diff --git a/src/tasks/AndroidAppBuilder/AndroidAppBuilder.csproj b/src/tasks/AndroidAppBuilder/AndroidAppBuilder.csproj
index 46df0de863816b..de6a04a95f02b6 100644
--- a/src/tasks/AndroidAppBuilder/AndroidAppBuilder.csproj
+++ b/src/tasks/AndroidAppBuilder/AndroidAppBuilder.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks)</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <EnableDefaultCompileItems>false</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
diff --git a/src/tasks/AotCompilerTask/MonoAOTCompiler.csproj b/src/tasks/AotCompilerTask/MonoAOTCompiler.csproj
index 79baa5b8b39bba..338ba17ab82072 100644
--- a/src/tasks/AotCompilerTask/MonoAOTCompiler.csproj
+++ b/src/tasks/AotCompilerTask/MonoAOTCompiler.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent);$(TargetFrameworkForNETFramework)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks);$(TargetFrameworkForNETFrameworkTasks)</TargetFrameworks>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <EnableDefaultCompileItems>false</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
diff --git a/src/tasks/AppleAppBuilder/AppleAppBuilder.csproj b/src/tasks/AppleAppBuilder/AppleAppBuilder.csproj
index 04da7561d0d075..7ceb4480e1ce78 100644
--- a/src/tasks/AppleAppBuilder/AppleAppBuilder.csproj
+++ b/src/tasks/AppleAppBuilder/AppleAppBuilder.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks)</TargetFrameworks>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <EnableDefaultCompileItems>false</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
diff --git a/src/tasks/Crossgen2Tasks/Crossgen2Tasks.csproj b/src/tasks/Crossgen2Tasks/Crossgen2Tasks.csproj
index 63d7016359c2ba..fcd5b20ab2cf31 100644
--- a/src/tasks/Crossgen2Tasks/Crossgen2Tasks.csproj
+++ b/src/tasks/Crossgen2Tasks/Crossgen2Tasks.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks)</TargetFrameworks>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn),CA1050</NoWarn>
diff --git a/src/tasks/Directory.Build.props b/src/tasks/Directory.Build.props
index 7ed8a459d2f450..695833da3dbcd7 100644
--- a/src/tasks/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/tasks/Directory.Build.props
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove(Directory.Build.props, '$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..'))" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworkForNETFramework>net472</TargetFrameworkForNETFramework>
+    <TargetFrameworkForNETFrameworkTasks>net472</TargetFrameworkForNETFrameworkTasks>
+    <TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks>net6.0</TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/tasks/RuntimeConfigParser/RuntimeConfigParser.csproj b/src/tasks/RuntimeConfigParser/RuntimeConfigParser.csproj
index 5b491a31fc362f..5c9ac48afdaa40 100644
--- a/src/tasks/RuntimeConfigParser/RuntimeConfigParser.csproj
+++ b/src/tasks/RuntimeConfigParser/RuntimeConfigParser.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent);$(TargetFrameworkForNETFramework)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks);$(TargetFrameworkForNETFrameworkTasks)</TargetFrameworks>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <EnableDefaultCompileItems>false</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
diff --git a/src/tasks/WasmAppBuilder/WasmAppBuilder.csproj b/src/tasks/WasmAppBuilder/WasmAppBuilder.csproj
index b27176e2774006..3c93ab5d643ac8 100644
--- a/src/tasks/WasmAppBuilder/WasmAppBuilder.csproj
+++ b/src/tasks/WasmAppBuilder/WasmAppBuilder.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent);$(TargetFrameworkForNETFramework)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks);$(TargetFrameworkForNETFrameworkTasks)</TargetFrameworks>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn),CA1050</NoWarn>
     <!-- Ignore nullable warnings on net4* -->
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@
       <_PublishFramework Include="$(TargetFrameworks)" />
 
       <!-- non-net4* -->
-      <FilesToPackage Include="$(OutputPath)$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)\$(MSBuildProjectName)*"
-                      TargetPath="tasks\$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)" />
-      <FilesToPackage Include="$(OutputPath)$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)\publish\System.Reflection.MetadataLoadContext.dll"
-                      TargetPath="tasks\$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)" />
+      <FilesToPackage Include="$(OutputPath)$(TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks)\$(MSBuildProjectName)*"
+                      TargetPath="tasks\$(TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks)" />
+      <FilesToPackage Include="$(OutputPath)$(TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks)\publish\System.Reflection.MetadataLoadContext.dll"
+                      TargetPath="tasks\$(TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks)" />
 
       <!-- for net472 we need all the dependent assemblies too, so copy from the publish folder -->
-      <FilesToPackage Include="$(OutputPath)$(TargetFrameworkForNETFramework)\publish\*"
-                      TargetPath="tasks\$(TargetFrameworkForNETFramework)" />
+      <FilesToPackage Include="$(OutputPath)$(TargetFrameworkForNETFrameworkTasks)\publish\*"
+                      TargetPath="tasks\$(TargetFrameworkForNETFrameworkTasks)" />
     </ItemGroup>
   </Target>
 
diff --git a/src/tasks/WasmBuildTasks/WasmBuildTasks.csproj b/src/tasks/WasmBuildTasks/WasmBuildTasks.csproj
index 3dc1369a7fc0f2..0f8b6c93993a47 100644
--- a/src/tasks/WasmBuildTasks/WasmBuildTasks.csproj
+++ b/src/tasks/WasmBuildTasks/WasmBuildTasks.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks)</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn),CA1050</NoWarn>
diff --git a/src/tasks/WorkloadBuildTasks/WorkloadBuildTasks.csproj b/src/tasks/WorkloadBuildTasks/WorkloadBuildTasks.csproj
index 112f8f17fb1628..328672b45145bc 100644
--- a/src/tasks/WorkloadBuildTasks/WorkloadBuildTasks.csproj
+++ b/src/tasks/WorkloadBuildTasks/WorkloadBuildTasks.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>$(TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks)</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn),CA1050</NoWarn>
diff --git a/src/tasks/installer.tasks/installer.tasks.csproj b/src/tasks/installer.tasks/installer.tasks.csproj
index 04f5997217eaa8..45fe8463b5b559 100644
--- a/src/tasks/installer.tasks/installer.tasks.csproj
+++ b/src/tasks/installer.tasks/installer.tasks.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent);net461</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks);net461</TargetFrameworks>
     <IsShipping>false</IsShipping>
     <RunAnalyzers>false</RunAnalyzers>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="NuGet.ProjectModel" Version="$(RefOnlyNugetProjectModelVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == '$(NetCoreAppToolCurrent)'">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == '$(TargetFrameworkForNETCoreTasks)'">
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build" Version="$(RefOnlyMicrosoftBuildVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core" Version="$(RefOnlyMicrosoftBuildTasksCoreVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>