diff --git a/autospec/autospec.py b/autospec/autospec.py
index e8c3587a..d6d14643 100644
--- a/autospec/autospec.py
+++ b/autospec/autospec.py
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ def package(args, url, name, archives, workingdir):
         license.scan_for_licenses(os.path.dirname(_dir), conf, name)
         exit(0)
 
-    requirements.scan_for_configure(_dir, content.name, conf)
+    requirements.scan_for_configure(_dir, content.name, conf, content)
     specdescription.scan_for_description(content.name, _dir, conf.license_translations, conf.license_blacklist)
     # Start one directory higher so we scan *all* versions for licenses
     license.scan_for_licenses(os.path.dirname(_dir), conf, content.name)
diff --git a/autospec/buildreq.py b/autospec/buildreq.py
index 0cd4197b..b22ea258 100644
--- a/autospec/buildreq.py
+++ b/autospec/buildreq.py
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ def parse_catkin_deps(self, cmakelists_file, conf32):
             self.extra_cmake.add("-DCATKIN_BUILD_BINARY_PACKAGE=ON")
             self.extra_cmake.add("-DSETUPTOOLS_DEB_LAYOUT=OFF")
 
-    def scan_for_configure(self, dirn, tname, config):
+    def scan_for_configure(self, dirn, tname, config, content):
         """Scan the package directory for build files to determine build pattern."""
         if config.default_pattern == "distutils36":
             self.add_buildreq("buildreq-distutils36")
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ def scan_for_configure(self, dirn, tname, config):
                 if config.alias:
                     tname = config.alias
                 pypi_name = pypidata.get_pypi_name(tname)
-                pypi_json = pypidata.get_pypi_metadata(pypi_name)
+                pypi_json = pypidata.get_pypi_metadata(pypi_name, content.version)
             if pypi_json:
                 try:
                     package_pypi = json.loads(pypi_json)
diff --git a/autospec/pypidata.py b/autospec/pypidata.py
index 3535b683..bfb2c5f0 100755
--- a/autospec/pypidata.py
+++ b/autospec/pypidata.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def get_pypi_name(name):
     return name
 
 
-def get_pypi_metadata(name):
+def get_pypi_metadata(name, version=None):
     """Get metadata for a pypi package."""
     show = []
     # Create virtenv to do the pip install (needed for pip show)
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ def get_pypi_metadata(name):
         proc = subprocess.run(["virtualenv", "--no-periodic-update", tdir], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
         if proc.returncode != 0:
             return ""
-        proc = subprocess.run(f"source bin/activate && pip install {name}", cwd=tdir, shell=True,
+        if version:
+            target = f"{name}=={version}"
+        else:
+            target = name
+        proc = subprocess.run(f"source bin/activate && pip install {target}", cwd=tdir, shell=True,
                               stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
                               env=pip_env())
         if proc.returncode != 0: