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+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities;
+using NuGet.Versioning;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace EndToEnd
+{
+    public partial class GivenUsingDefaultRuntimeFrameworkVersions : TestBase
+    {
+        private static readonly IEnumerable<string> frameworks = new string[] {"Microsoft.NETCore.App", "Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App",
+            "Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.WPF", "Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.WindowsForms", "Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" };
+
+        private static readonly IEnumerable<string> versions = SupportedNetCoreAppVersions.Versions.Where(version => NuGetVersion.Parse(version).Major >= 3);
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DefaultRuntimeVersionsAreUpToDate()
+        {
+            var outputFile = "resolvedVersions.txt";
+            var testProjectCreator = new TestProjectCreator()
+            {
+                PackageName = "DefaultRuntimeVersionsAreUpToDate",
+                MinorVersion = "3.0"
+            };
+            var testProject = testProjectCreator.Create();
+
+            var projectFile = new DirectoryInfo(testProject.Root.FullName).GetFiles("*.csproj").First().FullName;
+            var project = XDocument.Load(projectFile);
+            string writeResolvedVersionsTarget = @$"
+    <Target Name=`WriteResolvedVersions` AfterTargets=`PrepareForBuild;ProcessFrameworkReferences`>
+        <ItemGroup>
+            <LinesToWrite Include=`%(KnownFrameworkReference.Identity) %(KnownFrameworkReference.DefaultRuntimeFrameworkVersion) %(KnownFrameworkReference.LatestRuntimeFrameworkVersion)`/>
+        </ItemGroup>
+        <WriteLinesToFile File=`$(OutputPath){ outputFile }`
+                          Lines=`@(LinesToWrite)`
+                          Overwrite=`true`
+                          Encoding=`Unicode`/>
+
+      </Target>";
+            writeResolvedVersionsTarget = writeResolvedVersionsTarget.Replace('`', '"');
+            var targetElement = XElement.Parse(writeResolvedVersionsTarget);
+            var ns = project.Root.Name.Namespace;
+            foreach (var elem in targetElement.Descendants())
+                elem.Name = ns + elem.Name.LocalName;
+            targetElement.Name = ns + targetElement.Name.LocalName;
+            project.Root.Add(targetElement);
+            using (var file = File.CreateText(projectFile))
+            {
+                project.Save(file);
+            }
+
+            new RestoreCommand()
+                    .WithWorkingDirectory(testProject.Root.FullName)
+                    .Execute()
+                    .Should().Pass();
+
+            var binDirectory = new DirectoryInfo(testProject.Root.FullName).Sub("bin").Sub("Debug").GetDirectories().FirstOrDefault();
+            binDirectory.Should().HaveFilesMatching(outputFile, SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);
+            var resolvedVersionsFile = File.ReadAllLines(Path.Combine(binDirectory.FullName, outputFile));
+            foreach (var framework in frameworks)
+            {
+                foreach (var version in versions)
+                {
+                    var frameworkVersionLine = resolvedVersionsFile.Where(line => line.Contains(framework) && line.Contains(version)).FirstOrDefault();
+                    frameworkVersionLine.Should().NotBeNullOrEmpty();
+                    var defaultVersion = NuGetVersion.Parse(frameworkVersionLine.Split(" ")[1]);
+                    var latestVersion = NuGetVersion.Parse(frameworkVersionLine.Split(" ")[2]);
+
+                    if (latestVersion.Patch == 0 && latestVersion.IsPrerelease)
+                    {
+                        defaultVersion.Should().Be(latestVersion,
+                            $"the DefaultRuntimeFrameworkVersion for { framework } { version } in Microsoft.NETCoreSdk.BundledVersions.props does not match latest prerelease version { latestVersion }");
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        defaultVersion.Should().Be(new NuGetVersion(latestVersion.Major, latestVersion.Minor, 0),
+                            $"the DefaultRuntimeFrameworkVersion for { framework } { version } in Microsoft.NETCoreSdk.BundledVersions.props needs to be updated to { version }.0");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}