diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f2337a55..b528d9166 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ PerfView is developed in Visual Studio 2019 using features through C# 6.
 
 You will want to deploy the 'Release' rather than the 'Debug' version of PerfView.  Thus, first set your build configuration
 to 'Release' (Text window in the top toolbar, or right click on the .SLN file -> Configuration Manager -> Active Solution Configuration).
-Next build (Build -> Build Solution (Ctrl-Shift-B)).   The result will be that in the src\perfView\bin\net45\Release directory there will be
+Next build (Build -> Build Solution (Ctrl-Shift-B)).   The result will be that in the src\perfView\bin\net462\Release directory there will be
 among other things a PerfView.exe.   This one file is all you need to deploy.   Simply copy it to where you wish to deploy the app.  
 
 ### Information for build troubleshooting.  
diff --git a/src/CSVReader/CSVReader.csproj b/src/CSVReader/CSVReader.csproj
index 09a1341da..9d0b30118 100644
--- a/src/CSVReader/CSVReader.csproj
+++ b/src/CSVReader/CSVReader.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net45</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net462</TargetFramework>
 
     <Description>CSVReader</Description>
     <Company>Microsoft</Company>
diff --git a/src/EtwClrProfilerSigning/EtwClrProfilerSigning.csproj b/src/EtwClrProfilerSigning/EtwClrProfilerSigning.csproj
index 0fca9f298..65e16bf4e 100644
--- a/src/EtwClrProfilerSigning/EtwClrProfilerSigning.csproj
+++ b/src/EtwClrProfilerSigning/EtwClrProfilerSigning.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>library</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net45</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net462</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
    
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/EtwHeapDump/EtwHeapDump.csproj b/src/EtwHeapDump/EtwHeapDump.csproj
index 6dbea1880..fec6042a4 100644
--- a/src/EtwHeapDump/EtwHeapDump.csproj
+++ b/src/EtwHeapDump/EtwHeapDump.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net45</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.Diagnostics.EtwHeapDump</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Microsoft.Diagnostics.EtwHeapDump</AssemblyName>
     <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
diff --git a/src/FastSerialization/FastSerialization.csproj b/src/FastSerialization/FastSerialization.csproj
index e4d4628b9..32ad0655f 100644
--- a/src/FastSerialization/FastSerialization.csproj
+++ b/src/FastSerialization/FastSerialization.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net45;netstandard1.3</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462;netstandard1.3</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.Diagnostics.FastSerialization</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Microsoft.Diagnostics.FastSerialization</AssemblyName>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
diff --git a/src/HeapDump/HeapDump.csproj b/src/HeapDump/HeapDump.csproj
index 06afde407..f8e80cb08 100644
--- a/src/HeapDump/HeapDump.csproj
+++ b/src/HeapDump/HeapDump.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net45</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462</TargetFrameworks>
     <Platforms>AnyCPU;x64</Platforms>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
diff --git a/src/HeapDumpDLL/HeapDumpDLL.csproj b/src/HeapDumpDLL/HeapDumpDLL.csproj
index 0e2bd3f11..34fd00372 100644
--- a/src/HeapDumpDLL/HeapDumpDLL.csproj
+++ b/src/HeapDumpDLL/HeapDumpDLL.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net45</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.Diagnostics.HeapDump</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Microsoft.Diagnostics.HeapDump</AssemblyName>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
diff --git a/src/LinuxEvent.Tests/LinuxTracing.Tests.csproj b/src/LinuxEvent.Tests/LinuxTracing.Tests.csproj
index dece5757e..cd77d11df 100644
--- a/src/LinuxEvent.Tests/LinuxTracing.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/LinuxEvent.Tests/LinuxTracing.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net46</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462</TargetFrameworks>
     <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
     <Description>Unit tests.</Description>
     <Copyright>Copyright © Microsoft 2016</Copyright>
diff --git a/src/MemoryGraph/MemoryGraph.csproj b/src/MemoryGraph/MemoryGraph.csproj
index 0b73484d3..153dd14b3 100644
--- a/src/MemoryGraph/MemoryGraph.csproj
+++ b/src/MemoryGraph/MemoryGraph.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net45;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.Diagnostics.MemoryGraph</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Microsoft.Diagnostics.MemoryGraph</AssemblyName>
     <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
diff --git a/src/PerfView.TestUtilities/PerfView.TestUtilities.csproj b/src/PerfView.TestUtilities/PerfView.TestUtilities.csproj
index e671bafa7..2d006b850 100644
--- a/src/PerfView.TestUtilities/PerfView.TestUtilities.csproj
+++ b/src/PerfView.TestUtilities/PerfView.TestUtilities.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net46</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net462</TargetFramework>
     <Description>Unit test utility library.</Description>
     <Copyright>Copyright © Microsoft 2017</Copyright>
 
