diff --git a/.azure/pipelines/benchmarks.yml b/.azure/pipelines/benchmarks.yml
index 598cf62bef74628be389179f856f991776d722bb..6f52332c004adfa94bb0763955e7eb28e552c6f8 100644
--- a/.azure/pipelines/benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.azure/pipelines/benchmarks.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     jobName: Windows_Build
     jobDisplayName: "Build only : Windows"
     agentOs: Windows
-    buildArgs: -ci -all -pack
+    buildArgs: -all -pack
     artifacts:
     - path: artifacts/
       includeForks: true
diff --git a/.azure/pipelines/ci.yml b/.azure/pipelines/ci.yml
index 106a8b4e21f4e056e30477eb6d1a0b7cbd232234..f25afe0f13ed9cd1ae7042c4d82383fc7aa15e81 100644
--- a/.azure/pipelines/ci.yml
+++ b/.azure/pipelines/ci.yml
@@ -129,10 +129,10 @@ stages:
       # The sign settings have been configured to
       - script: ./build.cmd
                 -ci
+                -nobl
                 -arch x64
                 -pack
                 -all
-                /bl:artifacts/log/build.x64.binlog
                 $(_BuildArgs)
                 $(_InternalRuntimeDownloadArgs)
         displayName: Build x64
@@ -141,12 +141,12 @@ stages:
       # This is going to actually build x86 native assets.
       - script: ./build.cmd
                 -ci
+                -nobl
                 -arch x86
                 -pack
                 -all
                 -noBuildJava
                 /p:OnlyPackPlatformSpecificPackages=true
-                /bl:artifacts/log/build.x86.binlog
                 $(_BuildArgs)
                 $(_InternalRuntimeDownloadArgs)
         displayName: Build x86
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ stages:
       # This is in a separate build step with -forceCoreMsbuild to workaround MAX_PATH limitations - https://github.com/Microsoft/msbuild/issues/53
       - script: .\src\SiteExtensions\build.cmd
                 -ci
+                -nobl
                 -pack
                 -noBuildDeps
                 $(_BuildArgs)
@@ -166,10 +167,10 @@ stages:
       # Sign check is disabled because it is run in a separate step below, after installers are built.
       - script: ./build.cmd
                 -ci
+                -nobl
                 -noBuild
                 -noRestore
                 -sign
-                /bl:artifacts/log/build.codesign.binlog
                 /p:DotNetSignType=$(_SignType)
                 $(_BuildArgs)
         displayName: Code sign packages
@@ -177,9 +178,9 @@ stages:
       # Windows installers bundle both x86 and x64 assets
       - script: ./build.cmd
                 -ci
+                -nobl
                 -sign
                 -buildInstallers
-                /bl:artifacts/log/installers.msbuild.binlog
                 /p:DotNetSignType=$(_SignType)
                 /p:AssetManifestFileName=aspnetcore-win-x64-x86.xml
                 $(_BuildArgs)
@@ -219,7 +220,6 @@ stages:
         -pack
         -noBuildNodeJS
         -noBuildJava
-        /bl:artifacts/log/build.win-arm.binlog
         /p:DotNetSignType=$(_SignType)
         /p:OnlyPackPlatformSpecificPackages=true
         /p:AssetManifestFileName=aspnetcore-win-arm.xml
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ stages:
         -pack
         -noBuildNodeJS
         -noBuildJava
-        /bl:artifacts/log/build.win-arm64.binlog
         /p:DotNetSignType=$(_SignType)
         /p:OnlyPackPlatformSpecificPackages=true
         /p:AssetManifestFileName=aspnetcore-win-arm64.xml
@@ -280,7 +279,6 @@ stages:
         --no-build-nodejs
         --no-build-java
         -p:OnlyPackPlatformSpecificPackages=true
-        -bl:artifacts/log/build.macos.binlog
         -p:AssetManifestFileName=aspnetcore-MacOS_x64.xml
         $(_BuildArgs)
         $(_PublishArgs)
@@ -308,13 +306,13 @@ stages:
       steps:
       - script: ./build.sh
             --ci
+            --nobl
             --arch x64
             --pack
             --all
             --no-build-nodejs
             --no-build-java
             -p:OnlyPackPlatformSpecificPackages=true
-            -bl:artifacts/log/build.linux-x64.binlog
             $(_BuildArgs)
             $(_InternalRuntimeDownloadArgs)
         displayName: Run build.sh
@@ -322,6 +320,7 @@ stages:
           git clean -xfd src/**/obj/
           ./dockerbuild.sh bionic \
             --ci \
+            --nobl \
             --arch x64 \
             --build-installers \
             --no-build-deps \
@@ -329,7 +328,6 @@ stages:
             -p:OnlyPackPlatformSpecificPackages=true \
             -p:BuildRuntimeArchive=false \
             -p:LinuxInstallerType=deb \
-            -bl:artifacts/log/build.deb.binlog \
             $(_BuildArgs) \
             $(_InternalRuntimeDownloadArgs)
         displayName: Build Debian installers
@@ -337,6 +335,7 @@ stages:
           git clean -xfd src/**/obj/
           ./dockerbuild.sh rhel \
             --ci \
+            --nobl \
             --arch x64 \
             --build-installers \
             --no-build-deps \
@@ -344,7 +343,6 @@ stages:
             -p:OnlyPackPlatformSpecificPackages=true \
             -p:BuildRuntimeArchive=false \
             -p:LinuxInstallerType=rpm \
-            -bl:artifacts/log/build.rpm.binlog \
             -p:AssetManifestFileName=aspnetcore-Linux_x64.xml \
             $(_BuildArgs) \
             $(_PublishArgs) \
@@ -376,7 +374,6 @@ stages:
         --no-build-nodejs
         --no-build-java
         -p:OnlyPackPlatformSpecificPackages=true
-        -bl:artifacts/log/build.linux-arm.binlog
         -p:AssetManifestFileName=aspnetcore-Linux_arm.xml
         $(_BuildArgs)
         $(_PublishArgs)
@@ -407,7 +404,6 @@ stages:
         --no-build-nodejs
         --no-build-java
         -p:OnlyPackPlatformSpecificPackages=true
-        -bl:artifacts/log/build.arm64.binlog
         -p:AssetManifestFileName=aspnetcore-Linux_arm64.xml
         $(_BuildArgs)
         $(_PublishArgs)
@@ -433,7 +429,6 @@ stages:
       agentOs: Linux
       buildScript: ./dockerbuild.sh alpine
       buildArgs:
-        --ci
         --arch x64
         --os-name linux-musl
         --pack
@@ -441,7 +436,6 @@ stages:
         --no-build-nodejs
         --no-build-java
         -p:OnlyPackPlatformSpecificPackages=true
-        -bl:artifacts/log/build.musl.binlog
         -p:AssetManifestFileName=aspnetcore-Linux_musl_x64.xml
         $(_BuildArgs)
         $(_PublishArgs)
@@ -468,7 +462,6 @@ stages:
       useHostedUbuntu: false
       buildScript: ./dockerbuild.sh ubuntu-alpine37
       buildArgs:
-        --ci
         --arch arm64
         --os-name linux-musl
         --pack
@@ -476,7 +469,6 @@ stages:
         --no-build-nodejs
         --no-build-java
         -p:OnlyPackPlatformSpecificPackages=true
-        -bl:artifacts/log/build.musl.binlog
         -p:AssetManifestFileName=aspnetcore-Linux_musl_arm64.xml
         $(_BuildArgs)
         $(_PublishArgs)
@@ -507,7 +499,7 @@ stages:
       - powershell: "& ./src/Servers/IIS/tools/UpdateIISExpressCertificate.ps1; & ./src/Servers/IIS/tools/update_schema.ps1"
         displayName: Setup IISExpress test certificates and schema
       afterBuild:
-      - powershell: "& ./build.ps1 -CI -NoBuild -Test /p:RunQuarantinedTests=true"
+      - powershell: "& ./build.ps1 -CI -nobl -NoBuild -Test /p:RunQuarantinedTests=true"
         displayName: Run Quarantined Tests
         continueOnError: true
       - task: PublishTestResults@2
@@ -538,11 +530,11 @@ stages:
       agentOs: Windows
       isTestingJob: true
       steps:
-      - script: ./build.cmd -ci -all -pack $(_InternalRuntimeDownloadArgs)
+      - script: ./build.cmd -ci -nobl -all -pack $(_InternalRuntimeDownloadArgs)
         displayName: Build Repo
-      - script: ./src/ProjectTemplates/build.cmd -ci -pack -NoRestore -NoBuilddeps "/p:RunTemplateTests=true /bl:artifacts/log/template.pack.binlog"
+      - script: ./src/ProjectTemplates/build.cmd -ci -nobl -pack -NoRestore -NoBuilddeps "/p:RunTemplateTests=true"
         displayName: Pack Templates
-      - script: ./src/ProjectTemplates/build.cmd -ci -test -NoRestore -NoBuild -NoBuilddeps "/p:RunTemplateTests=true /bl:artifacts/log/template.test.binlog"
+      - script: ./src/ProjectTemplates/build.cmd -ci -nobl -test -NoRestore -NoBuild -NoBuilddeps "/p:RunTemplateTests=true"
         displayName: Test Templates
       artifacts:
       - name: Windows_Test_Templates_Dumps
@@ -570,11 +562,11 @@ stages:
       - bash: "./eng/scripts/install-nginx-mac.sh"
         displayName: Installing Nginx
       afterBuild:
-      - bash: ./build.sh --ci --pack --no-build --no-restore --no-build-deps "/bl:artifacts/log/packages.pack.binlog"
+      - bash: ./build.sh --ci --nobl --pack --no-build --no-restore --no-build-deps
         displayName: Pack Packages (for Template tests)
-      - bash: ./src/ProjectTemplates/build.sh --ci --pack --no-restore --no-build-deps "/bl:artifacts/log/template.pack.binlog"
+      - bash: ./src/ProjectTemplates/build.sh --ci --nobl --pack --no-restore --no-build-deps
         displayName: Pack Templates (for Template tests)
-      - bash: ./build.sh --no-build --ci --test -p:RunQuarantinedTests=true
+      - bash: ./build.sh --no-build --ci --nobl --test -p:RunQuarantinedTests=true
         displayName: Run Quarantined Tests
         continueOnError: true
       - task: PublishTestResults@2
@@ -608,11 +600,11 @@ stages:
       - bash: "echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p"
         displayName: Increase inotify limit
       afterBuild:
-      - bash: ./build.sh --ci --pack --no-build --no-restore --no-build-deps "/bl:artifacts/log/packages.pack.binlog"
+      - bash: ./build.sh --ci --nobl --pack --no-build --no-restore --no-build-deps
         displayName: Pack Packages (for Template tests)
-      - bash: ./src/ProjectTemplates/build.sh --ci --pack --no-restore --no-build-deps "/bl:artifacts/log/template.pack.binlog"
+      - bash: ./src/ProjectTemplates/build.sh --ci --nobl --pack --no-restore --no-build-deps
         displayName: Pack Templates (for Template tests)
-      - bash: ./build.sh --no-build --ci --test -p:RunQuarantinedTests=true
+      - bash: ./build.sh --no-build --ci --nobl --test -p:RunQuarantinedTests=true
         displayName: Run Quarantined Tests
         continueOnError: true
       - task: PublishTestResults@2
@@ -641,11 +633,11 @@ stages:
       timeoutInMinutes: 180
       steps:
       # Build the shared framework
-      - script: ./build.cmd -ci -all -pack -arch x64 /p:ASPNETCORE_TEST_LOG_DIR=artifacts/log /bl:artifacts/log/helix.build.x64.binlog
+      - script: ./build.cmd -ci -nobl -all -pack -arch x64 /p:ASPNETCORE_TEST_LOG_DIR=artifacts/log
         displayName: Build shared fx
-      - script: .\restore.cmd -ci /p:BuildInteropProjects=true
+      - script: .\restore.cmd -ci -nobl /p:BuildInteropProjects=true
         displayName: Restore interop projects
-      - script: .\build.cmd -ci -NoRestore -test -all -projects eng\helix\helix.proj /p:IsRequiredCheck=true /p:IsHelixJob=true /p:BuildInteropProjects=true /p:RunTemplateTests=true /p:ASPNETCORE_TEST_LOG_DIR=artifacts/log -bl
+      - script: .\build.cmd -ci -nobl -NoRestore -test -all -projects eng\helix\helix.proj /p:IsRequiredCheck=true /p:IsHelixJob=true /p:BuildInteropProjects=true /p:RunTemplateTests=true /p:ASPNETCORE_TEST_LOG_DIR=artifacts/log
         displayName: Run build.cmd helix target
         env:
           HelixApiAccessToken: $(HelixApiAccessToken) # Needed for internal queues
@@ -665,11 +657,11 @@ stages:
       timeoutInMinutes: 180
       steps:
       # Build the shared framework
-      - script: ./build.cmd -ci -all -pack -arch x64 /p:ASPNETCORE_TEST_LOG_DIR=artifacts/log /bl:artifacts/log/helix.daily.build.x64.binlog
+      - script: ./build.cmd -ci -nobl -all -pack -arch x64 /p:ASPNETCORE_TEST_LOG_DIR=artifacts/log
         displayName: Build shared fx
-      - script: .\restore.cmd -ci /p:BuildInteropProjects=true
+      - script: .\restore.cmd -ci -nobl /p:BuildInteropProjects=true
         displayName: Restore interop projects
-      - script: .\build.cmd -ci -NoRestore -test -all -projects eng\helix\helix.proj /p:IsHelixJob=true /p:IsHelixDaily=true /p:BuildInteropProjects=true /p:RunTemplateTests=true /p:ASPNETCORE_TEST_LOG_DIR=artifacts/log -bl
+      - script: .\build.cmd -ci -nobl -NoRestore -test -all -projects eng\helix\helix.proj /p:IsHelixJob=true /p:IsHelixDaily=true /p:BuildInteropProjects=true /p:RunTemplateTests=true /p:ASPNETCORE_TEST_LOG_DIR=artifacts/log
         displayName: Run build.cmd helix target
         env:
           HelixApiAccessToken: $(HelixApiAccessToken) # Needed for internal queues
@@ -690,9 +682,9 @@ stages:
       timeoutInMinutes: 180
       steps:
       # Build the shared framework
-      - script: ./restore.sh -ci
+      - script: ./restore.sh -ci -nobl
         displayName: Restore
-      - script: ./build.sh -ci --arch arm64 -test --no-build-nodejs --all -projects $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/helix/helix.proj /p:IsHelixJob=true /p:IsHelixDaily=true /p:ASPNETCORE_TEST_LOG_DIR=artifacts/log -bl
+      - script: ./build.sh -ci --nobl --arch arm64 -test --no-build-nodejs --all -projects $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/helix/helix.proj /p:IsHelixJob=true /p:IsHelixDaily=true /p:ASPNETCORE_TEST_LOG_DIR=artifacts/log
         displayName: Run build.sh helix arm64 target
         env:
           HelixApiAccessToken: $(HelixApiAccessToken) # Needed for internal queues
@@ -729,7 +721,7 @@ stages:
             arguments: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/NuGet.config $Token
           env:
             Token: $(dn-bot-dnceng-artifact-feeds-rw)
-    - script: ./eng/scripts/ci-source-build.sh --ci --configuration Release /p:BuildManaged=true /p:BuildNodeJs=false
+    - script: ./eng/scripts/ci-source-build.sh --ci --nobl --configuration Release /p:BuildManaged=true /p:BuildNodeJs=false
       displayName: Run ci-source-build.sh
     - task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
       displayName: Upload logs
diff --git a/.azure/pipelines/jobs/default-build.yml b/.azure/pipelines/jobs/default-build.yml
index 70785c7065cd5346de379c8b54e5c34d0b99d6ac..de26377e9ba2aa79c4e3a13761a0578e7f438d23 100644
--- a/.azure/pipelines/jobs/default-build.yml
+++ b/.azure/pipelines/jobs/default-build.yml
@@ -191,13 +191,13 @@ jobs:
     - ${{ if eq(parameters.steps, '')}}:
       - ${{ if eq(parameters.buildScript, '') }}:
         - ${{ if eq(parameters.agentOs, 'Windows') }}:
-          - script: .\$(BuildDirectory)\build.cmd -ci /p:DotNetSignType=$(_SignType) -Configuration $(BuildConfiguration) $(BuildScriptArgs)
+          - script: .\$(BuildDirectory)\build.cmd -ci -nobl -Configuration $(BuildConfiguration) $(BuildScriptArgs) /p:DotNetSignType=$(_SignType)
             displayName: Run build.cmd
         - ${{ if ne(parameters.agentOs, 'Windows') }}:
-          - script: ./$(BuildDirectory)/build.sh -ci -configuration $(BuildConfiguration) $(BuildScriptArgs)
+          - script: ./$(BuildDirectory)/build.sh --ci --nobl --configuration $(BuildConfiguration) $(BuildScriptArgs)
             displayName: Run build.sh
       - ${{ if ne(parameters.buildScript, '') }}:
-        - script: $(BuildScript) -Configuration $(BuildConfiguration) $(BuildScriptArgs)
+        - script: $(BuildScript) -ci -nobl -Configuration $(BuildConfiguration) $(BuildScriptArgs)
           displayName: run $(BuildScript)
 
