diff --git a/shared.csproj b/shared.csproj
index a1b76554..2e66e880 100644
--- a/shared.csproj
+++ b/shared.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project>
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <Version>0.7.1</Version>
+        <Version>0.7.2</Version>
         <LangVersion>9</LangVersion>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
         <WarningsAsErrors>CS8600;CS8602;CS8625;CS8618;CS8604;CS8601</WarningsAsErrors>
diff --git a/src/Motor.Extensions.Hosting.RabbitMQ/BasicPropertiesExtensions.cs b/src/Motor.Extensions.Hosting.RabbitMQ/BasicPropertiesExtensions.cs
index a26d3a98..73e9473b 100644
--- a/src/Motor.Extensions.Hosting.RabbitMQ/BasicPropertiesExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Motor.Extensions.Hosting.RabbitMQ/BasicPropertiesExtensions.cs
@@ -84,10 +84,18 @@ public static MotorCloudEvent<byte[]> ExtractCloudEvent(this IBasicProperties se
                 return cloudEvent;
             }
 
-            var hasVersion = attributes.TryGetValue(MotorVersionExtension.MotorVersionAttribute.Name, out var versionObject);
-            var version = hasVersion && versionObject is byte[] versionBytes
-                ? new Version(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(versionBytes))
-                : null;
+            var hasVersion =
+                attributes.TryGetValue(MotorVersionExtension.MotorVersionAttribute.Name, out var versionObject);
+            Version? version = null;
+            if (hasVersion && versionObject is byte[] versionBytes)
+            {
+                var versionString = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(versionBytes);
+                // If the version is enclosed in double quotes, that means it has passed an old Motor.NET version as an
+                // unknown header. Therefore, the version number should not be trusted and instead, the version is set
+                // to null.
+                version = versionString.StartsWith("\"") || versionString.EndsWith("\"") ? null : new Version(
+                    Encoding.UTF8.GetString(versionBytes));
+            }
 
             foreach (var (key, value) in attributes)
             {
diff --git a/test/Motor.Extensions.Hosting.RabbitMQ_IntegrationTest/BasicPropertiesExtensionsTest.cs b/test/Motor.Extensions.Hosting.RabbitMQ_IntegrationTest/BasicPropertiesExtensionsTest.cs
index fe973ccb..7e5bd2c4 100644
--- a/test/Motor.Extensions.Hosting.RabbitMQ_IntegrationTest/BasicPropertiesExtensionsTest.cs
+++ b/test/Motor.Extensions.Hosting.RabbitMQ_IntegrationTest/BasicPropertiesExtensionsTest.cs
@@ -194,6 +194,45 @@ public void UpdateAndExtractCloudEvent_V0_6_0Header_ExtensionsAddedToCloudEvent(
             }
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void UpdateAndExtractCloudEvent_V0_6_0HeaderWithIncorrectVersionField_ExtensionsAddedToCloudEvent()
+        {
+            var channel = _fixture.Connection.CreateModel();
+            var basicProperties = channel.CreateBasicProperties();
+            var publisherOptions = new RabbitMQPublisherOptions<byte[]>();
+            var content = new byte[] { 1, 2, 3 };
+            var inputCloudEvent = MotorCloudEvent.CreateTestCloudEvent(content);
+            var mockedApplicationNameService = Mock.Of<IApplicationNameService>();
+
+            basicProperties.Update(inputCloudEvent, publisherOptions);
+            // manipulate basic properties to simulate outdated version
+            basicProperties.Headers[
+                    $"{BasicPropertiesExtensions.CloudEventPrefix}{MotorVersionExtension.MotorVersionAttribute.Name}"] =
+                Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("\"0.7.1.0\"");
+            basicProperties.ContentEncoding = null;
+            basicProperties.Headers.Add(
+                $"{BasicPropertiesExtensions.CloudEventPrefix}{CloudEventsSpecVersion.V1_0.DataContentTypeAttribute.Name}",
+                Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes($"{basicProperties.ContentType}"));
+            foreach (var (key, value) in basicProperties.Headers)
+            {
+                if (value is byte[] byteValue)
+                {
+                    basicProperties.Headers[key] = EscapeWithQuotes(byteValue);
+                }
+            }
+
+            var outputCloudEvent = basicProperties.ExtractCloudEvent(mockedApplicationNameService,
+                new ReadOnlyMemory<byte>(content));
+
+            // expecting all required attributes plus the (incorrect) version attribute
+            Assert.Equal(MotorCloudEventInfo.RequiredAttributes(Version.Parse("0.6.0.0")).Count() + 1,
+                outputCloudEvent.GetPopulatedAttributes().Count());
+            foreach (var requiredAttribute in MotorCloudEventInfo.RequiredAttributes(Version.Parse("0.6.0.0")))
+            {
+                Assert.Equal(inputCloudEvent[requiredAttribute], outputCloudEvent[requiredAttribute]);
+            }
+        }
+
         private static Version CurrentMotorVersion => typeof(BasicPropertiesExtensionsTest).Assembly.GetName().Version;
 
         private static byte[] EscapeWithQuotes(byte[] value)