diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 4a8c44efd..f14cc0b04 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ tools\TestAssetsDependencies\TestAssetsDependencies.csproj
     <DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences>true</DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences>
     <DisableImplicitPackageTargetFallback>true</DisableImplicitPackageTargetFallback>
 
-    <CliTargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</CliTargetFramework>
+    <CliTargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</CliTargetFramework>
+    <!-- We only need this until we get a stage0 with a 2.2 SDK. -->
+    <NETCoreAppMaximumVersion>2.2</NETCoreAppMaximumVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <Import Project="build/InitRepo.props" />
diff --git a/TestAssets/DesktopTestProjects/AppWithProjTool2Fx/App.csproj b/TestAssets/DesktopTestProjects/AppWithProjTool2Fx/App.csproj
index 331a6e75f..b7c3c6720 100644
--- a/TestAssets/DesktopTestProjects/AppWithProjTool2Fx/App.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/DesktopTestProjects/AppWithProjTool2Fx/App.csproj
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), testAsset.props))\testAsset.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp2.1;net451</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp2.2;net451</TargetFrameworks>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <AssetTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1' ">$(AssetTargetFallback);portable-net45+win8;dnxcore50</AssetTargetFallback>
+    <AssetTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.2' ">$(AssetTargetFallback);portable-net45+win8;dnxcore50</AssetTargetFallback>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;osx.10.10-x64;osx.10.11-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;ubuntu.16.10-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7.2-x64;debian.8-x64;fedora.24-x64;opensuse.42.1-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <RestoreAdditionalProjectSources Condition="'$(TEST_PACKAGES)' != ''">$(TEST_PACKAGES)</RestoreAdditionalProjectSources>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/DesktopTestProjects/MultiTFMXunitProject/XUnitProject/XUnitProject.csproj b/TestAssets/DesktopTestProjects/MultiTFMXunitProject/XUnitProject/XUnitProject.csproj
index 70844e9e1..4063c62d2 100644
--- a/TestAssets/DesktopTestProjects/MultiTFMXunitProject/XUnitProject/XUnitProject.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/DesktopTestProjects/MultiTFMXunitProject/XUnitProject/XUnitProject.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), testAsset.props))\testAsset.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net461;netcoreapp2.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net461;netcoreapp2.2</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/DesktopTestProjects/NETFrameworkReferenceNETStandard20/MultiTFMTestApp/MultiTFMTestApp.csproj b/TestAssets/DesktopTestProjects/NETFrameworkReferenceNETStandard20/MultiTFMTestApp/MultiTFMTestApp.csproj
index 465f0e78a..42170c6bb 100644
--- a/TestAssets/DesktopTestProjects/NETFrameworkReferenceNETStandard20/MultiTFMTestApp/MultiTFMTestApp.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/DesktopTestProjects/NETFrameworkReferenceNETStandard20/MultiTFMTestApp/MultiTFMTestApp.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp2.1;net461</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp2.2;net461</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestPackages/ToolWithOutputName/ToolWithOutputName.csproj b/TestAssets/TestPackages/ToolWithOutputName/ToolWithOutputName.csproj
index c237cd483..9913cfd8a 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestPackages/ToolWithOutputName/ToolWithOutputName.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestPackages/ToolWithOutputName/ToolWithOutputName.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), testAsset.props))\testAsset.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-tool-with-output-name</AssemblyName>
     <PackageId>ToolWithOutputName</PackageId>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-dependency-context-test/dotnet-dependency-context-test.csproj b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-dependency-context-test/dotnet-dependency-context-test.csproj
index 5af4b20b4..fa8676db2 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-dependency-context-test/dotnet-dependency-context-test.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-dependency-context-test/dotnet-dependency-context-test.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VersionPrefix>1.0.0-rc</VersionPrefix>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker.csproj b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker.csproj
index f625dcbe6..71975ef6f 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker/dotnet-dependency-tool-invoker.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VersionPrefix>1.0.0-rc</VersionPrefix>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <VersionSuffix></VersionSuffix>
     <DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences>false</DisableImplicitFrameworkReferences>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-fallbackfoldertool/dotnet-fallbackfoldertool.csproj b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-fallbackfoldertool/dotnet-fallbackfoldertool.csproj
index 9e29a16a7..3112ce34f 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-fallbackfoldertool/dotnet-fallbackfoldertool.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-fallbackfoldertool/dotnet-fallbackfoldertool.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), testAsset.props))\testAsset.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-fallbackfoldertool</AssemblyName>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <VersionSuffix></VersionSuffix>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-hello/v1/dotnet-hello/dotnet-hello.csproj b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-hello/v1/dotnet-hello/dotnet-hello.csproj
index 4ff2b8d00..777a031cc 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-hello/v1/dotnet-hello/dotnet-hello.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-hello/v1/dotnet-hello/dotnet-hello.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <Version>1.0.0</Version>
     <!--Workaround for https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/4583-->
     <VersionSuffix></VersionSuffix>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-hello</AssemblyName>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;osx.10.10-x64;osx.10.11-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;ubuntu.16.10-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7.2-x64;debian.8-x64;fedora.24-x64;opensuse.42.1-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-hello/v2/dotnet-hello/dotnet-hello.csproj b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-hello/v2/dotnet-hello/dotnet-hello.csproj
index 7e4bc54d0..6c305470a 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-hello/v2/dotnet-hello/dotnet-hello.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-hello/v2/dotnet-hello/dotnet-hello.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <Version>2.0.0</Version>
     <!--Workaround for https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/4583-->
     <VersionSuffix></VersionSuffix>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <AssemblyName>dotnet-hello</AssemblyName>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;osx.10.10-x64;osx.10.11-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;ubuntu.16.10-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7.2-x64;debian.8-x64;fedora.24-x64;opensuse.42.1-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-portable/dotnet-portable.csproj b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-portable/dotnet-portable.csproj
index 70f8b0dde..1aef6a2d9 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-portable/dotnet-portable.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-portable/dotnet-portable.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), testAsset.props))\testAsset.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-prefercliruntime/dotnet-prefercliruntime.csproj b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-prefercliruntime/dotnet-prefercliruntime.csproj
index 5275ba5fc..8706fd623 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-prefercliruntime/dotnet-prefercliruntime.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-prefercliruntime/dotnet-prefercliruntime.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), testAsset.props))\testAsset.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <VersionSuffix></VersionSuffix>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithApplicationUrlInLaunchSettings/AppWithApplicationUrlInLaunchSettings.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithApplicationUrlInLaunchSettings/AppWithApplicationUrlInLaunchSettings.csproj
index be02066ff..576839f8e 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithApplicationUrlInLaunchSettings/AppWithApplicationUrlInLaunchSettings.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithApplicationUrlInLaunchSettings/AppWithApplicationUrlInLaunchSettings.csproj
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithCorruptedLaunchSettings/AppWithCorruptedLaunchSettings.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithCorruptedLaunchSettings/AppWithCorruptedLaunchSettings.csproj
index bde0adabe..d4e31136a 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithCorruptedLaunchSettings/AppWithCorruptedLaunchSettings.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithCorruptedLaunchSettings/AppWithCorruptedLaunchSettings.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;osx.10.12-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;ubuntu.16.10-x64;rhel.6-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7-x64;debian.8-x64;fedora.24-x64;opensuse.42.1-x64;linux-musl-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithDepOnToolWithOutputName/AppWithDepOnToolWithOutputName.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithDepOnToolWithOutputName/AppWithDepOnToolWithOutputName.csproj
index 4ea5be23c..3bbb28817 100755
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithDepOnToolWithOutputName/AppWithDepOnToolWithOutputName.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithDepOnToolWithOutputName/AppWithDepOnToolWithOutputName.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), testAsset.props))\testAsset.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RestoreAdditionalProjectSources Condition="'$(TEST_PACKAGES)' != ''">$(TEST_PACKAGES)</RestoreAdditionalProjectSources>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithDirectAndToolDep/AppWithDirectAndToolDep.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithDirectAndToolDep/AppWithDirectAndToolDep.csproj
