diff --git a/komodo/check_unused_package.py b/komodo/check_unused_package.py
index 92a287f7..579a80ed 100644
--- a/komodo/check_unused_package.py
+++ b/komodo/check_unused_package.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-
 import argparse
 import os
 import sys
+from typing import Dict
+
+import yaml
 
 from komodo.prettier import load_yaml
 from komodo.yaml_file_types import ReleaseFile, RepositoryFile
@@ -11,7 +13,10 @@
 
 
 def check_for_unused_package(
-    release_file: ReleaseFile, package_status_file: str, repository: RepositoryFile
+    release_file: ReleaseFile,
+    package_status_file: str,
+    repository: RepositoryFile,
+    builtin_python_versions: Dict[str, str],
 ):
     package_status = load_yaml(package_status_file)
     public_and_plugin_packages = [
@@ -20,9 +25,11 @@ def check_for_unused_package(
         if package_status[pkg]["visibility"] in ("public", "private-plugin")
     ]
     python_version = release_file.content["python"]
-    # For pypi we need to change '3.8.6-builtin' -> '3.8.6'
-    python_version = python_version[: python_version.rindex("-")]
-    dependencies = PypiDependencies(release_file.content, python_version=python_version)
+    full_python_version = builtin_python_versions[python_version]
+
+    dependencies = PypiDependencies(
+        release_file.content, python_version=full_python_version
+    )
     for name, version in release_file.content.items():
         metadata = repository.content.get(name, {}).get(version, {})
         if metadata.get("source") != "pypi":
@@ -69,7 +76,11 @@ def main():
     )
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
-    check_for_unused_package(args.release_file, args.status_file, args.repo)
+    with open("builtin_python_versions.yml", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        builtin_python_versions = yaml.safe_load(f)
+    check_for_unused_package(
+        args.release_file, args.status_file, args.repo, builtin_python_versions
+    )
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/komodo/lint.py b/komodo/lint.py
index e6feb075..c732ce6c 100755
--- a/komodo/lint.py
+++ b/komodo/lint.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import warnings
 from collections import namedtuple
 
+import yaml
 from packaging.version import parse
 
 from .pypi_dependencies import PypiDependencies
@@ -101,10 +102,11 @@ def lint(
         }
 
         python_version = release_file.content["python"]
-        # For pypi we need to change '3.8.6-builtin' -> '3.8.6'
-        python_version = python_version[: python_version.rindex("-")]
+        with open("builtin_python_versions.yml", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            full_python_version = yaml.safe_load(f)[python_version]
+
         dependencies = PypiDependencies(
-            pypi_dependencies, python_version=python_version
+            pypi_dependencies, python_version=full_python_version
         )
         for name, version in release_file.content.items():
             if (
diff --git a/komodo/pypi_dependencies.py b/komodo/pypi_dependencies.py
index e9f22c7c..8d085a1f 100644
--- a/komodo/pypi_dependencies.py
+++ b/komodo/pypi_dependencies.py
@@ -114,6 +114,14 @@ def dump_cache(self):
     def _get_requirements(
         self, package_name: str, package_version: str
     ) -> List[Requirement]:
+        """
+        >>> from packaging.requirements import Requirement
+        >>> PypiDependencies(to_install={}, python_version="3.8.11")._get_requirements(
+        ...     "rips",
+        ...     "2024.3.0.2"
+        ... )
+        [<Requirement('grpcio')>, <Requirement('protobuf')>, <Requirement('wheel')>]
+        """
         canonical = canonicalize_name(package_name)
         if canonical in self._user_specified:
             return self._user_specified[canonical]
@@ -161,10 +169,22 @@ def _get_requirements(
                         f"Got: {files}"
                     )
                 file = files[0]
-                if file.endswith(".whl"):
-                    dist = pkginfo.Wheel(os.path.join(tmpdir, file))
-                else:
-                    dist = pkginfo.SDist(os.path.join(tmpdir, file))
+                if not file.endswith(".whl"):
+                    subprocess.check_output(
+                        [
+                            "pip",
+                            "wheel",
+                            "--use-pep517",
+                            "--no-verify",
+                            "--no-deps",
+                            "--disable-pip-version-check",
+                            "--no-python-version-warning",
+                            file,
+                        ],
+                        cwd=tmpdir,
+                    )
+                    file = [f for f in os.listdir(tmpdir) if f.endswith(".whl")][0]
+                dist = pkginfo.Wheel(os.path.join(tmpdir, file))
                 self.requirements[canonical][package_version] = dist.requires_dist
 
         return [Requirement(r) for r in self.requirements[canonical][package_version]]
diff --git a/tests/test_check_unused_package.py b/tests/test_check_unused_package.py
index adc4463d..1ad26845 100644
--- a/tests/test_check_unused_package.py
+++ b/tests/test_check_unused_package.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("repo, release, package_status", test_case)
 def test_check_unused_package(repo, release, package_status, capsys, tmpdir):
     package_status["python"] = {"visibility": "public"}
-    release["python"] = "3.8.6-builtin"
+    release["python"] = "3.8-builtin"
 
     # Use tmpdir to create a temporary file for package status
     package_status_file = tmpdir.join("package_status.yml")
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ def test_check_unused_package(repo, release, package_status, capsys, tmpdir):
             release_file=release,
             package_status_file=str(package_status_file),
             repository=repo,
+            builtin_python_versions={"3.8-builtin": "3.8.6"},
         )
     assert sys_exit_info.value.code == 1
     captured = capsys.readouterr()