diff --git a/src/DynamoCore/Configuration/PreferenceSettings.cs b/src/DynamoCore/Configuration/PreferenceSettings.cs
index 02b0b183e92..4705daf0c3f 100644
--- a/src/DynamoCore/Configuration/PreferenceSettings.cs
+++ b/src/DynamoCore/Configuration/PreferenceSettings.cs
@@ -853,10 +853,10 @@ public int NodeSearchTagSizeLimit
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The Version of the IronPython package that Dynamo will download when it is found as missing in graphs.
-        /// This static property is not serialized and is assigned IronPythonResolveTargetVersion's value
+        /// This property is not serialized and is assigned IronPythonResolveTargetVersion's value
         /// if found at deserialize time.
         /// </summary>
-        internal static Version ironPythonResolveTargetVersion = new Version(2, 4, 0);
+        internal Version ironPythonResolveTargetVersion = new Version(3, 0, 0);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The Version of the IronPython package that Dynamo will download when it is found as missing in graphs.
diff --git a/src/DynamoCore/Core/DynamoMigrator.cs b/src/DynamoCore/Core/DynamoMigrator.cs
index 85f87cf4299..8f339ce255c 100644
--- a/src/DynamoCore/Core/DynamoMigrator.cs
+++ b/src/DynamoCore/Core/DynamoMigrator.cs
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ protected virtual PreferenceSettings ReadPreferences()
         /// <returns>new migrator instance after migration</returns>
         protected virtual DynamoMigratorBase MigrateFrom(DynamoMigratorBase sourceMigrator)
         {
+            //allows us to access some default pref values of current version before prefs are
+            //actually written to disk(firstRun).
+            var currentVersionTempPrefs = new PreferenceSettings();
+
             PreferenceSettings = sourceMigrator.PreferenceSettings;
             if (PreferenceSettings == null) return this;
 
@@ -171,6 +175,7 @@ protected virtual DynamoMigratorBase MigrateFrom(DynamoMigratorBase sourceMigrat
             // Also exclude SelectedPackagePathForInstall or it may point to previous 
             // Dynamo version folders. When set to string.empty or null - will default to UserDataFolder.
             PreferenceSettings.SelectedPackagePathForInstall = string.Empty;
+            PreferenceSettings.IronPythonResolveTargetVersion = currentVersionTempPrefs.IronPythonResolveTargetVersion;
 
             return this;
         }
diff --git a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/GraphPythonDependencies.cs b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/GraphPythonDependencies.cs
index c6eec707ea7..6a8f3cf7f64 100644
--- a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/GraphPythonDependencies.cs
+++ b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/GraphPythonDependencies.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using Dynamo.Configuration;
+using Dynamo.Configuration;
 using Dynamo.Graph.Nodes;
 using Dynamo.Graph.Nodes.CustomNodes;
 using Dynamo.Graph.Workspaces;
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace Dynamo.PythonMigration
     public class GraphPythonDependencies
     {
         internal static readonly string PythonPackage = "DynamoIronPython2.7";
-        internal static readonly Version PythonPackageVersion = PreferenceSettings.ironPythonResolveTargetVersion;
+        internal readonly Version PythonPackageVersion;
         private IWorkspaceModel workspace;
         private readonly ICustomNodeManager customNodeManager;
 
@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@ internal enum CNPythonDependencyType
             DirectDependency
         }
 
-        internal GraphPythonDependencies(IWorkspaceModel workspaceModel, ICustomNodeManager customNodeManager)
+        internal GraphPythonDependencies(IWorkspaceModel workspaceModel, ICustomNodeManager customNodeManager, Version ironPythonTargetVersion)
         {
-            this.workspace = workspaceModel;
+            workspace = workspaceModel;
             this.customNodeManager = customNodeManager;
+            PythonPackageVersion = ironPythonTargetVersion;
         }
 
