diff --git a/.changeset/late-zoos-walk.md b/.changeset/late-zoos-walk.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf307265f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/late-zoos-walk.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/package-requester": patch
+---
+
+The version in the bundled manifest should always be normalized.
diff --git a/packages/package-requester/src/packageRequester.ts b/packages/package-requester/src/packageRequester.ts
index a883a5edb9..f46a166d0b 100644
--- a/packages/package-requester/src/packageRequester.ts
+++ b/packages/package-requester/src/packageRequester.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ const pickBundledManifest = pick([
   'version',
 ])
 
+function normalizeBundledManifest (manifest: DependencyManifest): BundledManifest {
+  return {
+    ...pickBundledManifest(manifest),
+    version: semver.clean(manifest.version ?? '0.0.0', { loose: true }) ?? manifest.version,
+  }
+}
+
 export default function (
   opts: {
     engineStrict?: boolean
@@ -458,7 +465,7 @@ Actual package in the store by the given integrity: ${pkgFilesIndex.name}@${pkgF
             })
             if (manifest != null) {
               manifest()
-                .then((manifest) => bundledManifest.resolve(pickBundledManifest(manifest)))
+                .then((manifest) => bundledManifest.resolve(normalizeBundledManifest(manifest)))
                 .catch(bundledManifest.reject)
             }
             finishing.resolve(undefined)
@@ -485,7 +492,7 @@ Actual package in the store by the given integrity: ${pkgFilesIndex.name}@${pkgF
         : undefined
       if (fetchManifest != null) {
         fetchManifest()
-          .then((manifest) => bundledManifest.resolve(pickBundledManifest(manifest)))
+          .then((manifest) => bundledManifest.resolve(normalizeBundledManifest(manifest)))
           .catch(bundledManifest.reject)
       }
       const fetchedPackage = await ctx.requestsQueue.add(async () => ctx.fetch(
diff --git a/packages/package-requester/test/index.ts b/packages/package-requester/test/index.ts
index 17e9ac69c5..b86b0819b9 100644
--- a/packages/package-requester/test/index.ts
+++ b/packages/package-requester/test/index.ts
@@ -945,3 +945,29 @@ test('throw exception if the package data in the store differs from the expected
     await expect(files()).resolves.toStrictEqual(expect.anything())
   }
 })
+
+test('the version in the bundled manifest should be normalized', async () => {
+  const storeDir = tempy.directory()
+  const cafs = createCafsStore(storeDir)
+
+  const requestPackage = createPackageRequester({
+    resolve,
+    fetchers,
+    cafs,
+    networkConcurrency: 1,
+    storeDir,
+    verifyStoreIntegrity: true,
+  })
+
+  const pkgResponse = await requestPackage({ alias: 'react-terminal', pref: '1.2.1' }, {
+    downloadPriority: 0,
+    lockfileDir: tempy.directory(),
+    preferredVersions: {},
+    projectDir: tempy.directory(),
+    registry,
+  })
+  await expect(pkgResponse.bundledManifest!()).resolves.toStrictEqual(expect.objectContaining({
+    version: '1.2.1',
+  }))
+  await pkgResponse.finishing!()
+})