diff --git a/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/Resource/Settings/ContainerProperties.cs b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/Resource/Settings/ContainerProperties.cs
index e1eaa6ca96..b95efb99c8 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/Resource/Settings/ContainerProperties.cs
+++ b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/Resource/Settings/ContainerProperties.cs
@@ -362,10 +362,17 @@ public string PartitionKeyPath
                     throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(this.PartitionKeyPath));
                 }
 
+                PartitionKeyDefinitionVersion? currentDefinitionVersion = this.PartitionKeyDefinitionVersion;
+
                 this.PartitionKey = new PartitionKeyDefinition
                 {
                     Paths = new Collection<string>() { value }
                 };
+                
+                if (currentDefinitionVersion.HasValue)
+                {
+                    this.PartitionKeyDefinitionVersion = currentDefinitionVersion.Value;
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/tests/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Tests/CosmosContainerSettingsTests.cs b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/tests/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Tests/CosmosContainerSettingsTests.cs
index 84618705de..865bb71d18 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/tests/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Tests/CosmosContainerSettingsTests.cs
+++ b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/tests/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Tests/CosmosContainerSettingsTests.cs
@@ -165,6 +165,17 @@ public void ValidateIncludedPathSerialization()
             }
         }
 
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void SettingPKShouldNotResetVersion()
+        {
+            ContainerProperties containerProperties = new();
+            containerProperties.Id = "test";
+            containerProperties.PartitionKeyDefinitionVersion = Cosmos.PartitionKeyDefinitionVersion.V2;
+            containerProperties.PartitionKeyPath = "/id";
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(Cosmos.PartitionKeyDefinitionVersion.V2, containerProperties.PartitionKeyDefinitionVersion);
+        }
+
         private static string SerializeDocumentCollection(DocumentCollection collection)
         {
             using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())