diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/Contracts/ExtractRequest.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/Contracts/ExtractRequest.cs
index 6f904d17..5eb3ef13 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/Contracts/ExtractRequest.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/Contracts/ExtractRequest.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.DacFx.Contracts
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the version of the DAC application
         /// </summary>
-        public Version ApplicationVersion { get; set; }
+        public string ApplicationVersion { get; set; }
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/ExtractOperation.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/ExtractOperation.cs
index 4e4b6180..958bb5c9 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/ExtractOperation.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/ExtractOperation.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using Microsoft.SqlTools.Utility;
 using System;
 using System.Data.SqlClient;
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Globalization;
 
 namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.DacFx
 {
@@ -28,7 +29,19 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.DacFx
 
         public override void Execute()
         {
-            this.DacServices.Extract(this.Parameters.PackageFilePath, this.Parameters.DatabaseName, this.Parameters.ApplicationName, this.Parameters.ApplicationVersion, null, null, null, this.CancellationToken);
+            Version version = ParseVersion(this.Parameters.ApplicationVersion);
+            this.DacServices.Extract(this.Parameters.PackageFilePath, this.Parameters.DatabaseName, this.Parameters.ApplicationName, version, null, null, null, this.CancellationToken);
+        }
+
+        public static Version ParseVersion(string incomingVersion)
+        {
+            Version parsedVersion;
+            if (!Version.TryParse(incomingVersion, out parsedVersion))
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException(string.Format(SR.ExtractInvalidVersion, incomingVersion));
+            }
+
+            return parsedVersion;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Localization/sr.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Localization/sr.cs
index a7adb947..1c8b3006 100755
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Localization/sr.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Localization/sr.cs
@@ -2869,6 +2869,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer
             }
         }
 
+        public static string ExtractInvalidVersion
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return Keys.GetString(Keys.ExtractInvalidVersion);
+            }
+        }
+
         public static string ConnectionServiceListDbErrorNotConnected(string uri)
         {
             return Keys.GetString(Keys.ConnectionServiceListDbErrorNotConnected, uri);
@@ -4182,6 +4190,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer
             public const string Error_ExistingDirectoryName = "Error_ExistingDirectoryName";
 
 
+            public const string ExtractInvalidVersion = "ExtractInvalidVersion";
+
+
             private Keys()
             { }
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Localization/sr.resx b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Localization/sr.resx
index 2d48d7b1..7a9fe996 100755
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Localization/sr.resx
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Localization/sr.resx
@@ -1687,4 +1687,8 @@
     <value>For directory {0} a file with name {1} already exist</value>
     <comment></comment>
   </data>
+  <data name="ExtractInvalidVersion" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Invalid version '{0}' passed. Version must be in the format x.x.x.x where x is a number.</value>
+    <comment></comment>
+  </data>
 </root>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Localization/sr.strings b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Localization/sr.strings
index 7931948a..5bf96de0 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Localization/sr.strings
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Localization/sr.strings
@@ -782,4 +782,8 @@ JobServerIsNotAvailable = Job server is not available
 
