69 files changed, 115 insertions, 104 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4cf3ca13..b150e5d7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This repository contains the WiX Toolset v4 codebase.
 ## Prerequisites
-Visual Studio 2022 (17.0.4 or higher, NOT the preview release) with the following installed:
+Visual Studio 2022 (17.0.4 or higher) with the following installed:
 | Workloads |
 | :-------- |
diff --git a/src/api/burn/WixToolset.BootstrapperCore.Native/WixToolset.BootstrapperCore.Native.proj b/src/api/burn/WixToolset.BootstrapperCore.Native/WixToolset.BootstrapperCore.Native.proj
index 0bd374c7..fd26a027 100644
--- a/src/api/burn/WixToolset.BootstrapperCore.Native/WixToolset.BootstrapperCore.Native.proj
+++ b/src/api/burn/WixToolset.BootstrapperCore.Native/WixToolset.BootstrapperCore.Native.proj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.NoTargets/3.0.4">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <PackageId>WixToolset.BootstrapperCore.Native</PackageId>
    <Description>WiX Bootstrapper native interfaces</Description>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/api/burn/test/WixToolsetTest.Mba.Core/WixToolsetTest.Mba.Core.csproj b/src/api/burn/test/WixToolsetTest.Mba.Core/WixToolsetTest.Mba.Core.csproj
index 02cd24b1..5d5c25fb 100644
--- a/src/api/burn/test/WixToolsetTest.Mba.Core/WixToolsetTest.Mba.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/api/burn/test/WixToolsetTest.Mba.Core/WixToolsetTest.Mba.Core.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <RuntimeIdentifier>win-x86</RuntimeIdentifier>
    <RollForward>Major</RollForward>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
diff --git a/src/api/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.Data/WixToolsetTest.Data.csproj b/src/api/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.Data/WixToolsetTest.Data.csproj
index 18054f67..8198ac8f 100644
--- a/src/api/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.Data/WixToolsetTest.Data.csproj
+++ b/src/api/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.Data/WixToolsetTest.Data.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/ext/Bal/test/WixToolsetTest.Bal/WixToolsetTest.Bal.csproj b/src/ext/Bal/test/WixToolsetTest.Bal/WixToolsetTest.Bal.csproj
index 65ac84dc..0022fc7e 100644
--- a/src/ext/Bal/test/WixToolsetTest.Bal/WixToolsetTest.Bal.csproj
+++ b/src/ext/Bal/test/WixToolsetTest.Bal/WixToolsetTest.Bal.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/ext/Bal/test/WixToolsetTest.Dnc.HostGenerator/WixToolsetTest.Dnc.HostGenerator.csproj b/src/ext/Bal/test/WixToolsetTest.Dnc.HostGenerator/WixToolsetTest.Dnc.HostGenerator.csproj
index 3da896a9..45c76232 100644
--- a/src/ext/Bal/test/WixToolsetTest.Dnc.HostGenerator/WixToolsetTest.Dnc.HostGenerator.csproj
+++ b/src/ext/Bal/test/WixToolsetTest.Dnc.HostGenerator/WixToolsetTest.Dnc.HostGenerator.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/ext/Bal/test/WixToolsetTest.ManagedHost/WixToolsetTest.ManagedHost.csproj b/src/ext/Bal/test/WixToolsetTest.ManagedHost/WixToolsetTest.ManagedHost.csproj
index bcadc112..e06c0440 100644
--- a/src/ext/Bal/test/WixToolsetTest.ManagedHost/WixToolsetTest.ManagedHost.csproj
+++ b/src/ext/Bal/test/WixToolsetTest.ManagedHost/WixToolsetTest.ManagedHost.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/ext/Bal/test/examples/EarliestCoreMBA/Example.EarliestCoreMBA.csproj b/src/ext/Bal/test/examples/EarliestCoreMBA/Example.EarliestCoreMBA.csproj
index 9b9f2bf6..7b9d1670 100644
--- a/src/ext/Bal/test/examples/EarliestCoreMBA/Example.EarliestCoreMBA.csproj
+++ b/src/ext/Bal/test/examples/EarliestCoreMBA/Example.EarliestCoreMBA.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x86;win-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
    <IsDncBA>true</IsDncBA>
    <Description>Earliest .NET Core MBA</Description>
diff --git a/src/ext/Bal/wixlib/bal.wixproj b/src/ext/Bal/wixlib/bal.wixproj
index a7ae9a96..b350dbce 100644
--- a/src/ext/Bal/wixlib/bal.wixproj
+++ b/src/ext/Bal/wixlib/bal.wixproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  <ItemGroup>
    <BindInputPaths Include="..\wixstdba\Resources\" />
-    <BindInputPaths Include="$(OutputPath)netcoreapp3.1" />
+    <BindInputPaths Include="$(OutputPath)net6.0" />
    <BindInputPaths Include="$(OutputPath)net20" />
    <BindInputPaths Include="$(OutputPath)x86" BindName="x86" />
    <BindInputPaths Include="$(OutputPath)x64" BindName="x64" />
diff --git a/src/ext/ComPlus/test/WixToolsetTest.ComPlus/WixToolsetTest.ComPlus.csproj b/src/ext/ComPlus/test/WixToolsetTest.ComPlus/WixToolsetTest.ComPlus.csproj
index d423ffeb..08008025 100644
--- a/src/ext/ComPlus/test/WixToolsetTest.ComPlus/WixToolsetTest.ComPlus.csproj
+++ b/src/ext/ComPlus/test/WixToolsetTest.ComPlus/WixToolsetTest.ComPlus.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/ext/Dependency/test/WixToolsetTest.Dependency/WixToolsetTest.Dependency.csproj b/src/ext/Dependency/test/WixToolsetTest.Dependency/WixToolsetTest.Dependency.csproj
index 101eee58..ac4624b1 100644
--- a/src/ext/Dependency/test/WixToolsetTest.Dependency/WixToolsetTest.Dependency.csproj
+++ b/src/ext/Dependency/test/WixToolsetTest.Dependency/WixToolsetTest.Dependency.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/ext/DifxApp/test/WixToolsetTest.DifxApp/WixToolsetTest.DifxApp.csproj b/src/ext/DifxApp/test/WixToolsetTest.DifxApp/WixToolsetTest.DifxApp.csproj
index bc348261..47329768 100644
--- a/src/ext/DifxApp/test/WixToolsetTest.DifxApp/WixToolsetTest.DifxApp.csproj
+++ b/src/ext/DifxApp/test/WixToolsetTest.DifxApp/WixToolsetTest.DifxApp.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/ext/DirectX/test/WixToolsetTest.DirectX/WixToolsetTest.DirectX.csproj b/src/ext/DirectX/test/WixToolsetTest.DirectX/WixToolsetTest.DirectX.csproj
index d524cb7d..dd8b9695 100644
--- a/src/ext/DirectX/test/WixToolsetTest.DirectX/WixToolsetTest.DirectX.csproj
+++ b/src/ext/DirectX/test/WixToolsetTest.DirectX/WixToolsetTest.DirectX.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/ext/Firewall/test/WixToolsetTest.Firewall/WixToolsetTest.Firewall.csproj b/src/ext/Firewall/test/WixToolsetTest.Firewall/WixToolsetTest.Firewall.csproj
