diff --git a/fixtures/console_app/console.csproj b/fixtures/console_app/console.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..097e4a657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixtures/console_app/console.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
+    <DebugType>portable</DebugType>
+    <AssemblyName>console</AssemblyName>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>2.0.0</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration">
+      <Version>*</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel">
+      <Version>*</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.CommandLine">
+      <Version>*</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
+    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);RELEASE</DefineConstants>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/fixtures/overrideyml_bp/override.yml b/fixtures/overrideyml_bp/override.yml
index 06111009d..19575a5c9 100644
--- a/fixtures/overrideyml_bp/override.yml
+++ b/fixtures/overrideyml_bp/override.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dotnet-core:
   dependencies:
   - name: dotnet
-    version: 2.1.99
+    version: 2.1.9999
     uri: https://buildpacks.cloudfoundry.org/dependencies/dotnet/dotnet.2.0.99-linux-x64-062d906c.tgz
     file: BUILDPACK_DIR/dotnet.tgz
     sha256: 062d906c87839d03b243e2821e10653c89b4c92878bfe2bf995dec231e117bfc
diff --git a/manifest.yml b/manifest.yml
index 28da1f5aa..f09040f64 100644
--- a/manifest.yml
+++ b/manifest.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 language: dotnet-core
 default_versions:
 - name: dotnet
-  version: 2.1.101
+  version: 2.x
 url_to_dependency_map: []
 dependency_deprecation_dates:
 - match: 6\.\d+\.\d+