diff --git a/scripts/projects.py b/scripts/projects.py
index a73816da..6aea1db1 100644
--- a/scripts/projects.py
+++ b/scripts/projects.py
@@ -292,10 +292,14 @@ def cmd_pkg_requires(args_):
             if len(dep) == 3:
                 dep_project = re.sub(r'-devel$|-run$', '', dep[0])
                 version = get_value(dep_project, 'version', '')
+                version_pattern=re.compile("[0-9-.]*")
                 if dep[2] == 'VERSION':
                     dep[2] = version.split('-')[0]
                 elif dep[2] == 'VERSION-REVISION':
                     dep[2] = version
+                elif version_pattern.match(dep[2]):
+                    # dep[2] = dep[2]
+                    pass
                 else:
                     raise Exception("Unknown version specifier in " + spec)
             r.append(' '.join(dep))