diff --git a/.azure/pipelines/apply-semantic-versioning-to-assembyinfo-files.yml b/.azure/pipelines/apply-semantic-versioning-to-assembyinfo-files.yml
index 99148ce0..ebf9f530 100644
--- a/.azure/pipelines/apply-semantic-versioning-to-assembyinfo-files.yml
+++ b/.azure/pipelines/apply-semantic-versioning-to-assembyinfo-files.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ steps:
       [int]$PatternExpectedVersionNumbers = 4
       [int]$VersionNumbersInVersion = 4
 
+      Function Get-VersionString($numberOfVersions, $extractedBuildNumbers) {
+        return [string]::Join('.',($extractedBuildNumbers | select -First ($numberOfVersions)))
+      }
+
       if ($BuildNumber -match $Pattern -ne $true) {
         Write-Host "Could not extract a version from [$BuildNumber] using pattern [$Pattern]"
         exit 2