diff --git a/src/code/FindHelper.cs b/src/code/FindHelper.cs
index 024623503..388be9090 100644
--- a/src/code/FindHelper.cs
+++ b/src/code/FindHelper.cs
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ internal IEnumerable<PSResourceInfo> FindDependencyPackages(
                     else if(dep.VersionRange.MaxVersion != null && dep.VersionRange.MinVersion != null && dep.VersionRange.MaxVersion.OriginalVersion.Equals(dep.VersionRange.MinVersion.OriginalVersion))
                     {
                         string depPkgVersion = dep.VersionRange.MaxVersion.OriginalVersion; 
-                        FindResults responses = currentServer.FindVersion(dep.Name, version: dep.VersionRange.MaxVersion.OriginalVersion, _type, out ErrorRecord errRecord);
+                        FindResults responses = currentServer.FindVersion(dep.Name, version: dep.VersionRange.MaxVersion.ToNormalizedString(), _type, out ErrorRecord errRecord);
                         if (errRecord != null)
                         {
                             if (errRecord.Exception is ResourceNotFoundException)
diff --git a/src/code/V2ServerAPICalls.cs b/src/code/V2ServerAPICalls.cs
index 94d0b3a0b..ec3551f79 100644
--- a/src/code/V2ServerAPICalls.cs
+++ b/src/code/V2ServerAPICalls.cs
@@ -638,6 +638,17 @@ public override FindResults FindVersion(string packageName, string version, Reso
             // Quotations around package name and version do not matter, same metadata gets returned.
             // We need to explicitly add 'Id eq <packageName>' whenever $filter is used, otherwise arbitrary results are returned.
 
+            // version passed in must be a valid NuGet version
+            if (!NuGetVersion.TryParse(version, out NuGetVersion nugetVersion))
+            {
+                errRecord = new ErrorRecord(
+                    new ArgumentException($"Version '{version}' cannot be converted to a valid NuGet version."),
+                    "InvalidVersionFormat",
+                    ErrorCategory.InvalidArgument,
+                    this);
+                return new FindResults(stringResponse: Utils.EmptyStrArray, hashtableResponse: emptyHashResponses, responseType: v2FindResponseType);
+            }
+
             var queryBuilder = new NuGetV2QueryBuilder(new Dictionary<string, string>{
                 { "$inlinecount", "allpages" },
                 { "id", $"'{packageName}'" },
@@ -650,7 +661,8 @@ public override FindResults FindVersion(string packageName, string version, Reso
                 filterBuilder.AddCriterion($"Id eq '{packageName}'");
             }
 
-            filterBuilder.AddCriterion($"NormalizedVersion eq '{version}'");
+            // a NormalizedVersion is required for the query filter
+            filterBuilder.AddCriterion($"NormalizedVersion eq '{nugetVersion.ToNormalizedString()}'");
             if (type != ResourceType.None) {
                 filterBuilder.AddCriterion(GetTypeFilterForRequest(type));
             }
diff --git a/test/InstallPSResourceTests/InstallPSResourceV2Server.Tests.ps1 b/test/InstallPSResourceTests/InstallPSResourceV2Server.Tests.ps1
index 852f5d3a3..ee35c3396 100644
--- a/test/InstallPSResourceTests/InstallPSResourceV2Server.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/InstallPSResourceTests/InstallPSResourceV2Server.Tests.ps1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Describe 'Test Install-PSResource for V2 Server scenarios' -tags 'CI' {
     AfterEach {
         Uninstall-PSResource "test_module", "test_module2", "test_script", "TestModule99", "testModuleWithlicense", `
             "TestFindModule", "ClobberTestModule1", "ClobberTestModule2", "PackageManagement", "TestTestScript", `
-            "TestModuleWithDependency", "TestModuleWithPrereleaseDep", "PrereleaseModule", "test-nugetversion-parent", "test-nugetversion" -SkipDependencyCheck -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+            "TestModuleWithDependency", "TestModuleWithPrereleaseDep", "PrereleaseModule", "test-nugetversion-parent", "test-nugetversion", "test-pkg-normalized-dependency" -SkipDependencyCheck -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
     }
 
     AfterAll {
@@ -631,6 +631,22 @@ Describe 'Test Install-PSResource for V2 Server scenarios' -tags 'CI' {
         $depRes.Name | Should -Be $depPkgName
         $depRes.Version | Should -Be $depPkgVer
     }
+
+    It "Install resource that takes a dependency on package with specific version with differing normalized and semver versions" {
+        $moduleName = 'test-pkg-normalized-dependency'
+        $version = '3.9.2'
+        $depPkgName1 = "PowerShellGet"
+        $depPkgName2 = "PackageManagement"
+
+        Install-PSResource -Name $moduleName -Prerelease -Repository $PSGalleryName -TrustRepository
+        $res = Get-InstalledPSResource $moduleName
+        $res.Name | Should -Be $moduleName
+        $res.Version | Should -Be $version
+
+        $depRes = Get-InstalledPSResource $depPkgName1, $depPkgName2
+        $depRes.Name | Should -Contain $depPkgName1
+        $depRes.Name | Should -Contain $depPkgName2
+    }    
 }
 
 Describe 'Test Install-PSResource for V2 Server scenarios' -tags 'ManualValidationOnly' {