diff --git a/source/dub/dependency.d b/source/dub/dependency.d
index d17b156..301e339 100644
--- a/source/dub/dependency.d
+++ b/source/dub/dependency.d
@@ -376,13 +376,16 @@
 
 	/** Tests if the specification matches a specific version.
 	*/
-	bool matches(string vers) const { return matches(Version(vers)); }
+	bool matches(string vers, VersionMatchMode mode = VersionMatchMode.standard) const { return matches(Version(vers), mode); }
 	/// ditto
-	bool matches(const(Version) v) const { return matches(v); }
+	bool matches(const(Version) v, VersionMatchMode mode = VersionMatchMode.standard) const { return matches(v, mode); }
 	/// ditto
-	bool matches(ref const(Version) v) const {
+	bool matches(ref const(Version) v, VersionMatchMode mode = VersionMatchMode.standard) const {
 		if (this.matchesAny) return true;
 		if (this.isSCM) return true;
+		if (this.isExactVersion && mode == VersionMatchMode.strict
+			&& this.version_.toString != v.toString)
+			return false;
 		return this.m_range.matches(v);
 	}
 
@@ -577,6 +580,13 @@
 	assert(a.merge(b) == b);
 	assert(b.merge(a) == b);
 
+	assert(Dependency("1.0.0").matches(Version("1.0.0+foo")));
+	assert(Dependency("1.0.0").matches(Version("1.0.0+foo"), VersionMatchMode.standard));
+	assert(!Dependency("1.0.0").matches(Version("1.0.0+foo"), VersionMatchMode.strict));
+	assert(Dependency("1.0.0+foo").matches(Version("1.0.0+foo"), VersionMatchMode.strict));
+	assert(Dependency("~>1.0.0+foo").matches(Version("1.0.0+foo"), VersionMatchMode.strict));
+	assert(Dependency("~>1.0.0").matches(Version("1.0.0+foo"), VersionMatchMode.strict));
+
 	logDebug("Dependency unittest success.");
 }
 
@@ -727,6 +737,19 @@
 	/// Tests if this represents the special unknown version constant.
 	@property bool isUnknown() const { return m_version == UNKNOWN_VERS; }
 
+	/** Tests two versions for equality, according to the selected match mode.
+	*/
+	bool matches(Version other, VersionMatchMode mode = VersionMatchMode.standard)
+	const {
+		if (this != other)
+			return false;
+
+		if (mode == VersionMatchMode.strict && this.toString() != other.toString())
+			return false;
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	/** Compares two versions/branches for precedence.
 
 		Versions generally have precedence over branches and the master branch
@@ -948,6 +971,11 @@
 	}
 }
 
+enum VersionMatchMode {
+	standard,  /// Match according to SemVer rules
+	strict     /// Also include build metadata suffix in the comparison
+}
+
 unittest {
 	Version a, b;
 
@@ -1013,6 +1041,11 @@
 	assert(Version("1.0.0+a") == Version("1.0.0+b"));
 
 	assert(Version("73535568b79a0b124bc1653002637a830ce0fcb8").isSCM);
+
+	assert(Version("1.0.0").matches(Version("1.0.0+foo")));
+	assert(Version("1.0.0").matches(Version("1.0.0+foo"), VersionMatchMode.standard));
+	assert(!Version("1.0.0").matches(Version("1.0.0+foo"), VersionMatchMode.strict));
+	assert(Version("1.0.0+foo").matches(Version("1.0.0+foo"), VersionMatchMode.strict));
 }
 
