diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependenciesCommandFactory.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependenciesCommandFactory.cs
index 9ad6087f1..a3f5976f5 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependenciesCommandFactory.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependenciesCommandFactory.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities;
 using NuGet.Frameworks;
 using Xunit;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities;
 
 namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
 {
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
                 .Should().Pass();
 
             var factory = new ProjectDependenciesCommandFactory(
-                FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks.NetCoreApp20,
+                NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp21,
                 configuration,
                 null,
                 null,
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependencyCommandResolver.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependencyCommandResolver.cs
index 74e4ec4e1..a7b6c402e 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependencyCommandResolver.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependencyCommandResolver.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ using Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities;
 using NuGet.Frameworks;
 using Xunit;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities;
 
 namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
 {
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
                 CommandName = "dotnet-portable",
                 Configuration = "Debug",
                 ProjectDirectory = MSBuildTestProjectInstance.Root.FullName,
-                Framework = FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks.NetCoreApp20
+                Framework = NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp21
             };
 
             var result = projectDependenciesCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
                 CommandName = "dotnet-portable",
                 Configuration = "Debug",
                 ProjectDirectory = MSBuildTestProjectInstance.Root.FullName,
-                Framework = FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks.NetCoreApp20
+                Framework = NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp21
             };
 
             var result = projectDependenciesCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
                 CommandName = "nonexistent-command",
                 CommandArguments = null,
                 ProjectDirectory = MSBuildTestProjectInstance.Root.FullName,
-                Framework = FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks.NetCoreApp20
+                Framework = NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp21
             };
 
             var result = projectDependenciesCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
                 CommandName = "dotnet-portable",
                 Configuration = "Debug",
                 ProjectDirectory = testInstance.Root.FullName,
-                Framework = FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks.NetCoreApp20,
+                Framework = NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp21,
                 OutputPath = outputDir.FullName
             };
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectToolsCommandResolver.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectToolsCommandResolver.cs
index 7c0c745fb..aa25f2bd8 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectToolsCommandResolver.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectToolsCommandResolver.cs
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ using NuGet.Frameworks;
 using NuGet.ProjectModel;
 using NuGet.Versioning;
 using Xunit;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities;
 
 namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests
 {
     public class GivenAProjectToolsCommandResolver : TestBase
     {
         private static readonly NuGetFramework s_toolPackageFramework =
-            FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks.NetCoreApp20;
+            NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp21;
 
         private const string TestProjectName = "AppWithToolDependency";
 
@@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests
 
             result.Should().NotBeNull();
 
-            result.Args.Should().Contain("--fx-version 2.0.0");
+            result.Args.Should().Contain("--fx-version 2.1.0");
         }
 
         [Fact]
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/NuGetFrameworks.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/NuGetFrameworks.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c82d78051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/NuGetFrameworks.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+using NuGet.Frameworks;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities
+{
+    //  This class is for frameworks that aren't yet in NuGet's FrameworkConstants.CommonFrameworks class
+    public static class NuGetFrameworks
+    {
+        public static readonly NuGetFramework NetCoreApp21
+                = new NuGetFramework(FrameworkConstants.FrameworkIdentifiers.NetCoreApp, new Version(2, 1, 0, 0));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/dotnet-new.Tests/GivenThatIWantANewApp.cs b/test/dotnet-new.Tests/GivenThatIWantANewApp.cs
index a468bd7b8..abe5a7dc6 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-new.Tests/GivenThatIWantANewApp.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-new.Tests/GivenThatIWantANewApp.cs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.New.Tests
                 var sharedFxDir = dotnetDir
                     .GetDirectory("shared", "Microsoft.NETCore.App")
                     .EnumerateDirectories()
-                    .Single(d => d.Name.StartsWith("2.0.0"));
+                    .Single(d => d.Name.StartsWith("2.1.0"));
 
                 if (packageName == "microsoft.netcore.app")
                 {
diff --git a/test/dotnet.Tests/PackagedCommandTests.cs b/test/dotnet.Tests/PackagedCommandTests.cs
index 66f2eb1bf..6e36eb87f 100644
--- a/test/dotnet.Tests/PackagedCommandTests.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet.Tests/PackagedCommandTests.cs
@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests
                 .CreateInstance()
                 .WithSourceFiles()
                 .WithRestoreFiles();
-            
-            const string framework = ".NETCoreApp,Version=v2.0";
+
+            string framework = Tools.Tests.Utilities.NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp21.DotNetFrameworkName;
 
             new BuildCommand()
                 .WithProjectDirectory(testInstance.Root)