diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ML.Core/Data/Repository.cs b/src/Microsoft.ML.Core/Data/Repository.cs
index 977e97a429..abbc26b88b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ML.Core/Data/Repository.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ML.Core/Data/Repository.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.IO.Compression;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
 using Microsoft.ML.Internal.Utilities;
 using Microsoft.ML.Runtime;
 
@@ -285,10 +287,10 @@ public static RepositoryWriter CreateNew(Stream stream, IExceptionContext ectx =
             Contracts.CheckValueOrNull(ectx);
             ectx.CheckValue(stream, nameof(stream));
             var rep = new RepositoryWriter(stream, ectx, useFileSystem);
-            var versionInfo = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(typeof(RepositoryWriter).Assembly.Location);
+
             using (var ent = rep.CreateEntry(DirTrainingInfo, "Version.txt"))
             using (var writer = Utils.OpenWriter(ent.Stream))
-                writer.WriteLine(versionInfo.ProductVersion);
+                writer.WriteLine(GetProductVersion());
             return rep;
         }
 
@@ -410,6 +412,24 @@ public void Commit()
             Flush();
             Dispose(true);
         }
+
+        private static string GetProductVersion()
+        {
+            var assembly = typeof(RepositoryWriter).Assembly;
+
+            var assemblyInternationalVersionAttribute = assembly.CustomAttributes.FirstOrDefault(a =>
+                    a.AttributeType == typeof(AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute));
+
+            if (assemblyInternationalVersionAttribute == null)
+            {
+                throw new ApplicationException($"Cannot determine product version from assembly {assembly.FullName}.");
+            }
+
+            return assemblyInternationalVersionAttribute.ConstructorArguments
+                .First()
+                .Value
+                .ToString();
+        }
     }
 
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