 /// Determines whether the given string is a Git hash.
diff --git a/source/dub/dub.d b/source/dub/dub.d
index f9c793f..b359c7e 100644
--- a/source/dub/dub.d
+++ b/source/dub/dub.d
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
 					foreach (ps; m_packageSuppliers) {
 						try {
 							auto versions = ps.getVersions(p);
-							if (versions.canFind!(v => dep.matches(v)))
+							if (versions.canFind!(v => dep.matches(v, VersionMatchMode.strict)))
 								continue next_pack;
 						} catch (Exception e) {
 							logWarn("Error querying versions for %s, %s: %s", p, ps.description, e.msg);
@@ -595,7 +595,8 @@
 			} else if (!ver.repository.empty) {
 				pack = m_packageManager.loadSCMPackage(p, ver);
 			} else {
-				pack = m_packageManager.getBestPackage(p, ver);
+				assert(ver.isExactVersion, "Resolved dependency is neither path, nor repository, nor exact version based!?");
+				pack = m_packageManager.getPackage(p, ver.version_);
 				if (pack && m_packageManager.isManagedPackage(pack)
 					&& ver.version_.isBranch && (options & UpgradeOptions.upgrade) != 0)
 				{
diff --git a/source/dub/internal/git.d b/source/dub/internal/git.d
index d7e169f..24e3e7b 100644
--- a/source/dub/internal/git.d
+++ b/source/dub/internal/git.d
@@ -103,10 +103,7 @@
 	if (tag.startsWith("v") && isValidVersion(tag[1 .. $])) {
 		if (num == 0) return tag[1 .. $];
 		const i = tag.indexOf('+');
-		auto r = format("%s%scommit.%s.%s", tag[1 .. (i < 0) ? $ : i],
-			parts.length > 3 ? "." : "-", num, commit);
-		if (i > 0) r ~= tag[i .. $];
-		return r;
+		return format("%s%scommit.%s.%s", tag[1 .. $], i >= 0 ? '.' : '+', num, commit);
 	}
 	return null;
 }
@@ -115,19 +112,19 @@
 	// tag v1.0.0
 	assert(determineVersionFromGitDescribe("v1.0.0-0-deadbeef") == "1.0.0");
 	// 1 commit after v1.0.0
-	assert(determineVersionFromGitDescribe("v1.0.0-1-deadbeef") == "1.0.0-commit.1.deadbeef");
+	assert(determineVersionFromGitDescribe("v1.0.0-1-deadbeef") == "1.0.0+commit.1.deadbeef");
 	// tag v1.0.0+2.0.0
 	assert(determineVersionFromGitDescribe("v1.0.0+2.0.0-0-deadbeef") == "1.0.0+2.0.0");
 	// 12 commits after tag v1.0.0+2.0.0
-	assert(determineVersionFromGitDescribe("v1.0.0+2.0.0-12-deadbeef") == "1.0.0-commit.12.deadbeef+2.0.0");
+	assert(determineVersionFromGitDescribe("v1.0.0+2.0.0-12-deadbeef") == "1.0.0+2.0.0.commit.12.deadbeef");
 	// tag v1.0.0-beta.1
 	assert(determineVersionFromGitDescribe("v1.0.0-beta.1-0-deadbeef") == "1.0.0-beta.1");
 	// 2 commits after tag v1.0.0-beta.1
-	assert(determineVersionFromGitDescribe("v1.0.0-beta.1-2-deadbeef") == "1.0.0-beta.1.commit.2.deadbeef");
+	assert(determineVersionFromGitDescribe("v1.0.0-beta.1-2-deadbeef") == "1.0.0-beta.1+commit.2.deadbeef");
 	// tag v1.0.0-beta.2+2.0.0
 	assert(determineVersionFromGitDescribe("v1.0.0-beta.2+2.0.0-0-deadbeef") == "1.0.0-beta.2+2.0.0");
 	// 3 commits after tag v1.0.0-beta.2+2.0.0
-	assert(determineVersionFromGitDescribe("v1.0.0-beta.2+2.0.0-3-deadbeef") == "1.0.0-beta.2.commit.3.deadbeef+2.0.0");
+	assert(determineVersionFromGitDescribe("v1.0.0-beta.2+2.0.0-3-deadbeef") == "1.0.0-beta.2+2.0.0.commit.3.deadbeef");
 
