diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 5a6b6a44b07..31caf64d256 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -914,13 +914,13 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pkginfo"
-version = "1.11.1"
+version = "1.12.0"
 description = "Query metadata from sdists / bdists / installed packages."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "pkginfo-1.11.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:bfa76a714fdfc18a045fcd684dbfc3816b603d9d075febef17cb6582bea29573"},
-    {file = "pkginfo-1.11.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2e0dca1cf4c8e39644eed32408ea9966ee15e0d324c62ba899a393b3c6b467aa"},
+    {file = "pkginfo-1.12.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:dcd589c9be4da8973eceffa247733c144812759aa67eaf4bbf97016a02f39088"},
+    {file = "pkginfo-1.12.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8ad91a0445a036782b9366ef8b8c2c50291f83a553478ba8580c73d3215700cf"},
 ]
 
 [package.extras]
@@ -1582,4 +1582,4 @@ test = ["big-O", "importlib-resources", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools",
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.9"
-content-hash = "95b92662eda25340562e13daba629f975222cc1baeafa1f78d9ceaeb652a7849"
+content-hash = "0663eb99762d70c3d26b04a078066ebb856a5d1e109de12108820e7ef9eaf11b"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8fac358c767..da7f64b25ef 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ installer = "^0.7.0"
 keyring = "^25.1.0"
 # packaging uses calver, so version is unclamped
 packaging = ">=24.0"
-pkginfo = "^1.10"
+pkginfo = "^1.12"
 platformdirs = ">=3.0.0,<5"
 pyproject-hooks = "^1.0.0"
 requests = "^2.26"
diff --git a/src/poetry/inspection/info.py b/src/poetry/inspection/info.py
index f30efcaefa5..b9b9db7ef57 100644
--- a/src/poetry/inspection/info.py
+++ b/src/poetry/inspection/info.py
@@ -265,12 +265,13 @@ def _from_distribution(
 
         :param dist: The distribution instance to parse information from.
         """
-        # The current pkginfo version (1.11.2) does not support 2.4.
-        # The fields we are interested in can be parsed nevertheless.
-        supported_metadata_versions = {*pkginfo.distribution.HEADER_ATTRS.keys(), "2.4"}
-        if dist.metadata_version not in supported_metadata_versions:
-            # This check can be replaced once upstream implements strict parsing
-            # https://bugs.launchpad.net/pkginfo/+bug/2058697
+        # If the METADATA version is greater than the highest supported version,
+        # pkginfo prints a warning and tries to parse the fields from the highest
+        # known version. Assuming that METADATA versions adhere to semver,
+        # this should be safe for minor updates.
+        if dist.metadata_version and dist.metadata_version.split(".")[0] not in {
+            v.split(".")[0] for v in pkginfo.distribution.HEADER_ATTRS
+        }:
             raise ValueError(f"Unknown metadata version: {dist.metadata_version}")
 
         requirements = cls._requirements_from_distribution(dist)
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/distributions/demo_metadata_version_299-0.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl b/tests/fixtures/distributions/demo_metadata_version_299-0.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8523f2cbe1f
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/fixtures/distributions/demo_metadata_version_299-0.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl differ
diff --git a/tests/inspection/test_info.py b/tests/inspection/test_info.py
index b0cc6f1c3db..cbdd06f038f 100644
--- a/tests/inspection/test_info.py
+++ b/tests/inspection/test_info.py
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ def test_info_from_wheel(demo_wheel: Path) -> None:
     assert info._source_url == demo_wheel.resolve().as_posix()
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("version", ["23", "24"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("version", ["23", "24", "299"])
 def test_info_from_wheel_metadata_versions(
     version: str, fixture_dir: FixtureDirGetter
 ) -> None: