diff --git a/Tasks/AzureAppServiceManage/operations/KuduServiceUtils.ts b/Tasks/AzureAppServiceManage/operations/KuduServiceUtils.ts
index fa8e41cd57aa..3889b8ad4816 100644
--- a/Tasks/AzureAppServiceManage/operations/KuduServiceUtils.ts
+++ b/Tasks/AzureAppServiceManage/operations/KuduServiceUtils.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import tl = require('vsts-task-lib/task');
 import Q = require('q');
 import { Kudu } from 'azure-arm-rest/azure-arm-app-service-kudu';
 import webClient = require('azure-arm-rest/webClient');
+const pythonExtensionPrefix: string = "azureappservice-";
 
 export class KuduServiceUtils {
     private _appServiceKuduService: Kudu;
@@ -52,8 +53,10 @@ export class KuduServiceUtils {
 
         for(var extensionID of extensionList) {
             var siteExtensionDetails = null;
-            if(siteExtensionMap[extensionID]) {
-                siteExtensionDetails = siteExtensionMap[extensionID];
+        
+             // Python extensions are moved to Nuget and the extensions IDs are changed. The belo check ensures that old extensions are mapped to new extension ID.
+            if(siteExtensionMap[extensionID] || (extensionID.startsWith('python') && siteExtensionMap[pythonExtensionPrefix + extensionID])) {
+                siteExtensionDetails = siteExtensionMap[extensionID] || siteExtensionMap[pythonExtensionPrefix + extensionID];
                 console.log(tl.loc('ExtensionAlreadyInstalled', extensionID));
             }
             else {
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ export class KuduServiceUtils {
     }
 
     private _getExtensionLocalPath(extensionInfo: JSON): string {
-        var extensionId: string = extensionInfo['id'];
+        var extensionId: string = extensionInfo['id'].replace(pythonExtensionPrefix, "");
         var homeDir = "D:\\home\\";
     
         if(extensionId.startsWith('python2')) {
diff --git a/Tasks/AzureAppServiceManage/task.json b/Tasks/AzureAppServiceManage/task.json
index 59bc10c2e047..f8290b3ceaa2 100644
--- a/Tasks/AzureAppServiceManage/task.json
+++ b/Tasks/AzureAppServiceManage/task.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "version": {
         "Major": 0,
         "Minor": 2,
-        "Patch": 25
+        "Patch": 27
     },
     "minimumAgentVersion": "1.102.0",
     "instanceNameFormat": "$(Action): $(WebAppName)",
diff --git a/Tasks/AzureAppServiceManage/task.loc.json b/Tasks/AzureAppServiceManage/task.loc.json
index 3190fec9970b..5ec798d5d030 100644
--- a/Tasks/AzureAppServiceManage/task.loc.json
+++ b/Tasks/AzureAppServiceManage/task.loc.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   "version": {
     "Major": 0,
     "Minor": 2,
-    "Patch": 25
+    "Patch": 27
   },
   "minimumAgentVersion": "1.102.0",
   "instanceNameFormat": "ms-resource:loc.instanceNameFormat",