diff --git a/src/poetry/core/masonry/builders/sdist.py b/src/poetry/core/masonry/builders/sdist.py
index 7aa1e3313..d2809b5e9 100644
--- a/src/poetry/core/masonry/builders/sdist.py
+++ b/src/poetry/core/masonry/builders/sdist.py
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def build_setup(self) -> bytes:
         return SETUP.format(
             before="\n".join(before),
             name=str(self._meta.name),
-            version=str(self._meta.version),
+            version=self._meta.version,
             description=str(self._meta.summary),
             long_description=str(self._meta.description),
             author=str(self._meta.author),
diff --git a/src/poetry/core/masonry/builders/wheel.py b/src/poetry/core/masonry/builders/wheel.py
index 01533e7b6..705f7f1ed 100644
--- a/src/poetry/core/masonry/builders/wheel.py
+++ b/src/poetry/core/masonry/builders/wheel.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 from poetry.core.masonry.builders.builder import Builder
 from poetry.core.masonry.builders.sdist import SdistBuilder
 from poetry.core.masonry.utils.helpers import escape_name
-from poetry.core.masonry.utils.helpers import escape_version
 from poetry.core.masonry.utils.helpers import normalize_file_permissions
 from poetry.core.masonry.utils.package_include import PackageInclude
 from poetry.core.semver.helpers import parse_constraint
@@ -282,7 +281,7 @@ def wheel_data_folder(self) -> str:
     @property
     def wheel_filename(self) -> str:
         name = escape_name(self._package.pretty_name)
-        version = escape_version(self._meta.version)
+        version = self._meta.version
         return f"{name}-{version}-{self.tag}.whl"
 
     def supports_python2(self) -> bool:
@@ -292,9 +291,8 @@ def supports_python2(self) -> bool:
 
     def dist_info_name(self, distribution: str, version: str) -> str:
         escaped_name = escape_name(distribution)
-        escaped_version = escape_version(version)
 
-        return f"{escaped_name}-{escaped_version}.dist-info"
+        return f"{escaped_name}-{version}.dist-info"
 
     @property
     def tag(self) -> str:
diff --git a/src/poetry/core/masonry/metadata.py b/src/poetry/core/masonry/metadata.py
index 33c76d2e3..1ef34c2c5 100644
--- a/src/poetry/core/masonry/metadata.py
+++ b/src/poetry/core/masonry/metadata.py
@@ -49,13 +49,12 @@ class Metadata:
     def from_package(cls, package: Package) -> Metadata:
         from packaging.utils import canonicalize_name
 
-        from poetry.core.utils.helpers import normalize_version
         from poetry.core.version.helpers import format_python_constraint
 
         meta = cls()
 
         meta.name = canonicalize_name(package.name)
-        meta.version = normalize_version(package.version.text)
+        meta.version = package.version.to_string()
         meta.summary = package.description
         if package.readmes:
             descriptions = []
diff --git a/src/poetry/core/masonry/utils/helpers.py b/src/poetry/core/masonry/utils/helpers.py
index b79089f3e..7a3738c6a 100644
--- a/src/poetry/core/masonry/utils/helpers.py
+++ b/src/poetry/core/masonry/utils/helpers.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import re
+import warnings
 
 
 def normalize_file_permissions(st_mode: int) -> int:
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ def escape_version(version: str) -> str:
     the escaping specification in :pep:`427#escaping-and-unicode`
     because this conflicts with :pep:`440#local-version-identifiers`.
     """
+    warnings.warn(
+        "escape_version() is deprecated. Use Version.parse().to_string() instead.",
+        DeprecationWarning,
+        stacklevel=2,
+    )
     return re.sub(r"[^\w\d.+]+", "_", version, flags=re.UNICODE)
 
 
diff --git a/src/poetry/core/utils/helpers.py b/src/poetry/core/utils/helpers.py
index 3e03d0c28..dd41b2459 100644
--- a/src/poetry/core/utils/helpers.py
+++ b/src/poetry/core/utils/helpers.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import stat
 import tempfile
 import unicodedata
+import warnings
 
