diff --git a/src/Android/Android.csproj b/src/Android/Android.csproj
index c2f1a3de5..15c61c6c8 100644
--- a/src/Android/Android.csproj
+++ b/src/Android/Android.csproj
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <GenerateSerializationAssemblies>Off</GenerateSerializationAssemblies>
     <AndroidManifest>Properties\AndroidManifest.xml</AndroidManifest>
     <AndroidUseLatestPlatformSdk>True</AndroidUseLatestPlatformSdk>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v8.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v7.1</TargetFrameworkVersion>
     <AndroidSupportedAbis>armeabi,armeabi-v7a,x86</AndroidSupportedAbis>
     <AndroidHttpClientHandlerType>Xamarin.Android.Net.AndroidClientHandler</AndroidHttpClientHandlerType>
     <AndroidStoreUncompressedFileExtensions />
diff --git a/test/Android.Test/Android.Test.csproj b/test/Android.Test/Android.Test.csproj
index b491f0b1e..71d563072 100644
--- a/test/Android.Test/Android.Test.csproj
+++ b/test/Android.Test/Android.Test.csproj
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <AndroidResgenFile>Resources\Resource.Designer.cs</AndroidResgenFile>
     <GenerateSerializationAssemblies>Off</GenerateSerializationAssemblies>
     <AndroidUseLatestPlatformSdk>True</AndroidUseLatestPlatformSdk>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v8.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v7.1</TargetFrameworkVersion>
     <AndroidManifest>Properties\AndroidManifest.xml</AndroidManifest>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">