diff --git a/src/PerfView.Tests/PerfView.Tests.csproj b/src/PerfView.Tests/PerfView.Tests.csproj
index 7d432d180..e0825255b 100644
--- a/src/PerfView.Tests/PerfView.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/PerfView.Tests/PerfView.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net46</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>PerfViewTests</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>PerfViewTests</AssemblyName>
     <Description>Unit tests for PerfView.</Description>
diff --git a/src/PerfView/PerfView.csproj b/src/PerfView/PerfView.csproj
index 5359bb138..ac1ba0ba7 100644
--- a/src/PerfView/PerfView.csproj
+++ b/src/PerfView/PerfView.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="MSBuild.Sdk.Extras">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net45</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net462</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>True</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <StartupObject>PerfView.App</StartupObject>
@@ -241,14 +241,14 @@
       <Link>amd64\vcruntime140_1.dll</Link>
       <Visible>False</Visible>
     </EmbeddedResource>
-    <EmbeddedResource Include="..\HeapDump\bin\x64\$(Configuration)\net45\HeapDump.exe">
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="..\HeapDump\bin\x64\$(Configuration)\net462\HeapDump.exe">
       <Type>Non-Resx</Type>
       <WithCulture>false</WithCulture>
       <LogicalName>.\amd64\HeapDump.exe</LogicalName>
       <Link>amd64\HeapDump.exe</Link>
       <Visible>False</Visible>
     </EmbeddedResource>
-    <EmbeddedResource Include="..\HeapDump\bin\x64\$(Configuration)\net45\HeapDump.exe.config">
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="..\HeapDump\bin\x64\$(Configuration)\net462\HeapDump.exe.config">
       <Type>Non-Resx</Type>
       <WithCulture>false</WithCulture>
       <LogicalName>.\amd64\HeapDump.exe.config</LogicalName>
@@ -263,14 +263,14 @@
       <Visible>False</Visible>
     </EmbeddedResource>
     <!-- For Forcing GC and per-object allocation stats -->
-    <EmbeddedResource Include="..\EtwClrProfilerSigning\bin\$(Configuration)\net45\x86\EtwClrProfiler.dll">
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="..\EtwClrProfilerSigning\bin\$(Configuration)\net462\x86\EtwClrProfiler.dll">
       <Type>Non-Resx</Type>
       <WithCulture>false</WithCulture>
       <LogicalName>.\x86\EtwClrProfiler.dll</LogicalName>
       <Link>x86\EtwClrProfiler.dll</Link>
       <Visible>False</Visible>
     </EmbeddedResource>
-    <EmbeddedResource Include="..\EtwClrProfilerSigning\bin\$(Configuration)\net45\amd64\EtwClrProfiler.dll">
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="..\EtwClrProfilerSigning\bin\$(Configuration)\net462\amd64\EtwClrProfiler.dll">
       <Type>Non-Resx</Type>
       <WithCulture>false</WithCulture>
       <LogicalName>.\amd64\EtwClrProfiler.dll</LogicalName>
diff --git a/src/PerfViewCollect/PerfViewCollect.csproj b/src/PerfViewCollect/PerfViewCollect.csproj
index f5ba86892..a27516d8f 100644
--- a/src/PerfViewCollect/PerfViewCollect.csproj
+++ b/src/PerfViewCollect/PerfViewCollect.csproj
@@ -76,14 +76,14 @@
 <!-- TODO: These are needed for Heap dump and fine grained .NET allocation and call profiling but 
      I have pruned these out for now so we can at least get ETW working.   Bring them back eventually.
 
