Creating NuGet package: NU5128 exception - not clear on how to fix

I have a DLL addressing the .NET 4.7.1 library.

Probably irrelevant, but it's written in C# and consumes NuGet packages using the "packages.config" pattern, rather than the newer PackageReference configuration.

I publish this as a NuGet package (have been doing this for several years). But now when I execute the following:

nuget pack -Properties Configuration=Release

I get the following warning:

Error NU5128: Some target frameworks declared in the dependencies group of the nuspec and the lib/ref folder do not have exact matches in the other location. Consult the list of actions below: - Add a dependency group for .NETFramework4.7.1 to the nuspec

I don't have anything in the dependencies group of the nuspec:

<?xml version="1.0"?> <package >   <metadata><id>*******</id><version>*******</version><title>*******</title><authors>*******</authors><owners>*******</owners><requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance><description>*******</description><releaseNotes>*******</releaseNotes><copyright>*******</copyright><tags>*******</tags></metadata> </package>

This consumes the following NuGet packages:

• Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client v5.2.7
• Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Core v5.2.7
• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.FxCopAnalyzers v2.9.8
• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VersionCheckAnalyzer v2.9.8
• Microsoft.CodeQuality.Analyzers v2.9.8
• Microsoft.NetCore.Analyzers v2.9.8
• Microsoft.NetFramework.Analyzers v2.9.8
• Newtonsoft.Json v12.0.3
• StyleCop.Analyzers v1.1.118

When I look under the References, I see the following (used ~ to shorten the path):

• Microsoft.CSharp ~.NETFramework\v4.7.1\Microsoft.CSharp.dll
• Newtonsoft.Json ~\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.12.0.3\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• System ~\NETFramework\v4.7.1\System.dll
• System.Configuration ~.NETFramework\v4.7.1\System.Configuration.dll
• System.Core ~.NETFramework\v4.7.1\System.Core.dll
• System.Data ~.NETFramework\v4.7.1\System.Data.dll
• System.Data.DataSetExtensions ~.NETFramework\v4.7.1\System.Data.DataSetExtensions.dll
• System.Net.Http ~.NETFramework\v4.7.1\System.Net.Http.dll
• System.Net.Http.Formatting ~\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client.5.2.7\lib\net45\System.Net.Http.Formatting.dll
• System.Web.Http ~\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Core.5.2.7\lib\net45\System.Web.Http.dll
• System.Xml ~.NETFramework\v4.7.1\System.Xml.dll
• System.Xml.Linq ~.NETFramework\v4.7.1\System.Xml.Linq.dll

So to my mind, everything looks like it's .NET 4.7.1 compatible, so why this warning?

Following the details given in NuGet Warning NU5128, I therefore added a dependency group:

<?xml version="1.0"?> <package >   <metadata><id>*******</id><version>*******</version><title>*******</title><authors>*******</authors><owners>*******</owners><requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance><description>*******</description><releaseNotes>*******</releaseNotes><copyright>*******</copyright><tags>*******</tags><dependencies><group targetFramework=".NETFramework4.7.1" /></dependencies></metadata> </package>

But this has no effect, I still get the error.