         internal void UpdateWorkspace(IWorkspaceModel workspaceModel)
diff --git a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/PythonMigrationViewExtension.cs b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/PythonMigrationViewExtension.cs
index 1c28c53381c..df7ab4a3550 100644
--- a/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/PythonMigrationViewExtension.cs
+++ b/src/PythonMigrationViewExtension/PythonMigrationViewExtension.cs
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Windows;
 using System.Windows.Threading;
+using Dynamo.Configuration;
 using Dynamo.Core;
 using Dynamo.Graph.Workspaces;
 using Dynamo.Logging;
+using Dynamo.PackageManager;
 using Dynamo.PythonMigration.Controls;
 using Dynamo.PythonMigration.MigrationAssistant;
 using Dynamo.PythonMigration.Properties;
@@ -59,7 +61,14 @@ public void Dispose()
         public void Loaded(ViewLoadedParams p)
         {
             LoadedParams = p;
-            PythonDependencies = new GraphPythonDependencies(LoadedParams.CurrentWorkspaceModel, LoadedParams.StartupParams.CustomNodeManager);
+
+            var ironPythonVersion = new Version(3, 0, 0);
+            if(LoadedParams.StartupParams.Preferences is PreferenceSettings prefs)
+            {
+                 Version.TryParse(prefs.IronPythonResolveTargetVersion,out ironPythonVersion);
+            }
+
+            PythonDependencies = new GraphPythonDependencies(LoadedParams.CurrentWorkspaceModel, LoadedParams.StartupParams.CustomNodeManager,ironPythonVersion );
             DynamoViewModel = LoadedParams.DynamoWindow.DataContext as DynamoViewModel;
             CurrentWorkspace = LoadedParams.CurrentWorkspaceModel as WorkspaceModel;
             CustomNodeManager = (CustomNodeManager)LoadedParams.StartupParams.CustomNodeManager;
diff --git a/test/DynamoCoreTests/UserDataMigrationTests.cs b/test/DynamoCoreTests/UserDataMigrationTests.cs
index 9b9ed5776ef..3c00f5d8437 100644
--- a/test/DynamoCoreTests/UserDataMigrationTests.cs
+++ b/test/DynamoCoreTests/UserDataMigrationTests.cs
@@ -266,9 +266,10 @@ private static void CreateMockPreferenceSettingsFile(string filePath, string pac
         {
             var settings = new PreferenceSettings
             {
-                CustomPackageFolders = new List<string>{packageDir},
+                CustomPackageFolders = new List<string> { packageDir },
                 //need to mock this because PreferenceSettings.SelectedPackagePathForInstall uses an event to get UserDataFolder from PathManager
-                SelectedPackagePathForInstall = packageDir
+                SelectedPackagePathForInstall = packageDir,
+                IronPythonResolveTargetVersion = new Version(2,4,0).ToString(),
             };
             settings.Save(filePath);
         }
@@ -383,5 +384,36 @@ public void TestSelectedDownloadPathIsNotMigrated()
             Assert.AreNotEqual(sourcePrefs.SelectedPackagePathForInstall,
                 targetMigrator.PreferenceSettings.SelectedPackagePathForInstall);
         }
+        [Test]
+        [Category("UnitTests")]
+        public void IronPythonVersionIsNotMigrated()
+        {
+            // Create some mock user data folders
+            string userDataDir;
+            CreateMockDirectoriesAndFiles(out userDataDir);
+
+            var sourceVersionDir = Path.Combine(userDataDir, "1.3");
+            var settingsFilePath = Path.Combine(sourceVersionDir, "DynamoSettings.xml");
+
+            CreateMockPreferenceSettingsFile(settingsFilePath, sourceVersionDir);
+
+            // Create mock objects for IPathManager and IPathResolver
+            var mockPathManager = new Mock<IPathManager>();
+
+            var currentVersionDir = Path.Combine(userDataDir, "2.0");
+
+            mockPathManager.Setup(x => x.UserDataDirectory).Returns(() => currentVersionDir);
+
+            
+            // Test MigrateBetweenDynamoVersions
+            var targetMigrator = DynamoMigratorBase.MigrateBetweenDynamoVersions(
+                mockPathManager.Object);
+
+            var sourcePrefs = PreferenceSettings.Load(settingsFilePath);
+            Assert.AreEqual(sourceVersionDir, sourcePrefs.SelectedPackagePathForInstall);
+
+            // Assert that new ironPythonTargetVersion is not equal to the old version.
+            Assert.That(targetMigrator.PreferenceSettings.IronPythonResolveTargetVersion, Is.Not.EqualTo(sourcePrefs.IronPythonResolveTargetVersion));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/settings/DynamoSettings-NewSettings.xml b/test/settings/DynamoSettings-NewSettings.xml
index 4ae2b3afca4..e3a0977f028 100644
--- a/test/settings/DynamoSettings-NewSettings.xml
+++ b/test/settings/DynamoSettings-NewSettings.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
     </GroupStyleItem>
   </GroupStyleItemsList>
   <NodeSearchTagSizeLimit>500</NodeSearchTagSizeLimit>
-  <IronPythonResolveTargetVersion>2.1.X</IronPythonResolveTargetVersion>
+  <IronPythonResolveTargetVersion>2.1.0</IronPythonResolveTargetVersion>
   <ReadNotificationIds>
     <string>1</string>
   </ReadNotificationIds>