diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers/Exceptions/OpenApiUnsupportedSpecVersionException.cs b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers/Exceptions/OpenApiUnsupportedSpecVersionException.cs
index c187be132..199020784 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers/Exceptions/OpenApiUnsupportedSpecVersionException.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers/Exceptions/OpenApiUnsupportedSpecVersionException.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers.Exceptions
     /// Defines an exception indicating OpenAPI Reader encountered an unsupported specification version while reading.
     /// </summary>
     [Serializable]
-    public class OpenApiUnsupportedSpecVersionException : OpenApiReaderException
+    public class OpenApiUnsupportedSpecVersionException : Exception
     {
         const string messagePattern = "OpenAPI specification version '{0}' is not supported.";