diff --git a/src/Cake.Common/Cake.Common.csproj b/src/Cake.Common/Cake.Common.csproj
index fe98c55a03..4bf17dd8a6 100644
--- a/src/Cake.Common/Cake.Common.csproj
+++ b/src/Cake.Common/Cake.Common.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyName>Cake.Common</AssemblyName>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net46;netstandard2.0;net5.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net461;netstandard2.0;net5.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <PlatformTarget>AnyCpu</PlatformTarget>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Cake.Core\Cake.Core.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <!-- .NET Framework packages -->
-   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
+   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net461' ">
      <Reference Include="System" />
      <Reference Include="System.IO.Compression" />
      <Reference Include="System.IO.Compression.FileSystem" />
diff --git a/src/Cake.Core/Cake.Core.csproj b/src/Cake.Core/Cake.Core.csproj
index a03f69971a..23708a37e8 100644
--- a/src/Cake.Core/Cake.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Cake.Core/Cake.Core.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyName>Cake.Core</AssemblyName>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net46;netstandard2.0;net5.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net461;netstandard2.0;net5.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <PlatformTarget>AnyCpu</PlatformTarget>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
   <!-- Import shared functionality -->
   <Import Project="..\Shared.msbuild" />
   <!-- .NET Core packages -->
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' != 'net46' ">
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' != 'net461' ">
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="4.7.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" Version="4.7.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <!-- .NET Framework packages -->
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net461' ">
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Data" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
diff --git a/src/Cake.NuGet.Tests/Cake.NuGet.Tests.csproj b/src/Cake.NuGet.Tests/Cake.NuGet.Tests.csproj
index 91a7c83e2d..c16920327a 100644
--- a/src/Cake.NuGet.Tests/Cake.NuGet.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Cake.NuGet.Tests/Cake.NuGet.Tests.csproj
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Castle.Core" Version="4.4.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <!-- .NET Framework packages -->
-  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
+  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net461' ">
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Threading.Tasks" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
diff --git a/src/Cake.Testing.Xunit/Cake.Testing.Xunit.csproj b/src/Cake.Testing.Xunit/Cake.Testing.Xunit.csproj
index 16f44d79f7..10ee9b6f69 100644
--- a/src/Cake.Testing.Xunit/Cake.Testing.Xunit.csproj
+++ b/src/Cake.Testing.Xunit/Cake.Testing.Xunit.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyName>Cake.Testing.Xunit</AssemblyName>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net46;netstandard2.0;net5.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net461;netstandard2.0;net5.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <PlatformTarget>AnyCpu</PlatformTarget>
     <IsPackable>true</IsPackable>
diff --git a/src/Cake.Testing/Cake.Testing.csproj b/src/Cake.Testing/Cake.Testing.csproj
index a4adabec46..d6376b86ad 100644
--- a/src/Cake.Testing/Cake.Testing.csproj
+++ b/src/Cake.Testing/Cake.Testing.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyName>Cake.Testing</AssemblyName>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net46;netstandard2.0;net5.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net461;netstandard2.0;net5.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <PlatformTarget>AnyCpu</PlatformTarget>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>