diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index ce247f1..5e13001 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ repos:
         stages: [commit]
       - id: codespell
         name: Check commit message spelling
+        args: [-L crate]
         stages: [commit-msg]
 
   - repo: local
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e8bf14c..dead79e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ dateparser
 dulwich
 iso8601
 launchpadlib
+looseversion
 lxml
 psycopg2
 pyreadr
diff --git a/swh/lister/crates/lister.py b/swh/lister/crates/lister.py
index a17ce7d..e31756c 100644
--- a/swh/lister/crates/lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/crates/lister.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import iso8601
-from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
+from looseversion import LooseVersion2
 
 from swh.scheduler.interface import SchedulerInterface
 from swh.scheduler.model import ListedOrigin
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class CratesLister(Lister[CratesListerState, CratesListerPage]):
         for name, item in dataset.items():
             page = []
             # sort crate versions
-            versions: list = sorted(item["versions"].keys(), key=parse_version)
+            versions = sorted(item["versions"].keys(), key=LooseVersion2)
 
             for version in versions:
                 v = item["versions"][version]
diff --git a/swh/lister/crates/tests/data/fake_crates_repository_init.sh b/swh/lister/crates/tests/data/fake_crates_repository_init.sh
index b58d195..8078fad 100755
--- a/swh/lister/crates/tests/data/fake_crates_repository_init.sh
+++ b/swh/lister/crates/tests/data/fake_crates_repository_init.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ echo -e '''created_at,description,documentation,downloads,homepage,id,max_upload
 ''' > data/crates.csv
 
 echo -e '''checksum,crate_id,crate_size,created_at,downloads,features,id,license,links,num,published_by,updated_at,yanked
+d879626d5babe4ca6c4ec953d712e28d939672b325a4f9352f28ca3c82568a15,1339,,2014-12-18 06:56:46.88489,845,{},1321,MIT/Apache-2.0,,0.1.3-experimental,,2017-11-30 05:24:37.146115,f
 398952a2f6cd1d22bc1774fd663808e32cf36add0280dee5cdd84a8fff2db944,2233,,2015-05-27 23:19:16.848643,1961,{},10855,MIT/Apache-2.0,,0.1.0,,2017-11-30 03:37:17.449539,f
 343bd0171ee23346506db6f4c64525de6d72f0e8cc533f83aea97f3e7488cbf9,545,,2014-12-18 06:56:46.88489,845,{},1321,MIT/Apache-2.0,,0.1.2,,2017-11-30 02:29:20.01125,f
 6e229ed392842fa93c1d76018d197b7e1b74250532bafb37b0e1d121a92d4cf7,1339,,2015-02-03 11:15:19.001762,8211,{},4371,MIT/Apache-2.0,,0.1.2,,2017-11-30 03:14:27.545115,f
diff --git a/swh/lister/crates/tests/data/https_static.crates.io/db-dump.tar.gz b/swh/lister/crates/tests/data/https_static.crates.io/db-dump.tar.gz
index bd74c75..12b3082 100644
Binary files a/swh/lister/crates/tests/data/https_static.crates.io/db-dump.tar.gz and b/swh/lister/crates/tests/data/https_static.crates.io/db-dump.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/swh/lister/crates/tests/data/https_static.crates.io/db-dump.tar.gz_visit1 b/swh/lister/crates/tests/data/https_static.crates.io/db-dump.tar.gz_visit1
index 0b7dd38..7164da3 100644
Binary files a/swh/lister/crates/tests/data/https_static.crates.io/db-dump.tar.gz_visit1 and b/swh/lister/crates/tests/data/https_static.crates.io/db-dump.tar.gz_visit1 differ
diff --git a/swh/lister/crates/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/crates/tests/test_lister.py
index 387ca26..ebc9220 100644
--- a/swh/lister/crates/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/crates/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ expected_origins = [
                 "filename": "rand-0.1.2.crate",
                 "url": "https://static.crates.io/crates/rand/rand-0.1.2.crate",
             },
+            {
+                "version": "0.1.3-experimental",
+                "checksums": {
+                    "sha256": "d879626d5babe4ca6c4ec953d712e28d939672b325a4f9352f28ca3c82568a15",  # noqa: B950
+                },
+                "filename": "rand-0.1.3-experimental.crate",
+                "url": "https://static.crates.io/crates/rand/rand-0.1.3-experimental.crate",
+            },
         ],
         "crates_metadata": [
             {
@@ -38,6 +46,11 @@ expected_origins = [
                 "last_update": "2017-11-30 03:14:27.545115",
                 "yanked": False,
             },
+            {
+                "version": "0.1.3-experimental",
+                "last_update": "2017-11-30 05:24:37.146115",
+                "yanked": False,
+            },
         ],
     },
     {