     - ${{ parameters.afterBuild }}
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 5d841856fd18a93e55dd9e2b4ce3b7af6cc6d70a..da65ca2c0134f7e1a19f562c7f5f573fbd4ee349 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
     <IncludeSymbols>true</IncludeSymbols>
 
-    <DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework>netcoreapp5.0</DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework>
+    <DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework>net5.0</DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <!-- Warnings and errors -->
diff --git a/build.ps1 b/build.ps1
index b928e4f8119db15aab4492bad659c3b469f95876..0ac6c0627a085529fb7b54bf6e623578e3786565 100644
--- a/build.ps1
+++ b/build.ps1
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ You can also use -NoBuildInstallers to suppress this project type.
 .PARAMETER BinaryLog
 Enable the binary logger
 
+.PARAMETER ExcludeCIBinarylog
+Don't output binary log by default in CI builds (short: -nobl).
+
 .PARAMETER Verbosity
 MSBuild verbosity: q[uiet], m[inimal], n[ormal], d[etailed], and diag[nostic]
 
@@ -151,6 +154,8 @@ param(
     # Diagnostics
     [Alias('bl')]
     [switch]$BinaryLog,
+    [Alias('nobl')]
+    [switch]$ExcludeCIBinarylog,
     [Alias('v')]
     [string]$Verbosity = 'minimal',
     [switch]$DumpProcesses, # Capture all running processes and dump them to a file.
@@ -344,11 +349,10 @@ if ($ForceCoreMsbuild) {
     $msbuildEngine = 'dotnet'
 }
 
-# Workaround Arcade check which asserts BinaryLog is true on CI.
-# We always use binlogs on CI, but we customize the name of the log file
-$tmpBinaryLog = $BinaryLog
-if ($CI) {
-    $BinaryLog = $true
+# Ensure passing neither -bl nor -nobl on CI avoids errors in tools.ps1. This is needed because both parameters are
+# $false by default i.e. they always exist. (We currently avoid binary logs but that is made visible in the YAML.)
+if ($CI -and -not $excludeCIBinarylog) {
+    $binaryLog = $true
 }
 
 # tools.ps1 corrupts global state, so reset these values in case they carried over from a previous build
@@ -360,10 +364,6 @@ Remove-Item variable:global:_MSBuildExe -ea Ignore
 # Import Arcade
 . "$PSScriptRoot/eng/common/tools.ps1"
 
-if ($tmpBinaryLog) {
-    $MSBuildArguments += "/bl:$LogDir/Build.binlog"
-}
-
 # Capture MSBuild crash logs
 $env:MSBUILDDEBUGPATH = $LogDir
 
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 1e4d0303b15352ddbc001cbd3896e366f85af296..97c3750bc76a848cbf93b06a4e532b6e797cf86b 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ YELLOW="\033[0;33m"
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 target_os_name=''
 ci=false
-use_default_binary_log=false
+binary_log=false
+exclude_ci_binary_log=false
 verbosity='minimal'
 run_restore=''
 run_build=true
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ Options:
 
     --ci                              Apply CI specific settings and environment variables.
     --binarylog|-bl                   Use a binary logger
+    --excludeCIBinarylog              Don't output binary log by default in CI builds (short: -nobl).
     --verbosity|-v                    MSBuild verbosity: q[uiet], m[inimal], n[ormal], d[etailed], and diag[nostic]
 
     --dotnet-runtime-source-feed      Additional feed that can be used when downloading .NET runtimes
@@ -202,7 +204,10 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             ci=true
             ;;
         -binarylog|-bl)
-            use_default_binary_log=true
+            binary_log=true
+            ;;
+        -excludeCIBinarylog|-nobl)
+            exclude_ci_binary_log=true
             ;;
         -dotnet-runtime-source-feed|-dotnetruntimesourcefeed)
             shift
@@ -309,10 +314,10 @@ export MSBUILDDISABLENODEREUSE=1
 # Fixing this is tracked by https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore-internal/issues/601
 warn_as_error=false
 
-# Workaround Arcade check which asserts BinaryLog is true on CI.
-# We always use binlogs on CI, but we customize the name of the log file
-if [ "$ci" = true ]; then
-  binary_log=true
+# Ensure passing neither --bl nor --nobl on CI avoids errors in tools.sh. This is needed because we set both variables
+# to false by default i.e. they always exist. (We currently avoid binary logs but that is made visible in the YAML.)
+if [[ "$ci" == true && "$exclude_ci_binary_log" == false ]]; then
+    binary_log=true
 fi
 
 # increase file descriptor limit on macOS
@@ -323,10 +328,6 @@ fi
 # Import Arcade
 . "$DIR/eng/common/tools.sh"
 
-if [ "$use_default_binary_log" = true ]; then
-    msbuild_args[${#msbuild_args[*]}]="-bl:\"$log_dir/Build.binlog\""
-fi
-
 # Capture MSBuild crash logs
 export MSBUILDDEBUGPATH="$log_dir"
 
diff --git a/eng/AfterSolutionBuild.targets b/eng/AfterSolutionBuild.targets
index c82553612fcddedd5f1a7b7ccbf367300082ac91..d3697c09ee1d3a32099583a41fb278b2b0c78596 100644
--- a/eng/AfterSolutionBuild.targets
+++ b/eng/AfterSolutionBuild.targets
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <RepoTasks.RemoveSharedFrameworkDependencies Condition="@(_BuildOutput->Count()) != 0"
       Files="@(_BuildOutput)"
       FrameworkOnlyPackages="@(AspNetCoreAppReference)"
-      SharedFrameworkTargetFramework="netcoreapp$(AspNetCoreMajorVersion).$(AspNetCoreMinorVersion)" />
+      SharedFrameworkTargetFramework="net$(AspNetCoreMajorVersion).$(AspNetCoreMinorVersion)" />
   </Target>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/eng/Version.Details.xml b/eng/Version.Details.xml
index 908737285f9f5fc2a7046b95a6394634eb014c6b..189a8619fbadc775b5b28a3fe62c2307b20acfdc 100644
--- a/eng/Version.Details.xml
+++ b/eng/Version.Details.xml
@@ -13,21 +13,21 @@
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/blazor</Uri>
       <Sha>dd7fb4d3931d556458f62642c2edfc59f6295bfb</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language" Version="5.0.0-preview.5.20261.4">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language" Version="5.0.0-preview.6.20264.6">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore-tooling</Uri>
-      <Sha>27a14af36aba89c11c5b9964774fa555fde08a52</Sha>
+      <Sha>924ca9acf9c5a84e8fc08143c345ffe7968e9882</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions" Version="5.0.0-preview.5.20261.4">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions" Version="5.0.0-preview.6.20264.6">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore-tooling</Uri>
-      <Sha>27a14af36aba89c11c5b9964774fa555fde08a52</Sha>
+      <Sha>924ca9acf9c5a84e8fc08143c345ffe7968e9882</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Razor" Version="5.0.0-preview.5.20261.4">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Razor" Version="5.0.0-preview.6.20264.6">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore-tooling</Uri>
-      <Sha>27a14af36aba89c11c5b9964774fa555fde08a52</Sha>
+      <Sha>924ca9acf9c5a84e8fc08143c345ffe7968e9882</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor" Version="5.0.0-preview.5.20261.4">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor" Version="5.0.0-preview.6.20264.6">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore-tooling</Uri>
-      <Sha>27a14af36aba89c11c5b9964774fa555fde08a52</Sha>
+      <Sha>924ca9acf9c5a84e8fc08143c345ffe7968e9882</Sha>
     </Dependency>
     <Dependency Name="dotnet-ef" Version="5.0.0-preview.6.20264.1">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/efcore</Uri>
@@ -300,17 +300,17 @@
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/runtime</Uri>
       <Sha>09ee4814cb669e4b703a458c63483fa75a47c58f</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.GenAPI" Version="5.0.0-beta.20228.4">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.GenAPI" Version="5.0.0-beta.20261.9">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>590a102630c7efc7ca6f652f7c6c47dee4c4086c</Sha>
+      <Sha>898e51ed5fdcc4871087ac5754ca9056e58e575d</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="5.0.0-beta.20228.4">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk" Version="5.0.0-beta.20261.9">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>590a102630c7efc7ca6f652f7c6c47dee4c4086c</Sha>
+      <Sha>898e51ed5fdcc4871087ac5754ca9056e58e575d</Sha>
     </Dependency>
-    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk" Version="5.0.0-beta.20228.4">
+    <Dependency Name="Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk" Version="5.0.0-beta.20261.9">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/arcade</Uri>
-      <Sha>590a102630c7efc7ca6f652f7c6c47dee4c4086c</Sha>
+      <Sha>898e51ed5fdcc4871087ac5754ca9056e58e575d</Sha>
     </Dependency>
     <Dependency Name="Microsoft.Net.Compilers.Toolset" Version="3.7.0-2.20259.1" CoherentParentDependency="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language">
       <Uri>https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn</Uri>
diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 49cfd54c0be4b2beeae77a7f7914e2a1a4103e23..e28c6e066d115548a6fbd66963e50d1442b60efb 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
   -->
   <PropertyGroup Label="Automated">
     <!-- Packages from dotnet/arcade -->
-    <MicrosoftDotNetGenAPIPackageVersion>5.0.0-beta.20228.4</MicrosoftDotNetGenAPIPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftDotNetGenAPIPackageVersion>5.0.0-beta.20261.9</MicrosoftDotNetGenAPIPackageVersion>
     <!-- Packages from dotnet/roslyn -->
     <MicrosoftNetCompilersToolsetPackageVersion>3.7.0-2.20259.1</MicrosoftNetCompilersToolsetPackageVersion>
     <!-- Packages from dotnet/runtime -->
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@
     <MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreToolsPackageVersion>5.0.0-preview.6.20264.1</MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCoreToolsPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCorePackageVersion>5.0.0-preview.6.20264.1</MicrosoftEntityFrameworkCorePackageVersion>
     <!-- Packages from dotnet/aspnetcore-tooling -->
-    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreMvcRazorExtensionsPackageVersion>5.0.0-preview.5.20261.4</MicrosoftAspNetCoreMvcRazorExtensionsPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreRazorLanguagePackageVersion>5.0.0-preview.5.20261.4</MicrosoftAspNetCoreRazorLanguagePackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftCodeAnalysisRazorPackageVersion>5.0.0-preview.5.20261.4</MicrosoftCodeAnalysisRazorPackageVersion>
-    <MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion>5.0.0-preview.5.20261.4</MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreMvcRazorExtensionsPackageVersion>5.0.0-preview.6.20264.6</MicrosoftAspNetCoreMvcRazorExtensionsPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftAspNetCoreRazorLanguagePackageVersion>5.0.0-preview.6.20264.6</MicrosoftAspNetCoreRazorLanguagePackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftCodeAnalysisRazorPackageVersion>5.0.0-preview.6.20264.6</MicrosoftCodeAnalysisRazorPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion>5.0.0-preview.6.20264.6</MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!--
 
