diff --git a/Sources/Testing/ABI/ABI.Record.swift b/Sources/Testing/ABI/ABI.Record.swift
index 40a8d4bc3..2c101ec40 100644
--- a/Sources/Testing/ABI/ABI.Record.swift
+++ b/Sources/Testing/ABI/ABI.Record.swift
@@ -70,8 +70,17 @@ extension ABI.Record: Codable {
   init(from decoder: any Decoder) throws {
     let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
 
-    let versionNumber = try container.decode(VersionNumber.self, forKey: .version)
-    if versionNumber != V.versionNumber {
+    func validateVersionNumber(_ versionNumber: VersionNumber) throws {
+      if versionNumber == V.versionNumber {
+        return
+      }
+#if !hasFeature(Embedded)
+      // Allow for alternate version numbers if they correspond to the expected
+      // record version (e.g. "1.2.3" might map to `v1_2_0` without a problem.)
+      if ABI.version(forVersionNumber: versionNumber) == V.self {
+        return
+      }
+#endif
       throw DecodingError.dataCorrupted(
         DecodingError.Context(
           codingPath: decoder.codingPath + CollectionOfOne(CodingKeys.version as any CodingKey),
@@ -79,6 +88,8 @@ extension ABI.Record: Codable {
         )
       )
     }
+    let versionNumber = try container.decode(VersionNumber.self, forKey: .version)
+    try validateVersionNumber(versionNumber)
 
     switch try container.decode(String.self, forKey: .kind) {
     case "test":