diff --git a/src/lib/definition-parser.ts b/src/lib/definition-parser.ts
index 2db210ed..491f6c91 100644
--- a/src/lib/definition-parser.ts
+++ b/src/lib/definition-parser.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as ts from "typescript";
 
 import { FS } from "../get-definitely-typed";
 import {
-	computeHash, filter, flatMap, hasWindowsSlashes, join, mapAsyncOrdered, mapDefined, split, unique, unmangleScopedPackage, withoutStart,
+	computeHash, filter, flatMap, hasWindowsSlashes, join, mapAsyncOrdered, mapDefined, split, stripVersion, unique, unmangleScopedPackage, withoutStart,
 } from "../util/util";
 
 import getModuleInfo, { getTestDependencies } from "./module-info";
@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ async function calculateDependencies(
 		}
 		const pathMapping = pathMappingList[0];
 
-		// Path mapping may be for "@foo/bar" -> "foo__bar".
-		const scopedPackageName = unmangleScopedPackage(pathMapping);
+		// Path mapping may be for "@foo/bar" -> "foo__bar" or "@foo/bar" -> "foo__bar/v2"
+		const scopedPackageName = unmangleScopedPackage(stripVersion(pathMapping));
 		if (scopedPackageName !== undefined) {
 			if (dependencyName !== scopedPackageName) {
 				throw new Error(`Expected directory ${pathMapping} to be the path mapping for ${dependencyName}`);
@@ -308,7 +308,10 @@ async function calculateDependencies(
 		pathMappings.push({ packageName: dependencyName, majorVersion });
 	}
 
-	if (oldMajorVersion !== undefined && !(paths && packageName in paths)) {
+	// Path mapping may be for "foo" -> "foo/v2" or "@foo/bar" -> "foo__bar/v2"
+	const scopedName = unmangleScopedPackage(packageName);
+	const hasSelfPathMapping = scopedName !== undefined ? scopedName in paths : packageName in paths;
+	if (oldMajorVersion !== undefined && !hasSelfPathMapping) {
 		throw new Error(`${packageName}: Older version ${oldMajorVersion} must have a path mapping for itself.`);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/util/util.ts b/src/util/util.ts
index 77b7cedf..480e5797 100644
--- a/src/util/util.ts
+++ b/src/util/util.ts
@@ -436,6 +436,11 @@ export function unmangleScopedPackage(packageName: string): string | undefined {
 	return packageName.includes(separator) ? `@${packageName.replace(separator, "/")}` : undefined;
 }
 
+const versionAtEndRegex = /\/v\d+$/;
+export function stripVersion(packageName: string): string {
+	return packageName.replace(versionAtEndRegex, "");
+}
+
 /** Returns [values that cb returned undefined for, defined results of cb]. */
 export function split<T, U>(inputs: ReadonlyArray<T>, cb: (t: T) => U | undefined): [ReadonlyArray<T>, ReadonlyArray<U>] {
 	const keep: T[] = [];