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 99e55ef1a..7222996bc 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
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);portable-net45+win8;dnxcore50</PackageTargetFallback>
     <VersionSuffix></VersionSuffix>
-    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>1.0.4</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App" Version="1.0.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.Frameworks" Version="$(CLI_NuGet_Version)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils" Version="$(SdkNugetVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-desktop-and-portable/dotnet-desktop-and-portable.csproj b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-desktop-and-portable/dotnet-desktop-and-portable.csproj
index 06f1efeb0..ab8932531 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-desktop-and-portable/dotnet-desktop-and-portable.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/TestPackages/dotnet-desktop-and-portable/dotnet-desktop-and-portable.csproj
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
     </BuiltProjectOutputGroupOutput>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">
-    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>1.0.4</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
-  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App" Version="1.0.4" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net451' ">
     <Reference Include="System" />