diff --git a/build/ci/.azure-devops-samplesapp-uitests-build.yml b/build/ci/.azure-devops-samplesapp-uitests-build.yml
index f3e4c9cd1068..0dfca5e14f2e 100644
--- a/build/ci/.azure-devops-samplesapp-uitests-build.yml
+++ b/build/ci/.azure-devops-samplesapp-uitests-build.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
   - task: CopyFiles@2
     displayName: 'Publish Wasm UITest binaries'
     inputs:
-      SourceFolder: $(build.sourcesdirectory)/src/SamplesApp/SamplesApp.UITests/bin/Release/net47
+      SourceFolder: $(build.sourcesdirectory)/src/SamplesApp/SamplesApp.UITests/bin/Release
       Contents: '**/*.*'
       TargetFolder: $(build.artifactstagingdirectory)
       CleanTargetFolder: false
diff --git a/src/SamplesApp/SamplesApp.UITests/SamplesApp.UITests.csproj b/src/SamplesApp/SamplesApp.UITests/SamplesApp.UITests.csproj
index 1f7dcec7a505..a9ae3f9b1e2f 100644
--- a/src/SamplesApp/SamplesApp.UITests/SamplesApp.UITests.csproj
+++ b/src/SamplesApp/SamplesApp.UITests/SamplesApp.UITests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
-		<TargetFramework>net47</TargetFramework>
+		<TargetFramework>net48</TargetFramework>
+		<AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
 	</PropertyGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup> 
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
 		<PackageReference Include="Uno.UITest.Xamarin" />
 		<PackageReference Include="Uno.UITest.Helpers" />
 		<PackageReference Include="Uno.SourceGenerationTasks" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" Version="1.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
 	</ItemGroup> 
 	  
 	<ItemGroup>