diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index dd7ce4b3a..444f9d46a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ supported:
   of the library, the version of the stub should be bumped (note that
   previous versions are still available on PyPI). Some legacy stubs are
   marked with version `0.1`, indicating that their supported version is
-  unknown and needs to be updated. Other stubs don't use the asterisk
-  to denote the API-independent part.
+  unknown and needs to be updated.
 * `python2` (default: `false`): If set to `true`, the top-level stubs
   support both Python 2 and Python 3.
 * `requires` (optional): A list of other stub packages or packages with type
diff --git a/scripts/create_baseline_stubs.py b/scripts/create_baseline_stubs.py
index ba0c7b377..7766e6079 100644
--- a/scripts/create_baseline_stubs.py
+++ b/scripts/create_baseline_stubs.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def create_metadata(stub_dir: str, version: str) -> None:
     assert not os.path.exists(fnam)
     print(f"Writing {fnam}")
     with open(fnam, "w") as f:
-        f.write(f'version = "{version}"\n')
+        f.write(f'version = "{version}.*"\n')
 
 
 def add_pyright_exclusion(stub_dir: str) -> None:
diff --git a/stubs/Deprecated/METADATA.toml b/stubs/Deprecated/METADATA.toml
index 9f4230ca4..1f0b2e4bf 100644
--- a/stubs/Deprecated/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/Deprecated/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version = "1.2"
+version = "1.2.*"
 python2 = true
 requires = []
diff --git a/stubs/Flask/METADATA.toml b/stubs/Flask/METADATA.toml
index cd91d47ee..db94dc7cc 100644
--- a/stubs/Flask/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/Flask/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version = "1.1"
+version = "1.1.*"
 python2 = true
 requires = ["types-Jinja2", "types-Werkzeug", "types-click"]
 obsolete_since = "2.0"
diff --git a/stubs/Jinja2/METADATA.toml b/stubs/Jinja2/METADATA.toml
index 0edeb45a5..d9e916915 100644
--- a/stubs/Jinja2/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/Jinja2/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version = "2.11"
+version = "2.11.*"
 python2 = true
 requires = ["types-MarkupSafe"]
 obsolete_since = "3.0"
diff --git a/stubs/Markdown/METADATA.toml b/stubs/Markdown/METADATA.toml
index ee7865e9a..b713bbfd1 100644
--- a/stubs/Markdown/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/Markdown/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "3.3"
+version = "3.3.*"
diff --git a/stubs/MarkupSafe/METADATA.toml b/stubs/MarkupSafe/METADATA.toml
index 2266533df..416a5eb9e 100644
--- a/stubs/MarkupSafe/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/MarkupSafe/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version = "1.1"
+version = "1.1.*"
 python2 = true
 obsolete_since = "2.0"
diff --git a/stubs/Pillow/METADATA.toml b/stubs/Pillow/METADATA.toml
index cb3899bf2..da80f0078 100644
--- a/stubs/Pillow/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/Pillow/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "8.3"
+version = "8.3.*"
diff --git a/stubs/PyMySQL/METADATA.toml b/stubs/PyMySQL/METADATA.toml
index f339dc7fd..e29f8e7f8 100644
--- a/stubs/PyMySQL/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/PyMySQL/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "1.0"
+version = "1.0.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/PyYAML/METADATA.toml b/stubs/PyYAML/METADATA.toml
index c5aa7383b..ff1ee2fbb 100644
--- a/stubs/PyYAML/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/PyYAML/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "5.4"
+version = "5.4.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/Pygments/METADATA.toml b/stubs/Pygments/METADATA.toml
index efa8f9f7e..92f28ce99 100644
--- a/stubs/Pygments/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/Pygments/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "2.9"
+version = "2.9.*"
 requires = ["types-docutils"]
diff --git a/stubs/Send2Trash/METADATA.toml b/stubs/Send2Trash/METADATA.toml
index 71d785350..690242a33 100644
--- a/stubs/Send2Trash/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/Send2Trash/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.8"
+version = "1.8.*"
diff --git a/stubs/Werkzeug/METADATA.toml b/stubs/Werkzeug/METADATA.toml
index 699e012cc..848a139f0 100644
--- a/stubs/Werkzeug/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/Werkzeug/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version = "1.0"
+version = "1.0.*"
 python2 = true
 requires = []
 obsolete_since = "2.0"
diff --git a/stubs/annoy/METADATA.toml b/stubs/annoy/METADATA.toml
index d84fa99e4..74b2b8d57 100644
--- a/stubs/annoy/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/annoy/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "1.17"
+version = "1.17.*"
