diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8c9b23cbc..f04a6bd57 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ active_protocol_directories := $(shell tr -- - _ < active_protocol_versions)
 current_opam_version := $(shell opam --version)
 include scripts/version.sh
 
-ifneq (${current_opam_version},${opam_version})
-$(error Unexpected opam version (found: ${current_opam_version}, expected: ${opam_version}))
+ifeq ($(filter ${opam_version}.%,${current_opam_version}),)
+$(error Unexpected opam version (found: ${current_opam_version}, expected: ${opam_version}.*))
 endif
 
 current_ocaml_version := $(shell opam exec -- ocamlc -version)
diff --git a/scripts/version.sh b/scripts/version.sh
index 593869d37..66013c6af 100644
--- a/scripts/version.sh
+++ b/scripts/version.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ## `lib.protocol-compiler/tezos-protocol-compiler.opam`
 
 ocaml_version=4.06.1
-opam_version=2.0.0
+opam_version=2.0
 
 ## Please update `.gitlab-ci.yml` accordingly
 opam_repository_tag=4200cbebcae75562d79898a8e11e9f4dc237cc08