diff --git a/eng/Workarounds.targets b/eng/Workarounds.targets
index 0e2159fd3c25d134e1c5a6e5cb15366ae6a0ba7a..4a00c1786beefcdfdf942f698d5be539bed8e1da 100644
--- a/eng/Workarounds.targets
+++ b/eng/Workarounds.targets
@@ -40,17 +40,22 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Internal.AspNetCore.BuildTasks" PrivateAssets="All" Version="$(InternalAspNetCoreBuildTasksPackageVersion)" IsImplicitlyDefined="true" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <KnownAppHostPackOrFrameworkReferenceTfm>$(DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework)</KnownAppHostPackOrFrameworkReferenceTfm>
+    <KnownAppHostPackOrFrameworkReferenceTfm Condition="'$(KnownAppHostPackOrFrameworkReferenceTfm)' == 'net5.0'">netcoreapp5.0</KnownAppHostPackOrFrameworkReferenceTfm>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
-    <!-- Workaround when there is no vNext SDK available, copy known apphost/framework reference info from 3.0 -->
+    <!-- Workaround when there is no vNext SDK available, copy known apphost/framework reference info from 3.1 -->
     <KnownAppHostPack
-      Include="@(KnownAppHostPack->WithMetadataValue('TargetFramework', 'netcoreapp3.0'))"
-      TargetFramework="$(DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework)"
-      Condition="@(KnownAppHostPack->Count()) != '0' AND !(@(KnownAppHostPack->AnyHaveMetadataValue('TargetFramework', '$(DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework)')))"
+      Include="@(KnownAppHostPack->WithMetadataValue('TargetFramework', 'netcoreapp3.1'))"
+      TargetFramework="$(KnownAppHostPackOrFrameworkReferenceTfm)"
+      Condition="@(KnownAppHostPack->Count()) != '0' AND !(@(KnownAppHostPack->AnyHaveMetadataValue('TargetFramework', '$(KnownAppHostPackOrFrameworkReferenceTfm)')))"
       />
     <KnownFrameworkReference
-      Include="@(KnownFrameworkReference->WithMetadataValue('TargetFramework', 'netcoreapp3.0'))"
-      TargetFramework="$(DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework)"
-      Condition="@(KnownFrameworkReference->Count()) != '0' AND !(@(KnownFrameworkReference->AnyHaveMetadataValue('TargetFramework', '$(DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework)')))"
+      Include="@(KnownFrameworkReference->WithMetadataValue('TargetFramework', 'netcoreapp3.1'))"
+      TargetFramework="$(KnownAppHostPackOrFrameworkReferenceTfm)"
+      Condition="@(KnownFrameworkReference->Count()) != '0' AND !(@(KnownFrameworkReference->AnyHaveMetadataValue('TargetFramework', '$(KnownAppHostPackOrFrameworkReferenceTfm)')))"
       />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/eng/common/build.ps1 b/eng/common/build.ps1
index 813d440d2a8344c7b368faa0478f72641f56b9f3..28d8192b4b8d538ae41680f14d9be6bc1ee66704 100644
--- a/eng/common/build.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/build.ps1
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Param(
   [switch] $publish,
   [switch] $clean,
   [switch][Alias('bl')]$binaryLog,
+  [switch][Alias('nobl')]$excludeCIBinarylog,
   [switch] $ci,
   [switch] $prepareMachine,
   [switch] $help,
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ function Print-Usage() {
   Write-Host "Advanced settings:"
   Write-Host "  -projects <value>       Semi-colon delimited list of sln/proj's to build. Globbing is supported (*.sln)"
   Write-Host "  -ci                     Set when running on CI server"
+  Write-Host "  -excludeCIBinarylog     Don't output binary log (short: -nobl)"
   Write-Host "  -prepareMachine         Prepare machine for CI run, clean up processes after build"
   Write-Host "  -warnAsError <value>    Sets warnaserror msbuild parameter ('true' or 'false')"
   Write-Host "  -msbuildEngine <value>  Msbuild engine to use to run build ('dotnet', 'vs', or unspecified)."
@@ -134,7 +136,9 @@ try {
   }
 
   if ($ci) {
-    $binaryLog = $true
+    if (-not $excludeCIBinarylog) {
+      $binaryLog = $true
+    }
     $nodeReuse = $false
   }
 
@@ -150,4 +154,4 @@ catch {
   ExitWithExitCode 1
 }
 
-ExitWithExitCode 0
+ExitWithExitCode 0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eng/common/build.sh b/eng/common/build.sh
index 36f9aa0462ee17e604a194b39b8fd9ed2dde52a8..3db2ccaaaa38059a6a140024c8f0ad47773be443 100755
--- a/eng/common/build.sh
+++ b/eng/common/build.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ usage()
   echo "Advanced settings:"
   echo "  --projects <value>       Project or solution file(s) to build"
   echo "  --ci                     Set when running on CI server"
+  echo "  --excludeCIBinarylog     Don't output binary log (short: -nobl)"
   echo "  --prepareMachine         Prepare machine for CI run, clean up processes after build"
   echo "  --nodeReuse <value>      Sets nodereuse msbuild parameter ('true' or 'false')"
   echo "  --warnAsError <value>    Sets warnaserror msbuild parameter ('true' or 'false')"
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ clean=false
 warn_as_error=true
 node_reuse=true
 binary_log=false
+exclude_ci_binary_log=false
 pipelines_log=false
 
 projects=''
@@ -98,6 +100,9 @@ while [[ $# > 0 ]]; do
     -binarylog|-bl)
       binary_log=true
       ;;
+    -excludeCIBinarylog|-nobl)
+      exclude_ci_binary_log=true
+      ;;
     -pipelineslog|-pl)
       pipelines_log=true
       ;;
@@ -156,8 +161,10 @@ done
 
 if [[ "$ci" == true ]]; then
   pipelines_log=true
-  binary_log=true
   node_reuse=false
+  if [[ "$exclude_ci_binary_log" == false ]]; then
+    binary_log=true
+  fi
 fi
 
 . "$scriptroot/tools.sh"
@@ -213,4 +220,4 @@ if [[ "$restore" == true ]]; then
   InitializeNativeTools
 fi
 
-Build
+Build
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eng/common/internal/Tools.csproj b/eng/common/internal/Tools.csproj
index 1a39a7ef3f67b1f615db542a09e65dc57556289c..f46d5efe2e32afd2ad8f2272e8cd10cb48cc5783 100644
--- a/eng/common/internal/Tools.csproj
+++ b/eng/common/internal/Tools.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>net472</TargetFramework>
     <ImportDirectoryBuildTargets>false</ImportDirectoryBuildTargets>
+    <AutomaticallyUseReferenceAssemblyPackages>false</AutomaticallyUseReferenceAssemblyPackages>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- Clear references, the SDK may add some depending on UsuingToolXxx settings, but we only want to restore the following -->
diff --git a/eng/common/native/CommonLibrary.psm1 b/eng/common/native/CommonLibrary.psm1
index 41416862d9132fd6acaeba547416dcdaa985f4e0..d7d1a6510949af7a84077217b0bb6a2a3b9d37cd 100644
--- a/eng/common/native/CommonLibrary.psm1
+++ b/eng/common/native/CommonLibrary.psm1
@@ -145,9 +145,12 @@ function Get-File {
     New-Item -path $DownloadDirectory -force -itemType "Directory" | Out-Null
   }
 
+  $TempPath = "$Path.tmp"
   if (Test-Path -IsValid -Path $Uri) {
-    Write-Verbose "'$Uri' is a file path, copying file to '$Path'"
-    Copy-Item -Path $Uri -Destination $Path
+    Write-Verbose "'$Uri' is a file path, copying temporarily to '$TempPath'"
+    Copy-Item -Path $Uri -Destination $TempPath
+    Write-Verbose "Moving temporary file to '$Path'"
+    Move-Item -Path $TempPath -Destination $Path
     return $?
   }
   else {
@@ -157,8 +160,10 @@ function Get-File {
     while($Attempt -Lt $DownloadRetries)
     {
       try {
-        Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri $Uri -OutFile $Path
-        Write-Verbose "Downloaded to '$Path'"
+        Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri $Uri -OutFile $TempPath
+        Write-Verbose "Downloaded to temporary location '$TempPath'"
+        Move-Item -Path $TempPath -Destination $Path
+        Write-Verbose "Moved temporary file to '$Path'"
         return $True
       }
       catch {
@@ -359,16 +364,21 @@ function Expand-Zip {
         return $False
       }
     }
-    if (-Not (Test-Path $OutputDirectory)) {
-      New-Item -path $OutputDirectory -Force -itemType "Directory" | Out-Null
+
+    $TempOutputDirectory = Join-Path "$(Split-Path -Parent $OutputDirectory)" "$(Split-Path -Leaf $OutputDirectory).tmp"
+    if (Test-Path $TempOutputDirectory) {
+      Remove-Item $TempOutputDirectory -Force -Recurse
     }
+    New-Item -Path $TempOutputDirectory -Force -ItemType "Directory" | Out-Null
 
     Add-Type -assembly "system.io.compression.filesystem"
-    [io.compression.zipfile]::ExtractToDirectory("$ZipPath", "$OutputDirectory")
+    [io.compression.zipfile]::ExtractToDirectory("$ZipPath", "$TempOutputDirectory")
     if ($? -Eq $False) {
       Write-Error "Unable to extract '$ZipPath'"
       return $False
     }
+
+    Move-Item -Path $TempOutputDirectory -Destination $OutputDirectory
   }
   catch {
     Write-Host $_
diff --git a/eng/common/performance/perfhelixpublish.proj b/eng/common/performance/perfhelixpublish.proj
index cf5941e1b64554087868e51a53ec830eb106887c..1db5e8a84d758b785f0218626912777efd08c4d6 100644
--- a/eng/common/performance/perfhelixpublish.proj
+++ b/eng/common/performance/perfhelixpublish.proj
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     <Python>py -3</Python>
     <CoreRun>%HELIX_CORRELATION_PAYLOAD%\Core_Root\CoreRun.exe</CoreRun>
     <BaselineCoreRun>%HELIX_CORRELATION_PAYLOAD%\Baseline_Core_Root\CoreRun.exe</BaselineCoreRun>
+    
     <HelixPreCommands>$(HelixPreCommands);call %HELIX_CORRELATION_PAYLOAD%\performance\tools\machine-setup.cmd;set PYTHONPATH=%HELIX_WORKITEM_PAYLOAD%\scripts%3B%HELIX_WORKITEM_PAYLOAD%</HelixPreCommands>
     <ArtifactsDirectory>%HELIX_CORRELATION_PAYLOAD%\artifacts\BenchmarkDotNet.Artifacts</ArtifactsDirectory>
     <BaselineArtifactsDirectory>%HELIX_CORRELATION_PAYLOAD%\artifacts\BenchmarkDotNet.Artifacts_Baseline</BaselineArtifactsDirectory>
@@ -40,6 +41,13 @@
     <XMLResults>$HELIX_WORKITEM_ROOT/testResults.xml</XMLResults>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(MonoDotnet)' == 'true' and '$(AGENT_OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">
+    <CoreRunArgument>--corerun %HELIX_CORRELATION_PAYLOAD%\dotnet-mono\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\5.0.0\corerun.exe</CoreRunArgument>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(MonoDotnet)' == 'true' and '$(AGENT_OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">
+    <CoreRunArgument>--corerun $(BaseDirectory)/dotnet-mono/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/5.0.0/corerun</CoreRunArgument>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(UseCoreRun)' == 'true'">
     <CoreRunArgument>--corerun $(CoreRun)</CoreRunArgument>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/eng/common/performance/performance-setup.ps1 b/eng/common/performance/performance-setup.ps1
index 1763a1a97b0e7996315bea80316be85afccbe80a..31a99e49015f49109ed0f7c37db6e9d640734982 100644
--- a/eng/common/performance/performance-setup.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/performance/performance-setup.ps1
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Param(
     [string] $CoreRootDirectory,
     [string] $BaselineCoreRootDirectory,
     [string] $Architecture="x64",
-    [string] $Framework="netcoreapp5.0",
+    [string] $Framework="net5.0",
     [string] $CompilationMode="Tiered",
     [string] $Repository=$env:BUILD_REPOSITORY_NAME,
     [string] $Branch=$env:BUILD_SOURCEBRANCH,
@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@ Param(
     [string] $RunCategories="Libraries Runtime",
     [string] $Csproj="src\benchmarks\micro\MicroBenchmarks.csproj",
     [string] $Kind="micro",
+    [switch] $LLVM,
+    [switch] $MonoInterpreter,
+    [switch] $MonoAOT, 
     [switch] $Internal,
     [switch] $Compare,
+    [string] $MonoDotnet="",
     [string] $Configurations="CompilationMode=$CompilationMode RunKind=$Kind"
 )
 
@@ -31,7 +35,8 @@ $HelixSourcePrefix = "pr"
 
 $Queue = "Windows.10.Amd64.ClientRS4.DevEx.15.8.Open"
 
-if ($Framework.StartsWith("netcoreapp")) {
+# TODO: Implement a better logic to determine if Framework is .NET Core or >= .NET 5.
+if ($Framework.StartsWith("netcoreapp") -or ($Framework -eq "net5.0")) {
     $Queue = "Windows.10.Amd64.ClientRS5.Open"
 }
 
@@ -49,6 +54,21 @@ if ($Internal) {
     $HelixSourcePrefix = "official"
 }
 
+if($MonoDotnet -ne "")
+{
+    $Configurations += " LLVM=$LLVM MonoInterpreter=$MonoInterpreter MonoAOT=$MonoAOT"
+    if($ExtraBenchmarkDotNetArguments -eq "")
+    {
+        #FIX ME: We need to block these tests as they don't run on mono for now
+        $ExtraBenchmarkDotNetArguments = "--exclusion-filter *Perf_Image* *Perf_NamedPipeStream*"
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        #FIX ME: We need to block these tests as they don't run on mono for now
+        $ExtraBenchmarkDotNetArguments += " --exclusion-filter *Perf_Image* *Perf_NamedPipeStream*"
+    }
+}
+
 # FIX ME: This is a workaround until we get this from the actual pipeline
 $CommonSetupArguments="--channel master --queue $Queue --build-number $BuildNumber --build-configs $Configurations --architecture $Architecture"
 $SetupArguments = "--repository https://github.com/$Repository --branch $Branch --get-perf-hash --commit-sha $CommitSha $CommonSetupArguments"
@@ -69,6 +89,13 @@ else {
     git clone --branch master --depth 1 --quiet https://github.com/dotnet/performance $PerformanceDirectory
 }
 
+if($MonoDotnet -ne "")
+{
+    $UsingMono = "true"
+    $MonoDotnetPath = (Join-Path $PayloadDirectory "dotnet-mono")
+    Move-Item -Path $MonoDotnet -Destination $MonoDotnetPath
+}
+
 if ($UseCoreRun) {
     $NewCoreRoot = (Join-Path $PayloadDirectory "Core_Root")
     Move-Item -Path $CoreRootDirectory -Destination $NewCoreRoot
@@ -104,6 +131,7 @@ Write-PipelineSetVariable -Name 'UseCoreRun' -Value "$UseCoreRun" -IsMultiJobVar
 Write-PipelineSetVariable -Name 'UseBaselineCoreRun' -Value "$UseBaselineCoreRun" -IsMultiJobVariable $false
 Write-PipelineSetVariable -Name 'RunFromPerfRepo' -Value "$RunFromPerformanceRepo" -IsMultiJobVariable $false
 Write-PipelineSetVariable -Name 'Compare' -Value "$Compare" -IsMultiJobVariable $false
+Write-PipelineSetVariable -Name 'MonoDotnet' -Value "$UsingMono" -IsMultiJobVariable $false
 
 # Helix Arguments
 Write-PipelineSetVariable -Name 'Creator' -Value "$Creator" -IsMultiJobVariable $false
diff --git a/eng/common/performance/performance-setup.sh b/eng/common/performance/performance-setup.sh
index b9eecf94bd01b87ead42cd424c044d7a6b3adf69..9409e4d85e92e3abbd8c7ae909586b912e34b57d 100755
--- a/eng/common/performance/performance-setup.sh
+++ b/eng/common/performance/performance-setup.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ source_directory=$BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY
 core_root_directory=
 baseline_core_root_directory=
 architecture=x64
-framework=netcoreapp5.0
+framework=net5.0
 compilation_mode=tiered
 repository=$BUILD_REPOSITORY_NAME
 branch=$BUILD_SOURCEBRANCH
@@ -12,13 +12,18 @@ commit_sha=$BUILD_SOURCEVERSION
 build_number=$BUILD_BUILDNUMBER
 internal=false
 compare=false
+mono_dotnet=
 kind="micro"
+llvm=false
+monointerpreter=false
+monoaot=false
 run_categories="Libraries Runtime"
 csproj="src\benchmarks\micro\MicroBenchmarks.csproj"
 configurations="CompliationMode=$compilation_mode RunKind=$kind"
 run_from_perf_repo=false
 use_core_run=true
 use_baseline_core_run=true
+using_mono=false
 
 while (($# > 0)); do
   lowerI="$(echo $1 | awk '{print tolower($0)}')"
@@ -65,6 +70,7 @@ while (($# > 0)); do
       ;;
     --kind)
       kind=$2
+      configurations="CompliationMode=$compilation_mode RunKind=$kind"
       shift 2
       ;;
     --runcategories)
@@ -79,6 +85,22 @@ while (($# > 0)); do
       internal=true
       shift 1
       ;;
+    --llvm)
+      llvm=true
+      shift 1
+      ;;
+    --monointerpreter)
+      monointerpreter=true
+      shift 1
+      ;;
+    --monoaot)
+      monoaot=true
+      shift 1
+      ;;
+    --monodotnet)
+      mono_dotnet=$2
+      shift 2
+      ;;
     --compare)
       compare=true
       shift 1
@@ -107,6 +129,7 @@ while (($# > 0)); do
       echo "  --kind <value>                 Related to csproj. The kind of benchmarks that should be run. Defaults to micro"
       echo "  --runcategories <value>        Related to csproj. Categories of benchmarks to run. Defaults to \"coreclr corefx\""
       echo "  --internal                     If the benchmarks are running as an official job."
+      echo "  --monodotnet                   Pass the path to the mono dotnet for mono performance testing."
       echo ""
       exit 0
       ;;
@@ -164,6 +187,10 @@ if [[ "$internal" == true ]]; then
     fi
 fi
 
+if [[ "$mono_dotnet" != "" ]]; then
+    configurations="$configurations LLVM=$llvm MonoInterpreter=$monointerpreter MonoAOT=$monoaot"
+fi
+
 common_setup_arguments="--channel master --queue $queue --build-number $build_number --build-configs $configurations --architecture $architecture"
 setup_arguments="--repository https://github.com/$repository --branch $branch --get-perf-hash --commit-sha $commit_sha $common_setup_arguments"
 
@@ -186,6 +213,12 @@ else
     mv $docs_directory $workitem_directory
 fi
 
+if [[ "$mono_dotnet" != "" ]]; then
+    using_mono=true
+    mono_dotnet_path=$payload_directory/dotnet-mono
+    mv $mono_dotnet $mono_dotnet_path
+fi
+
 if [[ "$use_core_run" = true ]]; then
     new_core_root=$payload_directory/Core_Root
     mv $core_root_directory $new_core_root
@@ -221,3 +254,4 @@ Write-PipelineSetVariable -name "HelixSourcePrefix" -value "$helix_source_prefix
 Write-PipelineSetVariable -name "Kind" -value "$kind" -is_multi_job_variable false
 Write-PipelineSetVariable -name "_BuildConfig" -value "$architecture.$kind.$framework" -is_multi_job_variable false
 Write-PipelineSetVariable -name "Compare" -value "$compare" -is_multi_job_variable false
+Write-PipelineSetVariable -name "MonoDotnet" -value "$using_mono" -is_multi_job_variable false
diff --git a/eng/common/post-build/symbols-validation.ps1 b/eng/common/post-build/symbols-validation.ps1
index 22eeb2656a2bf50512ee55591cce4f4e75e3331b..8e9527113ca0833911e49345993bd4536f70708e 100644
--- a/eng/common/post-build/symbols-validation.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/post-build/symbols-validation.ps1
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ param(
   [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string] $InputPath,              # Full path to directory where NuGet packages to be checked are stored
   [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string] $ExtractPath,            # Full path to directory where the packages will be extracted during validation
   [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string] $DotnetSymbolVersion,    # Version of dotnet symbol to use
-  [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][switch] $ContinueOnError        # If we should keep checking symbols after an error
+  [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][switch] $ContinueOnError,       # If we should keep checking symbols after an error
+  [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][switch] $Clean                  # Clean extracted symbols directory after checking symbols
 )
 
 function FirstMatchingSymbolDescriptionOrDefault {
@@ -81,7 +82,14 @@ function CountMissingSymbols {
   $ExtractPath = Join-Path -Path $ExtractPath -ChildPath $PackageGuid
   $SymbolsPath = Join-Path -Path $ExtractPath -ChildPath 'Symbols'
   
-  [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory($PackagePath, $ExtractPath)
+  try {
+    [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory($PackagePath, $ExtractPath)
+  }
+  catch {
+    Write-Host "Something went wrong extracting $PackagePath"
+    Write-Host $_
+    return -1
+  }
 
   Get-ChildItem -Recurse $ExtractPath |
     Where-Object {$RelevantExtensions -contains $_.Extension} |
@@ -116,6 +124,10 @@ function CountMissingSymbols {
       }
     }
   
+  if ($Clean) {
+    Remove-Item $ExtractPath -Recurse -Force
+  }
+  
   Pop-Location
 
   return $MissingSymbols
@@ -151,7 +163,7 @@ function CheckSymbolsAvailable {
 
       if ($Status -ne 0) {
         Write-PipelineTelemetryError -Category 'CheckSymbols' -Message "Missing symbols for $Status modules in the package $FileName"
-
+        
         if ($ContinueOnError) {
           $TotalFailures++
         }
diff --git a/eng/common/sdk-task.ps1 b/eng/common/sdk-task.ps1
index 79c25e7f3ef97c141398d3126ab51c60eb2c88e4..f997be4331d224a66016c117536c3023202f3102 100644
--- a/eng/common/sdk-task.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/sdk-task.ps1
@@ -59,14 +59,15 @@ try {
 
   if( $msbuildEngine -eq "vs") {
     # Ensure desktop MSBuild is available for sdk tasks.
-    if( -not ($GlobalJson.tools.PSObject.Properties.Name -match "vs" )) {
-      $GlobalJson.tools | Add-Member -Name "vs" -Value (ConvertFrom-Json "{ `"version`": `"16.4`" }") -MemberType NoteProperty
+    if( -not ($GlobalJson.tools.PSObject.Properties.Name -contains "vs" )) {
+      $GlobalJson.tools | Add-Member -Name "vs" -Value (ConvertFrom-Json "{ `"version`": `"16.5`" }") -MemberType NoteProperty
     }
     if( -not ($GlobalJson.tools.PSObject.Properties.Name -match "xcopy-msbuild" )) {
-      $GlobalJson.tools | Add-Member -Name "xcopy-msbuild" -Value "16.4.0-alpha" -MemberType NoteProperty
+      $GlobalJson.tools | Add-Member -Name "xcopy-msbuild" -Value "16.5.0-alpha" -MemberType NoteProperty
     }
 
-    InitializeXCopyMSBuild $GlobalJson.tools."xcopy-msbuild" -install $true
+    $xcopyMSBuildToolsFolder = InitializeXCopyMSBuild $GlobalJson.tools."xcopy-msbuild" -install $true
+    $global:_MSBuildExe = "$($xcopyMSBuildToolsFolder)\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe"
   }
 
   $taskProject = GetSdkTaskProject $task
diff --git a/eng/common/templates/post-build/post-build.yml b/eng/common/templates/post-build/post-build.yml
index 47be0bedd71d406fd18588cc5cd7c323c8b0dead..b51bc5375ecf0d81d7d409caa56f79d00dcfcfd0 100644
--- a/eng/common/templates/post-build/post-build.yml
+++ b/eng/common/templates/post-build/post-build.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ parameters:
   Net5Preview3ChannelId: 739
   Net5Preview4ChannelId: 856
   Net5Preview5ChannelId: 857
+  NetCoreSDK313xxChannelId: 759
+  NetCoreSDK313xxInternalChannelId: 760
   NetCoreSDK314xxChannelId: 921
   NetCoreSDK314xxInternalChannelId: 922
   
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ stages:
         inputs:
           filePath: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/common/post-build/check-channel-consistency.ps1
           arguments: -PromoteToChannels "$(TargetChannels)"
-            -AvailableChannelIds ${{parameters.NetEngLatestChannelId}},${{parameters.NetEngValidationChannelId}},${{parameters.NetDev5ChannelId}},${{parameters.GeneralTestingChannelId}},${{parameters.NETCoreToolingDevChannelId}},${{parameters.NETCoreToolingReleaseChannelId}},${{parameters.NETInternalToolingChannelId}},${{parameters.NETCoreExperimentalChannelId}},${{parameters.NetEngServicesIntChannelId}},${{parameters.NetEngServicesProdChannelId}},${{parameters.Net5Preview3ChannelId}},${{parameters.Net5Preview4ChannelId}},${{parameters.Net5Preview5ChannelId}},${{parameters.NetCoreSDK314xxChannelId}},${{parameters.NetCoreSDK314xxInternalChannelId}}
+            -AvailableChannelIds ${{parameters.NetEngLatestChannelId}},${{parameters.NetEngValidationChannelId}},${{parameters.NetDev5ChannelId}},${{parameters.GeneralTestingChannelId}},${{parameters.NETCoreToolingDevChannelId}},${{parameters.NETCoreToolingReleaseChannelId}},${{parameters.NETInternalToolingChannelId}},${{parameters.NETCoreExperimentalChannelId}},${{parameters.NetEngServicesIntChannelId}},${{parameters.NetEngServicesProdChannelId}},${{parameters.Net5Preview3ChannelId}},${{parameters.Net5Preview4ChannelId}},${{parameters.Net5Preview5ChannelId}},${{parameters.NetCoreSDK313xxChannelId}},${{parameters.NetCoreSDK313xxInternalChannelId}},${{parameters.NetCoreSDK314xxChannelId}},${{parameters.NetCoreSDK314xxInternalChannelId}}
 
   - job:
     displayName: NuGet Validation
@@ -408,3 +410,29 @@ stages:
     transportFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/_packaging/dotnet3.1-internal-transport/nuget/v3/index.json'
     shippingFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/_packaging/dotnet3.1-internal/nuget/v3/index.json'
     symbolsFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/_packaging/dotnet3.1-internal-symbols/nuget/v3/index.json' 
+
+- template: \eng\common\templates\post-build\channels\generic-public-channel.yml
+  parameters:
+    artifactsPublishingAdditionalParameters: ${{ parameters.artifactsPublishingAdditionalParameters }}
+    dependsOn: ${{ parameters.publishDependsOn }}
+    publishInstallersAndChecksums: ${{ parameters.publishInstallersAndChecksums }}
+    symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters: ${{ parameters.symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters }}
+    stageName: 'NETCore_SDK_313xx_Publishing'
+    channelName: '.NET Core SDK 3.1.3xx'
+    channelId: ${{ parameters.NetCoreSDK313xxChannelId }}
+    transportFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet3.1-transport/nuget/v3/index.json'
+    shippingFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet3.1/nuget/v3/index.json'
+    symbolsFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/public/_packaging/dotnet3.1-symbols/nuget/v3/index.json'
+
+- template: \eng\common\templates\post-build\channels\generic-internal-channel.yml
+  parameters:
+    artifactsPublishingAdditionalParameters: ${{ parameters.artifactsPublishingAdditionalParameters }}
+    dependsOn: ${{ parameters.publishDependsOn }}
+    publishInstallersAndChecksums: ${{ parameters.publishInstallersAndChecksums }}
+    symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters: ${{ parameters.symbolPublishingAdditionalParameters }}
+    stageName: 'NETCore_SDK_313xx_Internal_Publishing'
+    channelName: '.NET Core SDK 3.1.3xx Internal'
+    channelId: ${{ parameters.NetCoreSDK313xxInternalChannelId }}
+    transportFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/_packaging/dotnet3.1-internal-transport/nuget/v3/index.json'
+    shippingFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/_packaging/dotnet3.1-internal/nuget/v3/index.json'
+    symbolsFeed: 'https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/dnceng/_packaging/dotnet3.1-internal-symbols/nuget/v3/index.json' 
diff --git a/eng/common/tools.ps1 b/eng/common/tools.ps1
index f31377a6be54c33ed38272c5da2f341dc85f2a7f..f8ff7403d3a4567fe1e94c49531e0dc9e2e79a47 100644
--- a/eng/common/tools.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/tools.ps1
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 # Build configuration. Common values include 'Debug' and 'Release', but the repository may use other names.
 [string]$configuration = if (Test-Path variable:configuration) { $configuration } else { 'Debug' }
 
+# Set to true to opt out of outputting binary log while running in CI
+[bool]$excludeCIBinarylog = if (Test-Path variable:excludeCIBinarylog) { $excludeCIBinarylog } else { $false }
+
 # Set to true to output binary log from msbuild. Note that emitting binary log slows down the build.
-# Binary log must be enabled on CI.
-[bool]$binaryLog = if (Test-Path variable:binaryLog) { $binaryLog } else { $ci }
+[bool]$binaryLog = if (Test-Path variable:binaryLog) { $binaryLog } else { $ci -and !$excludeCIBinarylog }
 
 # Set to true to use the pipelines logger which will enable Azure logging output.
 # https://github.com/Microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks/blob/master/docs/authoring/commands.md
@@ -55,10 +57,8 @@ set-strictmode -version 2.0
 $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
 [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
 
-function Create-Directory([string[]] $path) {
-  if (!(Test-Path $path)) {
-    New-Item -path $path -force -itemType 'Directory' | Out-Null
-  }
+function Create-Directory ([string[]] $path) {
+    New-Item -Path $path -Force -ItemType 'Directory' | Out-Null
 }
 
 function Unzip([string]$zipfile, [string]$outpath) {
@@ -605,8 +605,8 @@ function MSBuild() {
 #
 function MSBuild-Core() {
   if ($ci) {
-    if (!$binaryLog) {
-      Write-PipelineTelemetryError -Category 'Build' -Message 'Binary log must be enabled in CI build.'
+    if (!$binaryLog -and !$excludeCIBinarylog) {
+      Write-PipelineTelemetryError -Category 'Build' -Message 'Binary log must be enabled in CI build, or explicitly opted-out from with the -excludeCIBinarylog switch.'
       ExitWithExitCode 1
     }
 
