diff --git a/.github/workflows/aspnetcore.yml b/.github/workflows/aspnetcore.yml
index 51ce097e..22cd0037 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aspnetcore.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aspnetcore.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup .NET Core
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
       with:
-        dotnet-version: '2.1.x'
+        dotnet-version: '3.1.x'
     - name: Build
       run: dotnet build --configuration Release
     - name: Test
diff --git a/Client.Cloud.Example/Client.Cloud.Example.csproj b/Client.Cloud.Example/Client.Cloud.Example.csproj
index 73809680..7135ce88 100644
--- a/Client.Cloud.Example/Client.Cloud.Example.csproj
+++ b/Client.Cloud.Example/Client.Cloud.Example.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <DockerDefaultTargetOS>Linux</DockerDefaultTargetOS>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
@@ -18,4 +18,8 @@
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Update="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="1.1.118" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/Client.Examples/Client.Examples.csproj b/Client.Examples/Client.Examples.csproj
index e5b64907..16e576b5 100644
--- a/Client.Examples/Client.Examples.csproj
+++ b/Client.Examples/Client.Examples.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileExtensions" Version="3.1.19" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="5.0.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="5.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="3.1.19" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" version="13.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="4.7.11" />
     <PackageReference Include="NLog.Extensions.Logging" Version="1.7.4" />
diff --git a/Client.IntegrationTests/Client.IntegrationTests.csproj b/Client.IntegrationTests/Client.IntegrationTests.csproj
index 2a211f56..acbf17cd 100644
--- a/Client.IntegrationTests/Client.IntegrationTests.csproj
+++ b/Client.IntegrationTests/Client.IntegrationTests.csproj
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="DotNet.Testcontainers" Version="1.5.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="3.1.14" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="3.1.19" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="4.7.11" />
     <PackageReference Include="NLog.Extensions.Logging" Version="1.7.4" />
diff --git a/Client.UnitTests/Client.UnitTests.csproj b/Client.UnitTests/Client.UnitTests.csproj
index 14b2b265..63a7b002 100644
--- a/Client.UnitTests/Client.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/Client.UnitTests/Client.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
     <RootNamespace>Zeebe.Client</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>