index be8e7f2a..03270860 100644
--- a/src/ext/Firewall/test/WixToolsetTest.Firewall/WixToolsetTest.Firewall.csproj
+++ b/src/ext/Firewall/test/WixToolsetTest.Firewall/WixToolsetTest.Firewall.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/ext/Http/test/WixToolsetTest.Http/WixToolsetTest.Http.csproj b/src/ext/Http/test/WixToolsetTest.Http/WixToolsetTest.Http.csproj
index 62c477ed..df955ca3 100644
--- a/src/ext/Http/test/WixToolsetTest.Http/WixToolsetTest.Http.csproj
+++ b/src/ext/Http/test/WixToolsetTest.Http/WixToolsetTest.Http.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/ext/Iis/test/WixToolsetTest.Iis/WixToolsetTest.Iis.csproj b/src/ext/Iis/test/WixToolsetTest.Iis/WixToolsetTest.Iis.csproj
index 3f59e352..d6a60a38 100644
--- a/src/ext/Iis/test/WixToolsetTest.Iis/WixToolsetTest.Iis.csproj
+++ b/src/ext/Iis/test/WixToolsetTest.Iis/WixToolsetTest.Iis.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/ext/Msmq/test/WixToolsetTest.Msmq/WixToolsetTest.Msmq.csproj b/src/ext/Msmq/test/WixToolsetTest.Msmq/WixToolsetTest.Msmq.csproj
index 5acf0cf7..5e4a5ca9 100644
--- a/src/ext/Msmq/test/WixToolsetTest.Msmq/WixToolsetTest.Msmq.csproj
+++ b/src/ext/Msmq/test/WixToolsetTest.Msmq/WixToolsetTest.Msmq.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/ext/NetFx/test/WixToolsetTest.Netfx/WixToolsetTest.Netfx.csproj b/src/ext/NetFx/test/WixToolsetTest.Netfx/WixToolsetTest.Netfx.csproj
index 71cf532f..e2f97a16 100644
--- a/src/ext/NetFx/test/WixToolsetTest.Netfx/WixToolsetTest.Netfx.csproj
+++ b/src/ext/NetFx/test/WixToolsetTest.Netfx/WixToolsetTest.Netfx.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/ext/PowerShell/test/WixToolsetTest.PowerShell/WixToolsetTest.Powershell.csproj b/src/ext/PowerShell/test/WixToolsetTest.PowerShell/WixToolsetTest.Powershell.csproj
index 595629ed..84241a14 100644
--- a/src/ext/PowerShell/test/WixToolsetTest.PowerShell/WixToolsetTest.Powershell.csproj
+++ b/src/ext/PowerShell/test/WixToolsetTest.PowerShell/WixToolsetTest.Powershell.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/ext/Sql/test/WixToolsetTest.Sql/WixToolsetTest.Sql.csproj b/src/ext/Sql/test/WixToolsetTest.Sql/WixToolsetTest.Sql.csproj
index 39949409..de502438 100644
--- a/src/ext/Sql/test/WixToolsetTest.Sql/WixToolsetTest.Sql.csproj
+++ b/src/ext/Sql/test/WixToolsetTest.Sql/WixToolsetTest.Sql.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/ext/UI/test/WixToolsetTest.UI/WixToolsetTest.UI.csproj b/src/ext/UI/test/WixToolsetTest.UI/WixToolsetTest.UI.csproj
index 5f2da23f..22366c79 100644
--- a/src/ext/UI/test/WixToolsetTest.UI/WixToolsetTest.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/ext/UI/test/WixToolsetTest.UI/WixToolsetTest.UI.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/ext/Util/test/WixToolsetTest.Util/WixToolsetTest.Util.csproj b/src/ext/Util/test/WixToolsetTest.Util/WixToolsetTest.Util.csproj
index e607f9cf..2cf3c02a 100644
--- a/src/ext/Util/test/WixToolsetTest.Util/WixToolsetTest.Util.csproj
+++ b/src/ext/Util/test/WixToolsetTest.Util/WixToolsetTest.Util.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/ext/VisualStudio/test/WixToolsetTest.VisualStudio/WixToolsetTest.VisualStudio.csproj b/src/ext/VisualStudio/test/WixToolsetTest.VisualStudio/WixToolsetTest.VisualStudio.csproj
index d39e1528..dffbb462 100644
--- a/src/ext/VisualStudio/test/WixToolsetTest.VisualStudio/WixToolsetTest.VisualStudio.csproj
+++ b/src/ext/VisualStudio/test/WixToolsetTest.VisualStudio/WixToolsetTest.VisualStudio.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/internal/SetBuildNumber/SetBuildNumber.proj b/src/internal/SetBuildNumber/SetBuildNumber.proj
index 9f98ffe4..d9a918e2 100644
--- a/src/internal/SetBuildNumber/SetBuildNumber.proj
+++ b/src/internal/SetBuildNumber/SetBuildNumber.proj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.NoTargets/3.0.4">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <!-- Disable central package version management since this project will write the central package version management file -->
    <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>false</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
diff --git a/src/test/burn/Directory.wixproj.props b/src/test/burn/Directory.wixproj.props
index 21ab5107..49a6ba62 100644
--- a/src/test/burn/Directory.wixproj.props
+++ b/src/test/burn/Directory.wixproj.props
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TestGroupName Condition=" '$(TestGroupName)'=='' ">$([System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($([System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($(MSBuildProjectDirectory)))))</TestGroupName>
    <BaseIntermediateOutputPath>$(BaseOutputPath)obj\$(TestGroupName)\$(ProjectName)\</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>
-    <OutputPath>$(OutputPath)netcoreapp3.1\TestData\$(TestGroupName)\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(OutputPath)net6.0-windows\TestData\$(TestGroupName)\</OutputPath>
    <DefaultCompressionLevel>None</DefaultCompressionLevel>
    <CompilerAdditionalOptions>-wx</CompilerAdditionalOptions>
    <SuppressSpecificWarnings>1154;$(SuppressSpecificWarnings)</SuppressSpecificWarnings>
diff --git a/src/test/burn/README.md b/src/test/burn/README.md
index 6c9edb3c..30623b7e 100644
--- a/src/test/burn/README.md
+++ b/src/test/burn/README.md
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ They modify machine state so it's strongly recommended *not* to run these tests
 They should be run on a VM instead, where you can easily roll back.
 1. Run build.cmd to build everything (the tests will not automatically run).
-1. Copy the build\IntegrationBurn\Debug\netcoreapp3.1 folder to your VM.
+1. Copy the build\IntegrationBurn\Debug\net6.0-windows folder to your VM.
-1. Open an elevated command prompt and navigate to the netcoreapp3.1 folder.
+1. Open an elevated command prompt and navigate to the net6.0-windows folder.
 1. Run the runtests.cmd file to run the tests.
 You can modify the runtests.cmd to run specific tests.
