diff --git a/Rules/AvoidAlias.cs b/Rules/AvoidAlias.cs
index f40d961f1..fa6f94efa 100644
--- a/Rules/AvoidAlias.cs
+++ b/Rules/AvoidAlias.cs
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ private ScriptBlockExpressionAst GetDscResourceBody(CommandAst cmdAst)
             if (!(cmdAst.Parent is PipelineAst commandPipeline)
                 || commandPipeline.PipelineElements.Count != 1
                 || commandPipeline.PipelineElements[0] != cmdAst
+#if CORECLR
+                || commandPipeline.Background
+#endif
                 || !(commandPipeline.Parent is NamedBlockAst || commandPipeline.Parent is StatementBlockAst))
             {
                 return null;
@@ -346,6 +349,9 @@ private ScriptBlockExpressionAst GetDscResourceBody(CommandAst cmdAst)
                     if (index >= 0 && index + 1 < statements.Count
                         && statements[index + 1] is PipelineAst bodyPipeline
                         && bodyPipeline.PipelineElements.Count == 1
+#if CORECLR
+                        && !bodyPipeline.Background
+#endif
                         && bodyPipeline.PipelineElements[0] is CommandExpressionAst bodyExpression)
                     {
                         if (HasStatementSeparator(cmdAst, bodyPipeline)
diff --git a/Tests/Rules/AvoidUsingAlias.tests.ps1 b/Tests/Rules/AvoidUsingAlias.tests.ps1
index 1c2470447..7dc377774 100644
--- a/Tests/Rules/AvoidUsingAlias.tests.ps1
+++ b/Tests/Rules/AvoidUsingAlias.tests.ps1
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ Configuration PackageTest {
     Write-Output $(Verb Argument {})
     @(Verb Argument {})
     Verb Argument {} > $null
+    Verb Argument {} &
     if (Verb Argument {}) {}
     return Verb Argument {}
     if ($true) {
@@ -227,7 +228,8 @@ Configuration PackageTest {
 
             $violations = @($rule.AnalyzeScript($configuration, $null))
 
-            $violations.Count | Should -Be 5
+            $expectedViolations = if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -ge 7) { 6 } else { 5 }
+            $violations.Count | Should -Be $expectedViolations
             $violations | ForEach-Object {
                 $_.SuggestedCorrections[0].Text | Should -Be 'Get-Verb'
             }
@@ -241,6 +243,8 @@ Configuration PackageTest {
     gci .; {}
     gci . &
     {}
+    gci .
+    {} &
 }
 '@
             $ast = [System.Management.Automation.Language.Parser]::ParseInput($target, [ref]$null, [ref]$null)
@@ -252,7 +256,8 @@ Configuration PackageTest {
 
             $violations = @($rule.AnalyzeScript($configuration, $null))
 
-            $violations.Count | Should -Be 3
+            $expectedViolations = if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -ge 7) { 4 } else { 3 }
+            $violations.Count | Should -Be $expectedViolations
             $violations | ForEach-Object {
                 $_.Extent.Text | Should -Be 'gci'
                 $_.SuggestedCorrections[0].Text | Should -Be 'Get-ChildItem'