diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/_universal.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/_universal.py
index c2c128e2bb2d..3d4379c447d6 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/_universal.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/pipeline/policies/_universal.py
@@ -211,13 +211,14 @@ def __init__(
         self.overwrite: bool = kwargs.pop("user_agent_overwrite", False)
         self.use_env: bool = kwargs.pop("user_agent_use_env", True)
         application_id: Optional[str] = kwargs.pop("user_agent", None)
-        sdk_moniker: str = kwargs.pop("sdk_moniker", "core/{}".format(azcore_version))
+        core_version = "core/{}".format(azcore_version)
+        sdk_moniker: str = kwargs.pop("sdk_moniker", core_version)
 
         if base_user_agent:
             self._user_agent = base_user_agent
         else:
-            self._user_agent = "azsdk-python-{} Python/{} ({})".format(
-                sdk_moniker, platform.python_version(), platform.platform()
+            self._user_agent = "azsdk-python-{} {} Python/{} ({})".format(
+                sdk_moniker, core_version, platform.python_version(), platform.platform()
             )
 
         if application_id:
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_user_agent_policy.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_user_agent_policy.py
index f4121d7eeffa..e463c5da65e2 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_user_agent_policy.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_user_agent_policy.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def test_user_agent_policy(http_request):
     assert user_agent._user_agent == "foo"
 
     user_agent = UserAgentPolicy(sdk_moniker="foosdk/1.0.0")
-    assert user_agent._user_agent.startswith("azsdk-python-foosdk/1.0.0 Python")
+    assert user_agent._user_agent.startswith("azsdk-python-foosdk/1.0.0 core/")
 
     user_agent = UserAgentPolicy(base_user_agent="foo", user_agent="bar", user_agent_use_env=False)
     assert user_agent._user_agent == "bar foo"