diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1082fe3..5242016 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 
 
+# 0.2.2
+
+- Fix STAC-version dependent check for "collection-assets" (core) extension in collections assets test
+  ([#53](https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-test-suite/issues/53)).
+
 
 # 0.2.1
 
 - Include openeo-api and openeo-process project versions in report
-  ([#50](https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-test-suite/issues/50))
+  ([#50](https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-test-suite/issues/50)).
diff --git a/src/openeo_test_suite/__init__.py b/src/openeo_test_suite/__init__.py
index 3ced358..b5fdc75 100644
--- a/src/openeo_test_suite/__init__.py
+++ b/src/openeo_test_suite/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.2.1"
+__version__ = "0.2.2"
diff --git a/src/openeo_test_suite/lib/collection_metadata.py b/src/openeo_test_suite/lib/collection_metadata.py
index 8a67f40..ae117f5 100644
--- a/src/openeo_test_suite/lib/collection_metadata.py
+++ b/src/openeo_test_suite/lib/collection_metadata.py
@@ -118,5 +118,8 @@ def test_assets(self, collection):
         """
         if "assets" in collection:
             assert isinstance(collection["assets"], dict)
-            if collection["stac_version"].startswith("0."):
+
+            # Note: the "collection-assets" (core) extension is required per openEO spec for STAC < 1.0.0-rc.1,
+            # but it was only introduced by STAC 1.0.0-beta.1, so we actually just check for the two beta versions before rc.1:
+            if collection["stac_version"] in {"1.0.0-beta.1", "1.0.0-beta.2"}:
                 assert "collection-assets" in collection["stac_extensions"]
diff --git a/src/openeo_test_suite/lib/internal-tests/test_collection_metadata.py b/src/openeo_test_suite/lib/internal-tests/test_collection_metadata.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a328ade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/openeo_test_suite/lib/internal-tests/test_collection_metadata.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import pytest
+
+from openeo_test_suite.lib.collection_metadata import OpeneoApiCollectionTests
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ["stac_version", "extra_stac_extensions", "expect_success"],
+    [
+        ("0.9.0", [], True),
+        ("1.0.0-beta.1", [], False),
+        ("1.0.0-beta.1", ["collection-assets"], True),
+        ("1.0.0-beta.2", [], False),
+        ("1.0.0-beta.2", ["collection-assets"], True),
+        ("1.0.0-rc.1", [], True),
+        ("1.0.0", [], True),
+    ],
+)
+def test_collection_assets(stac_version, extra_stac_extensions, expect_success):
+    stac_extensions = [
+        "https://stac-extensions.github.io/datacube/v2.2.0/schema.json"
+    ] + extra_stac_extensions
+    collection = {
+        "stac_version": stac_version,
+        "stac_extensions": stac_extensions,
+        "id": "S2",
+        "cube:dimensions": {},
+        "summaries": {},
+        "assets": {},
+    }
+    try:
+        OpeneoApiCollectionTests(collection)
+        success = True
+    except AssertionError:
+        success = False
+
+    assert success == expect_success