diff --git a/dao-api/src/main/pegasus/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/BaseSemanticVersion.pdl b/dao-api/src/main/pegasus/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/BaseSemanticVersion.pdl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1838cbc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dao-api/src/main/pegasus/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/BaseSemanticVersion.pdl
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+namespace com.linkedin.metadata.aspect
+
+record BaseSemanticVersion {
+  /**
+   * The major version of this version. This is the x in x.y.z.
+   */
+  major: int
+
+  /**
+   * The minor version of this version. This is the y in x.y.z
+   */
+  minor: int
+
+  /**
+  * The patch version of this version. This is the z in x.y.z
+  */
+  patch: int
+}
diff --git a/dao-api/src/main/pegasus/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/BaseVersionedAspect.pdl b/dao-api/src/main/pegasus/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/BaseVersionedAspect.pdl
index dda0fe8da..b7b136fe2 100644
--- a/dao-api/src/main/pegasus/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/BaseVersionedAspect.pdl
+++ b/dao-api/src/main/pegasus/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/BaseVersionedAspect.pdl
@@ -9,20 +9,5 @@ record BaseVersionedAspect {
  /**
   * The version of the metadata aspect
   */
- baseSemanticVersion: optional record BaseSemanticVersion {
-   /**
-    * The major version of this version. This is the x in x.y.z.
-    */
-   major: int
-
-   /**
-    * The minor version of this version. This is the y in x.y.z
-    */
-   minor: int
-
-   /**
-   * The patch version of this version. This is the z in x.y.z
-   */
-   patch: int
- }
+ baseSemanticVersion: optional BaseSemanticVersion
 }