diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Security.Cryptography.Algorithms/src/Internal/Cryptography/Pbkdf2Implementation.Windows.cs b/src/libraries/System.Security.Cryptography.Algorithms/src/Internal/Cryptography/Pbkdf2Implementation.Windows.cs
index c72dcb4c932499..e9275bc28ae3cc 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Security.Cryptography.Algorithms/src/Internal/Cryptography/Pbkdf2Implementation.Windows.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Security.Cryptography.Algorithms/src/Internal/Cryptography/Pbkdf2Implementation.Windows.cs
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ namespace Internal.Cryptography
 {
     internal static partial class Pbkdf2Implementation
     {
-        // For Windows 7 we will use BCryptDeriveKeyPBKDF2. For Windows 8+ we will use BCryptKeyDerivation
-        // since it has better performance.
-        private static readonly bool s_useKeyDerivation = OperatingSystem.IsWindowsVersionAtLeast(8, 0, 0);
+        // For Windows 7 we will use BCryptDeriveKeyPBKDF2. For Windows 8+ (seen as version 6.2.0) we will
+        // use BCryptKeyDerivation since it has better performance.
+        private static readonly bool s_useKeyDerivation = OperatingSystem.IsWindowsVersionAtLeast(6, 2);
 
         // A cached instance of PBKDF2 for Windows 8, where pseudo handles are not supported.
         private static SafeBCryptAlgorithmHandle? s_pbkdf2AlgorithmHandle;