index afcfb340e..99e82e3e5 100755
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithDirectAndToolDep/AppWithDirectAndToolDep.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithDirectAndToolDep/AppWithDirectAndToolDep.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), testAsset.props))\testAsset.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RestoreAdditionalProjectSources Condition="'$(TEST_PACKAGES)' != ''">$(TEST_PACKAGES)</RestoreAdditionalProjectSources>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithDirectDep/AppWithDirectDep.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithDirectDep/AppWithDirectDep.csproj
index 5b5c0f757..1818cdb1a 100755
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithDirectDep/AppWithDirectDep.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithDirectDep/AppWithDirectDep.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VersionPrefix>1.0.0</VersionPrefix>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFrameworks>
     <AssemblyName>AppWithDirectDep</AssemblyName>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>false</PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithDirectDepWithOutputName/AppWithDirectDepWithOutputName.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithDirectDepWithOutputName/AppWithDirectDepWithOutputName.csproj
index 4eef16036..216b6a543 100755
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithDirectDepWithOutputName/AppWithDirectDepWithOutputName.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithDirectDepWithOutputName/AppWithDirectDepWithOutputName.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), testAsset.props))\testAsset.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RestoreAdditionalProjectSources Condition="'$(TEST_PACKAGES)' != ''">$(TEST_PACKAGES)</RestoreAdditionalProjectSources>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithFallbackFolderToolDependency/AppWithFallbackFolderToolDependency.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithFallbackFolderToolDependency/AppWithFallbackFolderToolDependency.csproj
index 76195b1ca..5701923a5 100755
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithFallbackFolderToolDependency/AppWithFallbackFolderToolDependency.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithFallbackFolderToolDependency/AppWithFallbackFolderToolDependency.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), testAsset.props))\testAsset.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RestoreAdditionalProjectSources Condition="'$(TEST_PACKAGES)' != ''">$(TEST_PACKAGES)</RestoreAdditionalProjectSources>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithLaunchSettings/AppWithLaunchSettings.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithLaunchSettings/AppWithLaunchSettings.csproj
index bde0adabe..d4e31136a 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithLaunchSettings/AppWithLaunchSettings.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithLaunchSettings/AppWithLaunchSettings.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;osx.10.12-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;ubuntu.16.10-x64;rhel.6-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7-x64;debian.8-x64;fedora.24-x64;opensuse.42.1-x64;linux-musl-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithLaunchSettingsNoDefault/AppWithLaunchSettingsNoDefault.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithLaunchSettingsNoDefault/AppWithLaunchSettingsNoDefault.csproj
index bde0adabe..d4e31136a 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithLaunchSettingsNoDefault/AppWithLaunchSettingsNoDefault.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithLaunchSettingsNoDefault/AppWithLaunchSettingsNoDefault.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;osx.10.12-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;ubuntu.16.10-x64;rhel.6-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7-x64;debian.8-x64;fedora.24-x64;opensuse.42.1-x64;linux-musl-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithMultipleFxAndTools/MSBuildAppWithMultipleFrameworksAndTools.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithMultipleFxAndTools/MSBuildAppWithMultipleFrameworksAndTools.csproj
index 4aeb0de85..9986f54fc 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithMultipleFxAndTools/MSBuildAppWithMultipleFrameworksAndTools.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithMultipleFxAndTools/MSBuildAppWithMultipleFrameworksAndTools.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net451;netcoreapp2.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net451;netcoreapp2.2</TargetFrameworks>
     <RestoreAdditionalProjectSources Condition="'$(TEST_PACKAGES)' != ''">$(TEST_PACKAGES)</RestoreAdditionalProjectSources>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="dotnet-desktop-and-portable" Version="1.0.0-*" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1' ">
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.2' ">
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App" Version="$(MicrosoftNETCoreAppPackageVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithToolDependency/AppWithToolDependency.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithToolDependency/AppWithToolDependency.csproj
index a18ee9852..945c59f44 100755
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithToolDependency/AppWithToolDependency.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/AppWithToolDependency/AppWithToolDependency.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), testAsset.props))\testAsset.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RestoreAdditionalProjectSources Condition="'$(TEST_PACKAGES)' != ''">$(TEST_PACKAGES)</RestoreAdditionalProjectSources>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/DependencyContextFromTool/DependencyContextFromTool.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/DependencyContextFromTool/DependencyContextFromTool.csproj
index 2de1535e2..d2949d134 100755
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/DependencyContextFromTool/DependencyContextFromTool.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/DependencyContextFromTool/DependencyContextFromTool.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VersionPrefix>1.0.0</VersionPrefix>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFrameworks>
     <AssemblyName>DependencyContextFromTool</AssemblyName>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>false</PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/FSharpTestAppSimple/TestAppSimple.fsproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/FSharpTestAppSimple/TestAppSimple.fsproj
index 7c81fcb9c..bd7fe7deb 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/FSharpTestAppSimple/TestAppSimple.fsproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/FSharpTestAppSimple/TestAppSimple.fsproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), testAsset.props))\testAsset.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <!-- Issue: https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/1150 -->
     <DisableImplicitAssetTargetFallback>true</DisableImplicitAssetTargetFallback>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildAppWithMultipleFrameworks/MSBuildAppWithMultipleFrameworks.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildAppWithMultipleFrameworks/MSBuildAppWithMultipleFrameworks.csproj
index 4ef98259b..49785ea14 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildAppWithMultipleFrameworks/MSBuildAppWithMultipleFrameworks.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildAppWithMultipleFrameworks/MSBuildAppWithMultipleFrameworks.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net451;netcoreapp2.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net451;netcoreapp2.2</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildAppWithMultipleFrameworksAndTools/MSBuildAppWithMultipleFrameworksAndTools.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildAppWithMultipleFrameworksAndTools/MSBuildAppWithMultipleFrameworksAndTools.csproj
index 276e1c618..3cad5f8ab 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildAppWithMultipleFrameworksAndTools/MSBuildAppWithMultipleFrameworksAndTools.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildAppWithMultipleFrameworksAndTools/MSBuildAppWithMultipleFrameworksAndTools.csproj
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net451;netcoreapp2.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net451;netcoreapp2.2</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="dotnet-desktop-and-portable" Version="1.0.0-*" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1' ">
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.2' ">
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App" Version="$(MicrosoftNETCoreAppPackageVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/MSBuildTestApp.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/MSBuildTestApp.csproj
index de20e4481..89540778e 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/MSBuildTestApp.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/MSBuildTestApp.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;osx.10.12-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;ubuntu.16.10-x64;rhel.6-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7-x64;debian.8-x64;fedora.24-x64;opensuse.42.1-x64;linux-musl-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <RestoreAdditionalProjectSources Condition="'$(TEST_PACKAGES)' != ''">$(TEST_PACKAGES)</RestoreAdditionalProjectSources>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/MultiDependentProject/MultiDependentProject.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/MultiDependentProject/MultiDependentProject.csproj
index 9d52a2484..b70e9cd58 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/MultiDependentProject/MultiDependentProject.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/MultiDependentProject/MultiDependentProject.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/NewtonSoftDependentProject/NewtonSoftDependentProject.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/NewtonSoftDependentProject/NewtonSoftDependentProject.csproj
