diff --git a/Directory.Build.targets b/Directory.Build.targets
index fbd2893..3d3afd7 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project>
 
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net45' or '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp3.1'">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net461' or '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp3.1'">
     <DefineConstants>VNEXT</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 0be64c1..bd76124 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ after_build:
 
 test_script:
   - dotnet.exe test -f net40 --no-build src\Test\winswTests\winswTests.csproj
-  - dotnet.exe test -f net45 --no-build src\Test\winswTests\winswTests.csproj
+  - dotnet.exe test -f net461 --no-build src\Test\winswTests\winswTests.csproj
   - dotnet.exe test -f netcoreapp3.1 --no-build src\Test\winswTests\winswTests.csproj
 
 artifacts:
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ artifacts:
     name: WinSW.NET2.exe
   - path: 'src\Core\ServiceWrapper\bin\Release\net40\WinSW.exe'
     name: WinSW.NET4.exe
-  - path: 'src\Core\ServiceWrapper\bin\Release\net45\WinSW.exe'
-    name: WinSW.NET45.exe
+  - path: 'src\Core\ServiceWrapper\bin\Release\net461\WinSW.exe'
+    name: WinSW.NET461.exe
   - path: 'src\Core\ServiceWrapper\bin\Release\netcoreapp3.1\publish\'
     name: WinSW.NETCore31
   - path: 'src\Core\ServiceWrapper\bin\Release\netcoreapp3.1\win-x64\publish\WindowsService.exe'
diff --git a/src/Core/ServiceWrapper/winsw.csproj b/src/Core/ServiceWrapper/winsw.csproj
index eb23a24..4a54097 100644
--- a/src/Core/ServiceWrapper/winsw.csproj
+++ b/src/Core/ServiceWrapper/winsw.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net20;net40;net45;netcoreapp3.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net20;net40;net461;netcoreapp3.1</TargetFrameworks>
     <Version><!-- Populated by AppVeyor --></Version>
     <AssemblyTitle>Windows Service Wrapper</AssemblyTitle>
     <Description>Allows arbitrary process to run as a Windows service by wrapping it.</Description>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
       <TargetPlatform>v4</TargetPlatform>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
-    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net45'">
+    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net461'">
       <TargetPlatform>v4.5</TargetPlatform>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/Core/WinSWCore/WinSWCore.csproj b/src/Core/WinSWCore/WinSWCore.csproj
index 0cfb363..40bcd01 100644
--- a/src/Core/WinSWCore/WinSWCore.csproj
+++ b/src/Core/WinSWCore/WinSWCore.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net20;net40;net45;netcoreapp3.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net20;net40;net461;netcoreapp3.1</TargetFrameworks>
     <Version><!-- Populated by AppVeyor --></Version>
     <RootNamespace>winsw</RootNamespace>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Management" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net45'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net461'">
     <Reference Include="System.IO.Compression" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/Plugins/RunawayProcessKiller/RunawayProcessKiller.csproj b/src/Plugins/RunawayProcessKiller/RunawayProcessKiller.csproj
index 34d777e..7bbde10 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/RunawayProcessKiller/RunawayProcessKiller.csproj
+++ b/src/Plugins/RunawayProcessKiller/RunawayProcessKiller.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net20;net40;net45;netcoreapp3.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net20;net40;net461;netcoreapp3.1</TargetFrameworks>
     <Version><!-- Populated by AppVeyor --></Version>
     <RootNamespace>winsw.Plugins.RunawayProcessKiller</RootNamespace>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
diff --git a/src/Plugins/SharedDirectoryMapper/SharedDirectoryMapper.csproj b/src/Plugins/SharedDirectoryMapper/SharedDirectoryMapper.csproj
index 3219d86..6d1aebc 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/SharedDirectoryMapper/SharedDirectoryMapper.csproj
+++ b/src/Plugins/SharedDirectoryMapper/SharedDirectoryMapper.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net20;net40;net45;netcoreapp3.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net20;net40;net461;netcoreapp3.1</TargetFrameworks>
     <Version><!-- Populated by AppVeyor --></Version>
     <RootNamespace>winsw.Plugins.SharedDirectoryMapper</RootNamespace>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
diff --git a/src/Test/winswTests/winswTests.csproj b/src/Test/winswTests/winswTests.csproj
index c422c45..fd78de1 100644
--- a/src/Test/winswTests/winswTests.csproj
+++ b/src/Test/winswTests/winswTests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net40;net45;netcoreapp3.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net40;net461;netcoreapp3.1</TargetFrameworks>
     <Version><!-- Populated by AppVeyor --></Version>
     <RootNamespace>winswTests</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>