diff --git a/src/test/burn/TestData/CacheTests/BundleC/BundleC.wixproj b/src/test/burn/TestData/CacheTests/BundleC/BundleC.wixproj
index 69f53a86..cea07ded 100644
--- a/src/test/burn/TestData/CacheTests/BundleC/BundleC.wixproj
+++ b/src/test/burn/TestData/CacheTests/BundleC/BundleC.wixproj
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  </ItemGroup>
  <!-- We do this dynamically to avoid committing such a large file to source control. -->
  <Target Name="CreateLargeFile" AfterTargets="BeforeBuild" Inputs="$(MSBuildProjectFullPath)" Outputs="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\fivegb.file">
-    <Exec Command='"$(BaseOutputPath)$(Configuration)\netcoreapp3.1\win-x86\testexe.exe" /lf "fivegb.file|5368709120' WorkingDirectory="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)" />
+    <Exec Command='"$(BaseOutputPath)$(Configuration)\net6.0\win-x86\testexe.exe" /lf "fivegb.file|5368709120' WorkingDirectory="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)" />
  </Target>
  <!-- We do this to avoid copying such a large file to the VM to run the tests. -->
  <Target Name="DeleteLargeFile" AfterTargets="AfterBuild">
diff --git a/src/test/burn/TestData/Manual/BundleB/BundleB.wixproj b/src/test/burn/TestData/Manual/BundleB/BundleB.wixproj
index bd6e222a..069affaf 100644
--- a/src/test/burn/TestData/Manual/BundleB/BundleB.wixproj
+++ b/src/test/burn/TestData/Manual/BundleB/BundleB.wixproj
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  </ItemGroup>
  <!-- We do this dynamically to avoid committing so many files to source control. -->
  <Target Name="CreateThousandsOfFiles" AfterTargets="BeforeBuild">
-    <Exec Command='"$(BaseOutputPath)$(Configuration)\netcoreapp3.1\win-x86\testexe.exe" /gf "BAPayloads|10000' WorkingDirectory="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)" />
+    <Exec Command='"$(BaseOutputPath)$(Configuration)\net6.0\win-x86\testexe.exe" /gf "BAPayloads|10000' WorkingDirectory="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)" />
-    <Exec Command='"$(BaseOutputPath)$(Configuration)\netcoreapp3.1\win-x86\testexe.exe" /gf "PackagePayloads|10000' WorkingDirectory="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)" />
+    <Exec Command='"$(BaseOutputPath)$(Configuration)\net6.0\win-x86\testexe.exe" /gf "PackagePayloads|10000' WorkingDirectory="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)" />
  </Target>
 </Project>
 \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/burn/TestExe/TestExe.csproj b/src/test/burn/TestExe/TestExe.csproj
index 016ae4e5..446d0ee3 100644
--- a/src/test/burn/TestExe/TestExe.csproj
+++ b/src/test/burn/TestExe/TestExe.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net35;netcoreapp3.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net35;net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
    <AssemblyName>TestExe</AssemblyName>
    <RootNamespace>TestExe</RootNamespace>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
diff --git a/src/test/burn/WixTestTools/WixTestTools.csproj b/src/test/burn/WixTestTools/WixTestTools.csproj
index 535e6f44..47456868 100644
--- a/src/test/burn/WixTestTools/WixTestTools.csproj
+++ b/src/test/burn/WixTestTools/WixTestTools.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
    <PlatformTarget>x64</PlatformTarget>
    <IsWixTestSupportProject>true</IsWixTestSupportProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/test/burn/WixToolsetTest.BurnE2E/WixToolsetTest.BurnE2E.csproj b/src/test/burn/WixToolsetTest.BurnE2E/WixToolsetTest.BurnE2E.csproj
index 1bedb34b..811f3ed2 100644
--- a/src/test/burn/WixToolsetTest.BurnE2E/WixToolsetTest.BurnE2E.csproj
+++ b/src/test/burn/WixToolsetTest.BurnE2E/WixToolsetTest.BurnE2E.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
    <PlatformTarget>x64</PlatformTarget>
    <RollForward>Major</RollForward>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
diff --git a/src/test/burn/test_burn.cmd b/src/test/burn/test_burn.cmd
index 80467f39..72ffd448 100644
--- a/src/test/burn/test_burn.cmd
+++ b/src/test/burn/test_burn.cmd
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 msbuild -t:Build -Restore -p:Configuration=%_C% -warnaserror -bl:%_L%\test_burn_build.binlog || exit /b
 msbuild -t:Build -Restore TestData\TestData.proj -p:Configuration=%_C% -m -bl:%_L%\test_burn_data_build.binlog || exit /b
-"%_B%\net35\win-x86\testexe.exe" /dm "%_B%\netcoreapp3.1\testhost.exe"
+"%_B%\net35\win-x86\testexe.exe" /dm "%_B%\net6.0-windows\testhost.exe"
-mt.exe -manifest "WixToolsetTest.BurnE2E\testhost.longpathaware.manifest" -updateresource:"%_B%\netcoreapp3.1\testhost.exe"
+mt.exe -manifest "WixToolsetTest.BurnE2E\testhost.longpathaware.manifest" -updateresource:"%_B%\net6.0-windows\testhost.exe"
 @if not "%RuntimeTestsEnabled%"=="true" goto :LExit
diff --git a/src/test/msi/Directory.wixproj.props b/src/test/msi/Directory.wixproj.props
index f824ff2a..de825e30 100644
--- a/src/test/msi/Directory.wixproj.props
+++ b/src/test/msi/Directory.wixproj.props
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TestGroupName Condition=" '$(TestGroupName)'=='' ">$([System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($([System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($(MSBuildProjectDirectory)))))</TestGroupName>
    <BaseIntermediateOutputPath>$(BaseOutputPath)obj\$(TestGroupName)\$(ProjectName)\</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>
-    <OutputPath>$(OutputPath)netcoreapp3.1\TestData\$(TestGroupName)\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(OutputPath)net6.0-windows\TestData\$(TestGroupName)\</OutputPath>
    <DefaultCompressionLevel>None</DefaultCompressionLevel>
    <CompilerAdditionalOptions>-wx</CompilerAdditionalOptions>
    <SuppressValidation>true</SuppressValidation>
diff --git a/src/test/msi/README.md b/src/test/msi/README.md
index 2b4ff9a4..f4c42029 100644
--- a/src/test/msi/README.md
+++ b/src/test/msi/README.md
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ They modify machine state so it's strongly recommended *not* to run these tests
 They should be run on a VM instead, where you can easily roll back.
 1. Run build.cmd to build everything (the tests will not automatically run).
-1. Copy the build\IntegrationMsi\Debug\netcoreapp3.1 folder to your VM.
+1. Copy the build\IntegrationMsi\Debug\net6.0-windows folder to your VM.
-1. Open an elevated command prompt and navigate to the netcoreapp3.1 folder.
+1. Open an elevated command prompt and navigate to the net6.0-windows folder.
 1. Run the runtests.cmd file to run the tests.
 You can modify the runtests.cmd to run specific tests.
