diff --git a/sample/Benchmark/Benchmark.csproj b/sample/Benchmark/Benchmark.csproj
index f4d71e2..f506b6b 100644
--- a/sample/Benchmark/Benchmark.csproj
+++ b/sample/Benchmark/Benchmark.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net461</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net472</TargetFrameworks>
     <AssemblyName>Sample</AssemblyName>
     <PackageId>Sample</PackageId>
     <ApplicationIcon />
diff --git a/sample/Sample-UDP-Support/Sample-UDP-Support.csproj b/sample/Sample-UDP-Support/Sample-UDP-Support.csproj
index c4b4f3d..7e4310f 100644
--- a/sample/Sample-UDP-Support/Sample-UDP-Support.csproj
+++ b/sample/Sample-UDP-Support/Sample-UDP-Support.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RootNamespace>Sample_UDP_Support</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Sample-UDP-Support</AssemblyName>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.6.1</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.7.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
     <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/sample/Sample/Sample.csproj b/sample/Sample/Sample.csproj
index d713742..e88ff31 100644
--- a/sample/Sample/Sample.csproj
+++ b/sample/Sample/Sample.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net461;netcoreapp2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net472;netcoreapp2.1</TargetFrameworks>
     <AssemblyName>Sample</AssemblyName>
     <PackageId>Sample</PackageId>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/InfluxDB.Collector/InfluxDB.Collector.csproj b/src/InfluxDB.Collector/InfluxDB.Collector.csproj
index e902178..3f4c159 100644
--- a/src/InfluxDB.Collector/InfluxDB.Collector.csproj
+++ b/src/InfluxDB.Collector/InfluxDB.Collector.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <AssemblyName>InfluxDB.Collector</AssemblyName>
-    <VersionPrefix>1.1.1</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>1.2.0</VersionPrefix>
     <PackageId>InfluxDB.Collector</PackageId>
     <PackageTags>influxdb</PackageTags>
     <PackageIconUrl>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/influxdata/influxdb-csharp/master/asset/influxdata.jpg</PackageIconUrl>
diff --git a/src/InfluxDB.LineProtocol/Client/ILineProtocolClient.cs b/src/InfluxDB.LineProtocol/Client/ILineProtocolClient.cs
index 65dad59..f314c88 100644
--- a/src/InfluxDB.LineProtocol/Client/ILineProtocolClient.cs
+++ b/src/InfluxDB.LineProtocol/Client/ILineProtocolClient.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-using System.Threading;
+using System;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using InfluxDB.LineProtocol.Payload;
 
 namespace InfluxDB.LineProtocol.Client
 {
-    public interface ILineProtocolClient
+    public interface ILineProtocolClient : IDisposable
     {
         Task<LineProtocolWriteResult> SendAsync(
             LineProtocolWriter lineProtocolWriter,
diff --git a/src/InfluxDB.LineProtocol/Client/LineProtocolClient.cs b/src/InfluxDB.LineProtocol/Client/LineProtocolClient.cs
index 279962c..a490dfd 100644
--- a/src/InfluxDB.LineProtocol/Client/LineProtocolClient.cs
+++ b/src/InfluxDB.LineProtocol/Client/LineProtocolClient.cs
@@ -80,5 +80,10 @@ protected override async Task<LineProtocolWriteResult> OnSendAsync(
 
             return new LineProtocolWriteResult(false, $"{response.StatusCode} {response.ReasonPhrase} {body}");
         }
+
+        protected override void DisposeOfManagedResources()
+        {
+            _httpClient.Dispose();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/InfluxDB.LineProtocol/Client/LineProtocolClientBase.cs b/src/InfluxDB.LineProtocol/Client/LineProtocolClientBase.cs
index d7bb5ca..84b592c 100644
--- a/src/InfluxDB.LineProtocol/Client/LineProtocolClientBase.cs
+++ b/src/InfluxDB.LineProtocol/Client/LineProtocolClientBase.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace InfluxDB.LineProtocol.Client
     public abstract class LineProtocolClientBase : ILineProtocolClient
     {
         protected readonly string _database, _username, _password;
+        private volatile int _isDisposed;
 
         protected LineProtocolClientBase(Uri serverBaseAddress, string database, string username, string password)
         {
@@ -41,9 +42,28 @@ protected LineProtocolClientBase(Uri serverBaseAddress, string database, string
             return OnSendAsync(lineProtocolWriter.ToString(), lineProtocolWriter.Precision, cancellationToken);
         }
 
