diff --git a/grype/matcher/golang/matcher_test.go b/grype/matcher/golang/matcher_test.go
index c9b3d417e3a..1b4498027d9 100644
--- a/grype/matcher/golang/matcher_test.go
+++ b/grype/matcher/golang/matcher_test.go
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func (mp *mockProvider) populateData() {
 		// for TestMatcher_DropMainPackageIfNoVersion
 		"istio.io/istio": {
 			{
-				Constraint: version.MustGetConstraint("< 5.0.7", version.UnknownFormat),
+				Constraint: version.MustGetConstraint("< v0.0.0-20230606222826-f59ce19ec6b6", version.UnknownFormat),
 				ID:         "CVE-2013-fake-BAD",
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/grype/search/only_qualified_packages.go b/grype/search/only_qualified_packages.go
index 9fbd2c3f4f3..875f67acb12 100644
--- a/grype/search/only_qualified_packages.go
+++ b/grype/search/only_qualified_packages.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ func onlyQualifiedPackages(d *distro.Distro, p pkg.Package, allVulns []vulnerabi
 
 		for _, q := range vuln.PackageQualifiers {
 			v, err := q.Satisfied(d, p)
-
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to check package qualifier=%q for distro=%q package=%q: %w", q, d, p, err)
 			}
diff --git a/grype/version/golang_constraint.go b/grype/version/golang_constraint.go
index b0fdda9d3d8..0f966ef3a5b 100644
--- a/grype/version/golang_constraint.go
+++ b/grype/version/golang_constraint.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package version
 
-import "fmt"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+)
 
 var _ Constraint = (*golangConstraint)(nil)
 
@@ -31,9 +35,37 @@ func (g golangConstraint) Satisfied(version *Version) (bool, error) {
 	if g.raw == "" {
 		return true, nil // the empty constraint is always satisfied
 	}
+
+	var constraintContainsPseudoVersion bool
+	for _, units := range g.expression.units {
+		for _, unit := range units {
+			if isPseudoVersion(unit.version) {
+				constraintContainsPseudoVersion = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	// when we get a pseudo version from a package, and the constraint being compared against is not a pseudo version,
+	// we should not consider it as satisfied
+	// ex: constraint of type ">=v1.0.0", should not be compared to version = "v0.0.0-0.20210101000000-abcdef123456"
+	if isPseudoVersion(version.String()) && !constraintContainsPseudoVersion {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
 	return g.expression.satisfied(version)
 }
 
+// PseudoVersionPattern is a regular expression pattern to match pseudo versions
+const pseudoVersionPattern = `^v0\.0\.0[-+].*$`
+
+var pseudoVersionRegex = regexp.MustCompile(pseudoVersionPattern)
+
+// Check if a version string is a pseudo version
+func isPseudoVersion(version string) bool {
+	// List of prefixes commonly used for pseudo versions
+	return pseudoVersionRegex.MatchString(strings.TrimSpace(version))
+}
+
 func newGolangComparator(unit constraintUnit) (Comparator, error) {
 	ver, err := newGolangVersion(unit.version)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/grype/version/golang_constraint_test.go b/grype/version/golang_constraint_test.go
index 4a73767af01..92fae692eb5 100644
--- a/grype/version/golang_constraint_test.go
+++ b/grype/version/golang_constraint_test.go
@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@ func TestGolangConstraints(t *testing.T) {
 			constraint: "",
 			satisfied:  true,
 		},
+		{
+			name:       "pseudo version from package should not be considered as satisfied against semver constraint",
+			version:    "v0.0.0-0.20210101000000-abcdef123456",
+			constraint: "<v1.0.0",
+			satisfied:  false,
+		},
+		// https://github.com/anchore/grype/pull/1797
+		{
+			name:       "pseudo version from package should be considered as satisfied against pseudo version constraint",
+			version:    "0.0.0-20230131185645-0ae4915a9391",
+			constraint: "< 0.0.0-20240131185645-0ae4915a9391",
+			satisfied:  true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tests {