diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0626272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+*.swp
+*.*~
+project.lock.json
+.DS_Store
+*.pyc
+nupkg/
+
+# Visual Studio Code
+.vscode
+
+# Rider
+.idea
+
+# User-specific files
+*.suo
+*.user
+*.userosscache
+*.sln.docstates
+
+# Build results
+[Dd]ebug/
+[Dd]ebugPublic/
+[Rr]elease/
+[Rr]eleases/
+x64/
+x86/
+build/
+bld/
+[Bb]in/
+[Oo]bj/
+[Oo]ut/
+msbuild.log
+msbuild.err
+msbuild.wrn
+
+# Visual Studio 2015
+.vs/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/PureMVC/PureMVC.csproj b/PureMVC/PureMVC.csproj
index 79ee948..0bcef83 100644
--- a/PureMVC/PureMVC.csproj
+++ b/PureMVC/PureMVC.csproj
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
     <PackageId>PureMVC</PackageId>
-    <Version>4.1.0</Version>
+    <Version>4.2.0</Version>
     <Description>PureMVC is a lightweight framework for creating applications based upon the classic Model-View-Controller design meta-pattern.</Description>
     <Copyright>Copyright © 2020 Saad Shams, Futurescale, Inc.</Copyright>
     <license>Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</license>
@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@
     <Authors>Saad Shams</Authors>
     <Company>Futurescale, Inc.</Company>
     <PackageTags>PureMVC Standard MVC</PackageTags>
-    <AssemblyVersion>4.1.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
-    <FileVersion>4.1.0.0</FileVersion>
+    <AssemblyVersion>4.2.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
+    <FileVersion>4.2.0.0</FileVersion>
     <NeutralLanguage>en-US</NeutralLanguage>
     <GeneratePackageOnBuild>True</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
-    <LangVersion>8</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/PureMVCTests/PureMVCTests.csproj b/PureMVCTests/PureMVCTests.csproj
index 1ef79ce..d4d0fcc 100644
--- a/PureMVCTests/PureMVCTests.csproj
+++ b/PureMVCTests/PureMVCTests.csproj
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>    
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
     
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.2.0"/>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.5.0"/>
     <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" Version="1.4.0"/>
     <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestFramework" Version="1.4.0"/>
     <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector" Version="1.0.1"/>