index cff7d9c45..c33c5b112 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/NewtonSoftDependentProject/NewtonSoftDependentProject.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/NewtonSoftDependentProject/NewtonSoftDependentProject.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/NuGetConfigDependentProject/NuGetConfigDependentProject.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/NuGetConfigDependentProject/NuGetConfigDependentProject.csproj
index 340e58180..ab48b8ed6 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/NuGetConfigDependentProject/NuGetConfigDependentProject.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/NuGetConfigDependentProject/NuGetConfigDependentProject.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/SlnFileWithNoProjectReferencesAndFSharpProject/FSharpProject/FSharpProject.fsproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/SlnFileWithNoProjectReferencesAndFSharpProject/FSharpProject/FSharpProject.fsproj
index 43b200bd5..77e0646a6 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/SlnFileWithNoProjectReferencesAndFSharpProject/FSharpProject/FSharpProject.fsproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/SlnFileWithNoProjectReferencesAndFSharpProject/FSharpProject/FSharpProject.fsproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppSimple/TestAppSimple.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppSimple/TestAppSimple.csproj
index 9c5f2a885..7f72f6294 100755
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppSimple/TestAppSimple.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppSimple/TestAppSimple.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), testAsset.props))\testAsset.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithEmptySln/App/App.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithEmptySln/App/App.csproj
index cefcb0402..683a2bf14 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithEmptySln/App/App.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithEmptySln/App/App.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithMultipleSlnFiles/App/App.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithMultipleSlnFiles/App/App.csproj
index d466f76c6..7eae8fc04 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithMultipleSlnFiles/App/App.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithMultipleSlnFiles/App/App.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithProjDepTool/TestAppWithProjDepTool.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithProjDepTool/TestAppWithProjDepTool.csproj
index b4e6c9844..71c0021d7 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithProjDepTool/TestAppWithProjDepTool.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithProjDepTool/TestAppWithProjDepTool.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <RestoreAdditionalProjectSources Condition="'$(TEST_PACKAGES)' != ''">$(TEST_PACKAGES)</RestoreAdditionalProjectSources>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCaseSensitiveSolutionFolders/src/App/App.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCaseSensitiveSolutionFolders/src/App/App.csproj
index 264eddb85..2c41925b8 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCaseSensitiveSolutionFolders/src/App/App.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCaseSensitiveSolutionFolders/src/App/App.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCsprojFiles/App/App.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCsprojFiles/App/App.csproj
index cefcb0402..683a2bf14 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCsprojFiles/App/App.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCsprojFiles/App/App.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCsprojInSubDir/App.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCsprojInSubDir/App.csproj
index d02e1c64b..7d85a48e1 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCsprojInSubDir/App.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCsprojInSubDir/App.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCsprojInSubDirToRemove/App.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCsprojInSubDirToRemove/App.csproj
index 653032148..73ff8c948 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCsprojInSubDirToRemove/App.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCsprojInSubDirToRemove/App.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCsprojProjectGuidFiles/App/App.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCsprojProjectGuidFiles/App/App.csproj
index cefcb0402..683a2bf14 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCsprojProjectGuidFiles/App/App.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCsprojProjectGuidFiles/App/App.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCsprojToRemove/App/App.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCsprojToRemove/App/App.csproj
index d466f76c6..7eae8fc04 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCsprojToRemove/App/App.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndCsprojToRemove/App/App.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndDuplicateProjectReferences/App/App.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndDuplicateProjectReferences/App/App.csproj
index cefcb0402..683a2bf14 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndDuplicateProjectReferences/App/App.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndDuplicateProjectReferences/App/App.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndExistingCsprojReferences/App/App.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndExistingCsprojReferences/App/App.csproj
index 867909f5d..ea3bd4c8a 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndExistingCsprojReferences/App/App.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndExistingCsprojReferences/App/App.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndExistingCsprojReferencesWithEscapedDirSep/App/App.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndExistingCsprojReferencesWithEscapedDirSep/App/App.csproj
index 867909f5d..ea3bd4c8a 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndExistingCsprojReferencesWithEscapedDirSep/App/App.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndExistingCsprojReferencesWithEscapedDirSep/App/App.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndLastCsprojInSubDirToRemove/App.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndLastCsprojInSubDirToRemove/App.csproj
index 653032148..73ff8c948 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndLastCsprojInSubDirToRemove/App.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndLastCsprojInSubDirToRemove/App.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndSolutionFolders/src/App/App.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndSolutionFolders/src/App/App.csproj
index 264eddb85..2c41925b8 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndSolutionFolders/src/App/App.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestAppWithSlnAndSolutionFolders/src/App/App.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestWebAppSimple/TestWebAppSimple.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestWebAppSimple/TestWebAppSimple.csproj
index f600e9d8e..0d5ffc364 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestWebAppSimple/TestWebAppSimple.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/TestWebAppSimple/TestWebAppSimple.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), testAsset.props))\testAsset.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/VBTestApp/VBTestApp.vbproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/VBTestApp/VBTestApp.vbproj
index 23df6047f..21dff5ca2 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/VBTestApp/VBTestApp.vbproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/VBTestApp/VBTestApp.vbproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/VSTestCore/VSTestCore.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/VSTestCore/VSTestCore.csproj
index 26592bc1d..ac1e26e32 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/VSTestCore/VSTestCore.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/VSTestCore/VSTestCore.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/VSTestMulti/VSTestDesktopAndNetCore.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/VSTestMulti/VSTestDesktopAndNetCore.csproj
index 2b2cc7769..eab18393e 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/VSTestMulti/VSTestDesktopAndNetCore.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/VSTestMulti/VSTestDesktopAndNetCore.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), testAsset.props))\testAsset.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net46;netcoreapp2.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net46;netcoreapp2.2</TargetFrameworks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46'">
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/XunitCore/XunitCore.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/XunitCore/XunitCore.csproj
index 84a3da759..3e750f58a 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/XunitCore/XunitCore.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/XunitCore/XunitCore.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/XunitMulti/VSTestXunitDesktopAndNetCore.csproj b/TestAssets/TestProjects/XunitMulti/VSTestXunitDesktopAndNetCore.csproj
index 4534df62b..c678d6b4a 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/XunitMulti/VSTestXunitDesktopAndNetCore.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/XunitMulti/VSTestXunitDesktopAndNetCore.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(MSBuildThisFileDirectory), testAsset.props))\testAsset.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net46;netcoreapp2.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net46;netcoreapp2.2</TargetFrameworks>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x86</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <RuntimeIdentifier Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">win7-x86</RuntimeIdentifier>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <DefineConstants>DESKTOP;$(DefineConstants)</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.2'">
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App" Version="$(MicrosoftNETCoreAppPackageVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/build/BundledTemplates.props b/build/BundledTemplates.props
index 1a77f6043..e1cb85a8f 100644
--- a/build/BundledTemplates.props
+++ b/build/BundledTemplates.props
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <BundledTemplate Include="Microsoft.DotNet.Test.ProjectTemplates.2.1" Version="$(MicrosoftDotNetTestProjectTemplates20PackageVersion)" />
 
