diff --git a/TestAssets/DesktopTestProjects/AppWithProjTool2Fx/App.csproj b/TestAssets/DesktopTestProjects/AppWithProjTool2Fx/App.csproj
index 3980727a9..f4aa264ec 100644
--- a/TestAssets/DesktopTestProjects/AppWithProjTool2Fx/App.csproj
+++ b/TestAssets/DesktopTestProjects/AppWithProjTool2Fx/App.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);portable-net45+win8;dnxcore50</PackageTargetFallback>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64;win7-x86;osx.10.10-x64;osx.10.11-x64;ubuntu.14.04-x64;ubuntu.16.04-x64;centos.7-x64;rhel.7.2-x64;debian.8-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>2.0.0-beta-001509-00</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   
   <ItemGroup>
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 0b1ffdfe3..d6f94808c 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
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <PackageTargetFallback Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">$(PackageTargetFallback);portable-net45+win8;dnxcore50</PackageTargetFallback>
     <VersionSuffix></VersionSuffix>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>1.0.4</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -23,9 +24,6 @@
     </BuiltProjectOutputGroupOutput>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.4</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.Frameworks">
       <Version>$(CLI_NuGet_Version)</Version>
     </PackageReference>
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 41da0203f..06f1efeb0 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
@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@
     </BuiltProjectOutputGroupOutput>
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.App">
-      <Version>1.0.4</Version>
-    </PackageReference>
-  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp1.0' ">
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>1.0.4</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net451' ">
     <Reference Include="System" />