-    <EmbeddedResource Include="..\HeapDump\bin\x64\$(Configuration)\net45\HeapDump.exe">
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="..\HeapDump\bin\x64\$(Configuration)\net462\HeapDump.exe">
       <Type>Non-Resx</Type>
       <WithCulture>false</WithCulture>
       <LogicalName>.\amd64\HeapDump.exe</LogicalName>
       <Link>amd64\HeapDump.exe</Link>
       <Visible>False</Visible>
     </EmbeddedResource>
-    <EmbeddedResource Include="..\HeapDump\bin\x64\$(Configuration)\net45\HeapDump.exe.config">
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="..\HeapDump\bin\x64\$(Configuration)\net462\HeapDump.exe.config">
       <Type>Non-Resx</Type>
       <WithCulture>false</WithCulture>
       <LogicalName>.\amd64\HeapDump.exe.config</LogicalName>
diff --git a/src/PerfViewExtensions/GlobalSrc/Global.csproj b/src/PerfViewExtensions/GlobalSrc/Global.csproj
index 791d40aca..e7549ad64 100644
--- a/src/PerfViewExtensions/GlobalSrc/Global.csproj
+++ b/src/PerfViewExtensions/GlobalSrc/Global.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net45</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net462</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/TraceEvent/BPerf/BPerfEventSource.cs b/src/TraceEvent/BPerf/BPerfEventSource.cs
index 259a77eea..b0f475dbf 100644
--- a/src/TraceEvent/BPerf/BPerfEventSource.cs
+++ b/src/TraceEvent/BPerf/BPerfEventSource.cs
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ private unsafe void ParseBPerfManagedSymbol(TraceEventNativeMethods.EVENT_RECORD
             {
                 long length = fs.Length;
 
-#if NET45
+#if NET462
                 using (var mmapedFile = MemoryMappedFile.CreateFromFile(fs, null, length, MemoryMappedFileAccess.Read, null, HandleInheritability.None, true))
 #else
                 using (var mmapedFile = MemoryMappedFile.CreateFromFile(fs, null, length, MemoryMappedFileAccess.Read, HandleInheritability.None, true))
diff --git a/src/TraceEvent/Compatibility.cs b/src/TraceEvent/Compatibility.cs
index d4f704c22..5b75452d5 100644
--- a/src/TraceEvent/Compatibility.cs
+++ b/src/TraceEvent/Compatibility.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public static IntPtr GetHandle(this Process process)
 #endif
         }
 
-#if NET45
+#if NET462
         public static StringDictionary GetEnvironment(this ProcessStartInfo startInfo) => startInfo.EnvironmentVariables;
 #else
         public static IDictionary<string, string> GetEnvironment(this ProcessStartInfo startInfo) => startInfo.Environment;
diff --git a/src/TraceEvent/Ctf/CtfTracing.Tests/CtfTracing.Tests.csproj b/src/TraceEvent/Ctf/CtfTracing.Tests/CtfTracing.Tests.csproj
index 38bd84d44..07baf654e 100644
--- a/src/TraceEvent/Ctf/CtfTracing.Tests/CtfTracing.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/TraceEvent/Ctf/CtfTracing.Tests/CtfTracing.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net46</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>Tests</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Tests</AssemblyName>
     <Description>Unit tests.</Description>
diff --git a/src/TraceEvent/Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent.nuspec b/src/TraceEvent/Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent.nuspec
index 452537f6a..31d2d7033 100644
--- a/src/TraceEvent/Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent.nuspec
+++ b/src/TraceEvent/Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent.nuspec
@@ -100,18 +100,18 @@
     <!-- NET 4.5 Framework -->
 
     <!-- Built libraries -->
-    <file src="$OutDir$net45\Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent.dll" target="lib\net45" />
-    <file src="$OutDir$net45\Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent.xml" target="lib\net45" />
-    <file src="$OutDir$net45\Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent.pdb" target="lib\net45" />
+    <file src="$OutDir$net462\Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent.dll" target="lib\net462" />
+    <file src="$OutDir$net462\Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent.xml" target="lib\net462" />
+    <file src="$OutDir$net462\Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent.pdb" target="lib\net462" />
 
