diff --git a/versions/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/version/Version.scala b/versions/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/version/Version.scala
index f8eb02e..8a9a4f7 100644
--- a/versions/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/version/Version.scala
+++ b/versions/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/version/Version.scala
@@ -10,16 +10,57 @@ import scala.annotation.tailrec
  *
  *  Same kind of ordering as aether-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/util/version/GenericVersion.java
  */
-@data class Version(repr: String) extends Ordered[Version] {
+final class Version(val repr: String) extends Ordered[Version] with Product with Serializable {
   lazy val items: Vector[Version.Item] = Version.items(repr)
-  def compare(other: Version) = Version.listCompare(items, other.items)
+
   def isEmpty = items.forall(_.isEmpty)
+
+  // We can't use @data here or the equals method will be inconsistent with
+  // the compare method. This means we have to hand write these methods.
+
+  def withRepr(value: String): Version =
+    new Version(value)
+
+  override def compare(other: Version) = Version.listCompare(items, other.items)
+
+  override def canEqual(that: Any): Boolean =
+    that match {
+      case _: Version =>
+        true
+      case _ =>
+        false
+    }
+
+  override def equals(that: Any): Boolean =
+    this.canEqual(that) && (that match {
+      case that: Version =>
+        this.compare(that) == 0
+      case _ => false
+    })
+
+  override val productArity: Int = 1
+
+  override def productElement(n: Int): Any =
+    if (n == 0) {
+      repr
+    } else {
+      throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(n)
+    }
+
+  override def toString: String =
+    s"Version(${repr})"
+
+  override def hashCode: Int =
+    Version.items(repr).filterNot(Version.isBuildMetadata).filterNot(_.isEmpty).hashCode
 }
 
 object Version {
 
   private[version] val zero = Version("0")
 
+  def apply(repr: String): Version =
+    new Version(repr)
+
   sealed abstract class Item extends Ordered[Item] {
     def compare(other: Item): Int =
       (this, other) match {
diff --git a/versions/shared/src/test/scala/coursier/version/VersionTests.scala b/versions/shared/src/test/scala/coursier/version/VersionTests.scala
index a8d72de..24f7476 100644
--- a/versions/shared/src/test/scala/coursier/version/VersionTests.scala
+++ b/versions/shared/src/test/scala/coursier/version/VersionTests.scala
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ object VersionTests extends TestSuite {
   def compare(first: String, second: String) =
     Version(first).compare(Version(second))
 
+  def compareEqualsConsistent(first: String, second: String): Boolean = {
+    val firstV: Version = Version(first)
+    val secondV: Version = Version(second)
+
+    if (firstV.compare(secondV) == 0) {
+      firstV == secondV && firstV.hashCode == secondV.hashCode
+    } else {
+      firstV != secondV
+    }
+  }
+
   def increasing(versions: String*): Boolean =
     versions.iterator.sliding(2).withPartial(false).forall{case Seq(a, b) => compare(a, b) < 0 }
 
@@ -86,6 +97,12 @@ object VersionTests extends TestSuite {
       assert(compare("0", "" ) == 0)
     }
 
+    "compareIsConsistentWithEquals" - {
+      assert(compareEqualsConsistent("1.0.0", "1.0.0"))
+      assert(compareEqualsConsistent("1.0.0", "1.0.0.0"))
+      assert(compareEqualsConsistent("1.0.0", "1"))
+      assert(compareEqualsConsistent("1.0.0", "2.0.0"))
+    }
 
     "numericOrdering" - {
       assert(compare("2", "10" ) < 0)