@@ -702,4 +702,4 @@ if (!$disableConfigureToolsetImport) {
       }
     }
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eng/common/tools.sh b/eng/common/tools.sh
index a9dff4408c234d1e0bab75c8835d87fdc981397e..50e86a378d657f5aa58a6d6c3c1c6647c68ced93 100755
--- a/eng/common/tools.sh
+++ b/eng/common/tools.sh
@@ -18,9 +18,17 @@ fi
 # Build configuration. Common values include 'Debug' and 'Release', but the repository may use other names.
 configuration=${configuration:-'Debug'}
 
+# Set to true to opt out of outputting binary log while running in CI
+exclude_ci_binary_log=${exclude_ci_binary_log:-false}
+
+if [[ "$ci" == true && "$exclude_ci_binary_log" == false ]]; then
+  binary_log_default=true
+else
+  binary_log_default=false
+fi
+
 # Set to true to output binary log from msbuild. Note that emitting binary log slows down the build.
-# Binary log must be enabled on CI.
-binary_log=${binary_log:-$ci}
+binary_log=${binary_log:-$binary_log_default}
 
 # Turns on machine preparation/clean up code that changes the machine state (e.g. kills build processes).
 prepare_machine=${prepare_machine:-false}
@@ -404,8 +412,8 @@ function MSBuild {
 
 function MSBuild-Core {
   if [[ "$ci" == true ]]; then
-    if [[ "$binary_log" != true ]]; then
-      Write-PipelineTelemetryError -category 'Build'  "Binary log must be enabled in CI build."
+    if [[ "$binary_log" != true && "$exclude_ci_binary_log" != true ]]; then
+      Write-PipelineTelemetryError -category 'Build'  "Binary log must be enabled in CI build, or explicitly opted-out from with the -noBinaryLog switch."
       ExitWithExitCode 1
     fi
 
@@ -485,4 +493,4 @@ fi
 # Remove once repos are updated.
 if [[ -n "${useInstalledDotNetCli:-}" ]]; then
   use_installed_dotnet_cli="$useInstalledDotNetCli"
-fi
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eng/helix/content/RunTests/RunTests.csproj b/eng/helix/content/RunTests/RunTests.csproj
index 39f671c64108b12327eee1158b7466564a891c2f..8a9533ae43b95e19ce8e5d733c44220408020147 100644
--- a/eng/helix/content/RunTests/RunTests.csproj
+++ b/eng/helix/content/RunTests/RunTests.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp5.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/eng/scripts/CodeCheck.ps1 b/eng/scripts/CodeCheck.ps1
index 4cfdda2c8c323d0b74fe1b26188eb2de16e1620c..1d0593fc4ed41f4e4c7dc7ab9720e69e4c9dc274 100644
--- a/eng/scripts/CodeCheck.ps1
+++ b/eng/scripts/CodeCheck.ps1
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ try {
     if ($ci) {
         # Install dotnet.exe
         if ($DotNetRuntimeSourceFeed -or $DotNetRuntimeSourceFeedKey) {
-            & $repoRoot/restore.cmd -ci -noBuildNodeJS -DotNetRuntimeSourceFeed $DotNetRuntimeSourceFeed -DotNetRuntimeSourceFeedKey $DotNetRuntimeSourceFeedKey
+            & $repoRoot/restore.cmd -ci -nobl -noBuildNodeJS -DotNetRuntimeSourceFeed $DotNetRuntimeSourceFeed -DotNetRuntimeSourceFeedKey $DotNetRuntimeSourceFeedKey
         }
         else{
-            & $repoRoot/restore.cmd -ci -noBuildNodeJS
+            & $repoRoot/restore.cmd -ci -nobl -noBuildNodeJS
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/eng/targets/ReferenceAssembly.targets b/eng/targets/ReferenceAssembly.targets
index 84076d9a414ce160f00a1eac8ddc2a35f69f1c34..bdf7e2c384e799c528405f3554956e3c695cae4d 100644
--- a/eng/targets/ReferenceAssembly.targets
+++ b/eng/targets/ReferenceAssembly.targets
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
       Condition=" '$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' != '.NETFramework' ">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <_RefSourceFileTFM>$(TargetFramework)</_RefSourceFileTFM>
-      <_RefSourceFileTFM Condition="$(TargetFramework.StartsWith('netcoreapp'))">netcoreapp</_RefSourceFileTFM>
+      <_RefSourceFileTFM Condition="'$(TargetFrameworkIdentifier)' == '.NETCoreApp' AND
+          $([MSBuild]::VersionGreaterThanOrEquals($(TargetFrameworkVersion), '5.0'))">netcoreapp</_RefSourceFileTFM>
       <_RefProjectFileTFM>$(TargetFramework)</_RefProjectFileTFM>
       <_RefProjectFileTFM Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == '$(DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework)'">%24(DefaultNetCoreTargetFramework)</_RefProjectFileTFM>
 
diff --git a/eng/tools/RepoTasks/RepoTasks.tasks b/eng/tools/RepoTasks/RepoTasks.tasks
index 631944feea73f96e9f0bed405f29e9651c56e241..1c9ea904fddb61377b81237b839b9634d4f03638 100644
--- a/eng/tools/RepoTasks/RepoTasks.tasks
+++ b/eng/tools/RepoTasks/RepoTasks.tasks
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <_RepoTaskAssemblyFolder Condition="'$(MSBuildRuntimeType)' == 'core'">netcoreapp5.0</_RepoTaskAssemblyFolder>
+    <_RepoTaskAssemblyFolder Condition="'$(MSBuildRuntimeType)' == 'core'">net5.0</_RepoTaskAssemblyFolder>
     <_RepoTaskAssemblyFolder Condition="'$(MSBuildRuntimeType)' != 'core'">net472</_RepoTaskAssemblyFolder>
     <_RepoTaskAssembly>$(ArtifactsBinDir)RepoTasks\Release\$(_RepoTaskAssemblyFolder)\RepoTasks.dll</_RepoTaskAssembly>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index c881d08d1816aebf698ea852a7dfb2fbf03c1024..90de3b0c5c8fd658688437c1b220fc5c9a5639d8 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   },
   "msbuild-sdks": {
     "Yarn.MSBuild": "1.15.2",
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "5.0.0-beta.20228.4",
-    "Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk": "5.0.0-beta.20228.4"
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk": "5.0.0-beta.20261.9",
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Helix.Sdk": "5.0.0-beta.20261.9"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/Components/Blazor/Build/test/BuildIntegrationTests/BuildIntegrationTest.cs b/src/Components/Blazor/Build/test/BuildIntegrationTests/BuildIntegrationTest.cs
index 54c089e874f3b5c98a960d74260f68bf76ed8e8c..06c7a5bb1baf7dfe62e7b718c082447d9aa72639 100644
--- a/src/Components/Blazor/Build/test/BuildIntegrationTests/BuildIntegrationTest.cs
+++ b/src/Components/Blazor/Build/test/BuildIntegrationTests/BuildIntegrationTest.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build
         {
             // Arrange
             using var project = ProjectDirectory.Create("blazorhosted", additionalProjects: new[] { "standalone", "razorclasslibrary", });
-            project.TargetFramework = "netcoreapp5.0";
+            project.TargetFramework = "net5.0";
             var result = await MSBuildProcessManager.DotnetMSBuild(project);
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
diff --git a/src/Components/Blazor/Build/test/BuildIntegrationTests/PublishIntegrationTest.cs b/src/Components/Blazor/Build/test/BuildIntegrationTests/PublishIntegrationTest.cs
index 81f9577e25a793771a7f93b91d2691c7a185da20..72d082eaf6e1fd3cb29b9b587ee392e737001535 100644
--- a/src/Components/Blazor/Build/test/BuildIntegrationTests/PublishIntegrationTest.cs
+++ b/src/Components/Blazor/Build/test/BuildIntegrationTests/PublishIntegrationTest.cs
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build
         {
             // Arrange
             using var project = ProjectDirectory.Create("blazorhosted", additionalProjects: new[] { "standalone", "razorclasslibrary", });
-            project.TargetFramework = "netcoreapp5.0";
+            project.TargetFramework = "net5.0";
             var result = await MSBuildProcessManager.DotnetMSBuild(project, "Publish");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Build
         {
             // Arrange
             using var project = ProjectDirectory.Create("blazorhosted", additionalProjects: new[] { "standalone", "razorclasslibrary", });
-            project.TargetFramework = "netcoreapp5.0";
+            project.TargetFramework = "net5.0";
             var result = await MSBuildProcessManager.DotnetMSBuild(project, "Build");
 
             Assert.BuildPassed(result);
diff --git a/src/Components/Blazor/Build/testassets/blazorhosted/blazorhosted.csproj b/src/Components/Blazor/Build/testassets/blazorhosted/blazorhosted.csproj
index 1b4127e1f49b69dfb59ea11f4e6a05b5b2bb2035..2c41151847c523a7778f3c1cbaf421ade12b069d 100644
--- a/src/Components/Blazor/Build/testassets/blazorhosted/blazorhosted.csproj
+++ b/src/Components/Blazor/Build/testassets/blazorhosted/blazorhosted.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp5.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
     <DisableImplicitComponentsAnalyzers>true</DisableImplicitComponentsAnalyzers>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/Components/Components/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.multitarget.nuspec b/src/Components/Components/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.multitarget.nuspec
index e2190e2be50a6b5157608f186ed6eeb6b1ca4c6a..dec35ae1731ebc62f83e8007d565cfa5a6ba4f11 100644
--- a/src/Components/Components/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.multitarget.nuspec
+++ b/src/Components/Components/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.multitarget.nuspec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         <dependency id="Microsoft.JSInterop" version="$jsInteropPackageVersion$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
         <dependency id="System.ComponentModel.Annotations" version="$systemComponentModelAnnotationsPackageVersion$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
       </group>
-      <group targetFramework=".NETCoreApp5.0">
+      <group targetFramework=".net5.0">
         <dependency id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Analyzers" version="$componentAnalyzerPackageVersion$" />
         <dependency id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization" version="$authorizationPackageVersion$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
         <dependency id="Microsoft.JSInterop" version="$jsInteropPackageVersion$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
diff --git a/src/Components/Components/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.netcoreapp.nuspec b/src/Components/Components/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.netcoreapp.nuspec
index 69d234bc0803b28bc0781afaf43761a443e62886..ffd63e9b6932a2ef37055a4b387a3fc7015115bd 100644
--- a/src/Components/Components/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.netcoreapp.nuspec
+++ b/src/Components/Components/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.netcoreapp.nuspec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <metadata>
     $CommonMetadataElements$
     <dependencies>
-      <group targetFramework=".NETCoreApp5.0">
+      <group targetFramework=".net5.0">
         <dependency id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Analyzers" version="$componentAnalyzerPackageVersion$" />
         <dependency id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization" version="$authorizationPackageVersion$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
         <dependency id="Microsoft.JSInterop" version="$jsInteropPackageVersion$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
diff --git a/src/DefaultBuilder/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.FunctionalTests/WebHostFunctionalTests.cs b/src/DefaultBuilder/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.FunctionalTests/WebHostFunctionalTests.cs
index da51bb4a3c1f5bfc16d5c9e5b5597166125951f1..5722189c5829f0e546dea2715994eb9077593c6f 100644
--- a/src/DefaultBuilder/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.FunctionalTests/WebHostFunctionalTests.cs
+++ b/src/DefaultBuilder/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.FunctionalTests/WebHostFunctionalTests.cs
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests
             var applicationName = "CreateDefaultBuilderApp";
             var deploymentParameters = new DeploymentParameters(Path.Combine(GetTestSitesPath(), applicationName), ServerType.IISExpress, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64)
             {
-                TargetFramework = "netcoreapp5.0",
+                TargetFramework = "net5.0",
                 HostingModel =  HostingModel.InProcess
             };
 
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Tests
         {
             var deploymentParameters = new DeploymentParameters(Path.Combine(GetTestSitesPath(), applicationName), ServerType.Kestrel, RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr, RuntimeArchitecture.x64)
             {
-                TargetFramework = "netcoreapp5.0",
+                TargetFramework = "net5.0",
             };
 
             if (setTestEnvVars)
diff --git a/src/FileProviders/Embedded/src/Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Embedded.multitarget.nuspec b/src/FileProviders/Embedded/src/Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Embedded.multitarget.nuspec
index 08148f6430b7899c64ec0fea1417a2e99fb9f623..e828eb6ebbf96fc68e1128e16b0d68c9f6ed7b3a 100644
--- a/src/FileProviders/Embedded/src/Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Embedded.multitarget.nuspec
+++ b/src/FileProviders/Embedded/src/Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Embedded.multitarget.nuspec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <metadata>
     $CommonMetadataElements$
     <dependencies>
-      <group targetFramework=".NETCoreApp5.0">
+      <group targetFramework=".net5.0">
         <dependency id="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions" version="$AbstractionsPackageVersion$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
       </group>
       <group targetFramework=".NETStandard2.0">
diff --git a/src/FileProviders/Embedded/src/Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Embedded.netcoreapp.nuspec b/src/FileProviders/Embedded/src/Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Embedded.netcoreapp.nuspec
index 4a55fc9230cdf05913d50d71513db9678601015c..c608afc7b4132aef3b2183588ac580a89a1f7416 100644
--- a/src/FileProviders/Embedded/src/Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Embedded.netcoreapp.nuspec
+++ b/src/FileProviders/Embedded/src/Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Embedded.netcoreapp.nuspec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <metadata>
     $CommonMetadataElements$
     <dependencies>
-      <group targetFramework=".NETCoreApp5.0">
+      <group targetFramework=".net5.0">
         <dependency id="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions" version="$AbstractionsPackageVersion$" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
       </group>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/src/Framework/test/SharedFxTests.cs b/src/Framework/test/SharedFxTests.cs
index 1d2f4e6d9de93cddc66ceac4858e1d758b47afbe..9dcb3cac485984b6d7f8887901522607338ec99e 100644
--- a/src/Framework/test/SharedFxTests.cs
+++ b/src/Framework/test/SharedFxTests.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore
         public SharedFxTests(ITestOutputHelper output)
         {
             _output = output;
-            _expectedTfm = "netcoreapp" + TestData.GetSharedFxVersion().Substring(0, 3);
+            _expectedTfm = "net" + TestData.GetSharedFxVersion().Substring(0, 3);
             _expectedRid = TestData.GetSharedFxRuntimeIdentifier();
             _sharedFxRoot = string.IsNullOrEmpty(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ASPNET_RUNTIME_PATH"))
                 ? Path.Combine(TestData.GetTestDataValue("SharedFrameworkLayoutRoot"), "shared", TestData.GetTestDataValue("RuntimePackageVersion"))
diff --git a/src/Hosting/Server.IntegrationTesting/src/Common/Tfm.cs b/src/Hosting/Server.IntegrationTesting/src/Common/Tfm.cs
index 92cea4fb37799564db433fdec87a66b2c7b24847..da35022db9cd784c3e98ac9fa308ccd9834730c7 100644
--- a/src/Hosting/Server.IntegrationTesting/src/Common/Tfm.cs
+++ b/src/Hosting/Server.IntegrationTesting/src/Common/Tfm.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IntegrationTesting
         public const string NetCoreApp22 = "netcoreapp2.2";
         public const string NetCoreApp30 = "netcoreapp3.0";
         public const string NetCoreApp31 = "netcoreapp3.1";
-        public const string NetCoreApp50 = "netcoreapp5.0";
+        public const string Net50 = "net5.0";
 