     <BundledTemplate Include="Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ItemTemplates" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
-    <BundledTemplate Include="Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates.2.1" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
+    <BundledTemplate Include="Microsoft.DotNet.Web.ProjectTemplates.2.2" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
     <BundledTemplate Include="Microsoft.DotNet.Web.Spa.ProjectTemplates" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/build/DependencyVersions.props b/build/DependencyVersions.props
index ca0485887..57843c431 100644
--- a/build/DependencyVersions.props
+++ b/build/DependencyVersions.props
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreAllPackageVersion>2.1.0-rtm-30752</MicrosoftAspNetCoreAllPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreAllPackageVersion>2.2.0-preview1-34355</MicrosoftAspNetCoreAllPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreAllPackageVersion)</MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftNETCoreAppPackageVersion>2.1.0-rtm-26515-03</MicrosoftNETCoreAppPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftNETCoreAppPackageVersion>2.2.0-preview1-26529-01</MicrosoftNETCoreAppPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftNETCoreDotNetHostResolverPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftNETCoreAppPackageVersion)</MicrosoftNETCoreDotNetHostResolverPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftBuildPackageVersion>15.8.0-preview-000061</MicrosoftBuildPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftBuildFrameworkPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftBuildPackageVersion)</MicrosoftBuildFrameworkPackageVersion>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <MicrosoftNETCoreCompilersPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCSharpPackageVersion)</MicrosoftNETCoreCompilersPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftCodeAnalysisBuildTasksPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCSharpPackageVersion)</MicrosoftCodeAnalysisBuildTasksPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftNetCompilersNetcorePackageVersion>$(MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCSharpPackageVersion)</MicrosoftNetCompilersNetcorePackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftNETSdkPackageVersion>2.1.300-rtm-62915-10</MicrosoftNETSdkPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftNETSdkPackageVersion>1.0.0-preview1-62924-06</MicrosoftNETSdkPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftNETBuildExtensionsPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftNETSdkPackageVersion)</MicrosoftNETBuildExtensionsPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppPackageVersion)</MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftNETSdkWebPackageVersion>2.1.300-rtm-20180515-1688249</MicrosoftNETSdkWebPackageVersion>
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
     <MicrosoftTemplateEngineCliLocalizationPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftTemplateEngineCliPackageVersion)</MicrosoftTemplateEngineCliLocalizationPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftTemplateEngineOrchestratorRunnableProjectsPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftTemplateEngineCliPackageVersion)</MicrosoftTemplateEngineOrchestratorRunnableProjectsPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftTemplateEngineUtilsPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftTemplateEngineCliPackageVersion)</MicrosoftTemplateEngineUtilsPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftDotNetPlatformAbstractionsPackageVersion>2.1.0-rtm-26515-03</MicrosoftDotNetPlatformAbstractionsPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyModelPackageVersion>2.1.0-rtm-26515-03</MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyModelPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftDotNetPlatformAbstractionsPackageVersion>2.2.0-preview1-26508-01</MicrosoftDotNetPlatformAbstractionsPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyModelPackageVersion>2.2.0-preview1-26508-01</MicrosoftExtensionsDependencyModelPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftDotNetCliCommandLinePackageVersion>0.1.1-rtm-62915-03</MicrosoftDotNetCliCommandLinePackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftDotNetProjectJsonMigrationPackageVersion>1.3.1-rtm-62915-03</MicrosoftDotNetProjectJsonMigrationPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftDotNetToolsMigrateCommandPackageVersion>$(MicrosoftDotNetProjectJsonMigrationPackageVersion)</MicrosoftDotNetToolsMigrateCommandPackageVersion>
diff --git a/build/NugetConfigFile.targets b/build/NugetConfigFile.targets
index 5e72d79b7..4c32beeb1 100644
--- a/build/NugetConfigFile.targets
+++ b/build/NugetConfigFile.targets
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
         <![CDATA[
     <add key="BlobFeed" value="https://dotnetfeed.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet-core/index.json" />
     <add key="aspnetcore-release" value="https://dotnet.myget.org/F/aspnetcore-release/api/v3/index.json" />
+    <add key="aspnetcore-dev" value="https://dotnet.myget.org/F/aspnetcore-dev/api/v3/index.json" />
+    <add key="dotnet-core" value="https://dotnet.myget.org/F/dotnet-core/api/v3/index.json" />
     <add key="roslyn" value="https://dotnet.myget.org/f/roslyn/api/v3/index.json" />
     <add key="nuget-build" value="https://dotnet.myget.org/F/nuget-build/api/v3/index.json" />
     <add key="api.nuget.org" value="https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json" />
diff --git a/build/OutputDirectories.props b/build/OutputDirectories.props
index b5d26d549..fb3960228 100644
--- a/build/OutputDirectories.props
+++ b/build/OutputDirectories.props
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       <RoslynDirectory>$(SdkOutputDirectory)/Roslyn</RoslynDirectory>
       <FSharpDirectory>$(SdkOutputDirectory)/FSharp</FSharpDirectory>
       <CompilationDirectory>$(BaseOutputDirectory)/compilation</CompilationDirectory>
-      <IntermediateDirectory>$(BaseOutputDirectory)/intermediate</IntermediateDirectory>
+      <IntermediateDirectory>$(BaseOutputDirectory)/int</IntermediateDirectory>
       <PackagesDirectory>$(BaseOutputDirectory)/packages</PackagesDirectory>
       <SharedFrameworkPublishDirectory>$(IntermediateDirectory)/sharedFrameworkPublish</SharedFrameworkPublishDirectory>
       <AspNetCoreSharedFxPublishDirectory>$(IntermediateDirectory)/aspnetSharedFxPublish</AspNetCoreSharedFxPublishDirectory>
diff --git a/test/EndToEnd/GivenAspNetAppsResolveImplicitVersions.cs b/test/EndToEnd/GivenAspNetAppsResolveImplicitVersions.cs
index dc780f792..da7163646 100644
--- a/test/EndToEnd/GivenAspNetAppsResolveImplicitVersions.cs
+++ b/test/EndToEnd/GivenAspNetAppsResolveImplicitVersions.cs
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ namespace EndToEnd
                 ?.Version;
         }
 
