diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/vcpkg/vcpkg.json b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
index 30354a2b9..64ae0d800 100644
--- a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
+++ b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
   "dependencies": [
     {
       "name": "azure-core-cpp",
-      "default-features": false
+      "default-features": false,
+      "version>=": "1.2.0"
     },
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
diff --git a/sdk/keyvault/azure-security-keyvault-common/vcpkg/vcpkg.json b/sdk/keyvault/azure-security-keyvault-common/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
index e15236361..9a70f4f8f 100644
--- a/sdk/keyvault/azure-security-keyvault-common/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
+++ b/sdk/keyvault/azure-security-keyvault-common/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
   "dependencies": [
     {
       "name": "azure-core-cpp",
-      "default-features": false
+      "default-features": false,
+      "version>=": "1.2.0"
     },
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
diff --git a/sdk/keyvault/azure-security-keyvault-keys/vcpkg/vcpkg.json b/sdk/keyvault/azure-security-keyvault-keys/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
index 0f426bfa7..7a3b1483e 100644
--- a/sdk/keyvault/azure-security-keyvault-keys/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
+++ b/sdk/keyvault/azure-security-keyvault-keys/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
   "dependencies": [
     {
       "name": "azure-core-cpp",
-      "default-features": false
+      "default-features": false,
+      "version>=": "1.2.0"
     },
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
diff --git a/sdk/keyvault/azure-security-keyvault-secrets/vcpkg/vcpkg.json b/sdk/keyvault/azure-security-keyvault-secrets/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
index 0731e8159..f77fa487e 100644
--- a/sdk/keyvault/azure-security-keyvault-secrets/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
+++ b/sdk/keyvault/azure-security-keyvault-secrets/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
   "dependencies": [
     {
       "name": "azure-core-cpp",
-      "default-features": false
+      "default-features": false,
+      "version>=": "1.2.0"
     },
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blobs/vcpkg/vcpkg.json b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blobs/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
index 6c02197da..01b1acb8a 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blobs/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-blobs/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
   "dependencies": [
     {
       "name": "azure-storage-common-cpp",
-      "default-features": false
+      "default-features": false,
+      "version>=": "12.1.0"
     },
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/vcpkg/vcpkg.json b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
index bbada0d55..851f77d45 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-common/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
   "dependencies": [
     {
       "name": "azure-core-cpp",
-      "default-features": false
+      "default-features": false,
+      "version>=": "1.0.0"
     },
     "libxml2",
     {
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-files-datalake/vcpkg/vcpkg.json b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-files-datalake/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
index 1712adb0e..9246e4570 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-files-datalake/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-files-datalake/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
   "dependencies": [
     {
       "name": "azure-storage-blobs-cpp",
-      "default-features": false
+      "default-features": false,
+      "version>=": "12.1.0"
     },
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-files-shares/vcpkg/vcpkg.json b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-files-shares/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
index fe83d2926..6f0e1bf3c 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-files-shares/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-files-shares/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
   "dependencies": [
     {
       "name": "azure-storage-common-cpp",
-      "default-features": false
+      "default-features": false,
+      "version>=": "12.1.0"
     },
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queues/vcpkg/vcpkg.json b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queues/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
index a90388ca4..efcf138b3 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queues/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-queues/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
   "dependencies": [
     {
       "name": "azure-storage-common-cpp",
-      "default-features": false
+      "default-features": false,
+      "version>=": "12.1.0"
     },
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
diff --git a/sdk/template/azure-template/CMakeLists.txt b/sdk/template/azure-template/CMakeLists.txt
index adf506a12..805064087 100644
--- a/sdk/template/azure-template/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sdk/template/azure-template/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ include(AzureGlobalCompileOptions)
 az_vcpkg_integrate()
 
 if(NOT AZ_ALL_LIBRARIES)
-  find_package(azure-core-cpp "1.0.0" CONFIG QUIET)
+  find_package(azure-core-cpp "1.2.0" CONFIG QUIET)
   if(NOT azure-core-cpp_FOUND)
-    find_package(azure-core-cpp "1.0.0" REQUIRED)
+    find_package(azure-core-cpp "1.2.0" REQUIRED)
   endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/sdk/template/azure-template/vcpkg/Config.cmake.in b/sdk/template/azure-template/vcpkg/Config.cmake.in
index 2be062bde..0551b8926 100644
--- a/sdk/template/azure-template/vcpkg/Config.cmake.in
+++ b/sdk/template/azure-template/vcpkg/Config.cmake.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 @PACKAGE_INIT@
 
 include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
-find_dependency(azure-core-cpp "1.0.0")
+find_dependency(azure-core-cpp "1.2.0")
 
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/azure-template-cppTargets.cmake")
 
diff --git a/sdk/template/azure-template/vcpkg/vcpkg.json b/sdk/template/azure-template/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
index dfb83a0e1..1c3a1583c 100644
--- a/sdk/template/azure-template/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
+++ b/sdk/template/azure-template/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
   "dependencies": [
     {
       "name": "azure-core-cpp",
-      "default-features": false
+      "default-features": false,
+      "version>=": "1.2.0"
     },
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake",