diff --git a/director/director.go b/director/director.go
index 313995d91..4bf10efaf 100644
--- a/director/director.go
+++ b/director/director.go
@@ -1143,10 +1143,13 @@ func registerServeAd(engineCtx context.Context, ctx *gin.Context, sType server_s
 	if adV2.Version == "" && reqVer != nil {
 		adV2.Version = reqVer.String()
 	} else if adV2.Version != "" && reqVer != nil {
-		_, err := version.NewVersion(adV2.Version)
+		parsedAdVersion, err := version.NewVersion(adV2.Version)
 		if err != nil {
 			// ad version was not a valid version, so we fallback to the request version
 			adV2.Version = reqVer.String()
+		} else if !parsedAdVersion.Equal(reqVer) {
+			// if the reqVer doesn't match the adV2.version, we should use the adV2.version
+			adV2.Version = parsedAdVersion.String()
 		}
 	} else if adV2.Version == "" {
 		adV2.Version = "unknown"
diff --git a/director/director_test.go b/director/director_test.go
index 551052aaf..31597d9ac 100644
--- a/director/director_test.go
+++ b/director/director_test.go
@@ -1021,6 +1021,46 @@ func TestDirectorRegistration(t *testing.T) {
 		teardown()
 
 	})
+
+	t.Run("origin-advertise-with-mismatch-versions", func(t *testing.T) {
+		c, r, w := setupContext()
+		pKey, token, _ := generateToken()
+		publicKey, err := jwk.PublicKeyOf(pKey)
+		assert.NoError(t, err, "Error creating public key from private key")
+		setupJwksCache(t, "/foo/bar", publicKey)
+
+		isurl := url.URL{}
+		isurl.Path = ts.URL
+
+		ad := server_structs.OriginAdvertiseV2{
+			BrokerURL: "https://broker-url.org",
+			DataURL:   "https://or-url.org",
+			Name:      "test",
+			Namespaces: []server_structs.NamespaceAdV2{{
+				Path:   "/foo/bar",
+				Issuer: []server_structs.TokenIssuer{{IssuerUrl: isurl}},
+			}},
+			Version: "7.0.0",
+		}
+
+		jsonad, err := json.Marshal(ad)
+		assert.NoError(t, err, "Error marshalling OriginAdvertise")
+
+		setupRequest(c, r, jsonad, token, server_structs.OriginType)
+
+		// 7.0.1 != 7.0.0
+		c.Request.Header.Set("User-Agent", "pelican-origin/7.0.1")
+
+		r.ServeHTTP(w, c.Request)
+
+		assert.Equal(t, 200, w.Result().StatusCode, "Expected status code of 200")
+
+		get := serverAds.Get("https://or-url.org")
+		getAd := get.Value()
+		require.NotNil(t, get, "Coudln't find server in the director cache.")
+		assert.Equal(t, "7.0.0", getAd.Version)
+		teardown()
+	})
 }
 
 func TestGetAuthzEscaped(t *testing.T) {