diff --git a/Lib/platform.py b/Lib/platform.py
index 36489d4fdd98ae..5a63ce9504e264 100644
--- a/Lib/platform.py
+++ b/Lib/platform.py
@@ -427,11 +427,16 @@ def _win32_ver(version, csd, ptype):
 
     winver = getwindowsversion()
     is_client = (getattr(winver, 'product_type', 1) == 1)
-    try:
-        version = _syscmd_ver()[2]
-        major, minor, build = map(int, version.split('.'))
-    except ValueError:
-        major, minor, build = winver.platform_version or winver[:3]
+
+    if winver.device_family == "Desktop":
+        try:
+            version = _syscmd_ver()[2]
+            major, minor, build = map(int, version.split('.'))
+        except ValueError:
+            major, minor, build = winver.platform_version or winver[:3]
+            version = '{0}.{1}.{2}'.format(major, minor, build)
+    else:
+        major, minor, build = winver[:3]
         version = '{0}.{1}.{2}'.format(major, minor, build)
 
     # getwindowsversion() reflect the compatibility mode Python is
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2026-06-29-17-17-10.gh-issue-152433.AhW--j.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2026-06-29-17-17-10.gh-issue-152433.AhW--j.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..47f4ff689bd60a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2026-06-29-17-17-10.gh-issue-152433.AhW--j.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix errors in :func:`sys.getwindowsversion` for Universal Windows Platform
+build.
diff --git a/Python/sysmodule.c b/Python/sysmodule.c
index d9f7b9c449cfb9..7f14531999d928 100644
--- a/Python/sysmodule.c
+++ b/Python/sysmodule.c
@@ -1633,6 +1633,7 @@ static PyStructSequence_Field windows_version_fields[] = {
     {"suite_mask", "Bit mask identifying available product suites"},
     {"product_type", "System product type"},
     {"platform_version", "Diagnostic version number"},
+    {"device_family", "Desktop or UWP"},
     {0}
 };
 
@@ -1645,13 +1646,10 @@ static PyStructSequence_Desc windows_version_desc = {
                                       via indexing, the rest are name only */
 };
 
+#ifdef MS_WINDOWS_DESKTOP
 static PyObject *
 _sys_getwindowsversion_from_kernel32(void)
 {
-#ifndef MS_WINDOWS_DESKTOP
-    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OSError, "cannot read version info on this platform");
-    return NULL;
-#else
     HANDLE hKernel32;
     wchar_t kernel32_path[MAX_PATH];
     LPVOID verblock;
@@ -1688,8 +1686,8 @@ _sys_getwindowsversion_from_kernel32(void)
     realBuild = HIWORD(ffi->dwProductVersionLS);
     PyMem_RawFree(verblock);
     return Py_BuildValue("(kkk)", realMajor, realMinor, realBuild);
-#endif /* !MS_WINDOWS_DESKTOP */
 }
+#endif /* MS_WINDOWS_DESKTOP */
 
 /* Disable deprecation warnings about GetVersionEx as the result is
    being passed straight through to the caller, who is responsible for
@@ -1719,7 +1717,6 @@ sys_getwindowsversion_impl(PyObject *module)
 {
     PyObject *version;
     int pos = 0;
-    OSVERSIONINFOEXW ver;
 
     if (PyObject_GetOptionalAttrString(module, "_cached_windows_version", &version) < 0) {
         return NULL;
@@ -1729,6 +1726,8 @@ sys_getwindowsversion_impl(PyObject *module)
     }
     Py_XDECREF(version);
 
+    OSVERSIONINFOEXW ver;
+    ZeroMemory(&ver, sizeof(ver));
     ver.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(ver);
     if (!GetVersionExW((OSVERSIONINFOW*) &ver))
         return PyErr_SetFromWindowsErr(0);
@@ -1756,10 +1755,12 @@ sys_getwindowsversion_impl(PyObject *module)
     SET_VERSION_INFO(PyLong_FromLong(ver.wSuiteMask));
     SET_VERSION_INFO(PyLong_FromLong(ver.wProductType));
 
+#ifdef MS_WINDOWS_DESKTOP
     // GetVersion will lie if we are running in a compatibility mode.
     // We need to read the version info from a system file resource
     // to accurately identify the OS version. If we fail for any reason,
     // just return whatever GetVersion said.
+    // UWP return correct version from GetVersionExW, this is not necessary.
     PyObject *realVersion = _sys_getwindowsversion_from_kernel32();
     if (!realVersion) {
         if (!PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_WindowsError)) {
@@ -1775,6 +1776,11 @@ sys_getwindowsversion_impl(PyObject *module)
     }
 
     SET_VERSION_INFO(realVersion);
+    SET_VERSION_INFO(PyUnicode_FromString("Desktop"));
+#else
+    SET_VERSION_INFO(Py_BuildValue("(kkk)", ver.dwMajorVersion, ver.dwMinorVersion, ver.dwBuildNumber));
+    SET_VERSION_INFO(PyUnicode_FromString("UWP"));
+#endif
 
 #undef SET_VERSION_INFO