diff --git a/src/test/msi/WixToolsetTest.MsiE2E/WixToolsetTest.MsiE2E.csproj b/src/test/msi/WixToolsetTest.MsiE2E/WixToolsetTest.MsiE2E.csproj
index 348d97ad..b2e384b1 100644
--- a/src/test/msi/WixToolsetTest.MsiE2E/WixToolsetTest.MsiE2E.csproj
+++ b/src/test/msi/WixToolsetTest.MsiE2E/WixToolsetTest.MsiE2E.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
    <PlatformTarget>x64</PlatformTarget>
    <RollForward>Major</RollForward>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
diff --git a/src/test/wix/TestData/CsprojConsoleNetCore/CsprojConsoleNetCore.csproj b/src/test/wix/TestData/CsprojConsoleNetCore/CsprojConsoleNetCore.csproj
index 8fceff91..b58706ec 100644
--- a/src/test/wix/TestData/CsprojConsoleNetCore/CsprojConsoleNetCore.csproj
+++ b/src/test/wix/TestData/CsprojConsoleNetCore/CsprojConsoleNetCore.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x86</RuntimeIdentifiers>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/test/wix/TestData/CsprojWebApplicationNetCore/CsprojWebApplicationNetCore.csproj b/src/test/wix/TestData/CsprojWebApplicationNetCore/CsprojWebApplicationNetCore.csproj
index 65d0e08b..2cd83a64 100644
--- a/src/test/wix/TestData/CsprojWebApplicationNetCore/CsprojWebApplicationNetCore.csproj
+++ b/src/test/wix/TestData/CsprojWebApplicationNetCore/CsprojWebApplicationNetCore.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/test/wix/TestData/WixprojPackageCsprojWebApplicationNetCore/WixprojPackageCsprojWebApplicationNetCore.wixproj b/src/test/wix/TestData/WixprojPackageCsprojWebApplicationNetCore/WixprojPackageCsprojWebApplicationNetCore.wixproj
index c9f56d1d..048f81ec 100644
--- a/src/test/wix/TestData/WixprojPackageCsprojWebApplicationNetCore/WixprojPackageCsprojWebApplicationNetCore.wixproj
+++ b/src/test/wix/TestData/WixprojPackageCsprojWebApplicationNetCore/WixprojPackageCsprojWebApplicationNetCore.wixproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information. -->
 <Project Sdk='WixToolset.Sdk'>
 <!-- <Project> -->
-  <!-- <Import Sdk="WixToolset.Sdk" Project='D:\src\wix4\build\wix\Debug\netcoreapp3.1\Sdk\Sdk.props' /> -->
+  <!-- <Import Sdk="WixToolset.Sdk" Project='D:\src\wix4\build\wix\Debug\net6.0\Sdk\Sdk.props' /> -->
  <PropertyGroup>
    <!-- <WixBinDir>D:\src\wix4\build\wix\Debug\net472\</WixBinDir> -->
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
    <ProjectReference Include="..\CsprojWebApplicationNetCore\CsprojWebApplicationNetCore.csproj" Publish="true" />
  </ItemGroup>
-  <!-- <Import Sdk="WixToolset.Sdk" Project='D:\src\wix4\build\wix\Debug\netcoreapp3.1\Sdk\Sdk.targets' /> -->
+  <!-- <Import Sdk="WixToolset.Sdk" Project='D:\src\wix4\build\wix\Debug\net6.0\Sdk\Sdk.targets' /> -->
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/tools/WixToolset.Heat/WixToolset.Heat.csproj b/src/tools/WixToolset.Heat/WixToolset.Heat.csproj
index a3e0eb41..2166028a 100644
--- a/src/tools/WixToolset.Heat/WixToolset.Heat.csproj
+++ b/src/tools/WixToolset.Heat/WixToolset.Heat.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0</TargetFrameworks>
    <Description>WiX Toolset Heat MSBuild integration</Description>
    <PublishDir>$(PublishRoot)WixToolset.Heat\</PublishDir>
    <NuspecFile>$(MSBuildThisFileName).nuspec</NuspecFile>
diff --git a/src/tools/WixToolset.Heat/WixToolset.Heat.targets b/src/tools/WixToolset.Heat/WixToolset.Heat.targets
index ba854459..25493295 100644
--- a/src/tools/WixToolset.Heat/WixToolset.Heat.targets
+++ b/src/tools/WixToolset.Heat/WixToolset.Heat.targets
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 <Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <!-- These properties can be overridden to support non-default installations. -->
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <WixHeatBinDir Condition=" '$(WixHeatBinDir)' == '' and '$(MSBuildRuntimeType)' == 'Core' ">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\netcoreapp3.1\</WixHeatBinDir>
+    <WixHeatBinDir Condition=" '$(WixHeatBinDir)' == '' and '$(MSBuildRuntimeType)' == 'Core' ">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\net6.0\</WixHeatBinDir>
    <WixHeatBinDir Condition=" '$(WixHeatBinDir)' == '' ">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\tools\net472\</WixHeatBinDir>
    <WixHeatTasksPath Condition=" '$(WixHeatTasksPath)' == '' ">$(WixHeatBinDir)WixToolset.HeatTasks.dll</WixHeatTasksPath>
diff --git a/src/tools/WixToolset.HeatTasks/HeatTask.cs b/src/tools/WixToolset.HeatTasks/HeatTask.cs
index 8942a7e1..6b7b9399 100644
--- a/src/tools/WixToolset.HeatTasks/HeatTask.cs
+++ b/src/tools/WixToolset.HeatTasks/HeatTask.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ namespace WixToolset.HeatTasks
    /// </summary>
    public abstract partial class HeatTask : ToolTask
    {
+#if NETFRAMEWORK
        private static readonly string ThisDllPath = new Uri(typeof(HeatTask).Assembly.CodeBase).AbsolutePath;
+#else
+        private static readonly string ThisDllPath = typeof(HeatTask).Assembly.Location;
+#endif
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets additional options that are appended the the tool command-line.
diff --git a/src/tools/WixToolset.HeatTasks/WixToolset.HeatTasks.csproj b/src/tools/WixToolset.HeatTasks/WixToolset.HeatTasks.csproj
index ea52bdfa..ddc75c69 100644
--- a/src/tools/WixToolset.HeatTasks/WixToolset.HeatTasks.csproj
+++ b/src/tools/WixToolset.HeatTasks/WixToolset.HeatTasks.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp3.1;net472</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net472</TargetFrameworks>
    <Title>WiX Toolset Heat MSBuild Tasks</Title>
    <DebugType>embedded</DebugType>
    <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
diff --git a/src/tools/heat/heat.csproj b/src/tools/heat/heat.csproj
index db4a710b..dfcc9126 100644
--- a/src/tools/heat/heat.csproj
+++ b/src/tools/heat/heat.csproj
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp3.1;net472</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0-windows;net472</TargetFrameworks>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <Description>Harvester</Description>
    <Title>WiX Toolset Harvester</Title>
    <DebugType>embedded</DebugType>
    <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
-    <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition=" '$(RuntimeIdentifier)'=='' and '$(TargetFramework)'!='netcoreapp3.1' ">win-x86;win-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition=" '$(RuntimeIdentifier)'=='' and '$(TargetFramework)'!='net6.0' ">win-x86;win-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
    <AppConfig>app.config</AppConfig>
    <ApplicationManifest>heat.exe.manifest</ApplicationManifest>
    <RollForward>LatestMajor</RollForward>
diff --git a/src/tools/publish_t.proj b/src/tools/publish_t.proj
index b23c3d84..cbe67768 100644
--- a/src/tools/publish_t.proj
+++ b/src/tools/publish_t.proj
@@ -2,23 +2,23 @@
  <PropertyGroup>
    <StagePublishX86>$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(Configuration)\net472\x86\</StagePublishX86>
    <StagePublishX64>$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(Configuration)\net472\x64\</StagePublishX64>
-    <StagePublishDnc>$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(Configuration)\netcoreapp3.1\</StagePublishDnc>
+    <StagePublishDnc>$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(Configuration)\net6.0\</StagePublishDnc>
    <PublishBuildFolder>$(PublishRoot)WixToolset.Heat\build\</PublishBuildFolder>
    <PublishHere>$(PublishRoot)WixToolset.Heat\tools\net472\</PublishHere>
    <PublishX86>$(PublishRoot)WixToolset.Heat\tools\net472\x86\</PublishX86>
    <PublishX64>$(PublishRoot)WixToolset.Heat\tools\net472\x64\</PublishX64>
-    <PublishDnc>$(PublishRoot)WixToolset.Heat\tools\netcoreapp3.1\</PublishDnc>
+    <PublishDnc>$(PublishRoot)WixToolset.Heat\tools\net6.0\</PublishDnc>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="WixToolset.HeatTasks\WixToolset.HeatTasks.csproj" Properties="TargetFramework=net472;PublishDir=$(StagePublishX86)WixToolset.HeatTasks" Targets="Publish" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="WixToolset.HeatTasks\WixToolset.HeatTasks.csproj" Properties="TargetFramework=netcoreapp3.1;UseAppHost=false;PublishDir=$(StagePublishDnc)WixToolset.HeatTasks" Targets="Publish" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="WixToolset.HeatTasks\WixToolset.HeatTasks.csproj" Properties="TargetFramework=net6.0;UseAppHost=false;PublishDir=$(StagePublishDnc)WixToolset.HeatTasks" Targets="Publish" />
    <!-- heat.exe doesn't need to filter any files so publish it straight into its final location -->
    <ProjectReference Include="heat\heat.csproj" Properties="TargetFramework=net472;RuntimeIdentifier=win-x86;PublishDir=$(PublishX86)" Targets="Publish" />
    <ProjectReference Include="heat\heat.csproj" Properties="TargetFramework=net472;RuntimeIdentifier=win-x64;PublishDir=$(PublishX64)" Targets="Publish" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="heat\heat.csproj" Properties="TargetFramework=netcoreapp3.1;UseAppHost=false;PublishDir=$(PublishDnc)" Targets="Publish" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="heat\heat.csproj" Properties="TargetFramework=net6.0-windows;UseAppHost=false;PublishDir=$(PublishDnc)" Targets="Publish" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <Target Name="CopyToFinalPublishFolder" AfterTargets="Build">
diff --git a/src/wix/WixToolset.BuildTasks/ToolsetTask.cs b/src/wix/WixToolset.BuildTasks/ToolsetTask.cs
index d48f2a20..05095fb8 100644
--- a/src/wix/WixToolset.BuildTasks/ToolsetTask.cs
+++ b/src/wix/WixToolset.BuildTasks/ToolsetTask.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ namespace WixToolset.BuildTasks
    public abstract partial class ToolsetTask : ToolTask
    {
+#if NETFRAMEWORK
        private static readonly string ThisDllPath = new Uri(typeof(ToolsetTask).Assembly.CodeBase).AbsolutePath;
+#else
+        private static readonly string ThisDllPath = typeof(ToolsetTask).Assembly.Location;
+#endif
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets additional options that are appended the the tool command-line.