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            Dispose(true);
+            GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
+        }
+
         protected abstract Task<LineProtocolWriteResult> OnSendAsync(
             string payload,
             Precision precision,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken));
+
+        protected void Dispose(bool disposing)
+        {
+            if (Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref _isDisposed, 1, 0) == 0)
+            {
+                if (disposing)
+                {
+                    DisposeOfManagedResources();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        protected abstract void DisposeOfManagedResources();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/InfluxDB.LineProtocol/Client/LineProtocolUdpClient.cs b/src/InfluxDB.LineProtocol/Client/LineProtocolUdpClient.cs
index e76be29..cc724fa 100644
--- a/src/InfluxDB.LineProtocol/Client/LineProtocolUdpClient.cs
+++ b/src/InfluxDB.LineProtocol/Client/LineProtocolUdpClient.cs
@@ -42,5 +42,10 @@ protected override async Task<LineProtocolWriteResult> OnSendAsync(
             int len = await _udpClient.SendAsync(buffer, buffer.Length, _udpHostName, _udpPort);
             return new LineProtocolWriteResult(len == buffer.Length, null);
         }
+
+        protected override void DisposeOfManagedResources()
+        {
+            _udpClient.Dispose();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/InfluxDB.LineProtocol/InfluxDB.LineProtocol.csproj b/src/InfluxDB.LineProtocol/InfluxDB.LineProtocol.csproj
index 5b7facb..14eaac8 100644
--- a/src/InfluxDB.LineProtocol/InfluxDB.LineProtocol.csproj
+++ b/src/InfluxDB.LineProtocol/InfluxDB.LineProtocol.csproj
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>A .NET library for efficiently sending time series to InfluxDB</Description>
     <Authors>influxdb-csharp Contributors</Authors>
     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
-    <VersionPrefix>1.1.1</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>1.2.0</VersionPrefix>
     <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
     <AssemblyName>InfluxDB.LineProtocol</AssemblyName>
     <PackageId>InfluxDB.LineProtocol</PackageId>
diff --git a/test/Consoles/InfluxDb.UdpSupport.ConsoleTest/App.config b/test/Consoles/InfluxDb.UdpSupport.ConsoleTest/App.config
index 016d28f..c57b49d 100644
--- a/test/Consoles/InfluxDb.UdpSupport.ConsoleTest/App.config
+++ b/test/Consoles/InfluxDb.UdpSupport.ConsoleTest/App.config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
 <configuration>
     <startup> 
-        <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.7" />
+        <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.7.2"/>
     </startup>
 </configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/Consoles/InfluxDb.UdpSupport.ConsoleTest/InfluxDb.UdpSupport.ConsoleTest.csproj b/test/Consoles/InfluxDb.UdpSupport.ConsoleTest/InfluxDb.UdpSupport.ConsoleTest.csproj
index 6a88d2a..bd3be11 100644
--- a/test/Consoles/InfluxDb.UdpSupport.ConsoleTest/InfluxDb.UdpSupport.ConsoleTest.csproj
+++ b/test/Consoles/InfluxDb.UdpSupport.ConsoleTest/InfluxDb.UdpSupport.ConsoleTest.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RootNamespace>InfluxDb.UdpSupport.ConsoleTest</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>InfluxDb.UdpSupport.ConsoleTest</AssemblyName>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.7</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.7.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
     <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/test/InfluxDB.LineProtocol.Tests/InfluxDB.LineProtocol.Tests.csproj b/test/InfluxDB.LineProtocol.Tests/InfluxDB.LineProtocol.Tests.csproj
index 44d713c..f83c722 100644
--- a/test/InfluxDB.LineProtocol.Tests/InfluxDB.LineProtocol.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/InfluxDB.LineProtocol.Tests/InfluxDB.LineProtocol.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFrameworks>
     <AssemblyName>InfluxDB.LineProtocol.Tests</AssemblyName>
     <PackageId>InfluxDB.LineProtocol.Tests</PackageId>
-    <RuntimeFrameworkVersion>2.0.0</RuntimeFrameworkVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>