-        public static string LatestSupportedAspNetCoreAppVersion = "2.1";
+        public static string LatestSupportedAspNetCoreAppVersion = "2.2";
 
         public static IEnumerable<object[]> SupportedAspNetCoreAppVersions
         {
diff --git a/test/EndToEnd/GivenDotNetUsesMSBuild.cs b/test/EndToEnd/GivenDotNetUsesMSBuild.cs
index 9c79fb94e..e7332eddc 100644
--- a/test/EndToEnd/GivenDotNetUsesMSBuild.cs
+++ b/test/EndToEnd/GivenDotNetUsesMSBuild.cs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests.EndToEnd
             new DotnetCommand(DotnetUnderTest.WithBackwardsCompatibleRuntimes)
                 .WithWorkingDirectory(testProjectDirectory)
                 .ExecuteWithCapturedOutput(
-                    $"-d dependency-tool-invoker -c {configuration} -f netcoreapp2.1 portable")
+                    $"-d dependency-tool-invoker -c {configuration} -f netcoreapp2.2 portable")
                 .Should().Pass()
                      .And.HaveStdOutContaining("Hello Portable World!");;
         }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependenciesCommandFactory.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependenciesCommandFactory.cs
index a3f5976f5..71edf4f15 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependenciesCommandFactory.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependenciesCommandFactory.cs
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
                 .Should().Pass();
 