diff --git a/src/wix/WixToolset.BuildTasks/WixToolset.BuildTasks.csproj b/src/wix/WixToolset.BuildTasks/WixToolset.BuildTasks.csproj
index 56c7b016..1fce528e 100644
--- a/src/wix/WixToolset.BuildTasks/WixToolset.BuildTasks.csproj
+++ b/src/wix/WixToolset.BuildTasks/WixToolset.BuildTasks.csproj
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp3.1;net472</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net472</TargetFrameworks>
    <Description></Description>
    <Title>WiX Toolset MSBuild Tasks</Title>
    <DebugType>embedded</DebugType>
    <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
-    <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition=" '$(RuntimeIdentifier)'=='' and '$(TargetFramework)'!='netcoreapp3.1' ">win-x86;win-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition=" '$(RuntimeIdentifier)'=='' and '$(TargetFramework)'!='net6.0' ">win-x86;win-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
    <!-- https://github.com/Microsoft/msbuild/issues/2360 -->
    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
  </PropertyGroup>
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
    <ProjectReference Include="..\WixToolset.Core.WindowsInstaller\WixToolset.Core.WindowsInstaller.csproj" />
  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='netcoreapp3.1' ">
+  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='net6.0' ">
  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/wix/WixToolset.Sdk/WixToolset.Sdk.csproj b/src/wix/WixToolset.Sdk/WixToolset.Sdk.csproj
index 4af6c522..550ba9da 100644
--- a/src/wix/WixToolset.Sdk/WixToolset.Sdk.csproj
+++ b/src/wix/WixToolset.Sdk/WixToolset.Sdk.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <Description>WiX Toolset MSBuild integration</Description>
    <PublishDir>$(OutputPath)publish\WixToolset.Sdk\</PublishDir>
    <NuspecFile>$(MSBuildThisFileName).nuspec</NuspecFile>
diff --git a/src/wix/WixToolset.Sdk/tools/wix.targets b/src/wix/WixToolset.Sdk/tools/wix.targets
index dd4df3fc..f3e04d9a 100644
--- a/src/wix/WixToolset.Sdk/tools/wix.targets
+++ b/src/wix/WixToolset.Sdk/tools/wix.targets
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  <!-- These properties can be overridden to support non-default installations. -->
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <WixBinDir Condition=" '$(WixBinDir)' == '' and '$(MSBuildRuntimeType)' == 'Core' ">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)netcoreapp3.1\</WixBinDir>
+    <WixBinDir Condition=" '$(WixBinDir)' == '' and '$(MSBuildRuntimeType)' == 'Core' ">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)net6.0\</WixBinDir>
    <WixBinDir Condition=" '$(WixBinDir)' == '' ">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)net472\x86\</WixBinDir>
    <WixBinDir64 Condition=" '$(WixBinDir64)' == '' and '$(MSBuildRuntimeType)' != 'Core' ">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)net472\x64\</WixBinDir64>
    <WixTasksPath Condition=" '$(WixTasksPath)' == '' ">$(WixBinDir)WixToolset.BuildTasks.dll</WixTasksPath>
diff --git a/src/wix/pack-wix/pack-wix.csproj b/src/wix/pack-wix/pack-wix.csproj
index f47306d2..092145f6 100644
--- a/src/wix/pack-wix/pack-wix.csproj
+++ b/src/wix/pack-wix/pack-wix.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IncludeBuildOutput>false</IncludeBuildOutput>
    <Title>The WiX Toolset command-line interface.</Title>
    <Description>The WiX Toolset lets developers create installers for Windows. This package contains the WiX Toolset command-line interface.</Description>
diff --git a/src/wix/pack-wix/pack-wix.nuspec b/src/wix/pack-wix/pack-wix.nuspec
index 7e349ee8..2b1d2ae9 100644
--- a/src/wix/pack-wix/pack-wix.nuspec
+++ b/src/wix/pack-wix/pack-wix.nuspec
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
  </metadata>
  <files>
-    <file src="$projectFolder$\DotnetToolSettings.xml" target="tools\netcoreapp3.1\any" />
+    <file src="$projectFolder$\DotnetToolSettings.xml" target="tools\net6.0\any" />
    <file src="$projectFolder$\..\..\internal\images\wix-white-bg.png" />
-    <file src="**" target="tools\netcoreapp3.1\any" />
+    <file src="**" target="tools\net6.0\any" />
  </files>
 </package>
diff --git a/src/wix/publish_t.proj b/src/wix/publish_t.proj
index 160cba83..0f034f2a 100644
--- a/src/wix/publish_t.proj
+++ b/src/wix/publish_t.proj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.Traversal">
  <ItemGroup>
-    <ProjectReference Include="wix\wix.csproj" Properties="TargetFramework=netcoreapp3.1;PublishDir=$(BaseOutputPath)$(Configuration)\publish\wix\" Targets="Publish" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="wix\wix.csproj" Properties="TargetFramework=net6.0;PublishDir=$(BaseOutputPath)$(Configuration)\publish\wix\" Targets="Publish" />
    <ProjectReference Include="WixToolset.BuildTasks\WixToolset.BuildTasks.csproj" Properties="TargetFramework=net472;RuntimeIdentifier=win-x86;PublishDir=$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(Configuration)\WixToolset.Sdk\separate\net472\x86\buildtasks\" Targets="Publish" />
    <ProjectReference Include="wix\wix.csproj" Properties="TargetFramework=net472;RuntimeIdentifier=win-x86;PublishDir=$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(Configuration)\WixToolset.Sdk\separate\net472\x86\wix\" Targets="Publish" />
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    <ProjectReference Include="WixToolset.BuildTasks\WixToolset.BuildTasks.csproj" Properties="TargetFramework=net472;RuntimeIdentifier=win-x64;PublishDir=$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(Configuration)\WixToolset.Sdk\separate\net472\x64\buildtasks\" Targets="Publish" />
    <ProjectReference Include="wix\wix.csproj" Properties="TargetFramework=net472;RuntimeIdentifier=win-x64;PublishDir=$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(Configuration)\WixToolset.Sdk\separate\net472\x64\wix\" Targets="Publish" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="WixToolset.BuildTasks\WixToolset.BuildTasks.csproj" Properties="TargetFramework=netcoreapp3.1;UseAppHost=false;PublishDir=$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(Configuration)\WixToolset.Sdk\separate\netcoreapp3.1\buildtasks\" Targets="Publish" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="WixToolset.BuildTasks\WixToolset.BuildTasks.csproj" Properties="TargetFramework=net6.0;UseAppHost=false;PublishDir=$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(Configuration)\WixToolset.Sdk\separate\net6.0\buildtasks\" Targets="Publish" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="wix\wix.csproj" Properties="TargetFramework=netcoreapp3.1;UseAppHost=false;PublishDir=$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(Configuration)\WixToolset.Sdk\separate\netcoreapp3.1\wix\" Targets="Publish" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="wix\wix.csproj" Properties="TargetFramework=net6.0;UseAppHost=false;PublishDir=$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(Configuration)\WixToolset.Sdk\separate\net6.0\wix\" Targets="Publish" />
  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/wix/test/CompileCoreTestExtensionWixlib/CompileCoreTestExtensionWixlib.csproj b/src/wix/test/CompileCoreTestExtensionWixlib/CompileCoreTestExtensionWixlib.csproj
index 310f632c..172706cf 100644
--- a/src/wix/test/CompileCoreTestExtensionWixlib/CompileCoreTestExtensionWixlib.csproj
+++ b/src/wix/test/CompileCoreTestExtensionWixlib/CompileCoreTestExtensionWixlib.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <SignOutput>false</SignOutput>
diff --git a/src/wix/test/Example.Extension/Example.Extension.csproj b/src/wix/test/Example.Extension/Example.Extension.csproj
index f2eb2195..353bbefd 100644
--- a/src/wix/test/Example.Extension/Example.Extension.csproj
+++ b/src/wix/test/Example.Extension/Example.Extension.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
    <DebugType>embedded</DebugType>
    <SignOutput>false</SignOutput>
