diff --git a/src/MSBuild.Sdk.SqlProj.Templates/templates/sqlproj/sqlproj.csproj b/src/MSBuild.Sdk.SqlProj.Templates/templates/sqlproj/sqlproj.csproj
index 34d46ee9..ff0ec342 100644
--- a/src/MSBuild.Sdk.SqlProj.Templates/templates/sqlproj/sqlproj.csproj
+++ b/src/MSBuild.Sdk.SqlProj.Templates/templates/sqlproj/sqlproj.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="MSBuild.Sdk.SqlProj/#{NBGV_NuGetPackageVersion}#">
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>netstandard2.1</TargetFramework>
         <SqlServerVersion>#{SqlServerVersion}</SqlServerVersion>
         <RunSqlCodeAnalysis>#{CodeAnalysis}</RunSqlCodeAnalysis>
         <!-- For additional properties that can be set here, please refer to https://github.com/rr-wfm/MSBuild.Sdk.SqlProj#model-properties -->