 requires = []
diff --git a/stubs/appdirs/METADATA.toml b/stubs/appdirs/METADATA.toml
index 46f5153ea..6d3b92238 100644
--- a/stubs/appdirs/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/appdirs/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.4"
+version = "1.4.*"
diff --git a/stubs/atomicwrites/METADATA.toml b/stubs/atomicwrites/METADATA.toml
index fe057a0d9..e20445253 100644
--- a/stubs/atomicwrites/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/atomicwrites/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "1.4"
+version = "1.4.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/aws-xray-sdk/METADATA.toml b/stubs/aws-xray-sdk/METADATA.toml
index 62802ab41..fa0e835cb 100644
--- a/stubs/aws-xray-sdk/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/aws-xray-sdk/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "2.8"
+version = "2.8.*"
diff --git a/stubs/babel/METADATA.toml b/stubs/babel/METADATA.toml
index d8484dc60..0009f38f0 100644
--- a/stubs/babel/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/babel/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "2.9"
\ No newline at end of file
+version = "2.9.*"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/stubs/backports.ssl_match_hostname/METADATA.toml b/stubs/backports.ssl_match_hostname/METADATA.toml
index 9509ba1a7..839f7d3a9 100644
--- a/stubs/backports.ssl_match_hostname/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/backports.ssl_match_hostname/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "3.7"
+version = "3.7.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/backports_abc/METADATA.toml b/stubs/backports_abc/METADATA.toml
index 255b44942..22313195c 100644
--- a/stubs/backports_abc/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/backports_abc/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "0.5"
+version = "0.5.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/beautifulsoup4/METADATA.toml b/stubs/beautifulsoup4/METADATA.toml
index d09b6f960..39914d078 100644
--- a/stubs/beautifulsoup4/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/beautifulsoup4/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "4.10"
+version = "4.10.*"
diff --git a/stubs/bleach/METADATA.toml b/stubs/bleach/METADATA.toml
index 71ef530fa..bb8cc449b 100644
--- a/stubs/bleach/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/bleach/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "4.1"
+version = "4.1.*"
diff --git a/stubs/boto/METADATA.toml b/stubs/boto/METADATA.toml
index bc5011788..aff1a5fd3 100644
--- a/stubs/boto/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/boto/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version = "2.49"
+version = "2.49.*"
 python2 = true
 requires = ["types-six"]
diff --git a/stubs/braintree/METADATA.toml b/stubs/braintree/METADATA.toml
index 4ede6a0b8..9c5a4bca2 100644
--- a/stubs/braintree/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/braintree/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "4.11"
+version = "4.11.*"
diff --git a/stubs/cachetools/METADATA.toml b/stubs/cachetools/METADATA.toml
index de720977e..cb7498d03 100644
--- a/stubs/cachetools/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/cachetools/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "4.2"
+version = "4.2.*"
diff --git a/stubs/caldav/METADATA.toml b/stubs/caldav/METADATA.toml
index 50463eef9..a8d20041e 100644
--- a/stubs/caldav/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/caldav/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version = "0.8"
+version = "0.8.*"
 # also types-lxml and types-icalendar when those stubs are added
 requires = ["types-requests", "types-vobject"]
diff --git a/stubs/certifi/METADATA.toml b/stubs/certifi/METADATA.toml
index 3f3b249a9..a75d69563 100644
--- a/stubs/certifi/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/certifi/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "2020.4"
+version = "2021.10.8"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/characteristic/METADATA.toml b/stubs/characteristic/METADATA.toml
index f14c99e0c..199895dd5 100644
--- a/stubs/characteristic/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/characteristic/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "14.3"
+version = "14.3.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/chardet/METADATA.toml b/stubs/chardet/METADATA.toml
index f52bb86f7..5df22726c 100644
--- a/stubs/chardet/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/chardet/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version = "4.0"
+version = "4.0.*"
 python2 = true
 requires = []
diff --git a/stubs/click-spinner/METADATA.toml b/stubs/click-spinner/METADATA.toml
index e43ccaae3..f511d7da6 100644
--- a/stubs/click-spinner/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/click-spinner/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version = "0.1"
