diff --git a/templates/projects/consoleapp/project.json b/templates/projects/consoleapp/project.json
index 54b63978..7f458453 100644
--- a/templates/projects/consoleapp/project.json
+++ b/templates/projects/consoleapp/project.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "version": "1.0.0-*",
-  "compilationOptions": {
+  "buildOptions": {
     "emitEntryPoint": true
   },
 
diff --git a/templates/projects/emptyweb/project.json b/templates/projects/emptyweb/project.json
index dab2505f..11ef03f3 100644
--- a/templates/projects/emptyweb/project.json
+++ b/templates/projects/emptyweb/project.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     }
   },
 
-  "compilationOptions": {
+  "buildOptions": {
     "emitEntryPoint": true,
     "preserveCompilationContext": true
   },
diff --git a/templates/projects/nancy/project.json b/templates/projects/nancy/project.json
index a07ccdd3..8d8f8962 100644
--- a/templates/projects/nancy/project.json
+++ b/templates/projects/nancy/project.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "version": "1.0.0-*",
-    "compilationOptions": {
+    "buildOptions": {
         "emitEntryPoint": true
     },
     "tooling": {
diff --git a/templates/projects/web/project.json b/templates/projects/web/project.json
index 4ea1daf9..9ca3634b 100755
--- a/templates/projects/web/project.json
+++ b/templates/projects/web/project.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     }
   },
 
-  "compilationOptions": {
+  "buildOptions": {
     "emitEntryPoint": true,
     "preserveCompilationContext": true
   },
diff --git a/templates/projects/webapi/project.json b/templates/projects/webapi/project.json
index 60571aff..1e02f6c6 100644
--- a/templates/projects/webapi/project.json
+++ b/templates/projects/webapi/project.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     }
   },
 
-  "compilationOptions": {
+  "buildOptions": {
     "emitEntryPoint": true,
     "preserveCompilationContext": true
   },
diff --git a/templates/projects/webbasic/project.json b/templates/projects/webbasic/project.json
index 05c41982..d035dd5a 100755
--- a/templates/projects/webbasic/project.json
+++ b/templates/projects/webbasic/project.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     }
   },
 
-  "compilationOptions": {
+  "buildOptions": {
     "emitEntryPoint": true,
     "preserveCompilationContext": true
   },