-    <file src="$OutDir$net45\Microsoft.Diagnostics.FastSerialization.dll" target="lib\net45" />
-    <file src="$OutDir$net45\Microsoft.Diagnostics.FastSerialization.xml" target="lib\net45" />
-    <file src="$OutDir$net45\Microsoft.Diagnostics.FastSerialization.pdb" target="lib\net45" />
+    <file src="$OutDir$net462\Microsoft.Diagnostics.FastSerialization.dll" target="lib\net462" />
+    <file src="$OutDir$net462\Microsoft.Diagnostics.FastSerialization.xml" target="lib\net462" />
+    <file src="$OutDir$net462\Microsoft.Diagnostics.FastSerialization.pdb" target="lib\net462" />
 
     <!-- Support Dlls -->
-    <file src="$OutDir$net45\Dia2Lib.dll" target="lib\net45" />
-    <file src="$OutDir$net45\TraceReloggerLib.dll" target="lib\net45" />
-    <file src="$OutDir$net45\OSExtensions.dll" target="lib\net45" />
+    <file src="$OutDir$net462\Dia2Lib.dll" target="lib\net462" />
+    <file src="$OutDir$net462\TraceReloggerLib.dll" target="lib\net462" />
+    <file src="$OutDir$net462\OSExtensions.dll" target="lib\net462" />
 
     <!-- Source code (All Frameworks *) -->
     <file exclude="obj\**\*.cs;bin\**\*.cs;TraceEvent.Tests\**\*.cs;Ctf\CtfTracing.Tests\**\*.cs" src="**\*.cs" target="src" />
diff --git a/src/TraceEvent/Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent.props b/src/TraceEvent/Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent.props
index c0cb9d1f4..0d28136df 100644
--- a/src/TraceEvent/Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent.props
+++ b/src/TraceEvent/Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent.props
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
       <Visible>False</Visible>
     </None>
-    <None Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework' AND Exists('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\lib\net45\OSExtensions.dll')" Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\lib\net45\OSExtensions.dll">
+    <None Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETFramework' AND Exists('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\lib\net462\OSExtensions.dll')" Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\lib\net462\OSExtensions.dll">
       <Link>OSExtensions.dll</Link>
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
       <Visible>False</Visible>
diff --git a/src/TraceEvent/Samples/TraceEventSamples.csproj b/src/TraceEvent/Samples/TraceEventSamples.csproj
index 4ca883e3c..4dfe57863 100644
--- a/src/TraceEvent/Samples/TraceEventSamples.csproj
+++ b/src/TraceEvent/Samples/TraceEventSamples.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net45</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462</TargetFrameworks>
 