+version = "0.1.*"
 python2 = true
 requires = []
diff --git a/stubs/click/METADATA.toml b/stubs/click/METADATA.toml
index 7b088028d..62965e38d 100644
--- a/stubs/click/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/click/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version = "7.1"
+version = "7.1.*"
 python2 = true
 obsolete_since = "8.0"
diff --git a/stubs/colorama/METADATA.toml b/stubs/colorama/METADATA.toml
index 337e55f69..cea6c7b21 100644
--- a/stubs/colorama/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/colorama/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "0.4"
+version = "0.4.*"
 python2 = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/stubs/commonmark/METADATA.toml b/stubs/commonmark/METADATA.toml
index 16fd217d5..51e869b47 100644
--- a/stubs/commonmark/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/commonmark/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "0.9"
+version = "0.9.*"
diff --git a/stubs/croniter/METADATA.toml b/stubs/croniter/METADATA.toml
index f339dc7fd..e29f8e7f8 100644
--- a/stubs/croniter/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/croniter/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "1.0"
+version = "1.0.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/cryptography/METADATA.toml b/stubs/cryptography/METADATA.toml
index a1932bbe5..67fb5034d 100644
--- a/stubs/cryptography/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/cryptography/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version = "3.3"
+version = "3.3.*"
 python2 = true
 requires = ["types-enum34", "types-ipaddress"]
 obsolete_since = "3.4.4"
diff --git a/stubs/dateparser/METADATA.toml b/stubs/dateparser/METADATA.toml
index 346c93fc5..f3e83f9c4 100644
--- a/stubs/dateparser/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/dateparser/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.0"
+version = "1.0.*"
diff --git a/stubs/docopt/METADATA.toml b/stubs/docopt/METADATA.toml
index c7567c225..ce19e8f4b 100644
--- a/stubs/docopt/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/docopt/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Prior to v0.6, docopt() had only 3 optional args
-version = "0.6"
+version = "0.6.*"
 python2 = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/stubs/docutils/METADATA.toml b/stubs/docutils/METADATA.toml
index b3849f7d0..17d320a94 100644
--- a/stubs/docutils/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/docutils/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "0.17"
+version = "0.17.*"
diff --git a/stubs/editdistance/METADATA.toml b/stubs/editdistance/METADATA.toml
index c0ca2875e..1883b8701 100644
--- a/stubs/editdistance/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/editdistance/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "0.5"
+version = "0.5.*"
diff --git a/stubs/emoji/METADATA.toml b/stubs/emoji/METADATA.toml
index 551120560..56eef46c6 100644
--- a/stubs/emoji/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/emoji/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "1.2"
+version = "1.2.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/entrypoints/METADATA.toml b/stubs/entrypoints/METADATA.toml
index 378b109c3..7730a0146 100644
--- a/stubs/entrypoints/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/entrypoints/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "0.3"
+version = "0.3.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/enum34/METADATA.toml b/stubs/enum34/METADATA.toml
index cf311fdb6..c0a0050d4 100644
--- a/stubs/enum34/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/enum34/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "1.1"
+version = "1.1.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/filelock/METADATA.toml b/stubs/filelock/METADATA.toml
index ffc5a1c5e..38c94680a 100644
--- a/stubs/filelock/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/filelock/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "3.2"
+version = "3.2.*"
diff --git a/stubs/first/METADATA.toml b/stubs/first/METADATA.toml
index 0f01cc4b1..722943771 100644
--- a/stubs/first/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/first/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "2.0"
+version = "2.0.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/freezegun/METADATA.toml b/stubs/freezegun/METADATA.toml
index bad265e4f..c9f594bd7 100644
--- a/stubs/freezegun/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/freezegun/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.1"
+version = "1.1.*"
diff --git a/stubs/futures/METADATA.toml b/stubs/futures/METADATA.toml
index 31383cdd6..103ece479 100644
--- a/stubs/futures/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/futures/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "3.3"