         public static bool Matches(string tfm1, string tfm2)
         {
diff --git a/src/Hosting/test/FunctionalTests/ShutdownTests.cs b/src/Hosting/test/FunctionalTests/ShutdownTests.cs
index 58abe91b33af4b7f3eb3ad6d543eace7076fdec6..8d0c8da6b2d366fedda21a7b22d11cdffc645898 100644
--- a/src/Hosting/test/FunctionalTests/ShutdownTests.cs
+++ b/src/Hosting/test/FunctionalTests/ShutdownTests.cs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.FunctionalTests
                     RuntimeArchitecture.x64)
                 {
                     EnvironmentName = "Shutdown",
-                    TargetFramework = Tfm.NetCoreApp50,
+                    TargetFramework = Tfm.Net50,
                     ApplicationType = ApplicationType.Portable,
                     PublishApplicationBeforeDeployment = true,
                     StatusMessagesEnabled = false
diff --git a/src/Hosting/test/FunctionalTests/WebHostBuilderTests.cs b/src/Hosting/test/FunctionalTests/WebHostBuilderTests.cs
index 27603a86a5065809bedf9d2870762a0c56396a65..3e170397a2cc7d1b5ace76907f33537e401d9471 100644
--- a/src/Hosting/test/FunctionalTests/WebHostBuilderTests.cs
+++ b/src/Hosting/test/FunctionalTests/WebHostBuilderTests.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.FunctionalTests
         public WebHostBuilderTests(ITestOutputHelper output) : base(output) { }
 
         public static TestMatrix TestVariants => TestMatrix.ForServers(ServerType.Kestrel)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50);
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50);
 
         [ConditionalTheory]
         [MemberData(nameof(TestVariants))]
diff --git a/src/Middleware/WebSockets/test/ConformanceTests/Autobahn/AutobahnTester.cs b/src/Middleware/WebSockets/test/ConformanceTests/Autobahn/AutobahnTester.cs
index 7e985a05991d64fa6bfaab628152c63b7eaab8f0..f83ff19f083100ebeca76fb56709dc7993049b4c 100644
--- a/src/Middleware/WebSockets/test/ConformanceTests/Autobahn/AutobahnTester.cs
+++ b/src/Middleware/WebSockets/test/ConformanceTests/Autobahn/AutobahnTester.cs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebSockets.ConformanceTest.Autobahn
             {
                 Scheme = (ssl ? Uri.UriSchemeHttps : Uri.UriSchemeHttp),
                 ApplicationType = ApplicationType.Portable,
-                TargetFramework = "netcoreapp5.0",
+                TargetFramework = "Net5.0",
                 EnvironmentName = environment,
                 SiteName = "HttpTestSite", // This is configured in the Http.config
                 ServerConfigTemplateContent = (server == ServerType.IISExpress) ? File.ReadAllText(configPath) : null,
diff --git a/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/DotnetRunTests.cs b/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/DotnetRunTests.cs
index ed7fb66de9a65dc47ff0f30fbef0e71131fb131f..0817914a438522940a7ff1a77fe4d91560694d1d 100644
--- a/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/DotnetRunTests.cs
+++ b/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/DotnetRunTests.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace E2ETests
     {
         public static TestMatrix TestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(ServerType.Kestrel)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50);
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50);
 
         [ConditionalTheory]
         [MemberData(nameof(TestVariants))]
diff --git a/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/NtlmAuthentationTest.cs b/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/NtlmAuthentationTest.cs
index ee2973fe1bcd746551f7905f886deb2f5e72bcfd..4f5e3e270e9359bc919c96666c35cf2558bfa549 100644
--- a/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/NtlmAuthentationTest.cs
+++ b/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/NtlmAuthentationTest.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace E2ETests
     {
         public static TestMatrix TestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(ServerType.IISExpress, ServerType.HttpSys)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50)
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50)
                 .WithAllApplicationTypes()
                 .WithAllArchitectures();
 
diff --git a/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/OpenIdConnectTests.cs b/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/OpenIdConnectTests.cs
index 5e59c33c3828c7908542b7df14f5236f11c2d58e..7272ed66008cf5db2bd7de772e3ebedf6c67feab 100644
--- a/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/OpenIdConnectTests.cs
+++ b/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/OpenIdConnectTests.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace E2ETests
     {
         public static TestMatrix TestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(ServerType.IISExpress, ServerType.Kestrel)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50);
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50);
 
         [ConditionalTheory]
         [MemberData(nameof(TestVariants))]
diff --git a/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/PublishAndRunTests.cs b/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/PublishAndRunTests.cs
index d0760c261f24ef790edab96bda13824db01990fc..33770cf0fa57d2850205cf9d8204f1a414d251ef 100644
--- a/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/PublishAndRunTests.cs
+++ b/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/PublishAndRunTests.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace E2ETests
     {
         public static TestMatrix TestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(ServerType.IISExpress, ServerType.HttpSys)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50)
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50)
                 .WithAllApplicationTypes()
                 .WithAllHostingModels()
                 .WithAllArchitectures();
diff --git a/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/SmokeTests.cs b/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/SmokeTests.cs
index 26d8cd27718a3a7033a6faf5bf4bb2d6e0944551..911c5ac60baa90499e28a0fa7004fc896ef3acb4 100644
--- a/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/SmokeTests.cs
+++ b/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/SmokeTests.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace E2ETests
     {
         public static TestMatrix TestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(ServerType.IISExpress, ServerType.Kestrel, ServerType.HttpSys)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50)
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50)
                 .WithAllApplicationTypes()
                 .WithAllHostingModels();
 
diff --git a/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/SmokeTestsOnNanoServer.cs b/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/SmokeTestsOnNanoServer.cs
index 490d2148cec2da9099e6dbf6a66772ac9559ee5f..5459553cf66feb46a3d9604df2308f9642d56929 100644
--- a/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/SmokeTestsOnNanoServer.cs
+++ b/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/SmokeTestsOnNanoServer.cs
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ namespace E2ETests
                     _remoteDeploymentConfig.AccountName,
                     _remoteDeploymentConfig.AccountPassword)
                 {
-                    TargetFramework = Tfm.NetCoreApp50,
+                    TargetFramework = Tfm.Net50,
                     ApplicationBaseUriHint = applicationBaseUrl,
                     ApplicationType = applicationType
                 };
diff --git a/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/StoreSmokeTests.cs b/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/StoreSmokeTests.cs
index 5995c16391a9912bb04224f6fe358f0879a17609..054d921403c188842e8a2a1c30a8018864e6c9a5 100644
--- a/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/StoreSmokeTests.cs
+++ b/src/MusicStore/test/MusicStore.E2ETests/StoreSmokeTests.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace E2ETests
                     EnvironmentName = "SocialTesting",
                     PublishApplicationBeforeDeployment = true,
                     PreservePublishedApplicationForDebugging = Helpers.PreservePublishedApplicationForDebugging,
-                    TargetFramework = Tfm.NetCoreApp50,
+                    TargetFramework = Tfm.Net50,
                     UserAdditionalCleanup = parameters =>
                     {
                         DbUtils.DropDatabase(musicStoreDbName, logger);
@@ -92,4 +92,4 @@ namespace E2ETests
             return directoryStructure.ToString();
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/BlazorTemplates.Tests/Infrastructure/Directory.Build.props.in b/src/ProjectTemplates/BlazorTemplates.Tests/Infrastructure/Directory.Build.props.in
index 9990532b1d121853fb895630e72c81ef6b018300..d4297df6986d1a61be0499a7c45446a3df6f02ed 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/BlazorTemplates.Tests/Infrastructure/Directory.Build.props.in
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/BlazorTemplates.Tests/Infrastructure/Directory.Build.props.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project>
 <!-- This file gets copied above the template test projects so that we disconnect the templates from the rest of the repository -->
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp5.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/BlazorWasm.ProjectTemplates/content/BlazorWasm-CSharp/.template.config/template.json b/src/ProjectTemplates/BlazorWasm.ProjectTemplates/content/BlazorWasm-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
index e49f9952893105875e158fcf4a56f1c6a5431da7..29d5eef1744833fa7731dfd61bf91a74073bb52d 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/BlazorWasm.ProjectTemplates/content/BlazorWasm-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/BlazorWasm.ProjectTemplates/content/BlazorWasm-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@
       "datatype": "choice",
       "choices": [
         {
-          "choice": "netcoreapp5.0",
-          "description": "Target netcoreapp5.0"
+          "choice": "net5.0",
+          "description": "Target net5.0"
         }
       ],
-      "replaces": "netcoreapp5.0",
-      "defaultValue": "netcoreapp5.0"
+      "replaces": "net5.0",
+      "defaultValue": "net5.0"
     },
     "HostIdentifier": {
       "type": "bind",
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/BlazorServerWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/BlazorServerWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
index 66bfdc777bb27ba4323ed0a1726313eb6885e1af..484e81863cd8c67601598a6fbb6e952ce2b57312 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/BlazorServerWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/BlazorServerWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -337,12 +337,12 @@
       "datatype": "choice",
       "choices": [
         {
-          "choice": "netcoreapp5.0",
-          "description": "Target netcoreapp5.0"
+          "choice": "net5.0",
+          "description": "Target net5.0"
         }
       ],
-      "replaces": "netcoreapp5.0",
-      "defaultValue": "netcoreapp5.0"
+      "replaces": "net5.0",
+      "defaultValue": "net5.0"
     },
     "copyrightYear": {
       "type": "generated",
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
index caf1ab80e60711d4df211ddc7cbf9394e65d3d1b..9964a3ae5a5a97c2f146814f31989282e48da409 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@
       "datatype": "choice",
       "choices": [
         {
-          "choice": "netcoreapp5.0",
-          "description": "Target netcoreapp5.0"
+          "choice": "net5.0",
+          "description": "Target net5.0"
         }
       ],
-      "replaces": "netcoreapp5.0",
-      "defaultValue": "netcoreapp5.0"
+      "replaces": "net5.0",
+      "defaultValue": "net5.0"
     },
     "copyrightYear": {
       "type": "generated",
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-FSharp/.template.config/template.json b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-FSharp/.template.config/template.json
index df7b62a1697b018fa8d941b9ff7b1ca05cf939e3..9f436eba9c3e3decfc6107d6fe6a9b43a200561a 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-FSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/EmptyWeb-FSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@
       "datatype": "choice",
       "choices": [
         {
-          "choice": "netcoreapp5.0",
-          "description": "Target netcoreapp5.0"
+          "choice": "net5.0",
+          "description": "Target net5.0"
         }
       ],
-      "replaces": "netcoreapp5.0",
-      "defaultValue": "netcoreapp5.0"
+      "replaces": "net5.0",
+      "defaultValue": "net5.0"
     },
     "copyrightYear": {
       "type": "generated",
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/GrpcService-CSharp/.template.config/template.json b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/GrpcService-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
index 0ca933164a50c87efd5a7d6c82e85b8fd390f505..7c9acda73b3984c9437f5a5bcf901b6bca9f5794 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/GrpcService-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/GrpcService-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@
       "datatype": "choice",
       "choices": [
         {
-          "choice": "netcoreapp5.0",
-          "description": "Target netcoreapp5.0"
+          "choice": "net5.0",
+          "description": "Target net5.0"
         }
       ],
-      "defaultValue": "netcoreapp5.0"
+      "defaultValue": "net5.0"
     },
     "ExcludeLaunchSettings": {
       "type": "parameter",
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/RazorClassLibrary-CSharp/.template.config/template.json b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/RazorClassLibrary-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
index 543e0bdd5dd9951327ea7a87194035ffdc647813..5a6a957a2ca7be30de29f4e0e40a45fa3c35d688 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/RazorClassLibrary-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/RazorClassLibrary-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@
       "datatype": "choice",
       "choices": [
         {
-          "choice": "netcoreapp5.0",
-          "description": "Target netcoreapp5.0"
+          "choice": "net5.0",
+          "description": "Target net5.0"
         }
       ],
-      "defaultValue": "netcoreapp5.0"
+      "defaultValue": "net5.0"
     },
     "HostIdentifier": {
       "type": "bind",
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/RazorPagesWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/RazorPagesWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
index 81aacfa7e7b4980420de1e124db80a0e838c58ae..a98d4dcf6c5605c031eadda0e837c4911310bafc 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/RazorPagesWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/RazorPagesWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -316,12 +316,12 @@
       "datatype": "choice",
       "choices": [
         {
-          "choice": "netcoreapp5.0",
-          "description": "Target netcoreapp5.0"
+          "choice": "net5.0",
+          "description": "Target net5.0"
         }
       ],
-      "replaces": "netcoreapp5.0",
-      "defaultValue": "netcoreapp5.0"
+      "replaces": "net5.0",
+      "defaultValue": "net5.0"
     },
     "copyrightYear": {
       "type": "generated",
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/StarterWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/StarterWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
index d846394fa943c3584c8e48b042d8e749a12f22aa..9fabeb1cc414503614798b9150c45b9711048547 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/StarterWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/StarterWeb-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -306,12 +306,12 @@
       "datatype": "choice",
       "choices": [
         {
-          "choice": "netcoreapp5.0",
-          "description": "Target netcoreapp5.0"
+          "choice": "net5.0",
+          "description": "Target net5.0"
         }
       ],
-      "replaces": "netcoreapp5.0",
-      "defaultValue": "netcoreapp5.0"
+      "replaces": "net5.0",
+      "defaultValue": "net5.0"
     },
     "copyrightYear": {
       "type": "generated",
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/StarterWeb-FSharp/.template.config/template.json b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/StarterWeb-FSharp/.template.config/template.json
index 779cf7d82c179b1fa5dfe91301bf688473513f75..6988370f4eb2c3bf17a78ed4dbf168cc72e4a8d0 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/StarterWeb-FSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/StarterWeb-FSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@
       "datatype": "choice",
       "choices": [
         {
-          "choice": "netcoreapp5.0",
-          "description": "Target netcoreapp5.0"
+          "choice": "net5.0",
+          "description": "Target net5.0"
         }
       ],
-      "replaces": "netcoreapp5.0",
-      "defaultValue": "netcoreapp5.0"
+      "replaces": "net5.0",
+      "defaultValue": "net5.0"
     },
     "copyrightYear": {
       "type": "generated",
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-CSharp/.template.config/template.json b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
index 9c560017be7ab31c3f7bbeef0eeafd8574bda3e5..731fcbcb0fa710789ff2d3d2ede7c4547c9dae35 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -209,12 +209,12 @@
       "datatype": "choice",
       "choices": [
         {
-          "choice": "netcoreapp5.0",
-          "description": "Target netcoreapp5.0"
+          "choice": "net5.0",
+          "description": "Target net5.0"
         }
       ],
-      "replaces": "netcoreapp5.0",
-      "defaultValue": "netcoreapp5.0"
+      "replaces": "net5.0",
+      "defaultValue": "net5.0"
     },
     "copyrightYear": {
       "type": "generated",
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-FSharp/.template.config/template.json b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-FSharp/.template.config/template.json
index b3f4e81300f7836e9beb2d50e50f66d67459c79f..d9d9cf819322d9fe6a75db5945c84e7bbdeae565 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-FSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/WebApi-FSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@
       "datatype": "choice",
       "choices": [
         {
-          "choice": "netcoreapp5.0",
-          "description": "Target netcoreapp5.0"
+          "choice": "net5.0",
+          "description": "Target net5.0"
         }
       ],
-      "replaces": "netcoreapp5.0",
-      "defaultValue": "netcoreapp5.0"
+      "replaces": "net5.0",
+      "defaultValue": "net5.0"
     },
     "copyrightYear": {
       "type": "generated",
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/Worker-CSharp/.template.config/template.json b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/Worker-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
index fa3775c56451d5c0d8009acb89a3bbcb3d4c0db2..fdffe3815f250a4d57eab5b29e7db36efda5aa02 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/Worker-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/Worker-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@
       "datatype": "choice",
       "choices": [
         {
-          "choice": "netcoreapp5.0",
-          "description": "Target netcoreapp5.0"
+          "choice": "net5.0",
+          "description": "Target net5.0"
         }
       ],
-      "replaces": "netcoreapp5.0",
-      "defaultValue": "netcoreapp5.0"
+      "replaces": "net5.0",
+      "defaultValue": "net5.0"
     },
     "copyrightYear": {
       "type": "generated",
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.Spa.ProjectTemplates/content/Angular-CSharp/.template.config/template.json b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.Spa.ProjectTemplates/content/Angular-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
index fb376267c2c853c7399426fb465005f9134159fd..1a26e86718a6c7084c948dabc38e5e6942c9bdb1 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.Spa.ProjectTemplates/content/Angular-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.Spa.ProjectTemplates/content/Angular-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -177,12 +177,12 @@
       "datatype": "choice",
       "choices": [
         {
-          "choice": "netcoreapp5.0",
-          "description": "Target netcoreapp5.0"
+          "choice": "net5.0",
+          "description": "Target net5.0"
         }
       ],
-      "replaces": "netcoreapp5.0",
-      "defaultValue": "netcoreapp5.0"
+      "replaces": "net5.0",
+      "defaultValue": "net5.0"
     },
     "HostIdentifier": {
       "type": "bind",
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.Spa.ProjectTemplates/content/React-CSharp/.template.config/template.json b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.Spa.ProjectTemplates/content/React-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
index 4b2e6ad7867188305f738954e05d5e314d44041d..24854b9c5631075516fd84e4504cbeb041c060a9 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.Spa.ProjectTemplates/content/React-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.Spa.ProjectTemplates/content/React-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -178,12 +178,12 @@
       "datatype": "choice",
       "choices": [
         {
-          "choice": "netcoreapp5.0",
-          "description": "Target netcoreapp5.0"
+          "choice": "net5.0",
+          "description": "Target net5.0"
         }
       ],
-      "replaces": "netcoreapp5.0",
-      "defaultValue": "netcoreapp5.0"
+      "replaces": "net5.0",
+      "defaultValue": "net5.0"
     },
     "HostIdentifier": {
       "type": "bind",
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.Spa.ProjectTemplates/content/ReactRedux-CSharp/.template.config/template.json b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.Spa.ProjectTemplates/content/ReactRedux-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
index f32b4adac42d9afa548d30ca6b9b9aa7891cc4c7..935a599725d42b8e1e12c487f28652dcee2efea9 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.Spa.ProjectTemplates/content/ReactRedux-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.Spa.ProjectTemplates/content/ReactRedux-CSharp/.template.config/template.json
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@
       "datatype": "choice",
       "choices": [
         {
-          "choice": "netcoreapp5.0",
-          "description": "Target netcoreapp5.0"
+          "choice": "net5.0",
+          "description": "Target net5.0"
         }
       ],
-      "replaces": "netcoreapp5.0",
-      "defaultValue": "netcoreapp5.0"
+      "replaces": "net5.0",
+      "defaultValue": "net5.0"
     },
     "HostIdentifier": {
       "type": "bind",
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/scripts/Test-Template.ps1 b/src/ProjectTemplates/scripts/Test-Template.ps1
index 5ad25a16d6ec2fe815e41d1ba6700a8e404a1eeb..b66a0c71413a2642535e2ec27bcf9553083520cc 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/scripts/Test-Template.ps1
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/scripts/Test-Template.ps1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function Test-Template($templateName, $templateArgs, $templateNupkg, $isSPA) {
         $proj = "$tmpDir/$templateName.$extension"
         $projContent = Get-Content -Path $proj -Raw
         $projContent = $projContent -replace ('<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">', "<Project Sdk=""Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web"">
-  <Import Project=""$PSScriptRoot/../test/bin/Debug/netcoreapp5.0/TestTemplates/TemplateTests.props"" />
+  <Import Project=""$PSScriptRoot/../test/bin/Debug/net5.0/TestTemplates/TemplateTests.props"" />
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include=""Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor"" Version=""`$(MicrosoftNETSdkRazorPackageVersion)"" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function Test-Template($templateName, $templateArgs, $templateNupkg, $isSPA) {
         $projContent | Set-Content $proj
         dotnet.exe ef migrations add mvc
         dotnet.exe publish --configuration Release
-        dotnet.exe bin\Release\netcoreapp5.0\publish\$templateName.dll
+        dotnet.exe bin\Release\net5.0\publish\$templateName.dll
     }
     finally {
         Pop-Location
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Infrastructure/Directory.Build.props.in b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Infrastructure/Directory.Build.props.in
index 9990532b1d121853fb895630e72c81ef6b018300..d4297df6986d1a61be0499a7c45446a3df6f02ed 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Infrastructure/Directory.Build.props.in
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/test/Infrastructure/Directory.Build.props.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project>
 <!-- This file gets copied above the template test projects so that we disconnect the templates from the rest of the repository -->
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp5.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/BasicAuthTests.cs b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/BasicAuthTests.cs
index 36520369a695f37aa485c169790547dfc778196b..6ed67feed65b14cb463bdb54894d2ea907c26e74 100644
--- a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/BasicAuthTests.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/BasicAuthTests.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.FunctionalTests
 
