diff --git a/test/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.TestBootstrapper/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.TestBootstrapper.csproj b/test/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.TestBootstrapper/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.TestBootstrapper.csproj
index 3f599186e..0218e5d4d 100644
--- a/test/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.TestBootstrapper/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.TestBootstrapper.csproj
+++ b/test/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.TestBootstrapper/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.TestBootstrapper.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <ApplicationIcon />
     <StartupObject />
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/tools/appveyor-test.ps1 b/tools/appveyor-test.ps1
index b46519cb6..0005b5c3d 100644
--- a/tools/appveyor-test.ps1
+++ b/tools/appveyor-test.ps1
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ $resxml = ".\docs\nunit3-test-results-debug.xml";
 #$tester = "nunit3-console .\test\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.Tests\bin\$($env:CONFIGURATION)\netcoreapp2.0\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.Tests.dll"
 
 # Bootstrapper:
-$tester = "dotnet run -f netcoreapp2 -p $proj -c $env:CONFIGURATION";
+$tester = "dotnet run -f netcoreapp3.1 -p $proj -c $env:CONFIGURATION";
 iex "$tester --explore=tests.xml";
 
 [xml]$xml = Get-Content("tests.xml");