diff --git a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.Converters/WixToolsetTest.Converters.csproj b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.Converters/WixToolsetTest.Converters.csproj
index cf374060..9577b512 100644
--- a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.Converters/WixToolsetTest.Converters.csproj
+++ b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.Converters/WixToolsetTest.Converters.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.Core.Native/WixToolsetTest.Core.Native.csproj b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.Core.Native/WixToolsetTest.Core.Native.csproj
index f702efe1..67047592 100644
--- a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.Core.Native/WixToolsetTest.Core.Native.csproj
+++ b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.Core.Native/WixToolsetTest.Core.Native.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <RuntimeIdentifier>win-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
    <RequiresNativeWixAssets>true</RequiresNativeWixAssets>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
diff --git a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.Core/WixToolsetTest.Core.csproj b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.Core/WixToolsetTest.Core.csproj
index 65af0da5..6e1b6556 100644
--- a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.Core/WixToolsetTest.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.Core/WixToolsetTest.Core.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/BadInputFixture.cs b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/BadInputFixture.cs
index 9c636a8f..93f160f1 100644
--- a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/BadInputFixture.cs
+++ b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/BadInputFixture.cs
@@ -260,10 +260,10 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
                WixAssert.CompareLineByLine(new[]
                {
+                    "The 'REINSTALLMODE' MsiProperty is controlled by the bootstrapper and cannot be authored. (Illegal properties are: 'ACTION', 'ADDLOCAL', 'ADDSOURCE', 'ADDDEFAULT', 'ADVERTISE', 'ALLUSERS', 'REBOOT', 'REINSTALL', 'REINSTALLMODE', or 'REMOVE'.) Remove the MsiProperty element.",
                    "The CommandLine/@Condition attribute's value '=' is not a valid bundle condition.",
                    "The MsiPackage/@InstallCondition attribute's value '=' is not a valid bundle condition.",
                    "The MsiProperty/@Condition attribute's value '=' is not a valid bundle condition.",
-                    "The 'REINSTALLMODE' MsiProperty is controlled by the bootstrapper and cannot be authored. (Illegal properties are: 'ACTION', 'ADDLOCAL', 'ADDSOURCE', 'ADDDEFAULT', 'ADVERTISE', 'ALLUSERS', 'REBOOT', 'REINSTALL', 'REINSTALLMODE', or 'REMOVE'.) Remove the MsiProperty element.",
                }, errorMessages.ToArray());
                Assert.Equal(409, result.ExitCode);
diff --git a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/BundleFixture.cs b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/BundleFixture.cs
index db831d0a..ad31fc6d 100644
--- a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/BundleFixture.cs
+++ b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/BundleFixture.cs
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
        [Fact]
        public void CanBuildSimpleBundleUsingExtensionBA()
        {
-            var extensionPath = Path.GetFullPath(new Uri(typeof(ExampleExtensionFactory).Assembly.CodeBase).LocalPath);
            var folder = TestData.Get(@"TestData\SimpleBundle");
            using (var fs = new DisposableFileSystem())
@@ -287,7 +286,7 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
                    "build",
                    Path.Combine(folder, "MultiFileBundle.wxs"),
                    "-loc", Path.Combine(folder, "Bundle.en-us.wxl"),
-                    "-ext", extensionPath,
+                    "-ext", ExtensionPaths.ExampleExtensionPath,
                    "-bindpath", Path.Combine(folder, "data"),
                    "-intermediateFolder", intermediateFolder,
                    "-o", Path.Combine(baseFolder, @"bin\test.exe")
diff --git a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/BundleManifestFixture.cs b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/BundleManifestFixture.cs
index 6040e2c4..21157aac 100644
--- a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/BundleManifestFixture.cs
+++ b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/BundleManifestFixture.cs
@@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
        [Fact]
        public void PopulatesManifestWithBundleExtensionSearches()
        {
-            var extensionPath = Path.GetFullPath(new Uri(typeof(ExampleExtensionFactory).Assembly.CodeBase).LocalPath);
            var folder = TestData.Get(@"TestData");
            using (var fs = new DisposableFileSystem())
@@ -299,7 +298,7 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
                    Path.Combine(folder, "BundleExtension", "BundleWithSearches.wxs"),
                    Path.Combine(folder, "BundleWithPackageGroupRef", "MinimalPackageGroup.wxs"),
                    Path.Combine(folder, "BundleWithPackageGroupRef", "Bundle.wxs"),
-                    "-ext", extensionPath,
+                    "-ext", ExtensionPaths.ExampleExtensionPath,
                    "-bindpath", Path.Combine(folder, "SimpleBundle", "data"),
                    "-intermediateFolder", intermediateFolder,
                    "-o", bundlePath
diff --git a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/ExtensionFixture.cs b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/ExtensionFixture.cs
index e7ff0230..0d5418a5 100644
--- a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/ExtensionFixture.cs
+++ b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/ExtensionFixture.cs
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
        public void CanBuildWithExampleExtension()
        {
            var folder = TestData.Get(@"TestData\ExampleExtension");
-            var extensionPath = Path.GetFullPath(new Uri(typeof(ExampleExtensionFactory).Assembly.CodeBase).LocalPath);
            using (var fs = new DisposableFileSystem())
            {
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
                    Path.Combine(folder, "Package.wxs"),
                    Path.Combine(folder, "PackageComponents.wxs"),
                    "-loc", Path.Combine(folder, "Package.en-us.wxl"),
-                    "-ext", extensionPath,
+                    "-ext", ExtensionPaths.ExampleExtensionPath,
                    "-bindpath", Path.Combine(folder, "data"),
                    "-intermediateFolder", intermediateFolder,
                    "-o", Path.Combine(intermediateFolder, @"bin\extest.msi")
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
        public void CanParseCommandLineWithExtension()
        {
            var folder = TestData.Get(@"TestData\ExampleExtension");
-            var extensionPath = Path.GetFullPath(new Uri(typeof(ExampleExtensionFactory).Assembly.CodeBase).LocalPath);
            using (var fs = new DisposableFileSystem())
            {
@@ -113,7 +111,7 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
                    Path.Combine(folder, "Package.wxs"),
                    Path.Combine(folder, "PackageComponents.wxs"),
                    "-loc", Path.Combine(folder, "Package.en-us.wxl"),
-                    "-ext", extensionPath,
+                    "-ext", ExtensionPaths.ExampleExtensionPath,
                    "-bindpath", Path.Combine(folder, "data"),
                    "-intermediateFolder", intermediateFolder,
                    "-example", "test",
diff --git a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/ExtensionPaths.cs b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/ExtensionPaths.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7b54839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/ExtensionPaths.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information.
+namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
+{
+    using Example.Extension;
+    internal class ExtensionPaths
+    {
+#if NETFRAMEWORK
+        public static readonly string ExampleExtensionPath = new Uri(typeof(ExampleExtensionFactory).Assembly.CodeBase).LocalPath;
+#else
+        public static readonly string ExampleExtensionPath = typeof(ExampleExtensionFactory).Assembly.Location;
+#endif
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/MsiFixture.cs b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/MsiFixture.cs
index 6c670158..18b19460 100644
--- a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/MsiFixture.cs
+++ b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/MsiFixture.cs
@@ -730,7 +730,6 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
        public void FailsBuildAtBindTimeForMissingEnsureTable()
        {
            var folder = TestData.Get(@"TestData");
-            var extensionPath = Path.GetFullPath(new Uri(typeof(ExampleExtensionFactory).Assembly.CodeBase).LocalPath);
            using (var fs = new DisposableFileSystem())
            {
@@ -744,7 +743,7 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
                    Path.Combine(folder, "BadEnsureTable", "BadEnsureTable.wxs"),
                    Path.Combine(folder, "ProductWithComponentGroupRef", "MinimalComponentGroup.wxs"),
                    Path.Combine(folder, "ProductWithComponentGroupRef", "Product.wxs"),
-                    "-ext", extensionPath,
+                    "-ext", ExtensionPaths.ExampleExtensionPath,
                    "-bindpath", Path.Combine(folder, "SingleFile", "data"),
                    "-intermediateFolder", intermediateFolder,
                    "-o", msiPath
diff --git a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/MsiQueryFixture.cs b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/MsiQueryFixture.cs
index 11dc9240..e7a527c4 100644
--- a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/MsiQueryFixture.cs
+++ b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/MsiQueryFixture.cs
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
        public void CanBuildMsiWithEmptyCustomTableBecauseOfCustomTableRef()
        {
            var folder = TestData.Get(@"TestData");
-            var extensionPath = Path.GetFullPath(new Uri(typeof(ExampleExtensionFactory).Assembly.CodeBase).LocalPath);
            using (var fs = new DisposableFileSystem())
            {
@@ -352,7 +351,7 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
                    Path.Combine(folder, "EnsureTable", "EnsureCustomTable.wxs"),
                    Path.Combine(folder, "ProductWithComponentGroupRef", "MinimalComponentGroup.wxs"),
                    Path.Combine(folder, "ProductWithComponentGroupRef", "Product.wxs"),
-                    "-ext", extensionPath,
+                    "-ext", ExtensionPaths.ExampleExtensionPath,
                    "-bindpath", Path.Combine(folder, "SingleFile", "data"),
                    "-intermediateFolder", intermediateFolder,
                    "-o", msiPath
@@ -370,7 +369,6 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
        public void CanBuildMsiWithEmptyStandardTableBecauseOfEnsureTable()
        {
            var folder = TestData.Get(@"TestData");
-            var extensionPath = Path.GetFullPath(new Uri(typeof(ExampleExtensionFactory).Assembly.CodeBase).LocalPath);
            using (var fs = new DisposableFileSystem())
            {
@@ -384,7 +382,7 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
                    Path.Combine(folder, "EnsureTable", "EnsureModuleSignature.wxs"),
                    Path.Combine(folder, "ProductWithComponentGroupRef", "MinimalComponentGroup.wxs"),
                    Path.Combine(folder, "ProductWithComponentGroupRef", "Product.wxs"),
-                    "-ext", extensionPath,
+                    "-ext", ExtensionPaths.ExampleExtensionPath,
                    "-bindpath", Path.Combine(folder, "SingleFile", "data"),
                    "-intermediateFolder", intermediateFolder,
                    "-o", msiPath
@@ -402,7 +400,6 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
        public void CanBuildMsiWithEmptyTableFromExtensionBecauseOfEnsureTable()
        {
            var folder = TestData.Get(@"TestData");
-            var extensionPath = Path.GetFullPath(new Uri(typeof(ExampleExtensionFactory).Assembly.CodeBase).LocalPath);
            using (var fs = new DisposableFileSystem())
            {
@@ -416,7 +413,7 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
                    Path.Combine(folder, "EnsureTable", "EnsureExtensionTable.wxs"),
                    Path.Combine(folder, "ProductWithComponentGroupRef", "MinimalComponentGroup.wxs"),
                    Path.Combine(folder, "ProductWithComponentGroupRef", "Product.wxs"),
-                    "-ext", extensionPath,
+                    "-ext", ExtensionPaths.ExampleExtensionPath,
                    "-bindpath", Path.Combine(folder, "SingleFile", "data"),
                    "-intermediateFolder", intermediateFolder,
                    "-o", msiPath
diff --git a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/PatchFixture.cs b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/PatchFixture.cs
index 123e5742..ca197d9f 100644
--- a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/PatchFixture.cs
+++ b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/PatchFixture.cs
@@ -454,7 +454,6 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
        private static string BuildMsi(string outputName, string sourceFolder, string baseFolder, string defineV, string defineA, string defineB, IEnumerable<string> bindpaths = null)
        {
-            var extensionPath = Path.GetFullPath(new Uri(typeof(ExampleExtensionFactory).Assembly.CodeBase).LocalPath);
            var outputPath = Path.Combine(baseFolder, Path.Combine("bin", outputName));
            var args = new List<string>
@@ -467,7 +466,7 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
                "-bindpath", Path.Combine(sourceFolder, ".data"),
                "-intermediateFolder", Path.Combine(baseFolder, "obj"),
                "-o", outputPath,
-                "-ext", extensionPath,
+                "-ext", ExtensionPaths.ExampleExtensionPath,
            };
            foreach (var additionaBindPath in bindpaths ?? Enumerable.Empty<string>())
diff --git a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration.csproj b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration.csproj
index 4ff61280..8b35a85a 100644
--- a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration.csproj
+++ b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <RequiresNativeWixAssets>true</RequiresNativeWixAssets>
    <IsWixTestProject>true</IsWixTestProject>
  </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/WixiplFixture.cs b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/WixiplFixture.cs
index 2d72dcbd..27ab06fd 100644
--- a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/WixiplFixture.cs
+++ b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/WixiplFixture.cs
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
        public void CanBuildMsiUsingExtensionLibrary()
        {
            var folder = TestData.Get(@"TestData\Wixipl");
-            var extensionPath = Path.GetFullPath(new Uri(typeof(ExampleExtensionFactory).Assembly.CodeBase).LocalPath);
            using (var fs = new DisposableFileSystem())
            {
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
