diff --git a/dotnet-deb/dotnet-deb.csproj b/dotnet-deb/dotnet-deb.csproj
index 0a8f0fe..b0544d8 100644
--- a/dotnet-deb/dotnet-deb.csproj
+++ b/dotnet-deb/dotnet-deb.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp3.1;net5.0;net6.0;net7.0;net8.0;</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net7.0;net8.0;</TargetFrameworks>
     <PackageTags>dotnet cli packaging deb debian ubuntu mint installer</PackageTags>
     <Description>Create Debian and Ubuntu installers (.deb files ) of your .NET Core projects straight from the command line.
 
diff --git a/dotnet-rpm/dotnet-rpm.csproj b/dotnet-rpm/dotnet-rpm.csproj
index 62366fe..7b87a8c 100644
--- a/dotnet-rpm/dotnet-rpm.csproj
+++ b/dotnet-rpm/dotnet-rpm.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net5.0;net6.0;netcoreapp3.1;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <PackageTags>dotnet cli packaging rpm package installer</PackageTags>
     <Description>Create RPM packages (.rpm files) of your .NET Core projects straight from the command line.
 
diff --git a/dotnet-tarball/dotnet-tarball.csproj b/dotnet-tarball/dotnet-tarball.csproj
index 3eb8beb..ae09c25 100644
--- a/dotnet-tarball/dotnet-tarball.csproj
+++ b/dotnet-tarball/dotnet-tarball.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net5.0;net6.0;netcoreapp3.1;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <PackageTags>dotnet cli packaging tarball tar.gz archive</PackageTags>
     <Description>Create tarballs (.tar.gz files) of your .NET Core projects straight from the command line.
 
diff --git a/dotnet-zip/dotnet-zip.csproj b/dotnet-zip/dotnet-zip.csproj
index 63fa473..6f18195 100644
--- a/dotnet-zip/dotnet-zip.csproj
+++ b/dotnet-zip/dotnet-zip.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" ToolsVersion="15.0">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net5.0;net6.0;netcoreapp3.1;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <PackageTags>dotnet cli packaging zip archive</PackageTags>
     <Description>Create .zip files of your .NET Core projects straight from the command line.
 
diff --git a/molecule/framework-dependent/framework-dependent-app/framework-dependent-app.csproj b/molecule/framework-dependent/framework-dependent-app/framework-dependent-app.csproj
index cf31bb0..f591b3e 100644
--- a/molecule/framework-dependent/framework-dependent-app/framework-dependent-app.csproj
+++ b/molecule/framework-dependent/framework-dependent-app/framework-dependent-app.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp3.1;net5.0;net6.0,net7.0;net8.0;</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0,net7.0;net8.0;</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>framework_dependent_app</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/molecule/self-contained/self-contained-app/self-contained-app.csproj b/molecule/self-contained/self-contained-app/self-contained-app.csproj
index ece4a36..6ab0372 100644
--- a/molecule/self-contained/self-contained-app/self-contained-app.csproj
+++ b/molecule/self-contained/self-contained-app/self-contained-app.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp3.1;net5.0;net6.0,net7.0;net8.0;</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0,net7.0;net8.0;</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>self_contained_app</RootNamespace>
     <RuntimeIdentifier>linux-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
   </PropertyGroup>