diff --git a/src/cmd/fetch.zig b/src/cmd/fetch.zig
index d4acbc9ad331bfefd1ea90cee8211f0dfa6b79a2..a0e3e731a5e7f491fafb40d0d9b4d26f00bfab6b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/fetch.zig
+++ b/src/cmd/fetch.zig
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ fn create_lockfile(list: *std.ArrayList(u.Module), dir: string) !void {
             }
             if (md.type == .system_lib) continue;
             const mpath = try std.fs.path.join(gpa, &.{ dir, m.clean_path });
-            const version = if (md.version.len > 0) md.version else (try md.type.exact_version(mpath));
+            const version = try md.exact_version(mpath);
             try wl.print("{s} {s} {s}\n", .{ @tagName(md.type), md.path, version });
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/util/dep.zig b/src/util/dep.zig
index 486487fdc9218ce7318b7bc2b50c67bb8c44da60..a9e184b419ff76e77b152b68abd70846520469c8 100644
--- a/src/util/dep.zig
+++ b/src/util/dep.zig
@@ -57,4 +57,18 @@ pub const Dep = struct {
         }
         return true;
     }
+
+    pub fn exact_version(self: Dep, dpath: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
+        if (self.version.len == 0) {
+            return try self.type.exact_version(dpath);
+        }
+        return switch (self.type) {
+            .git => blk: {
+                const vers = try u.parse_split(u.GitVersionType, "-").do(self.version);
+                if (vers.id.frozen()) break :blk self.version;
+                break :blk try self.type.exact_version(dpath);
+            },
+            else => self.version,
+        };
+    }
 };
diff --git a/src/util/dep_type.zig b/src/util/dep_type.zig
index b065f8931878686cced034055587df8a3c8ea749..435f589b7de582293fd60cc4a0da5c423e7c6a63 100644
--- a/src/util/dep_type.zig
+++ b/src/util/dep_type.zig
@@ -94,4 +94,12 @@ pub const GitVersionType = enum {
     branch,
     tag,
     commit,
+
+    pub fn frozen(self: GitVersionType) bool {
+        return switch (self) {
+            .branch => false,
+            .tag => true,
+            .commit => true,
+        };
+    }
 };