                var result = WixRunner.Execute(new[]
                {
                    "build",
-                    "-ext", extensionPath,
+                    "-ext", ExtensionPaths.ExampleExtensionPath,
                    Path.Combine(folder, "Package.wxs"),
                    Path.Combine(folder, "PackageComponents.wxs"),
                    "-loc", Path.Combine(folder, "Package.en-us.wxl"),
@@ -151,7 +150,6 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
        public void CanBuildWixiplUsingExtensionLibrary()
        {
            var folder = TestData.Get(@"TestData\Wixipl");
-            var extensionPath = Path.GetFullPath(new Uri(typeof(ExampleExtensionFactory).Assembly.CodeBase).LocalPath);
            using (var fs = new DisposableFileSystem())
            {
@@ -161,7 +159,7 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
                var result = WixRunner.Execute(new[]
                {
                    "build",
-                    "-ext", extensionPath,
+                    "-ext", ExtensionPaths.ExampleExtensionPath,
                    Path.Combine(folder, "Package.wxs"),
                    Path.Combine(folder, "PackageComponents.wxs"),
                    "-intermediateFolder", intermediateFolder,
@@ -174,7 +172,7 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
                {
                    "build",
                    Path.Combine(intermediateFolder, @"test.wixipl"),
-                    "-ext", extensionPath,
+                    "-ext", ExtensionPaths.ExampleExtensionPath,
                    "-loc", Path.Combine(folder, "Package.en-us.wxl"),
                    "-bindpath", Path.Combine(folder, "data"),
                    "-intermediateFolder", intermediateFolder,
diff --git a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/WixlibFixture.cs b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/WixlibFixture.cs
index 484e5dc1..428cfc3e 100644
--- a/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/WixlibFixture.cs
+++ b/src/wix/test/WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration/WixlibFixture.cs
@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
        public void CanBuildWithExtensionUsingWixlib()
        {
            var folder = TestData.Get(@"TestData\ExampleExtension");
-            var extensionPath = Path.GetFullPath(new Uri(typeof(ExampleExtensionFactory).Assembly.CodeBase).LocalPath);
            using (var fs = new DisposableFileSystem())
            {
@@ -259,7 +258,7 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
                {
                    "build",
                    Path.Combine(folder, "PackageComponents.wxs"),
-                    "-ext", extensionPath,
+                    "-ext", ExtensionPaths.ExampleExtensionPath,
                    "-intermediateFolder", intermediateFolder,
                    "-o", Path.Combine(intermediateFolder, @"test.wixlib")
                });
@@ -272,7 +271,7 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
                    Path.Combine(folder, "Package.wxs"),
                    "-loc", Path.Combine(folder, "Package.en-us.wxl"),
                    "-lib", Path.Combine(intermediateFolder, @"test.wixlib"),
-                    "-ext", extensionPath,
+                    "-ext", ExtensionPaths.ExampleExtensionPath,
                    "-bindpath", Path.Combine(folder, "data"),
                    "-intermediateFolder", intermediateFolder,
                    "-o", Path.Combine(intermediateFolder, @"bin\test.msi")
@@ -297,7 +296,6 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
        public void CanBuildWithExtensionUsingMultipleWixlibs()
        {
            var folder = TestData.Get(@"TestData\ComplexExampleExtension");
-            var extensionPath = Path.GetFullPath(new Uri(typeof(ExampleExtensionFactory).Assembly.CodeBase).LocalPath);
            using (var fs = new DisposableFileSystem())
            {
@@ -308,7 +306,7 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
                {
                    "build",
                    Path.Combine(folder, "PackageComponents.wxs"),
-                    "-ext", extensionPath,
+                    "-ext", ExtensionPaths.ExampleExtensionPath,
                    "-intermediateFolder", intermediateFolder,
                    "-o", Path.Combine(intermediateFolder, @"components.wixlib")
                });
@@ -319,7 +317,7 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
                {
                    "build",
                    Path.Combine(folder, "OtherComponents.wxs"),
-                    "-ext", extensionPath,
+                    "-ext", ExtensionPaths.ExampleExtensionPath,
                    "-intermediateFolder", intermediateFolder,
                    "-o", Path.Combine(intermediateFolder, @"other.wixlib")
                });
@@ -333,7 +331,7 @@ namespace WixToolsetTest.CoreIntegration
                    "-loc", Path.Combine(folder, "Package.en-us.wxl"),
                    "-lib", Path.Combine(intermediateFolder, @"components.wixlib"),
                    "-lib", Path.Combine(intermediateFolder, @"other.wixlib"),
-                    "-ext", extensionPath,
+                    "-ext", ExtensionPaths.ExampleExtensionPath,
                    "-bindpath", Path.Combine(folder, "data"),
                    "-intermediateFolder", intermediateFolder,
                    "-o", Path.Combine(intermediateFolder, @"bin\test.msi")
diff --git a/src/wix/wix.cmd b/src/wix/wix.cmd
index f2e64e50..ff2043eb 100644
--- a/src/wix/wix.cmd
+++ b/src/wix/wix.cmd
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ robocopy %_P_OBJ%\WixToolset.Sdk\separate\net472\x86\wix %_P%\WixToolset.Sdk\too
 robocopy %_P_OBJ%\WixToolset.Sdk\separate\net472\x64\buildtasks %_P%\WixToolset.Sdk\tools\net472\x64 %_RCO% /XF Microsoft.Build.*.dll
 robocopy %_P_OBJ%\WixToolset.Sdk\separate\net472\x64\wix %_P%\WixToolset.Sdk\tools\net472\x64 %_RCO%
-robocopy %_P_OBJ%\WixToolset.Sdk\separate\netcoreapp3.1\buildtasks %_P%\WixToolset.Sdk\tools\netcoreapp3.1 %_RCO% /XF Microsoft.Build.*.dll
+robocopy %_P_OBJ%\WixToolset.Sdk\separate\net6.0\buildtasks %_P%\WixToolset.Sdk\tools\net6.0 %_RCO% /XF Microsoft.Build.*.dll
-robocopy %_P_OBJ%\WixToolset.Sdk\separate\netcoreapp3.1\wix %_P%\WixToolset.Sdk\tools\netcoreapp3.1 %_RCO%
+robocopy %_P_OBJ%\WixToolset.Sdk\separate\net6.0\wix %_P%\WixToolset.Sdk\tools\net6.0 %_RCO%
 msbuild -t:Publish -p:Configuration=%_C% -nologo -warnaserror WixToolset.Sdk\WixToolset.Sdk.csproj -bl:%_L%\wix_sdk_publish.binlog || exit /b
diff --git a/src/wix/wix/wix.csproj b/src/wix/wix/wix.csproj
index ec583475..d6776821 100644
--- a/src/wix/wix/wix.csproj
+++ b/src/wix/wix/wix.csproj
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp3.1;net472</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net472</TargetFrameworks>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <Description>WiX Toolset creates installation packages.</Description>
    <DebugType>embedded</DebugType>
    <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
    <PackAsTool>true</PackAsTool>
-    <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition=" '$(RuntimeIdentifier)'=='' and '$(TargetFramework)'!='netcoreapp3.1' ">win-x86;win-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers Condition=" '$(RuntimeIdentifier)'=='' and '$(TargetFramework)'!='net6.0' ">win-x86;win-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
    <AppConfig>app.config</AppConfig>
    <ApplicationManifest>wix.exe.manifest</ApplicationManifest>
    <RollForward>Major</RollForward>