diff --git a/src/poetry/inspection/info.py b/src/poetry/inspection/info.py
index 37c8b6b30cc..3fae1739c9b 100644
--- a/src/poetry/inspection/info.py
+++ b/src/poetry/inspection/info.py
@@ -245,6 +245,11 @@ def _from_distribution(
 
         :param dist: The distribution instance to parse information from.
         """
+        if dist.metadata_version not in pkginfo.distribution.HEADER_ATTRS:
+            # This check can be replaced once upstream implements strict parsing
+            # https://bugs.launchpad.net/pkginfo/+bug/2058697
+            raise ValueError("Unknown metadata version")
+
         requirements = None
 
         if dist.requires_dist:
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/distributions/demo_metadata_version_unknown-0.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl b/tests/fixtures/distributions/demo_metadata_version_unknown-0.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..03988228fec
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/fixtures/distributions/demo_metadata_version_unknown-0.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl differ
diff --git a/tests/inspection/test_info.py b/tests/inspection/test_info.py
index a23e4879769..e88792c4d1d 100644
--- a/tests/inspection/test_info.py
+++ b/tests/inspection/test_info.py
@@ -179,6 +179,20 @@ def test_info_from_wheel(demo_wheel: Path) -> None:
     assert info._source_url == demo_wheel.resolve().as_posix()
 
 
+def test_info_from_wheel_metadata_version_unknown(
+    fixture_dir: FixtureDirGetter,
+) -> None:
+    path = (
+        fixture_dir("distributions")
+        / "demo_metadata_version_unknown-0.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl"
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(PackageInfoError) as e:
+        PackageInfo.from_wheel(path)
+
+    assert "Unknown metadata version" in str(e.value)
+
+
 def test_info_from_wheel_metadata(demo_wheel_metadata: RawMetadata) -> None:
     info = PackageInfo.from_metadata(demo_wheel_metadata)
     demo_check_info(info)