 NeverBackedUp = Never
 Error_InvalidDirectoryName = Path {0} is not a valid directory 
-Error_ExistingDirectoryName = For directory {0} a file with name {1} already exist
\ No newline at end of file
+Error_ExistingDirectoryName = For directory {0} a file with name {1} already exist
+
+############################################################################
+# DacFx
+ExtractInvalidVersion = Invalid version '{0}' passed. Version must be in the format x.x.x.x where x is a number.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Localization/sr.xlf b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Localization/sr.xlf
index 1076e99a..08ae2fed 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Localization/sr.xlf
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Localization/sr.xlf
@@ -1956,6 +1956,11 @@
         <target state="new">Batch parser wrapper execution: {0} found... at line {1}: {2}    Description: {3}</target>
         <note></note>
       </trans-unit>
+      <trans-unit id="ExtractInvalidVersion">
+        <source>Invalid version '{0}' passed. Version must be in the format x.x.x.x where x is a number.</source>
+        <target state="new">Invalid version '{0}' passed. Version must be in the format x.x.x.x where x is a number.</target>
+        <note></note>
+      </trans-unit>
     </body>
   </file>
 </xliff>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.IntegrationTests/DacFx/DacFxserviceTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.IntegrationTests/DacFx/DacFxserviceTests.cs
index 780bf3ef..08cbf5a9 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.IntegrationTests/DacFx/DacFxserviceTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.IntegrationTests/DacFx/DacFxserviceTests.cs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ CREATE TABLE [dbo].[table3]
                 DatabaseName = testdb.DatabaseName,
                 PackageFilePath = Path.Combine(folderPath, string.Format("{0}.dacpac", testdb.DatabaseName)),
                 ApplicationName = "test",
-                ApplicationVersion = new Version(1, 0)
+                ApplicationVersion = "1.0.0.0"
             };
 
             DacFxService service = new DacFxService();
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ CREATE TABLE [dbo].[table3]
                 DatabaseName = sourceDb.DatabaseName,
                 PackageFilePath = Path.Combine(folderPath, string.Format("{0}.dacpac", sourceDb.DatabaseName)),
                 ApplicationName = "test",
-                ApplicationVersion = new Version(1, 0)
+                ApplicationVersion = "1.0.0.0"
             };
 
             DacFxService service = new DacFxService();
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ CREATE TABLE [dbo].[table3]
             return requestContext;
         }
 
+
+
         private async Task<Mock<RequestContext<DacFxResult>>> SendAndValidateGenerateDeployScriptRequest()
         {
             // first extract a dacpac
@@ -249,7 +251,7 @@ CREATE TABLE [dbo].[table3]
                 DatabaseName = sourceDb.DatabaseName,
                 PackageFilePath = Path.Combine(folderPath, string.Format("{0}.dacpac", sourceDb.DatabaseName)),
                 ApplicationName = "test",
-                ApplicationVersion = new Version(1, 0)
+                ApplicationVersion = "1.0.0.0"
             };
 
             DacFxService service = new DacFxService();
@@ -295,7 +297,7 @@ CREATE TABLE [dbo].[table3]
                 DatabaseName = sourceDb.DatabaseName,
                 PackageFilePath = Path.Combine(folderPath, string.Format("{0}.dacpac", sourceDb.DatabaseName)),
                 ApplicationName = "test",
-                ApplicationVersion = new Version(1, 0)
+                ApplicationVersion = "1.0.0.0"
             };
 
             ExtractOperation extractOperation = new ExtractOperation(extractParams, result.ConnectionInfo);
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.IntegrationTests/SchemaCompare/SchemaCompareServiceTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.IntegrationTests/SchemaCompare/SchemaCompareServiceTests.cs
index cae9dda8..c16b0df4 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.IntegrationTests/SchemaCompare/SchemaCompareServiceTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.IntegrationTests/SchemaCompare/SchemaCompareServiceTests.cs
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ CREATE TABLE [dbo].[table3]
                 DatabaseName = testdb.DatabaseName,
                 PackageFilePath = Path.Combine(folderPath, string.Format("{0}.dacpac", testdb.DatabaseName)),
                 ApplicationName = "test",
-                ApplicationVersion = new Version(1, 0)
+                ApplicationVersion = "1.0.0.0"
             };
 
             DacFxService service = new DacFxService();
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.UnitTests/DacFx/DacFxTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.UnitTests/DacFx/DacFxTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..816f19e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.UnitTests/DacFx/DacFxTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+//
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+//
+
+using System;
+using Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.DacFx;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.UnitTests.DacFx
+{
+    public class DacFxTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void ExtractParseVersionShouldThrowExceptionGivenInvalidVersion()
+        {
+            string invalidVersion = "invalidVerison";
+            Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => ExtractOperation.ParseVersion(invalidVersion));
+        }
+    }
+}