         public static TestMatrix TestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(DeployerSelector.ServerType)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50)
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50)
                 .WithApplicationTypes(ApplicationType.Portable)
                 .WithAllHostingModels();
 
diff --git a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/ClientCertificateTests.cs b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/ClientCertificateTests.cs
index 5503c2b4faae5f4580c246e7933842610913b4a1..e0db51c5248d39ab5b123468eae78aea08fe323a 100644
--- a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/ClientCertificateTests.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/ClientCertificateTests.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.FunctionalTests
 
         public static TestMatrix TestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(DeployerSelector.ServerType)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50)
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50)
                 .WithAllApplicationTypes()
                 .WithAllHostingModels();
 
diff --git a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/CommonStartupTests.cs b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/CommonStartupTests.cs
index 38f4dae818c2646e4536f50a0cabf1002f7184a1..957149cd8770595277ba28e5a54391ad6de8c9a2 100644
--- a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/CommonStartupTests.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/CommonStartupTests.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.FunctionalTests
 
         public static TestMatrix TestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(DeployerSelector.ServerType)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50)
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50)
                 .WithAllApplicationTypes()
                 .WithAllHostingModels();
 
diff --git a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/HttpsTests.cs b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/HttpsTests.cs
index 5b2323223a6aa52d4539e0ca289dfa7154bebc78..6a2967d1d0c6c33718773c761061de6a03102329 100644
--- a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/HttpsTests.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/HttpsTests.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.FunctionalTests
 
         public static TestMatrix TestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(DeployerSelector.ServerType)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50)
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50)
                 .WithAllApplicationTypes()
                 .WithAllHostingModels();
 
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.FunctionalTests
         [RequiresNewShim]
         public async Task SetsConnectionCloseHeader()
         {
-            // Only tests OutOfProcess as the Connection header is removed for out of process and not inprocess. 
+            // Only tests OutOfProcess as the Connection header is removed for out of process and not inprocess.
             // This test checks a quirk to allow setting the Connection header.
             var deploymentParameters = Fixture.GetBaseDeploymentParameters(HostingModel.OutOfProcess);
 
diff --git a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/Inprocess/StartupTests.cs b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/Inprocess/StartupTests.cs
index c030a87161e2f90bde8840f22f25f0be155a6d25..b33b2d31deea8111e248a0eeeba97b5ed9ee0d31 100644
--- a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/Inprocess/StartupTests.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/Inprocess/StartupTests.cs
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.FunctionalTests.InProcess
 
         public static TestMatrix TestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(DeployerSelector.ServerType)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50)
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50)
                 .WithAllApplicationTypes()
                 .WithAncmV2InProcess();
 
diff --git a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/LogFileTests.cs b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/LogFileTests.cs
index 0a601873150026fc3dfcf9a90b24dd9ce6c9a1f3..11ea36231763c812f0d6857d72f549955524c2d2 100644
--- a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/LogFileTests.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/LogFileTests.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.FunctionalTests
 
         public static TestMatrix TestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(DeployerSelector.ServerType)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50)
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50)
                 .WithAllApplicationTypes()
                 .WithAllHostingModels();
 
diff --git a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/OutOfProcess/AspNetCorePortTests.cs b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/OutOfProcess/AspNetCorePortTests.cs
index 969fc2c05b103bb6faa1782186096549e73389c3..a843e34a942dc0f39bfec3a8b8f9cc4a179eea7d 100644
--- a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/OutOfProcess/AspNetCorePortTests.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/OutOfProcess/AspNetCorePortTests.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.FunctionalTests.OutOfProcess
 
         public static TestMatrix TestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(DeployerSelector.ServerType)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50)
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50)
                 .WithApplicationTypes(ApplicationType.Portable);
 
         public static IEnumerable<object[]> InvalidTestVariants
@@ -90,13 +90,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.FunctionalTests.OutOfProcess
         public async Task ShutdownMultipleTimesWorks(TestVariant variant)
         {
             // Must publish to set env vars in web.config
-            var deploymentParameters = Fixture.GetBaseDeploymentParameters(variant);    
+            var deploymentParameters = Fixture.GetBaseDeploymentParameters(variant);
 
             var deploymentResult = await DeployAsync(deploymentParameters);
-            
+
             // Shutdown once
             var response = await deploymentResult.HttpClient.GetAsync("/Shutdown");
-            
+
             // Wait for server to start again.
             int i;
             for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
@@ -108,16 +108,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.FunctionalTests.OutOfProcess
                     break;
                 }
             }
-            
+
             if (i == 10)
             {
                 // Didn't restart after 10 retries
                 Assert.False(true);
             }
-            
+
             // Shutdown again
             response = await deploymentResult.HttpClient.GetAsync("/Shutdown");
-            
+
             // return if server starts again.
             for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
             {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.FunctionalTests.OutOfProcess
                     return;
                 }
             }
-            
+
             // Test failure if this happens.
             Assert.False(true);
         }
diff --git a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/OutOfProcess/HelloWorldTest.cs b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/OutOfProcess/HelloWorldTest.cs
index 2054011422114e55ec77ee81d35a2a3e913d70c5..4c808e646ac15475e3bc9e88ba89ff29c142aa68 100644
--- a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/OutOfProcess/HelloWorldTest.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/OutOfProcess/HelloWorldTest.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.FunctionalTests.OutOfProcess
 
         public static TestMatrix TestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(DeployerSelector.ServerType)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50)
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50)
                 .WithAllApplicationTypes();
 
         [ConditionalTheory]
diff --git a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/PublishedSitesFixture.cs b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/PublishedSitesFixture.cs
index 70a7606e318f2d090a0f51704a70504dc237f61a..0acfad81bb5306aa6f57026adadd87cb7357c6e3 100644
--- a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/PublishedSitesFixture.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/PublishedSitesFixture.cs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.FunctionalTests
                     RuntimeFlavor = RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr,
                     RuntimeArchitecture = RuntimeArchitecture.x64,
                     HostingModel = hostingModel,
-                    TargetFramework = Tfm.NetCoreApp50
+                    TargetFramework = Tfm.Net50
                 });
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/Utilities/IISTestSiteFixture.cs b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/Utilities/IISTestSiteFixture.cs
index 5c3829c09eb5109d80a996412d71b453d8970a2e..4665552cceb9ecf89cc844da95c0082c1d8c7dae 100644
--- a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/Utilities/IISTestSiteFixture.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/Utilities/IISTestSiteFixture.cs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.FunctionalTests
             {
                 RuntimeArchitecture = RuntimeArchitecture.x64,
                 RuntimeFlavor =  RuntimeFlavor.CoreClr,
-                TargetFramework = Tfm.NetCoreApp50,
+                TargetFramework = Tfm.Net50,
                 HostingModel = HostingModel.InProcess,
                 PublishApplicationBeforeDeployment = true,
                 ApplicationPublisher = new PublishedApplicationPublisher(Helpers.GetInProcessTestSitesName()),
diff --git a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/WindowsAuthTests.cs b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/WindowsAuthTests.cs
index e22f96dadc0a93b3deb857dcd252d9bb0a913a1a..aeba8b401198e3fd4eca8ddd222e20bdf9a03ece 100644
--- a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/WindowsAuthTests.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/Common.FunctionalTests/WindowsAuthTests.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.FunctionalTests
 
         public static TestMatrix TestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(DeployerSelector.ServerType)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50)
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50)
                 .WithApplicationTypes(ApplicationType.Portable)
                 .WithAllHostingModels();
 
diff --git a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/IISExpress.FunctionalTests/OutOfProcess/NtlmAuthentationTest.cs b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/IISExpress.FunctionalTests/OutOfProcess/NtlmAuthentationTest.cs
index c63c777c806816c9ddf4beb47ce0a88a7a8730c5..1132b7de5f5ac83fce72fd9f79d143dfb954fda9 100644
--- a/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/IISExpress.FunctionalTests/OutOfProcess/NtlmAuthentationTest.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/IIS/IIS/test/IISExpress.FunctionalTests/OutOfProcess/NtlmAuthentationTest.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IIS.FunctionalTests
 
         public static TestMatrix TestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(DeployerSelector.ServerType)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50);
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50);
 
