diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Text/Json/Serialization/Converters/Value/VersionConverter.cs b/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Text/Json/Serialization/Converters/Value/VersionConverter.cs
index 3587a4ca42fa1..2b6fcfd013d29 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Text/Json/Serialization/Converters/Value/VersionConverter.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Text/Json/Serialization/Converters/Value/VersionConverter.cs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public override Version Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, Json
             }
 #else
             string? versionString = reader.GetString();
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(versionString) && !char.IsDigit(versionString[0]) && !char.IsDigit(versionString[versionString.Length - 1]))
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(versionString) && (!char.IsDigit(versionString[0]) || !char.IsDigit(versionString[versionString.Length - 1])))
             {
                 throw ThrowHelper.GetFormatException(DataType.Version);
             }
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/tests/System.Text.Json.Tests/Serialization/Value.ReadTests.cs b/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/tests/System.Text.Json.Tests/Serialization/Value.ReadTests.cs
index dfdb28b718f8f..52b351efbebaa 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/tests/System.Text.Json.Tests/Serialization/Value.ReadTests.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/tests/System.Text.Json.Tests/Serialization/Value.ReadTests.cs
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ public static void Version_Read_Success(string json, string? actual = null)
         [InlineData("1.-1")]
         [InlineData("   1.2.3.4")] //Valid but has leading whitespace
         [InlineData("1.2.3.4    ")] //Valid but has trailing whitespace
+        [InlineData("  1.2.3.4  ")] //Valid but has trailing and leading whitespaces
         [InlineData("{}", false)]
         [InlineData("[]", false)]
         [InlineData("true", false)]