diff --git a/requirements_versions.txt b/requirements_versions.txt
index da5b53df4..c7a83a79e 100644
--- a/requirements_versions.txt
+++ b/requirements_versions.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ einops==0.4.1
 facexlib==0.3.0
 fastapi==0.94.0
 gradio==3.41.2
-httpcore==0.15
+httpcore==0.15.0
 inflection==0.5.1
 jsonmerge==1.8.0
 kornia==0.6.7
diff --git a/scripts/ci/verify_pinned_deps.sh b/scripts/ci/verify_pinned_deps.sh
index b3bb4c337..973df82aa 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/verify_pinned_deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/verify_pinned_deps.sh
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ while IFS= read -r line || [[ -n "$line" ]]; do
   pkg="${line%%==*}"
   rest="${line#*==}"
   expected="${rest%%[# ]*}"
-  pkg="${pkg// }"
-  expected="${expected// }"
+  pkg="${pkg//[[:space:]]/}"
+  expected="${expected//[[:space:]]/}"
 
   [[ -z "$pkg" || -z "$expected" ]] && continue
 
   installed=""
   if installed=$(pip show "$pkg" 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^Version:' | awk '{print $2}'); then
+    installed="${installed//[[:space:]]/}"
     if [[ "$installed" != "$expected" ]]; then
       echo "::error::Dependency mismatch: $pkg expected $expected got $installed"
       ((errors++)) || true