diff --git a/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.Client/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.Client.csproj b/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.Client/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.Client.csproj
index 4c70886aaa..fa83d6c25e 100644
--- a/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.Client/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.Client.csproj
+++ b/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.Client/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.Client.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\..\common.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <RootNamespace>MyCompanyName.MyProjectName</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/templates/module/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.Client/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.Client.csproj b/templates/module/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.Client/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.Client.csproj
index 1466849524..4fb9f73c33 100644
--- a/templates/module/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.Client/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.Client.csproj
+++ b/templates/module/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.Client/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.Client.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <Import Project="..\..\common.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <RootNamespace>MyCompanyName.MyProjectName</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>