diff --git a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.AzureAI/AzureAIProjectChatClientExtensions.cs b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.AzureAI/AzureAIProjectChatClientExtensions.cs
index 4613f37498..126e629af2 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.AzureAI/AzureAIProjectChatClientExtensions.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.AzureAI/AzureAIProjectChatClientExtensions.cs
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ public static partial class AzureAIProjectChatClientExtensions
 
     #region Private
 
+    private static readonly ModelReaderWriterOptions s_modelWriterOptionsWire = new("W");
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Asynchronously retrieves an agent record by name using the protocol method to inject user-agent headers.
     /// </summary>
@@ -376,8 +378,6 @@ public static partial class AzureAIProjectChatClientExtensions
         return result ?? throw new InvalidOperationException($"Failed to create agent version for agent '{agentName}'.");
     }
 
-    private static readonly ModelReaderWriterOptions s_modelWriterOptionsWire = new("W");
-
     private static async Task<ChatClientAgent> CreateAIAgentAsync(
         this AIProjectClient aiProjectClient,
         string name,