 	// invalid tags
 	assert(determineVersionFromGitDescribe("1.0.0-0-deadbeef") is null);
diff --git a/source/dub/packagemanager.d b/source/dub/packagemanager.d
index 31990f7..9d6aa95 100644
--- a/source/dub/packagemanager.d
+++ b/source/dub/packagemanager.d
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 		}
 
 		foreach (p; getPackageIterator(name))
-			if (p.version_ == ver)
+			if (p.version_.matches(ver, isManagedPackage(p) ? VersionMatchMode.strict : VersionMatchMode.standard))
 				return p;
 
 		return null;
@@ -188,9 +188,11 @@
 	/// ditto
 	Package getPackage(string name, Version ver, NativePath path)
 	{
-		foreach (p; getPackageIterator(name))
-			if (p.version_ == ver && p.path.startsWith(path))
+		foreach (p; getPackageIterator(name)) {
+			auto pvm = isManagedPackage(p) ? VersionMatchMode.strict : VersionMatchMode.standard;
+			if (p.version_.matches(ver, pvm) && p.path.startsWith(path))
 				return p;
+		}
 		return null;
 	}
 
@@ -316,9 +318,11 @@
 	Package getBestPackage(string name, Dependency version_spec, bool enable_overrides = true)
 	{
 		Package ret;
-		foreach (p; getPackageIterator(name))
-			if (version_spec.matches(p.version_) && (!ret || p.version_ > ret.version_))
+		foreach (p; getPackageIterator(name)) {
+			auto vmm = isManagedPackage(p) ? VersionMatchMode.strict : VersionMatchMode.standard;
+			if (version_spec.matches(p.version_, vmm) && (!ret || p.version_ > ret.version_))
 				ret = p;
+		}
 
 		if (enable_overrides && ret) {
 			if (auto ovr = getPackage(name, ret.version_))
diff --git a/test/issue2262-exact-cached-version-match.sh b/test/issue2262-exact-cached-version-match.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..faa5e5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue2262-exact-cached-version-match.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+. $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})/common.sh
+
+PACK_PATH="$CURR_DIR"/issue2262-exact-cached-version-match
+
+# make sure that there are no left-over selections files
+rm -f $PACK_PATH/dub.selections.json
+
+# make sure that there are no cached versions of the dependency
+dub remove gitcompatibledubpackage@* -n || true
+
+# build normally, should select 1.0.4
+if ! ${DUB} build --root $PACK_PATH | grep "gitcompatibledubpackage 1\.0\.4:"; then
+    die $LINENO 'The initial build failed.'
+fi
+dub remove gitcompatibledubpackage@* -n || true
+
+# build with git dependency to a specific commit
+cat > $PACK_PATH/dub.selections.json << EOF
+{
+    "fileVersion": 1,
+    "versions": {
+        "gitcompatibledubpackage": {
+            "repository": "git+https://github.com/dlang-community/gitcompatibledubpackage.git",
+            "version": "ccb31bf6a655437176ec02e04c2305a8c7c90d67"
+        }
+    }
+}
+EOF
+if ! ${DUB} build --root $PACK_PATH | grep "gitcompatibledubpackage 1\.0\.4+commit\.2\.gccb31bf:"; then
+    die $LINENO 'The build with a specific commit failed.'
+fi
+
+# select 1.0.4 again
+cat > $PACK_PATH/dub.selections.json << EOF
+{
+    "fileVersion": 1,
+    "versions": {
+        "gitcompatibledubpackage": "1.0.4"
+    }
+}
+EOF
+if ! ${DUB} build --root $PACK_PATH | grep "gitcompatibledubpackage 1\.0\.4:"; then
+    die $LINENO 'The second 1.0.4 build failed.'
+fi
+
+# clean up
+rm -f $PACK_PATH/dub.selections.json
diff --git a/test/issue2262-exact-cached-version-match/.no_build b/test/issue2262-exact-cached-version-match/.no_build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue2262-exact-cached-version-match/.no_build
diff --git a/test/issue2262-exact-cached-version-match/dub.sdl b/test/issue2262-exact-cached-version-match/dub.sdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90f9893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue2262-exact-cached-version-match/dub.sdl
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+name "testproj"
+dependency "gitcompatibledubpackage" version="~>1.0.4"
diff --git a/test/issue2262-exact-cached-version-match/source/app.d b/test/issue2262-exact-cached-version-match/source/app.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab73b3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue2262-exact-cached-version-match/source/app.d
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+void main() {}