diff --git a/build.fsx b/build.fsx
index be20939b79b..345ad304d69 100644
--- a/build.fsx
+++ b/build.fsx
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ Target "RunTestsNetCore" (fun _ ->
     let runSingleProject project =
         let arguments =
             match (hasTeamCity) with
-            | true -> (sprintf "--no-build --logger:\"console;verbosity=normal\" --framework netcoreapp1.1 --results-directory %s -- -parallel none -teamcity" (outputTests))
-            | false -> (sprintf "--no-build --logger:\"console;verbosity=normal\" --framework netcoreapp1.1 --results-directory %s -- -parallel none" (outputTests))
+            | true -> (sprintf "--no-build --logger:\"console;verbosity=normal\" --framework netcoreapp2.1 --results-directory %s -- -parallel none -teamcity" (outputTests))
+            | false -> (sprintf "--no-build --logger:\"console;verbosity=normal\" --framework netcoreapp2.1 --results-directory %s -- -parallel none" (outputTests))
 
         DotNetCli.Test
             (fun t -> 
diff --git a/src/common.props b/src/common.props
index 50f75efa409..1ae01337ef2 100644
--- a/src/common.props
+++ b/src/common.props
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <XunitVersion>2.3.1</XunitVersion>
     <TestSdkVersion>15.9.0</TestSdkVersion>
     <HyperionVersion>0.9.8</HyperionVersion>
-    <NetCoreTestVersion>netcoreapp1.1</NetCoreTestVersion>
+    <NetCoreTestVersion>netcoreapp2.1</NetCoreTestVersion>
     <NetFrameworkTestVersion>net461</NetFrameworkTestVersion>
     <NetStandardLibVersion>netstandard1.6</NetStandardLibVersion>
     <NetFrameworkLibVersion>net45</NetFrameworkLibVersion>
diff --git a/src/global.json b/src/global.json
index 4d61027af6f..21e27cedebb 100644
--- a/src/global.json
+++ b/src/global.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "sdk": {
-    "version": "2.0.0"
+    "version": "2.1.500"
   }
 }
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