+version = "3.3.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/html5lib/METADATA.toml b/stubs/html5lib/METADATA.toml
index bad265e4f..c9f594bd7 100644
--- a/stubs/html5lib/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/html5lib/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.1"
+version = "1.1.*"
diff --git a/stubs/httplib2/METADATA.toml b/stubs/httplib2/METADATA.toml
index 7918a438b..d2a449c6f 100644
--- a/stubs/httplib2/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/httplib2/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "0.19"
+version = "0.19.*"
diff --git a/stubs/humanfriendly/METADATA.toml b/stubs/humanfriendly/METADATA.toml
index 27a0042d1..a6930073a 100644
--- a/stubs/humanfriendly/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/humanfriendly/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "9.2"
+version = "9.2.*"
diff --git a/stubs/ipaddress/METADATA.toml b/stubs/ipaddress/METADATA.toml
index f339dc7fd..e29f8e7f8 100644
--- a/stubs/ipaddress/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/ipaddress/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "1.0"
+version = "1.0.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/itsdangerous/METADATA.toml b/stubs/itsdangerous/METADATA.toml
index 2266533df..416a5eb9e 100644
--- a/stubs/itsdangerous/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/itsdangerous/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version = "1.1"
+version = "1.1.*"
 python2 = true
 obsolete_since = "2.0"
diff --git a/stubs/jmespath/METADATA.toml b/stubs/jmespath/METADATA.toml
index 3d8655e7d..5c7ed21e8 100644
--- a/stubs/jmespath/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/jmespath/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "0.10"
+version = "0.10.*"
diff --git a/stubs/jsonschema/METADATA.toml b/stubs/jsonschema/METADATA.toml
index ffc5a1c5e..38c94680a 100644
--- a/stubs/jsonschema/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/jsonschema/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "3.2"
+version = "3.2.*"
diff --git a/stubs/mock/METADATA.toml b/stubs/mock/METADATA.toml
index 3db9f3edf..3188e8fc2 100644
--- a/stubs/mock/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/mock/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "4.0"
+version = "4.0.*"
diff --git a/stubs/mypy-extensions/METADATA.toml b/stubs/mypy-extensions/METADATA.toml
index 8732c02c4..79b51931e 100644
--- a/stubs/mypy-extensions/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/mypy-extensions/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "0.4"
+version = "0.4.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/mysqlclient/METADATA.toml b/stubs/mysqlclient/METADATA.toml
index be8be530e..159b06b06 100644
--- a/stubs/mysqlclient/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/mysqlclient/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "2.0"
\ No newline at end of file
+version = "2.0.*"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/stubs/oauthlib/METADATA.toml b/stubs/oauthlib/METADATA.toml
index f9586707d..84307529a 100644
--- a/stubs/oauthlib/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/oauthlib/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "3.1"
+version = "3.1.*"
diff --git a/stubs/orjson/METADATA.toml b/stubs/orjson/METADATA.toml
index f67b2ab02..49ae8203c 100644
--- a/stubs/orjson/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/orjson/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "3.6"
+version = "3.6.*"
 obsolete_since = "3.6.1"
diff --git a/stubs/paramiko/METADATA.toml b/stubs/paramiko/METADATA.toml
index 5438db05e..c209112e1 100644
--- a/stubs/paramiko/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/paramiko/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version = "2.7"
+version = "2.7.*"
 python2 = true
 requires = ["types-cryptography"]
diff --git a/stubs/polib/METADATA.toml b/stubs/polib/METADATA.toml
index cf311fdb6..c0a0050d4 100644
--- a/stubs/polib/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/polib/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "1.1"
+version = "1.1.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/prettytable/METADATA.toml b/stubs/prettytable/METADATA.toml
index 5647aa023..acdc22b5d 100644
--- a/stubs/prettytable/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/prettytable/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "2.1"
+version = "2.1.*"
diff --git a/stubs/protobuf/METADATA.toml b/stubs/protobuf/METADATA.toml
index 01e9270d9..5e0c83f83 100644
--- a/stubs/protobuf/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/protobuf/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version = "3.17"
+version = "3.17.*"
 python2 = true
 requires = ["types-futures"]
 extra_description = "Generated with aid from mypy-protobuf v2.8"
diff --git a/stubs/psutil/METADATA.toml b/stubs/psutil/METADATA.toml
index 0948fc580..295659a16 100644