         [ConditionalTheory]
         [RequiresIIS(IISCapability.WindowsAuthentication)]
diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/samples/http2cat/http2cat.csproj b/src/Servers/Kestrel/samples/http2cat/http2cat.csproj
index 5bfcc5fda77d8455a354347da8ebb9c13adfe577..14fcf4b5e78716e8a7e677da39e5646b4974ef02 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/samples/http2cat/http2cat.csproj
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/samples/http2cat/http2cat.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp5.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
     <Compile Include="$(SharedSourceRoot)ServerInfrastructure\**\*.cs" LinkBase="Shared\" />
     <Compile Include="$(SharedSourceRoot)TaskToApm.cs" Link="Shared\TaskToApm.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="$(SharedSourceRoot)ServerInfrastructure\SharedStrings.resx" Link="Shared\SharedStrings.resx">
       <ManifestResourceName>Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.SharedStrings</ManifestResourceName>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
       <Generator></Generator>
     </EmbeddedResource>
   </ItemGroup>
-  
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="TaskTimeoutExtensions.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Servers/test/FunctionalTests/HelloWorldTest.cs b/src/Servers/test/FunctionalTests/HelloWorldTest.cs
index cf20b9d61712548c07f3263a5406c47744daf3dd..ae8884272fbbfdbae700e85ad45a6da0c8aaa3b2 100644
--- a/src/Servers/test/FunctionalTests/HelloWorldTest.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/test/FunctionalTests/HelloWorldTest.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace ServerComparison.FunctionalTests
 
         public static TestMatrix TestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(ServerType.IISExpress, ServerType.Kestrel, ServerType.Nginx, ServerType.HttpSys)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50)
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50)
                 .WithApplicationTypes(ApplicationType.Portable)
                 .WithAllHostingModels()
                 .WithAllArchitectures();
diff --git a/src/Servers/test/FunctionalTests/NtlmAuthenticationTest.cs b/src/Servers/test/FunctionalTests/NtlmAuthenticationTest.cs
index 75ef46207a567b475b26f287108cd0cd8232ffdf..fb6d0cf1f1ce92fb07a3e37e4658e933345c801e 100644
--- a/src/Servers/test/FunctionalTests/NtlmAuthenticationTest.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/test/FunctionalTests/NtlmAuthenticationTest.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace ServerComparison.FunctionalTests
 
         public static TestMatrix TestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(ServerType.IISExpress, ServerType.HttpSys, ServerType.Kestrel)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50)
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50)
                 .WithAllHostingModels();
 
         [ConditionalTheory]
diff --git a/src/Servers/test/FunctionalTests/ResponseCompressionTests.cs b/src/Servers/test/FunctionalTests/ResponseCompressionTests.cs
index e4413435215ddf5dca472e08fbc23cd56e694130..315d934f01b29ed85f98bc33afd79a9deb3298d4 100644
--- a/src/Servers/test/FunctionalTests/ResponseCompressionTests.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/test/FunctionalTests/ResponseCompressionTests.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace ServerComparison.FunctionalTests
 
         public static TestMatrix NoCompressionTestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(ServerType.IISExpress, ServerType.Kestrel, ServerType.Nginx,  ServerType.HttpSys)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50)
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50)
                 .WithAllHostingModels();
 
         [ConditionalTheory]
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace ServerComparison.FunctionalTests
 
         public static TestMatrix HostCompressionTestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(ServerType.IISExpress, ServerType.Nginx)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50)
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50)
                 .WithAllHostingModels();
 
         [ConditionalTheory]
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace ServerComparison.FunctionalTests
 
         public static TestMatrix AppCompressionTestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(ServerType.IISExpress, ServerType.Kestrel, ServerType.HttpSys) // No pass-through compression for nginx
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50)
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50)
                 .WithAllHostingModels();
 
         [ConditionalTheory]
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace ServerComparison.FunctionalTests
 
         public static TestMatrix HostAndAppCompressionTestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(ServerType.IISExpress, ServerType.Kestrel, ServerType.Nginx, ServerType.HttpSys)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50)
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50)
                 .WithAllHostingModels();
 
         [ConditionalTheory]
diff --git a/src/Servers/test/FunctionalTests/ResponseTests.cs b/src/Servers/test/FunctionalTests/ResponseTests.cs
index c3738f9d1601edc84e7c30238f4324b5968be5ef..f7f0539b936f29a68b9f495561145f71b762a1df 100644
--- a/src/Servers/test/FunctionalTests/ResponseTests.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/test/FunctionalTests/ResponseTests.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace ServerComparison.FunctionalTests
 
         public static TestMatrix TestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(/* ServerType.IISExpress, https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/issues/6168, */ ServerType.Kestrel, ServerType.Nginx, ServerType.HttpSys)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50)
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50)
                 .WithAllHostingModels();
 
         [ConditionalTheory]
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace ServerComparison.FunctionalTests
 
         public static TestMatrix SelfhostTestVariants
             => TestMatrix.ForServers(ServerType.Kestrel, ServerType.HttpSys)
-                .WithTfms(Tfm.NetCoreApp50);
+                .WithTfms(Tfm.Net50);
 
         // Connection Close tests do not work through reverse proxies
         [ConditionalTheory]
diff --git a/src/Shared/BenchmarkRunner/DefaultCoreConfig.cs b/src/Shared/BenchmarkRunner/DefaultCoreConfig.cs
index 5ebd48d01e1718b93e6f825d86c01bdc70b19244..b3f1c36cda445d3cded156c91ab0323bec690987 100644
--- a/src/Shared/BenchmarkRunner/DefaultCoreConfig.cs
+++ b/src/Shared/BenchmarkRunner/DefaultCoreConfig.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes
 #elif NETCOREAPP3_1
                 .WithToolchain(CsProjCoreToolchain.From(new NetCoreAppSettings("netcoreapp3.1", null, ".NET Core 3.1")))
 #elif NETCOREAPP5_0
-                .WithToolchain(CsProjCoreToolchain.From(new NetCoreAppSettings("netcoreapp5.0", null, ".NET Core 5.0")))
+                .WithToolchain(CsProjCoreToolchain.From(new NetCoreAppSettings("net5.0", null, ".NET Core 5.0")))
 #else
 #error Target frameworks need to be updated.
 #endif
diff --git a/src/Shared/ErrorPage/GeneratePage.ps1 b/src/Shared/ErrorPage/GeneratePage.ps1
index 94e674616998702c3be80c5148b310ab56edd823..f1c9175ea48c7d2d9bff80cef2022907b85b5f19 100644
--- a/src/Shared/ErrorPage/GeneratePage.ps1
+++ b/src/Shared/ErrorPage/GeneratePage.ps1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ param(
     [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$ToolingRepoPath
 )
 
-$ToolPath = Join-Path $ToolingRepoPath "artifacts\bin\RazorPageGenerator\Debug\netcoreapp5.0\dotnet-razorpagegenerator.exe"
+$ToolPath = Join-Path $ToolingRepoPath "artifacts\bin\RazorPageGenerator\Debug\net5.0\dotnet-razorpagegenerator.exe"
 
 if (!(Test-Path $ToolPath)) {
     throw "Unable to find razor page generator tool at $ToolPath"
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ if (Test-Path $TargetPath) {
     Remove-Item $TargetPath
 }
 
-Move-Item "$PSScriptRoot\Views\ErrorPage.Designer.cs" $PSScriptRoot
\ No newline at end of file
+Move-Item "$PSScriptRoot\Views\ErrorPage.Designer.cs" $PSScriptRoot
diff --git a/src/SignalR/clients/ts/FunctionalTests/scripts/run-tests.ts b/src/SignalR/clients/ts/FunctionalTests/scripts/run-tests.ts
index ad6f65db08acce1b67a7ae3fc048709494ecddf0..144c0d8ef9afbcde00aed6b0c769da06f27da118 100644
--- a/src/SignalR/clients/ts/FunctionalTests/scripts/run-tests.ts
+++ b/src/SignalR/clients/ts/FunctionalTests/scripts/run-tests.ts
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ function runJest(httpsUrl: string, httpUrl: string) {
 
 (async () => {
     try {
-        const serverPath = path.resolve(ARTIFACTS_DIR, "bin", "SignalR.Client.FunctionalTestApp", configuration, "netcoreapp5.0", "SignalR.Client.FunctionalTestApp.dll");
+        const serverPath = path.resolve(ARTIFACTS_DIR, "bin", "SignalR.Client.FunctionalTestApp", configuration, "net5.0", "SignalR.Client.FunctionalTestApp.dll");
 
         debug(`Launching Functional Test Server: ${serverPath}`);
         let desiredServerUrl = "https://127.0.0.1:0;http://127.0.0.1:0";
diff --git a/src/SignalR/publish-apps.ps1 b/src/SignalR/publish-apps.ps1
index 8c7b2de4a4c8ff96d3207bca896e591fde93012f..e82c509b5e71a904dc57134c778393f7f717401b 100644
--- a/src/SignalR/publish-apps.ps1
+++ b/src/SignalR/publish-apps.ps1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-param($RootDirectory = (Get-Location), $Framework = "netcoreapp5.0", $Runtime = "win-x64", $CommitHash, $BranchName, $BuildNumber)
+param($RootDirectory = (Get-Location), $Framework = "net5.0", $Runtime = "win-x64", $CommitHash, $BranchName, $BuildNumber)
 
 # De-Powershell the path
 $RootDirectory = (Convert-Path $RootDirectory)
diff --git a/src/Tools/Microsoft.dotnet-openapi/test/OpenApiTestBase.cs b/src/Tools/Microsoft.dotnet-openapi/test/OpenApiTestBase.cs
index b8bf1cb8c3e52728c0f87b9ec7b2c7d10926625b..25b3ebdb9132538d7c1d3b0ec163d484949bc36a 100644
--- a/src/Tools/Microsoft.dotnet-openapi/test/OpenApiTestBase.cs
+++ b/src/Tools/Microsoft.dotnet-openapi/test/OpenApiTestBase.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.OpenApi.Tests
         protected readonly TextWriter _output = new StringWriter();
         protected readonly TextWriter _error = new StringWriter();
         protected readonly ITestOutputHelper _outputHelper;
-        protected const string TestTFM = "netcoreapp5.0";
+        protected const string TestTFM = "net5.0";
 
         protected const string Content = @"{""x-generator"": ""NSwag""}";
         protected const string ActualUrl = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/master/examples/v3.0/api-with-examples.yaml";
diff --git a/src/Tools/dotnet-user-secrets/test/UserSecretsTestFixture.cs b/src/Tools/dotnet-user-secrets/test/UserSecretsTestFixture.cs
index 5a429036755b453a822e2e9afb77d805cd6ef289..0a11189959ec02f5c2d75e818f726dcbe57fea2f 100644
--- a/src/Tools/dotnet-user-secrets/test/UserSecretsTestFixture.cs
+++ b/src/Tools/dotnet-user-secrets/test/UserSecretsTestFixture.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets.Tests
         private const string ProjectTemplate = @"<Project ToolsVersion=""15.0"" Sdk=""Microsoft.NET.Sdk"">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp5.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net5.0</TargetFrameworks>
     {0}
     <EnableDefaultCompileItems>false</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/test/ProgramTests.cs b/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/test/ProgramTests.cs
index 478fc6c8468633f446eed00d4320db007f3445fc..1b3f33c5b9f191f665c3cf5fcea434a316608bc6 100644
--- a/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/test/ProgramTests.cs
+++ b/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/test/ProgramTests.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools.Tests
         {
             _tempDir
                 .WithCSharpProject("testproj")
-                .WithTargetFrameworks("netcoreapp5.0")
+                .WithTargetFrameworks("net5.0")
                 .Dir()
                 .WithFile("Program.cs")
                 .Create();
diff --git a/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/test/TestProjects/AppWithDeps/AppWithDeps.csproj b/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/test/TestProjects/AppWithDeps/AppWithDeps.csproj
index 7399c1018d9bc7b0e067c150589aee2402c846d2..866cc8358a659291f8baabecf659dfd0599651fb 100644
--- a/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/test/TestProjects/AppWithDeps/AppWithDeps.csproj
+++ b/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/test/TestProjects/AppWithDeps/AppWithDeps.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp5.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>exe</OutputType>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/test/TestProjects/GlobbingApp/GlobbingApp.csproj b/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/test/TestProjects/GlobbingApp/GlobbingApp.csproj
index 8f8043d0de9b4dcd2f9aa673ea36c64152866704..9ba4b6e2cfd84c408519ffb87d6c50f34b4844af 100644
--- a/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/test/TestProjects/GlobbingApp/GlobbingApp.csproj
+++ b/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/test/TestProjects/GlobbingApp/GlobbingApp.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp5.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>exe</OutputType>
     <EnableDefaultCompileItems>false</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
diff --git a/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/test/TestProjects/KitchenSink/KitchenSink.csproj b/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/test/TestProjects/KitchenSink/KitchenSink.csproj
index 6de103d38298c4951fdce403945009b579d515d7..b30383feede2b03ddb10bcf8752340b43e88ba09 100644
--- a/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/test/TestProjects/KitchenSink/KitchenSink.csproj
+++ b/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/test/TestProjects/KitchenSink/KitchenSink.csproj
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp5.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/test/TestProjects/NoDepsApp/NoDepsApp.csproj b/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/test/TestProjects/NoDepsApp/NoDepsApp.csproj
index 110ff7686b5b6489a1d14c3e2a11c19046f81572..d5fcc5e6299d03f17d8573dad5570de71b360440 100644
--- a/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/test/TestProjects/NoDepsApp/NoDepsApp.csproj
+++ b/src/Tools/dotnet-watch/test/TestProjects/NoDepsApp/NoDepsApp.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp5.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>exe</OutputType>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
   </PropertyGroup>