diff --git a/pkg/fortify/fortify.go b/pkg/fortify/fortify.go
index fb0436329..9de75bff5 100644
--- a/pkg/fortify/fortify.go
+++ b/pkg/fortify/fortify.go
@@ -197,17 +197,17 @@ func (sys *SystemInstance) GetProjectByName(projectName string, autoCreate bool,
 // GetProjectVersionDetailsByProjectIDAndVersionName returns the project version details of the project version identified by the id and project versionname
 // projectName parameter is only used if autoCreate=true
 func (sys *SystemInstance) GetProjectVersionDetailsByProjectIDAndVersionName(id int64, versionName string, autoCreate bool, projectName string) (*models.ProjectVersion, error) {
-	nameParam := fmt.Sprintf("name=%v", versionName)
+	nameParam := fmt.Sprintf("name:%v", versionName)
 	params := &project_version_of_project_controller.ListProjectVersionOfProjectParams{ParentID: id, Q: &nameParam}
 	params.WithTimeout(sys.timeout)
 	result, err := sys.client.ProjectVersionOfProjectController.ListProjectVersionOfProject(params, sys)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	for _, projectVersion := range result.GetPayload().Data {
-		if *projectVersion.Name == versionName {
-			return projectVersion, nil
-		}
+
+	if result.Payload.Count > 0 {
+		projectVersion := result.GetPayload().Data[0]
+		return projectVersion, nil
 	}
 	// projectVersion not found for specified project id and name, check if autoCreate is enabled
 	if !autoCreate {
diff --git a/pkg/fortify/fortify_test.go b/pkg/fortify/fortify_test.go
index 853c2668d..a2a402275 100644
--- a/pkg/fortify/fortify_test.go
+++ b/pkg/fortify/fortify_test.go
@@ -259,6 +259,21 @@ func TestGetProjectVersionDetailsByProjectIDAndVersionName(t *testing.T) {
 				"first":{"href":"https://fortify/ssc/api/v1/projects/815/versions?start=0"}}}`))
 			return
 		}
+		if req.URL.Path == "/projects/8888/versions" && req.URL.RawQuery == "q=name%3A1" {
+			header := rw.Header()
+			header.Add("Content-type", "application/json")
+			rw.Write([]byte(`{"data":[{"id":9910,"project":{"id":8888,"name":"test","description":"Created by Go script","creationDate":"2022-06-24T04:44:12.344+0000",
+				"createdBy":"jajajajja","issueTemplateId":"asxasca-asff-b57aedaf41"},"name":"1","description":"","createdBy":"afsafa","creationDate":"2021-07-17T04:09:17.909+0000",
+				"sourceBasePath":null,"committed":true,"issueTemplateId":"asdawffbcad88eb041","issueTemplateName":"aiudfnwofn","loadProperties":null,"staleIssueTemplate":false,
+				"snapshotOutOfDate":false,"refreshRequired":false,"attachmentsOutOfDate":false,"migrationVersion":null,"masterAttrGuid":"akjnfkjsnfkj686b","tracesOutOfDate":false,
+				"issueTemplateModifiedTime":1556502937909,"active":true,"obfuscatedId":null,"owner":"","serverVersion":21.2,"siteId":null,"latestScanId":null,"mode":"BASIC",
+				"currentState":{"id":9910,"committed":true,"attentionRequired":false,"analysisResultsExist":false,"auditEnabled":false,"lastFprUploadDate":null,"extraMessage":null,
+				"analysisUploadEnabled":true,"batchBugSubmissionExists":false,"hasCustomIssues":false,"metricEvaluationDate":null,"deltaPeriod":7,"issueCountDelta":0,"percentAuditedDelta":0,
+				"criticalPriorityIssueCountDelta":0,"percentCriticalPriorityIssuesAuditedDelta":0},"bugTrackerPluginId":null,"bugTrackerEnabled":false,"securityGroup":null,"status":null,
+				"assignedIssuesCount":0,"customTagValuesAutoApply":null,"autoPredict":null,"predictionPolicy":null,"_href":"https://fortify/ssc/api/v1/projectVersions/8888"}],"count":1,
+				"responseCode":200,"links":{"last":{"href":"https://fortify/ssc/api/v1/projects/8888/versions?q=name%3A1&start=0"},"first":{"href":"https://fortify/ssc/api/v1/projects/8888/versions?q=name%3A1&start=0"}}}`))
+			return
+		}
 	})
 
 	// Close the server when test finishes
@@ -286,6 +301,11 @@ func TestGetProjectVersionDetailsByProjectIDAndVersionName(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "0", *result.Name, "Expected to get project version with different name")
 		assert.Equal(t, "autocreate", *result.Project.Name, "Expected to get project with different name")
 	})
+	t.Run("test filter projectVersion", func(t *testing.T) {
+		result, err := sys.GetProjectVersionDetailsByProjectIDAndVersionName(8888, "1", true, "autocreate")
+		assert.NoError(t, err, "GetProjectVersionDetailsByNameAndProjectID call not successful")
+		assert.Equal(t, "1", *result.Name, "Expected to get exact project version")
+	})
 }
 
 func TestGetProjectVersionAttributesByProjectVersionID(t *testing.T) {