             var factory = new ProjectDependenciesCommandFactory(
-                NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp21,
+                NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp22,
                 configuration,
                 null,
                 null,
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
             var command = factory.Create("dotnet-tool-with-output-name", null);
 
             command.CommandArgs.Should().Contain(
-                Path.Combine("toolwithoutputname", "1.0.0", "lib", "netcoreapp2.1", "dotnet-tool-with-output-name.dll"));
+                Path.Combine("toolwithoutputname", "1.0.0", "lib", "netcoreapp2.2", "dotnet-tool-with-output-name.dll"));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependencyCommandResolver.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependencyCommandResolver.cs
index a7b6c402e..09bbc28df 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependencyCommandResolver.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectDependencyCommandResolver.cs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
                 CommandName = "dotnet-portable",
                 Configuration = "Debug",
                 ProjectDirectory = MSBuildTestProjectInstance.Root.FullName,
-                Framework = NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp21
+                Framework = NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp22
             };
 
             var result = projectDependenciesCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
                 CommandName = "dotnet-portable",
                 Configuration = "Debug",
                 ProjectDirectory = MSBuildTestProjectInstance.Root.FullName,
-                Framework = NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp21
+                Framework = NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp22
             };
 
             var result = projectDependenciesCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
                 CommandName = "nonexistent-command",
                 CommandArguments = null,
                 ProjectDirectory = MSBuildTestProjectInstance.Root.FullName,
-                Framework = NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp21
+                Framework = NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp22
             };
 
             var result = projectDependenciesCommandResolver.Resolve(commandResolverArguments);
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests
                 CommandName = "dotnet-portable",
                 Configuration = "Debug",
                 ProjectDirectory = testInstance.Root.FullName,
-                Framework = NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp21,
+                Framework = NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp22,
                 OutputPath = outputDir.FullName
             };
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectToolsCommandResolver.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectToolsCommandResolver.cs
index 89d74d82f..9cb3f69dd 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectToolsCommandResolver.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/GivenAProjectToolsCommandResolver.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests
     public class GivenAProjectToolsCommandResolver : TestBase
     {
         private static readonly NuGetFramework s_toolPackageFramework =
-            NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp21;
+            NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp22;
 
         private const string TestProjectName = "AppWithToolDependency";
 
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests
 
             result.Should().NotBeNull();
 
-            result.Args.Should().Contain("--fx-version 2.1.0");
+            result.Args.Should().Contain("--fx-version 2.2.0");
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests
                 "dotnet-fallbackfoldertool",
                 "1.0.0",
                 "lib",
-                "netcoreapp2.1",
+                "netcoreapp2.2",
                 "dotnet-fallbackfoldertool.dll"));
         }
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/NuGetFrameworks.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/NuGetFrameworks.cs
index c82d78051..a7ad2fa18 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/NuGetFrameworks.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/NuGetFrameworks.cs
@@ -10,5 +10,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities
     {
         public static readonly NuGetFramework NetCoreApp21
                 = new NuGetFramework(FrameworkConstants.FrameworkIdentifiers.NetCoreApp, new Version(2, 1, 0, 0));
+
+        public static readonly NuGetFramework NetCoreApp22
+                = new NuGetFramework(FrameworkConstants.FrameworkIdentifiers.NetCoreApp, new Version(2, 2, 0, 0));
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/dotnet-add-package.Tests/GivenDotnetPackageAdd.cs b/test/dotnet-add-package.Tests/GivenDotnetPackageAdd.cs
index 268c64f33..bdcad464a 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-add-package.Tests/GivenDotnetPackageAdd.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-add-package.Tests/GivenDotnetPackageAdd.cs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Package.Add.Tests
 
             var packageName = "Newtonsoft.Json";
             var packageVersion = "9.0.1";
-            var framework = "netcoreapp2.1";
+            var framework = "netcoreapp2.2";
             var cmd = new DotnetCommand()
                 .WithWorkingDirectory(projectDirectory)
                 .ExecuteWithCapturedOutput($"add package {packageName} --version {packageVersion} --framework {framework}");
diff --git a/test/dotnet-build.Tests/GivenDotnetBuildBuildsCsproj.cs b/test/dotnet-build.Tests/GivenDotnetBuildBuildsCsproj.cs
index 26845ee01..15f8527c8 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-build.Tests/GivenDotnetBuildBuildsCsproj.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-build.Tests/GivenDotnetBuildBuildsCsproj.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.Tests
 
             var configuration = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("CONFIGURATION") ?? "Debug";
 
-            var outputDll = testInstance.Root.GetDirectory("bin", configuration, "netcoreapp2.1")
+            var outputDll = testInstance.Root.GetDirectory("bin", configuration, "netcoreapp2.2")
                 .GetFile($"{testAppName}.dll");
 
             var outputRunCommand = new DotnetCommand();
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.Tests
 
             new BuildCommand()
                 .WithWorkingDirectory(projectDirectory)
-                .Execute("--framework netcoreapp2.1")
+                .Execute("--framework netcoreapp2.2")
                 .Should().Pass();
         }
 
diff --git a/test/dotnet-clean.Tests/GivenDotnetCleanCleansBuildArtifacts.cs b/test/dotnet-clean.Tests/GivenDotnetCleanCleansBuildArtifacts.cs
index 474a7f2b1..a4210cb4b 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-clean.Tests/GivenDotnetCleanCleansBuildArtifacts.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-clean.Tests/GivenDotnetCleanCleansBuildArtifacts.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Clean.Tests
                 .Should().Pass();
 
             var configuration = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("CONFIGURATION") ?? "Debug";
-            var outputFolder = testInstance.Root.GetDirectory("bin", configuration, "netcoreapp2.1", "win7-x64");
+            var outputFolder = testInstance.Root.GetDirectory("bin", configuration, "netcoreapp2.2", "win7-x64");
 
             outputFolder.Should().NotBeEmpty();
 
diff --git a/test/dotnet-new.Tests/GivenThatIWantANewApp.cs b/test/dotnet-new.Tests/GivenThatIWantANewApp.cs
index bb2c148f5..d63d844b3 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-new.Tests/GivenThatIWantANewApp.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-new.Tests/GivenThatIWantANewApp.cs
@@ -74,16 +74,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.New.Tests
                 .Should().Pass();
         }
 