--- a/stubs/psutil/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/psutil/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "5.8"
+version = "5.8.*"
diff --git a/stubs/psycopg2/METADATA.toml b/stubs/psycopg2/METADATA.toml
index d8484dc60..0009f38f0 100644
--- a/stubs/psycopg2/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/psycopg2/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "2.9"
\ No newline at end of file
+version = "2.9.*"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/stubs/pyOpenSSL/METADATA.toml b/stubs/pyOpenSSL/METADATA.toml
index 098d93d36..4999d7ffc 100644
--- a/stubs/pyOpenSSL/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/pyOpenSSL/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version = "20.0"
+version = "20.0.*"
 python2 = true
 requires = ["types-cryptography"]
diff --git a/stubs/pyaudio/METADATA.toml b/stubs/pyaudio/METADATA.toml
index 0291bda13..6928f6e19 100644
--- a/stubs/pyaudio/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/pyaudio/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "0.2"
+version = "0.2.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/pyfarmhash/METADATA.toml b/stubs/pyfarmhash/METADATA.toml
index 7c969026c..a42da251b 100644
--- a/stubs/pyfarmhash/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/pyfarmhash/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "0.2"
+version = "0.2.*"
diff --git a/stubs/pysftp/METADATA.toml b/stubs/pysftp/METADATA.toml
index c9b2e2d3b..e3748bd7b 100644
--- a/stubs/pysftp/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/pysftp/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version = "0.2"
+version = "0.2.*"
 python2 = true
 requires = ["types-paramiko"]
diff --git a/stubs/pytest-lazy-fixture/METADATA.toml b/stubs/pytest-lazy-fixture/METADATA.toml
index 22cbe4eb9..03031f1e9 100644
--- a/stubs/pytest-lazy-fixture/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/pytest-lazy-fixture/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "0.6"
+version = "0.6.*"
diff --git a/stubs/python-dateutil/METADATA.toml b/stubs/python-dateutil/METADATA.toml
index 1985499d6..c00bfdcae 100644
--- a/stubs/python-dateutil/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/python-dateutil/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version = "2.8"
+version = "2.8.*"
 python2 = true
 requires = []
diff --git a/stubs/python-gflags/METADATA.toml b/stubs/python-gflags/METADATA.toml
index 5bba18d25..ac2fd4189 100644
--- a/stubs/python-gflags/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/python-gflags/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "3.1"
+version = "3.1.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/python-nmap/METADATA.toml b/stubs/python-nmap/METADATA.toml
index 9d5d312e6..aed349a93 100644
--- a/stubs/python-nmap/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/python-nmap/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version = "0.6"
+version = "0.6.*"
 python2 = true
 requires = []
diff --git a/stubs/python-slugify/METADATA.toml b/stubs/python-slugify/METADATA.toml
index 210c7605b..c98db6304 100644
--- a/stubs/python-slugify/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/python-slugify/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "5.0"
+version = "5.0.*"
diff --git a/stubs/pytz/METADATA.toml b/stubs/pytz/METADATA.toml
index a9c4347ec..0bdf10963 100644
--- a/stubs/pytz/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/pytz/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "2021.1"
+version = "2021.3"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/pyvmomi/METADATA.toml b/stubs/pyvmomi/METADATA.toml
index 9af5725bd..678b938f4 100644
--- a/stubs/pyvmomi/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/pyvmomi/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version = "7.0"
+version = "7.0.*"
 python2 = true
 requires = ["types-enum34"]
diff --git a/stubs/redis/METADATA.toml b/stubs/redis/METADATA.toml
index ec34fb223..f1af1bfd7 100644
--- a/stubs/redis/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/redis/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version = "3.5"
+version = "3.5.*"
 python2 = true
 requires = []
diff --git a/stubs/requests/METADATA.toml b/stubs/requests/METADATA.toml
index 77efa142f..928b054e9 100644
--- a/stubs/requests/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/requests/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "2.25"
+version = "2.25.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/retry/METADATA.toml b/stubs/retry/METADATA.toml
index ca732ba9c..6f2870bcf 100644
--- a/stubs/retry/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/retry/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "0.9"
+version = "0.9.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/selenium/METADATA.toml b/stubs/selenium/METADATA.toml
index 115c7fe9a..ed87da948 100644
