diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/common_uwp.vcxproj b/icu4c/source/common/common_uwp.vcxproj
index 177455dc57ba..bc9ca17f70e3 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/common_uwp.vcxproj
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/common_uwp.vcxproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     <ProjectGuid>{C10CF34B-3F79-430E-AD38-5A32DC0589C2}</ProjectGuid>
     <Keyword>DynamicLibrary</Keyword>
     <DefaultLanguage>en-US</DefaultLanguage>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>10.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@
       <TurnOffAssemblyGeneration>true</TurnOffAssemblyGeneration>
       <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>vccorlib.lib;msvcrt.lib</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
       <!-- The icudt.lib is for U_ICUDATA_ENTRY_POINT -->
-      <AdditionalDependencies>icudt.lib;onecore.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>icudt.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
diff --git a/icu4c/source/data/makedata_uwp.vcxproj b/icu4c/source/data/makedata_uwp.vcxproj
index cdc4e4ec2113..d4f412754ded 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/data/makedata_uwp.vcxproj
+++ b/icu4c/source/data/makedata_uwp.vcxproj
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     <DefaultLanguage>en-US</DefaultLanguage>
     <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
     <UseOfMfc>false</UseOfMfc>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>10.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- The following import will include the 'default' configuration options for VS UWP projects. -->
   <Import Project="..\allinone\Build.Windows.UWP.ProjectConfiguration.props" />
diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n_uwp.vcxproj b/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n_uwp.vcxproj
index db763118b57c..1ab0b3330974 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n_uwp.vcxproj
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/i18n_uwp.vcxproj
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     <ProjectGuid>{6786C051-383B-47E0-9E82-B8B994E06A25}</ProjectGuid>
     <Keyword>DynamicLibrary</Keyword>
     <DefaultLanguage>en-US</DefaultLanguage>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>10.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>