+        // Remove the expectedVersion parameter once we have templates targetting netcoreapp2.2.
         [Theory]
-        [InlineData("console", "microsoft.netcore.app")]
-        // re-enable when this bug is resolved: https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/7574
-        [InlineData("classlib", "netstandard.library")]
-        public void NewProjectRestoresCorrectPackageVersion(string type, string packageName)
+        [InlineData("console", "microsoft.netcore.app", "2.1.0")]
+        [InlineData("classlib", "netstandard.library", null)]
+        public void NewProjectRestoresCorrectPackageVersion(string type, string packageName, string expectedVersion)
         {
             var rootPath = TestAssets.CreateTestDirectory(identifier: $"_{type}").FullName;
             var packagesDirectory = Path.Combine(rootPath, "packages");
             var projectName = "Project";
-            var expectedVersion = GetFrameworkPackageVersion();
+            expectedVersion = expectedVersion ?? GetFrameworkPackageVersion();
 
             var repoRootNuGetConfig = Path.Combine(RepoDirectoriesProvider.RepoRoot, "NuGet.Config");
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.New.Tests
                 var sharedFxDir = dotnetDir
                     .GetDirectory("shared", "Microsoft.NETCore.App")
                     .EnumerateDirectories()
-                    .Single(d => d.Name.StartsWith("2.1.0"));
+                    .Single(d => d.Name.StartsWith("2.2.0"));
 
                 if (packageName == "microsoft.netcore.app")
                 {
diff --git a/test/dotnet-publish.Tests/GivenDotnetPublishPublishesProjects.cs b/test/dotnet-publish.Tests/GivenDotnetPublishPublishesProjects.cs
index 9b325256f..6a29e4282 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-publish.Tests/GivenDotnetPublishPublishesProjects.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-publish.Tests/GivenDotnetPublishPublishesProjects.cs
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Publish.Tests
 
             new PublishCommand()
                 .WithWorkingDirectory(testProjectDirectory)
-                .Execute("--framework netcoreapp2.1")
+                .Execute("--framework netcoreapp2.2")
                 .Should().Pass();
 
             var configuration = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("CONFIGURATION") ?? "Debug";
-            var outputDll = Path.Combine(testProjectDirectory, "bin", configuration, "netcoreapp2.1", "publish", $"{testAppName}.dll");
+            var outputDll = Path.Combine(testProjectDirectory, "bin", configuration, "netcoreapp2.2", "publish", $"{testAppName}.dll");
 
             new DotnetCommand()
                 .ExecuteWithCapturedOutput(outputDll)
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Publish.Tests
 
             new PublishCommand()
                 .WithWorkingDirectory(testProjectDirectory)
-                .Execute("--framework netcoreapp2.1")
+                .Execute("--framework netcoreapp2.2")
                 .Should().Pass();
         }
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Publish.Tests
 
             new PublishCommand()
                 .WithWorkingDirectory(projectDirectory)
-                .Execute("--framework netcoreapp2.1")
+                .Execute("--framework netcoreapp2.2")
                 .Should().Pass();
         }
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Publish.Tests
 
             new PublishCommand()
                 .WithWorkingDirectory(testProjectDirectory)
-                .ExecuteWithCapturedOutput("--framework netcoreapp2.1 --no-restore")
+                .ExecuteWithCapturedOutput("--framework netcoreapp2.2 --no-restore")
                 .Should().Fail()
                 .And.HaveStdOutContaining("project.assets.json");
         }
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Publish.Tests
             var rid = DotnetLegacyRuntimeIdentifiers.InferLegacyRestoreRuntimeIdentifier();
 
             new PublishCommand()
-                .WithFramework("netcoreapp2.1")
+                .WithFramework("netcoreapp2.2")
                 .WithRuntime(rid)
                 .WithWorkingDirectory(testProjectDirectory)
                 .Execute()
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Publish.Tests
             var configuration = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("CONFIGURATION") ?? "Debug";
 
             var outputProgram = testProjectDirectory
-                .GetDirectory("bin", configuration, "netcoreapp2.1", rid, "publish", $"{testAppName}{Constants.ExeSuffix}")
+                .GetDirectory("bin", configuration, "netcoreapp2.2", rid, "publish", $"{testAppName}{Constants.ExeSuffix}")
                 .FullName;
 
             EnsureProgramIsRunnable(outputProgram);
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Publish.Tests
 
             var configuration = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("CONFIGURATION") ?? "Debug";
             return testProjectDirectory
-                    .GetDirectory("bin", configuration, "netcoreapp2.1", rid, "publish");
+                    .GetDirectory("bin", configuration, "netcoreapp2.2", rid, "publish");
         }
 
         private static void EnsureProgramIsRunnable(string path)
diff --git a/test/dotnet-run.Tests/GivenDotnetRunRunsCsProj.cs b/test/dotnet-run.Tests/GivenDotnetRunRunsCsProj.cs
index f85d7446e..abc0108d3 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-run.Tests/GivenDotnetRunRunsCsProj.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-run.Tests/GivenDotnetRunRunsCsProj.cs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Run.Tests
 
             new RunCommand()
                 .WithWorkingDirectory(projectDirectory)
-                .ExecuteWithCapturedOutput("--framework netcoreapp2.1")
+                .ExecuteWithCapturedOutput("--framework netcoreapp2.2")
                 .Should().Pass()
                          .And.HaveStdOutContaining("This string came from the test library!");
         }
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Run.Tests
 
