diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Reflection/AssemblyName.cs b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Reflection/AssemblyName.cs
index 0853bfff0685af..4291dded86107c 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Reflection/AssemblyName.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Reflection/AssemblyName.cs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public object Clone()
                 _publicKey = (byte[]?)_publicKey?.Clone(),
                 _publicKeyToken = (byte[]?)_publicKeyToken?.Clone(),
                 _cultureInfo = _cultureInfo,
-                _version = (Version?)_version?.Clone(),
+                _version = _version,
                 _flags = _flags,
                 _codeBase = _codeBase,
                 _hashAlgorithm = _hashAlgorithm,