diff --git a/test/fixtures/compile-infer_poetry_version.stderr.txt b/test/fixtures/compile-infer_poetry_version.stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/test/fixtures/compile-infer_poetry_version.stdout.txt b/test/fixtures/compile-infer_poetry_version.stdout.txt
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/test/test-compile b/test/test-compile
index f181da9..e904db1 100644
--- a/test/test-compile
+++ b/test/test-compile
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ run_test sanity-2 compile BUILD_DIR CACHE_DIR
 cp fixtures/poetry.lock-valid "$INPUT_DIR"/poetry.lock
 run_test no_vars_success compile "$INPUT_DIR" CACHE_DIR fixtures/env_dir
 
+cp fixtures/poetry.lock-valid "$INPUT_DIR"/poetry.lock
+# add comment containing the version of Poetry used create the lock file
+sed -i '1i# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.6.0 and should not be changed by hand.' "$INPUT_DIR"/poetry.lock
+run_test infer_poetry_version compile "$INPUT_DIR" CACHE_DIR fixtures/env_dir
+
 cp fixtures/poetry.lock-valid_exact_version_specifier "$INPUT_DIR"/poetry.lock
 run_test exact_version_specifier compile "$INPUT_DIR" CACHE_DIR fixtures/env_dir