diff --git a/samples/databases/wide-world-importers/wwi-ssdt/wwi-ssdt/WideWorldImporters.sqlproj b/samples/databases/wide-world-importers/wwi-ssdt/wwi-ssdt/WideWorldImporters.sqlproj
index ea0ed4f6..ffe5ec04 100644
--- a/samples/databases/wide-world-importers/wwi-ssdt/wwi-ssdt/WideWorldImporters.sqlproj
+++ b/samples/databases/wide-world-importers/wwi-ssdt/wwi-ssdt/WideWorldImporters.sqlproj
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <ModelCollation>1033,CI</ModelCollation>
     <DefaultFileStructure>BySchemaAndSchemaType</DefaultFileStructure>
     <DeployToDatabase>True</DeployToDatabase>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.8</TargetFrameworkVersion>
     <TargetLanguage>CS</TargetLanguage>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <SqlServerVerification>False</SqlServerVerification>
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
     <EnableFullTextSearch>True</EnableFullTextSearch>
     <DefaultFilegroup>USERDATA</DefaultFilegroup>
     <TargetDatabase>WideWorldImporters</TargetDatabase>
+    <TargetFrameworkProfile />
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
     <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>