csproj b/src/Avalonia.Logging.Serilog/Avalonia.Logging.Serilog.csproj
index 9ac40cba07..b9fa2f208b 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Logging.Serilog/Avalonia.Logging.Serilog.csproj
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Logging.Serilog/Avalonia.Logging.Serilog.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard1.3</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.ReactiveUI/Avalonia.ReactiveUI.csproj b/src/Avalonia.ReactiveUI/Avalonia.ReactiveUI.csproj
index 22d815d786..835e2295e3 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.ReactiveUI/Avalonia.ReactiveUI.csproj
+++ b/src/Avalonia.ReactiveUI/Avalonia.ReactiveUI.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard1.3</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <EnableDefaultCompileItems>False</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Styling/Avalonia.Styling.csproj b/src/Avalonia.Styling/Avalonia.Styling.csproj
index 6bf37b522b..965b6d87e6 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Styling/Avalonia.Styling.csproj
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Styling/Avalonia.Styling.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard1.3</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Themes.Default/Avalonia.Themes.Default.csproj b/src/Avalonia.Themes.Default/Avalonia.Themes.Default.csproj
index 4e980680d9..b4b200834b 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Themes.Default/Avalonia.Themes.Default.csproj
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Themes.Default/Avalonia.Themes.Default.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard1.3</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Avalonia.Visuals.csproj b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Avalonia.Visuals.csproj
index 127760d8ac..fe18b0e446 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Avalonia.Visuals.csproj
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Avalonia.Visuals.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard1.3</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
     <RootNamespace>Avalonia</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/Avalonia.Gtk3.csproj b/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/Avalonia.Gtk3.csproj
index 0f4b8c2e1b..b58a83b3d2 100644
--- a/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/Avalonia.Gtk3.csproj
+++ b/src/Gtk/Avalonia.Gtk3/Avalonia.Gtk3.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netstandard1.3</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <EnableDefaultCompileItems>False</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer.csproj b/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer.csproj
index 82da3ec090..c38cb0f114 100644
--- a/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer.csproj
+++ b/src/Linux/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer/Avalonia.LinuxFramebuffer.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>netstandard1.3</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
         <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     </PropertyGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.csproj b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.csproj
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