diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index eba7124b27..731ac74f32 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <PackageSigningCertName>MicrosoftNuGet</PackageSigningCertName>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
-    <DefaultTestFrameworks>net461</DefaultTestFrameworks>
+    <DefaultTestFrameworks>net472</DefaultTestFrameworks>
     <VisualStudioVersion Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == ''">15.0</VisualStudioVersion>
 
     <!-- Disable warning about SemVer 2.0 versions -->
@@ -76,4 +76,4 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <Import Project="build\arcade.props" />
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/build/repo.props b/build/repo.props
index 55b6a1c32b..e74793176a 100644
--- a/build/repo.props
+++ b/build/repo.props
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <Project>
+    <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" Condition="Exists('..\Directory.Build.props')" />
     <Import Project="$(RepositoryRoot)build\loc\Localization.props" Condition="'$(Localize)' == 'true'" />
 
     <Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\arcade.props" />
@@ -26,4 +27,4 @@
         <ExcludeFromPack Include="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Stress\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Stress.csproj" />
         <ExcludeFromPack Include="$(RepositoryRoot)src\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.StressServer\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.StressServer.csproj" />
     </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/build/repo.targets b/build/repo.targets
index a93ed87192..56fe00d55a 100644
--- a/build/repo.targets
+++ b/build/repo.targets
@@ -90,6 +90,6 @@
 
     <Target Name="RunBrowserTests">
         <Message Text="Running JavaScript client Browser tests" Importance="high" />
-        <Exec Command="npm test -- --server-path &quot;$(ArtifactsBinDir)\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.JS.Tests\net461\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.JS.Tests.exe&quot;" WorkingDirectory="$(RepositoryRoot)test/Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.JS.Tests" IgnoreStandardErrorWarningFormat="true" />
+        <Exec Command="npm test -- --server-path &quot;$(ArtifactsBinDir)\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.JS.Tests\$(DefaultTestFrameworks)\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.JS.Tests.exe&quot;" WorkingDirectory="$(RepositoryRoot)test/Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.JS.Tests" IgnoreStandardErrorWarningFormat="true" />
     </Target>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Core/TaskAsyncHelper.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Core/TaskAsyncHelper.cs
index 250eb037d6..7d1db0db57 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Core/TaskAsyncHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Core/TaskAsyncHelper.cs
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ internal static Task ContinueWithPreservedCulture(this Task task, Action<Task> c
 #if NETSTANDARD1_3
             // The Thread class is not available on .NET Standard 1.3
             return task.ContinueWith(continuationAction, continuationOptions);
-#elif NETSTANDARD2_0 || NET40 || NET45 || NET461
+#elif NETSTANDARD2_0 || NET40 || NET45 || NET461 || NET472
             var preservedCulture = SaveCulture();
             return task.ContinueWith(t => RunWithPreservedCulture(preservedCulture, continuationAction, t), continuationOptions);
 #else
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ internal static Task ContinueWithPreservedCulture<T>(this Task<T> task, Action<T
 #if NETSTANDARD1_3
             // The Thread class is not available on .NET Standard 1.3
             return task.ContinueWith(continuationAction, continuationOptions);
-#elif NETSTANDARD2_0 || NET40 || NET45 || NET461
+#elif NETSTANDARD2_0 || NET40 || NET45 || NET461 || NET472
             var preservedCulture = SaveCulture();
             return task.ContinueWith(t => RunWithPreservedCulture(preservedCulture, continuationAction, t), continuationOptions);
 #else
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ internal static Task ContinueWithPreservedCulture<T>(this Task<T> task, Action<T
 #if NETSTANDARD1_3
             // The Thread class is not available on .NET Standard 1.3
             return task.ContinueWith(continuationAction, continuationOptions);
-#elif NETSTANDARD2_0 || NET40 || NET45 || NET461
+#elif NETSTANDARD2_0 || NET40 || NET45 || NET461 || NET472
             var preservedCulture = SaveCulture();
             return task.ContinueWith(t => RunWithPreservedCulture(preservedCulture, continuationAction, t), continuationOptions);
 #else
@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ public static void Dispatch(Action action)
             {
                 action();
             }, state: null);
-#elif NET45 || NETSTANDARD1_3 || NETSTANDARD2_0 || NET461 // Stress uses this component and builds on net461
+#elif NET45 || NETSTANDARD1_3 || NETSTANDARD2_0 || NET461 || NET472 // Stress uses this component and builds on net461
             Task.Run(() =>
             {
                 action();
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.JS.Tests/Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.JS.Tests.csproj b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.JS.Tests/Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.JS.Tests.csproj
index 221a0b7567..722f055969 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.JS.Tests/Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.JS.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.JS.Tests/Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.JS.Tests.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
     <PropertyGroup>
         <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-        <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>$(DefaultTestFrameworks)</TargetFramework>
     </PropertyGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
       <Compile Remove="obj\**" />