--- a/stubs/selenium/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/selenium/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "3.141"
+version = "3.141.*"
diff --git a/stubs/setuptools/METADATA.toml b/stubs/setuptools/METADATA.toml
index b575da964..ff6e4177e 100644
--- a/stubs/setuptools/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/setuptools/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "57.4"
+version = "57.4.*"
diff --git a/stubs/simplejson/METADATA.toml b/stubs/simplejson/METADATA.toml
index 7a888dfdf..e8d5c242d 100644
--- a/stubs/simplejson/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/simplejson/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "3.17"
+version = "3.17.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/singledispatch/METADATA.toml b/stubs/singledispatch/METADATA.toml
index 9509ba1a7..839f7d3a9 100644
--- a/stubs/singledispatch/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/singledispatch/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "3.7"
+version = "3.7.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/six/METADATA.toml b/stubs/six/METADATA.toml
index ff19b6193..90e045694 100644
--- a/stubs/six/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/six/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "1.16"
+version = "1.16.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/slumber/METADATA.toml b/stubs/slumber/METADATA.toml
index 12c154c06..7431acfe0 100644
--- a/stubs/slumber/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/slumber/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "0.7"
+version = "0.7.*"
diff --git a/stubs/stripe/METADATA.toml b/stubs/stripe/METADATA.toml
index 62a74a90d..5d262932f 100644
--- a/stubs/stripe/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/stripe/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "2.59"
+version = "2.59.*"
diff --git a/stubs/tabulate/METADATA.toml b/stubs/tabulate/METADATA.toml
index 59d3db90a..78fa4d13f 100644
--- a/stubs/tabulate/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/tabulate/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "0.8"
+version = "0.8.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/termcolor/METADATA.toml b/stubs/termcolor/METADATA.toml
index cf311fdb6..c0a0050d4 100644
--- a/stubs/termcolor/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/termcolor/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "1.1"
+version = "1.1.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/toml/METADATA.toml b/stubs/toml/METADATA.toml
index b4e82d6f7..343f2c478 100644
--- a/stubs/toml/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/toml/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "0.10"
+version = "0.10.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/stubs/toposort/METADATA.toml b/stubs/toposort/METADATA.toml
index 83bb457df..6cf9fae44 100644
--- a/stubs/toposort/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/toposort/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.6"
+version = "1.6.*"
diff --git a/stubs/ttkthemes/METADATA.toml b/stubs/ttkthemes/METADATA.toml
index ffc5a1c5e..38c94680a 100644
--- a/stubs/ttkthemes/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/ttkthemes/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "3.2"
+version = "3.2.*"
diff --git a/stubs/typed-ast/METADATA.toml b/stubs/typed-ast/METADATA.toml
index 46f5153ea..6d3b92238 100644
--- a/stubs/typed-ast/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/typed-ast/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.4"
+version = "1.4.*"
diff --git a/stubs/vobject/METADATA.toml b/stubs/vobject/METADATA.toml
index 16fd217d5..51e869b47 100644
--- a/stubs/vobject/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/vobject/METADATA.toml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "0.9"
+version = "0.9.*"
diff --git a/stubs/xxhash/METADATA.toml b/stubs/xxhash/METADATA.toml
index 0f01cc4b1..722943771 100644
--- a/stubs/xxhash/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/xxhash/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "2.0"
+version = "2.0.*"
 python2 = true
diff --git a/tests/stubtest_third_party.py b/tests/stubtest_third_party.py
index fbd228a9b..d975cef24 100755
--- a/tests/stubtest_third_party.py
+++ b/tests/stubtest_third_party.py
@@ -51,10 +51,8 @@ def run_stubtest(dist: Path) -> None:
         assert isinstance(dist_version, str)
         if dist_version == "0.1":
             dist_req = dist.name
-        elif dist_version.endswith(".*"):
-            dist_req = f"{dist.name}=={dist_version}"
         else:
-            dist_req = f"{dist.name}=={dist_version}.*"
+            dist_req = f"{dist.name}=={dist_version}"
 
         # If @tests/requirements-stubtest.txt exists, run "pip install" on it.
         req_path = dist / "@tests" / "requirements-stubtest.txt"