diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4cdde9..d4826d6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -151,3 +151,4 @@ See [testing overview here](./Testing.md).
 ![GitHub repo size](https://img.shields.io/github/repo-size/sre-prg/azmitool)
 ![GitHub language count](https://img.shields.io/github/languages/count/sre-prg/azmitool)
 ![GitHub top language](https://img.shields.io/github/languages/top/sre-prg/azmitool)
+
diff --git a/src/azmi-commandline/azmi-commandline.csproj b/src/azmi-commandline/azmi-commandline.csproj
index 2b9be85..fbf83c7 100644
--- a/src/azmi-commandline/azmi-commandline.csproj
+++ b/src/azmi-commandline/azmi-commandline.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
     <RootNamespace>azmi_commandline</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>azmi</AssemblyName>
     <ApplicationIcon />
diff --git a/src/azmi-main/azmi-main.csproj b/src/azmi-main/azmi-main.csproj
index d326d2d..551ed2b 100644
--- a/src/azmi-main/azmi-main.csproj
+++ b/src/azmi-main/azmi-main.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
     <RootNamespace>azmi_main</RootNamespace>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <Version>0.5.0</Version>
diff --git a/test/azmi-commandline-tests/azmi-commandline-tests.csproj b/test/azmi-commandline-tests/azmi-commandline-tests.csproj
index a45d92a..8037e99 100644
--- a/test/azmi-commandline-tests/azmi-commandline-tests.csproj
+++ b/test/azmi-commandline-tests/azmi-commandline-tests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
     <RootNamespace>azmi_commandline_tests</RootNamespace>
 
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
diff --git a/test/azmi-main-tests/azmi-main-tests.csproj b/test/azmi-main-tests/azmi-main-tests.csproj
index 48816ee..31c20dc 100644
--- a/test/azmi-main-tests/azmi-main-tests.csproj
+++ b/test/azmi-main-tests/azmi-main-tests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
     <RootNamespace>azmi_tests</RootNamespace>
 
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
diff --git a/test/integration/integration-pipeline.sh b/test/integration/integration-pipeline.sh
index fddfe81..2d3a638 100755
--- a/test/integration/integration-pipeline.sh
+++ b/test/integration/integration-pipeline.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 dotnet publish ./src/azmi-commandline/azmi-commandline.csproj --configuration Release --self-contained true /p:PublishSingleFile=true --runtime linux-x64
 
-exePath=$(cd ./src/azmi-commandline/bin/Release/netcoreapp3.1/linux-x64/publish || exit; pwd)
+exePath=$(cd ./src/azmi-commandline/bin/Release/net5.0/linux-x64/publish || exit; pwd)
 export PATH="$exePath:$PATH"
 export DOTNET_BUNDLE_EXTRACT_BASE_DIR="$HOME/cache_dotnet_bundle_extract"
 
diff --git a/test/performance/1-basic-tests.sh b/test/performance/1-basic-tests.sh
index 1fc9737..7f2806d 100755
--- a/test/performance/1-basic-tests.sh
+++ b/test/performance/1-basic-tests.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ echo 'azmi - build executable'
 # dotnet build src/azmi-commandline/azmi-commandline.csproj
 dotnet publish ./src/azmi-commandline/azmi-commandline.csproj --configuration Release --self-contained true /p:PublishSingleFile=true --runtime linux-x64
 
-exePath=$(cd ./src/azmi-commandline/bin/Release/netcoreapp3.1/linux-x64/publish || exit; pwd)
+exePath=$(cd ./src/azmi-commandline/bin/Release/net5.0/linux-x64/publish || exit; pwd)
 export PATH="$exePath:$PATH"
 export DOTNET_BUNDLE_EXTRACT_BASE_DIR="$HOME/cache_dotnet_bundle_extract"
 
diff --git a/test/performance/2-single-blob-tests.sh b/test/performance/2-single-blob-tests.sh
index e73d99c..dc4a958 100755
--- a/test/performance/2-single-blob-tests.sh
+++ b/test/performance/2-single-blob-tests.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ echo 'azmi - build executable'
 # dotnet build src/azmi-commandline/azmi-commandline.csproj
 dotnet publish ./src/azmi-commandline/azmi-commandline.csproj --configuration Release --self-contained true /p:PublishSingleFile=true --runtime linux-x64
 
-exePath=$(cd ./src/azmi-commandline/bin/Release/netcoreapp3.1/linux-x64/publish || exit; pwd)
+exePath=$(cd ./src/azmi-commandline/bin/Release/net5.0/linux-x64/publish || exit; pwd)
 export PATH="$exePath:$PATH"
 export DOTNET_BUNDLE_EXTRACT_BASE_DIR="$HOME/cache_dotnet_bundle_extract"
 
diff --git a/test/performance/3-multiple-blobs-tests.sh b/test/performance/3-multiple-blobs-tests.sh
index 9ddf743..05852bd 100755
--- a/test/performance/3-multiple-blobs-tests.sh
+++ b/test/performance/3-multiple-blobs-tests.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ echo 'azmi - build executable'
 # dotnet build src/azmi-commandline/azmi-commandline.csproj
 dotnet publish ./src/azmi-commandline/azmi-commandline.csproj --configuration Release --self-contained true /p:PublishSingleFile=true --runtime linux-x64
 
-exePath=$(cd ./src/azmi-commandline/bin/Release/netcoreapp3.1/linux-x64/publish || exit; pwd)
+exePath=$(cd ./src/azmi-commandline/bin/Release/net5.0/linux-x64/publish || exit; pwd)
 export PATH="$exePath:$PATH"
 export DOTNET_BUNDLE_EXTRACT_BASE_DIR="$HOME/cache_dotnet_bundle_extract"