             new RunCommand()
                 .WithWorkingDirectory(testProjectDirectory)
-                .ExecuteWithCapturedOutput("--framework netcoreapp2.1")
+                .ExecuteWithCapturedOutput("--framework netcoreapp2.2")
                 .Should().Pass()
                          .And.HaveStdOut("Hello World!");
         }
diff --git a/test/dotnet-store.Tests/GivenDotnetStoresAndPublishesProjects.cs b/test/dotnet-store.Tests/GivenDotnetStoresAndPublishesProjects.cs
index a0e95d8f9..e51af937f 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-store.Tests/GivenDotnetStoresAndPublishesProjects.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-store.Tests/GivenDotnetStoresAndPublishesProjects.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Publish.Tests
 {
     public class GivenDotnetStoresAndPublishesProjects : TestBase
     {
-        private static string _tfm = "netcoreapp2.1";
+        private static string _tfm = "netcoreapp2.2";
         private static string _frameworkVersion = TestAssetInstance.CurrentRuntimeFrameworkVersion;
         private static string _arch = RuntimeEnvironment.RuntimeArchitecture.ToLowerInvariant();
 
diff --git a/test/dotnet-test.Tests/GivenDotnetTestBuildsAndRunsTestFromCsprojForMultipleTFM.cs b/test/dotnet-test.Tests/GivenDotnetTestBuildsAndRunsTestFromCsprojForMultipleTFM.cs
index 801879573..f6918efc9 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-test.Tests/GivenDotnetTestBuildsAndRunsTestFromCsprojForMultipleTFM.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-test.Tests/GivenDotnetTestBuildsAndRunsTestFromCsprojForMultipleTFM.cs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Test.Tests
 
             new DotnetTestCommand()
                .WithWorkingDirectory(projectDirectory)
-               .ExecuteWithCapturedOutput($"{TestBase.ConsoleLoggerOutputNormal} --framework netcoreapp2.1")
+               .ExecuteWithCapturedOutput($"{TestBase.ConsoleLoggerOutputNormal} --framework netcoreapp2.2")
                .Should().Pass();
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/dotnet-test.Tests/GivenDotnetTestBuildsAndRunsTestfromCsproj.cs b/test/dotnet-test.Tests/GivenDotnetTestBuildsAndRunsTestfromCsproj.cs
index 1a8dddf88..a97875ec3 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-test.Tests/GivenDotnetTestBuildsAndRunsTestfromCsproj.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-test.Tests/GivenDotnetTestBuildsAndRunsTestfromCsproj.cs
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Test.Tests
             var testProjectDirectory = this.CopyAndRestoreVSTestDotNetCoreTestApp("5");
             string configuration = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("CONFIGURATION") ?? "Debug";
             string expectedError = Path.Combine(testProjectDirectory, "bin",
-                                   configuration, "netcoreapp2.1", "VSTestCore.dll");
+                                   configuration, "netcoreapp2.2", "VSTestCore.dll");
             expectedError = "The test source file " + "\"" + expectedError + "\"" + " provided was not found.";
 
             // Call test
diff --git a/test/dotnet-vstest.Tests/VSTestTests.cs b/test/dotnet-vstest.Tests/VSTestTests.cs
index c6a7dd035..4f6cb5983 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-vstest.Tests/VSTestTests.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-vstest.Tests/VSTestTests.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.VSTest.Tests
                 .Should().Pass();
 
             var outputDll = testRoot
-                .GetDirectory("bin", configuration, "netcoreapp2.1")
+                .GetDirectory("bin", configuration, "netcoreapp2.2")
                 .GetFile($"{testAppName}.dll");
 
             var argsForVstest = $"\"{outputDll.FullName}\" --logger:console;verbosity=normal";
diff --git a/test/dotnet.Tests/GivenThatICareAboutVBApps.cs b/test/dotnet.Tests/GivenThatICareAboutVBApps.cs
index 26fb40dd4..3b97b291c 100644
--- a/test/dotnet.Tests/GivenThatICareAboutVBApps.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet.Tests/GivenThatICareAboutVBApps.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests
                 _testInstance.Root.FullName,
                 "bin",
                 configuration,
-                "netcoreapp2.1",
+                "netcoreapp2.2",
                 "publish",
                 "VBTestApp.dll");
 
diff --git a/test/dotnet.Tests/PackagedCommandTests.cs b/test/dotnet.Tests/PackagedCommandTests.cs
index 6e36eb87f..070156db5 100644
--- a/test/dotnet.Tests/PackagedCommandTests.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet.Tests/PackagedCommandTests.cs
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests
                 .WithSourceFiles()
                 .WithRestoreFiles();
 
-            string framework = Tools.Tests.Utilities.NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp21.DotNetFrameworkName;
+            string framework = Tools.Tests.Utilities.NuGetFrameworks.NetCoreApp22.DotNetFrameworkName;
 
             new BuildCommand()
                 .WithProjectDirectory(testInstance.Root)
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tests
                 .WithRestoreFiles();
 
             var assetsFile = new DirectoryInfo(new RepoDirectoriesProvider().NugetPackages)
-                .GetDirectory(".tools", "dotnet-portable", "1.0.0", "netcoreapp2.1")
+                .GetDirectory(".tools", "dotnet-portable", "1.0.0", "netcoreapp2.2")
                 .GetFile("project.assets.json");
 
             var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
diff --git a/tools/CrossGen.Dependencies/CrossGen.Dependencies.csproj b/tools/CrossGen.Dependencies/CrossGen.Dependencies.csproj
index 161f48c70..0ca594efa 100644
--- a/tools/CrossGen.Dependencies/CrossGen.Dependencies.csproj
+++ b/tools/CrossGen.Dependencies/CrossGen.Dependencies.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.2</TargetFramework>
     <RuntimeIdentifier>$(SharedFrameworkRid)</RuntimeIdentifier>
   </PropertyGroup>