diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/graph/model.cc b/onnxruntime/core/graph/model.cc
index 3d03b2b4efd5d..d2da1752292ba 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/graph/model.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/graph/model.cc
@@ -108,18 +108,25 @@ Model::Model(std::unique_ptr<ModelProto> model_proto, const IOnnxRuntimeOpSchema
     const auto& domain = opSet.domain();
     const auto version = opSet.version();
     // empty domain and 'ai.onnx' are equivalent
-    if ((domain.empty() || domain == "ai.onnx") && version < 7) {
+    if ((domain.empty() || domain == kOnnxDomainAlias) && version < 7) {
       // TODO: Check if we can upgrade all the current opset 6 models that are being tested
       // in CI to opset 7 or above
       LOGS_DEFAULT(WARNING) << "ONNX Runtime only *guarantees* support for models stamped "
                                "with opset version 7 or above for opset domain 'ai.onnx'. "
                                "Please upgrade your model to opset 7 or higher. "
                                "For now, this opset "
-                            <<  version
+                            << version
                             << " model may run depending upon legacy support "
                                "of some older opset version operators.";
     }
-    domain_to_version[domain] = gsl::narrow_cast<int>(version);
+    // We need to overwrite the domain here with ("") or else the loop below will try to find ("")
+    // in the map and if not found (when domain == kOnnxDomainAlias), adds an entry for ("", 11).
+    // This effectively ignores the opset version specified by the model for the onnx domain.
+    if (domain == kOnnxDomainAlias) {
+      domain_to_version[kOnnxDomain] = gsl::narrow_cast<int>(version);
+    } else {
+      domain_to_version[domain] = gsl::narrow_cast<int>(version);
+    }
   }
 
   auto domain_map = schema_registry->GetLatestOpsetVersions(false);
diff --git a/onnxruntime/test/framework/inference_session_test.cc b/onnxruntime/test/framework/inference_session_test.cc
index 9d4f2e419371c..9c273d846bf07 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/test/framework/inference_session_test.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/test/framework/inference_session_test.cc
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class FuseExecutionProvider : public IExecutionProvider {
 class InferenceSessionGetGraphWrapper : public InferenceSession {
  public:
   explicit InferenceSessionGetGraphWrapper(const SessionOptions& session_options,
-                                          logging::LoggingManager* logging_manager) : InferenceSession(session_options, logging_manager) {
+                                           logging::LoggingManager* logging_manager) : InferenceSession(session_options, logging_manager) {
   }
 
   const Graph& GetGraph() {
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ TEST(InferenceSessionTests, TestModelSerialization) {
   InferenceSessionGetGraphWrapper session_object{so, &DefaultLoggingManager()};
   ASSERT_TRUE(session_object.Load(test_model).IsOK());
   ASSERT_TRUE(session_object.Initialize().IsOK());
- 
+
   // Assert that model has been transformed and identity Node is removed.
   const auto& graph = session_object.GetGraph();
   std::map<std::string, int> op_to_count = CountOpsInGraph(graph);
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ TEST(InferenceSessionTests, TestModelSerialization) {
   InferenceSession session_object_opt{so_opt, &DefaultLoggingManager()};
   ASSERT_TRUE(session_object_opt.Load(so.optimized_model_filepath).IsOK());
   ASSERT_TRUE(session_object_opt.Initialize().IsOK());
-  
+
   // Assert that re-feed of optimized model with default transform level results
   // in same runtime model as abs-id-max.onnx with TransformLevel-1.
   std::ifstream model_fs_session1(so.optimized_model_filepath, ios::in | ios::binary);
@@ -1481,5 +1481,16 @@ TEST(InferenceSessionTests, TestParallelExecutionWithCudaProvider) {
 
 #endif
 
+TEST(InferenceSessionTests, ModelWithKOnnxDomainAlias) {
+  SessionOptions so;
+  so.session_logid = "InferenceSessionTests.NoTimeout";
+  InferenceSession session_object{so, &DefaultLoggingManager()};
+  std::string file_name = "testdata/test_model_with_fullonnxdomain.onnx";
+  auto ret_status = session_object.Load(file_name);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ret_status.IsOK()) << ret_status.ErrorMessage();
+  ret_status = session_object.Initialize();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ret_status.IsOK()) << ret_status.ErrorMessage();
+}
+
 }  // namespace test
 }  // namespace onnxruntime
diff --git a/onnxruntime/test/testdata/test_model_with_fullonnxdomain.onnx b/onnxruntime/test/testdata/test_model_with_fullonnxdomain.onnx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fe97d50aa5529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/onnxruntime/test/testdata/test_model_with_fullonnxdomain.onnx
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+onnx-example"ai.onnx:j
+
+X1
+X2
Y"Equal:ai.onnx
+test-modelZ
+X1
+
+

+Z
+X2
+
+

+b
+
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+	
+

+B
+ai.onnx	
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