diff --git a/src/poetry/inspection/info.py b/src/poetry/inspection/info.py
index e0e4884f868..557ebcf3a11 100644
--- a/src/poetry/inspection/info.py
+++ b/src/poetry/inspection/info.py
@@ -266,6 +266,11 @@ def _from_distribution(
 
         :param dist: The distribution instance to parse information from.
         """
+        if dist.metadata_version not in pkginfo.distribution.HEADER_ATTRS:
+            # This check can be replaced once upstream implements strict parsing
+            # https://bugs.launchpad.net/pkginfo/+bug/2058697
+            raise ValueError("Unknown metadata version")
+
         requirements = cls._requirements_from_distribution(dist)
 
         info = cls(
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/distributions/demo_metadata_version_unknown-0.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl b/tests/fixtures/distributions/demo_metadata_version_unknown-0.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..03988228fec
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/fixtures/distributions/demo_metadata_version_unknown-0.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl differ
diff --git a/tests/inspection/test_info.py b/tests/inspection/test_info.py
index 66bb1f825fb..99fd04d66c0 100644
--- a/tests/inspection/test_info.py
+++ b/tests/inspection/test_info.py
@@ -199,6 +199,20 @@ def test_info_from_wheel_metadata_version_23(fixture_dir: FixtureDirGetter) -> N
     assert info._source_url == path.resolve().as_posix()
 
 
+def test_info_from_wheel_metadata_version_unknown(
+    fixture_dir: FixtureDirGetter,
+) -> None:
+    path = (
+        fixture_dir("distributions")
+        / "demo_metadata_version_unknown-0.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl"
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(PackageInfoError) as e:
+        PackageInfo.from_wheel(path)
+
+    assert "Unknown metadata version" in str(e.value)
+
+
 def test_info_from_wheel_metadata(demo_wheel_metadata: RawMetadata) -> None:
     info = PackageInfo.from_metadata(demo_wheel_metadata)
     demo_check_info(info)