diff --git a/libwvdrmengine/cdm/include/wv_android_constants.h b/libwvdrmengine/cdm/include/wv_android_constants.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a56977b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libwvdrmengine/cdm/include/wv_android_constants.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#ifndef WVCDM_WV_ANDROID_CONSTANTS_H_
+#define WVCDM_WV_ANDROID_CONSTANTS_H_
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace wvcdm {
+
+static const std::string kWVAndroidCdmVersion = "16.0.0";
+
+}  // namespace wvcdm
+
+#endif  // WVCDM_WV_ANDROID_CONSTANTS_H_
diff --git a/libwvdrmengine/cdm/src/properties_android.cpp b/libwvdrmengine/cdm/src/properties_android.cpp
index 9ec43be4..82a7c7b9 100644
--- a/libwvdrmengine/cdm/src/properties_android.cpp
+++ b/libwvdrmengine/cdm/src/properties_android.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <android-base/properties.h>
 
 #include "log.h"
+#include "wv_android_constants.h"
 
 namespace {
 
@@ -21,8 +22,6 @@ const char kL2Dir[] = "/L2/";
 const char kL3Dir[] = "/L3/";
 const char kFactoryKeyboxPath[] = "/factory/wv.keys";
 
-const char kWVCdmVersion[] = "16.0.0";
-
 bool GetAndroidProperty(const char* key, std::string* value) {
   if (!key) {
     LOGW("GetAndroidProperty: Invalid property key parameter");
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ bool Properties::GetWVCdmVersion(std::string* version) {
     LOGW("Properties::GetWVCdmVersion: Invalid parameter");
     return false;
   }
-  *version = kWVCdmVersion;
+  *version = kWVAndroidCdmVersion;
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/libwvdrmengine/cdm/test/request_license_test.cpp b/libwvdrmengine/cdm/test/request_license_test.cpp
index 8d78c804..66c38afa 100644
--- a/libwvdrmengine/cdm/test/request_license_test.cpp
+++ b/libwvdrmengine/cdm/test/request_license_test.cpp
@@ -5646,13 +5646,7 @@ TEST(VersionNumberTest, VersionNumberChangeCanary) {
   EXPECT_STREQ("R", release_number.c_str())
       << "The Android version number has changed. You need to update this test "
          "and also possibly update the Widevine version number in "
-         "properties_android.cpp.";
-
-  std::string widevine_version;
-  ASSERT_TRUE(Properties::GetWVCdmVersion(&widevine_version));
-  EXPECT_EQ("16.0.0", widevine_version)
-      << "The Widevine CDM version number has changed. Did you forget to "
-         "update this test after changing it?";
+         "wv_android_constants.h";
 }
 
 TEST_F(WvCdmRequestLicenseTest, AddHlsStreamingKeyTest) {