diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index d0801809..f253f09f 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <TargetLatestRuntimePatch>true</TargetLatestRuntimePatch>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <ManagedBatchParserTargetFramework>netstandard2.1</ManagedBatchParserTargetFramework>
     <CredentialsTargetFramework>net5.0</CredentialsTargetFramework>
     <ServiceLayerTargetFramework>net5.0</ServiceLayerTargetFramework>
     <ResourceProviderTargetFramework>net5.0</ResourceProviderTargetFramework>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ManagedBatchParser/Microsoft.SqlTools.ManagedBatchParser.csproj b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ManagedBatchParser/Microsoft.SqlTools.ManagedBatchParser.csproj
index eab81b72..7941c3a2 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ManagedBatchParser/Microsoft.SqlTools.ManagedBatchParser.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ManagedBatchParser/Microsoft.SqlTools.ManagedBatchParser.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
+		<TargetFramework>$(ManagedBatchParserTargetFramework)</TargetFramework>
 		<GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
 		<EnableDefaultEmbeddedResourceItems>false</EnableDefaultEmbeddedResourceItems>
 	</PropertyGroup>