     <Company>Microsoft</Company>
     <Product>TraceEvent Samples</Product>
diff --git a/src/TraceEvent/Samples/packages.config b/src/TraceEvent/Samples/packages.config
index 6f5ab38b0..b4012efab 100644
--- a/src/TraceEvent/Samples/packages.config
+++ b/src/TraceEvent/Samples/packages.config
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="Rx-Core" version="2.1.30214.0" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Rx-Interfaces" version="2.1.30214.0" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Rx-Linq" version="2.1.30214.0" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Rx-Main" version="2.1.30214.0" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="Rx-PlatformServices" version="2.1.30214.0" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="System.Reactive.Core" version="3.1.1" targetFramework="net45" requireReinstallation="true" />
-  <package id="System.Reactive.Interfaces" version="3.1.1" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="System.Reactive.Linq" version="3.1.1" targetFramework="net45" requireReinstallation="true" />
+  <package id="Rx-Core" version="2.1.30214.0" targetFramework="net462" />
+  <package id="Rx-Interfaces" version="2.1.30214.0" targetFramework="net462" />
+  <package id="Rx-Linq" version="2.1.30214.0" targetFramework="net462" />
+  <package id="Rx-Main" version="2.1.30214.0" targetFramework="net462" />
+  <package id="Rx-PlatformServices" version="2.1.30214.0" targetFramework="net462" />
+  <package id="System.Reactive.Core" version="3.1.1" targetFramework="net462" requireReinstallation="true" />
+  <package id="System.Reactive.Interfaces" version="3.1.1" targetFramework="net462" />
+  <package id="System.Reactive.Linq" version="3.1.1" targetFramework="net462" requireReinstallation="true" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/TraceEvent/Stacks/StackSourceWriterHelper.cs b/src/TraceEvent/Stacks/StackSourceWriterHelper.cs
index 7b943f963..560059207 100644
--- a/src/TraceEvent/Stacks/StackSourceWriterHelper.cs
+++ b/src/TraceEvent/Stacks/StackSourceWriterHelper.cs
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ internal static string GetEscaped(string name, Dictionary<string, string> escape
                     .GetType("System.Web.HttpUtility, System.Web, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")
                     .GetMethod("JavaScriptStringEncode", new Type[1] { typeof(string) })
                     .Invoke(null, new object[] { name });
-#elif NETSTANDARD2_0 || NET45
+#elif NETSTANDARD2_0 || NET462
                 escaped = escapedNames[name] = System.Web.HttpUtility.JavaScriptStringEncode(name);
 #endif
             }
diff --git a/src/TraceEvent/TraceEvent.Tests/TraceEvent.Tests.csproj b/src/TraceEvent/TraceEvent.Tests/TraceEvent.Tests.csproj
index 33d3bdbeb..62adb356b 100644
--- a/src/TraceEvent/TraceEvent.Tests/TraceEvent.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/TraceEvent/TraceEvent.Tests/TraceEvent.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net46</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>TraceEventTests</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>TraceEventTests</AssemblyName>
     <Description>Unit tests for TraceEvent.</Description>
diff --git a/src/TraceEvent/TraceEvent.csproj b/src/TraceEvent/TraceEvent.csproj
index 19be869fc..6260db04c 100644
--- a/src/TraceEvent/TraceEvent.csproj
+++ b/src/TraceEvent/TraceEvent.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk"> 
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net45;netstandard1.6;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462;netstandard1.6;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!--
-    Unconditional use of PackageReference would work if we targeted net46, but the reference APIs do not include
-    support for net45 targets. Work around the issue by using conditional references.
+    Unconditional use of PackageReference would work if we targeted net462, but the reference APIs do not include
+    support for net462 targets. Work around the issue by using conditional references.
   -->
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' OR '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard1.6'">
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="4.4.0" />
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Algorithms" Version="4.3.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.Portable.Compatibility" Version="1.0.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net45'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net462'">
     <Reference Include="System.IO.Compression" />
     <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
     <Reference Include="System.Web" />
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
     <!-- *********************************************************** -->
     <!-- Copying three managed binaries explicitly should not be needed because the 
          dependency logic should just do it for us, but for some reason ths only
-         works for the net45 target framework and not the netstandard1.6.  and netstanard2.0 
+         works for the net462 target framework and not the netstandard1.6.  and netstanard2.0 
          We work around it here by copying the files explicitly. 
 	 We don't have version for 2.0 so we use the 1.6 versions.  -->
 
diff --git a/src/TraceEventPackageSigning/TraceEventPackageSigning.csproj b/src/TraceEventPackageSigning/TraceEventPackageSigning.csproj
index 6494eba3d..d09e48289 100644
--- a/src/TraceEventPackageSigning/TraceEventPackageSigning.csproj
+++ b/src/TraceEventPackageSigning/TraceEventPackageSigning.csproj
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>library</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net45</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net462</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
    
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/TraceParserGen/TraceParserGen.csproj b/src/TraceParserGen/TraceParserGen.csproj
index 3a26efe68..6a356352b 100644
--- a/src/TraceParserGen/TraceParserGen.csproj
+++ b/src/TraceParserGen/TraceParserGen.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net40</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462</TargetFrameworks>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <AssemblyName>TraceParserGen</AssemblyName>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Utilities/Utilities.csproj b/src/Utilities/Utilities.csproj
index 5c62f7c82..80dd6b78a 100644
--- a/src/Utilities/Utilities.csproj
+++ b/src/Utilities/Utilities.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net45;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net462;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.Diagnostics.Utilities</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Microsoft.Diagnostics.Utilities</AssemblyName>
     <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>