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ def module_name(name: str) -> str:
 
 
 def normalize_version(version: str) -> str:
+    warnings.warn(
+        "normalize_version() is deprecated. Use Version.parse().to_string() instead.",
+        DeprecationWarning,
+        stacklevel=2,
+    )
     return PEP440Version.parse(version).to_string()
 
 
diff --git a/tests/masonry/builders/fixtures/epoch/README.rst b/tests/masonry/builders/fixtures/epoch/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce1f88eca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/masonry/builders/fixtures/epoch/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Epoch
+=====
diff --git a/tests/masonry/builders/fixtures/epoch/epoch.py b/tests/masonry/builders/fixtures/epoch/epoch.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8de3a59b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/masonry/builders/fixtures/epoch/epoch.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"""Example module"""
+
+__version__ = "1!2.0"
diff --git a/tests/masonry/builders/fixtures/epoch/pyproject.toml b/tests/masonry/builders/fixtures/epoch/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87c34f31d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/masonry/builders/fixtures/epoch/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[tool.poetry]
+name = "epoch"
+version = "1!2.0"
+description = "Some description."
+authors = [
+    "Sébastien Eustace <sebastien@eustace.io>"
+]
+license = "MIT"
+
+readme = "README.rst"
+
+homepage = "https://python-poetry.org/"
diff --git a/tests/masonry/builders/test_wheel.py b/tests/masonry/builders/test_wheel.py
index bde27857b..7efa24166 100644
--- a/tests/masonry/builders/test_wheel.py
+++ b/tests/masonry/builders/test_wheel.py
@@ -72,6 +72,18 @@ def test_wheel_prerelease() -> None:
     assert whl.exists()
 
 
+def test_wheel_epoch() -> None:
+    module_path = fixtures_dir / "epoch"
+    WheelBuilder.make(Factory().create_poetry(module_path))
+
+    whl = module_path / "dist" / "epoch-1!2.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl"
+
+    assert whl.exists()
+
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(str(whl)) as z:
+        assert "epoch-1!2.0.dist-info/METADATA" in z.namelist()
+
+
 def test_wheel_excluded_data() -> None:
     module_path = fixtures_dir / "default_with_excluded_data_toml"
     WheelBuilder.make(Factory().create_poetry(module_path))
diff --git a/tests/masonry/utils/test_helpers.py b/tests/masonry/utils/test_helpers.py
index 8be13c40a..8bc636271 100644
--- a/tests/masonry/utils/test_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/masonry/utils/test_helpers.py
@@ -3,24 +3,6 @@
 import pytest
 
 from poetry.core.masonry.utils.helpers import escape_name
-from poetry.core.masonry.utils.helpers import escape_version
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "version,expected",
-    [
-        ("1.2.3", "1.2.3"),
-        ("1.2.3_1", "1.2.3_1"),
-        ("1.2.3-1", "1.2.3_1"),
-        ("1.2.3-1", "1.2.3_1"),
-        ("2022.2", "2022.2"),
-        ("12.20.12-----451---14-1-4-41", "12.20.12_451_14_1_4_41"),
-        ("1.0b2.dev1", "1.0b2.dev1"),
-        ("1.0+abc.7", "1.0+abc.7"),
-    ],
-)
-def test_escape_version(version: str, expected: str) -> None:
-    assert escape_version(version) == expected
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
diff --git a/tests/semver/test_version.py b/tests/semver/test_version.py
index 99231c958..31a8bffdb 100644
--- a/tests/semver/test_version.py
+++ b/tests/semver/test_version.py
@@ -288,3 +288,73 @@ def test_difference() -> None:
     assert (
         v.difference(VersionRange(Version.parse("1.4.0"), Version.parse("3.0.0"))) == v
     )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "version,normalized_version",
+    [
+        (  # already normalized version
+            "1!2.3.4.5.6a7.post8.dev9+local1.123.abc",
+            "1!2.3.4.5.6a7.post8.dev9+local1.123.abc",
+        ),
+        # PEP 440 Normalization
+        # Case sensitivity
+        ("1.1RC1", "1.1rc1"),
+        # Integer Normalization
+        ("00", "0"),
+        ("09000", "9000"),
+        ("1.0+foo0100", "1.0+foo0100"),
+        # Pre-release separators
+        ("1.1.a1", "1.1a1"),
+        ("1.1-a1", "1.1a1"),
+        ("1.1_a1", "1.1a1"),
+        ("1.1a.1", "1.1a1"),
+        ("1.1a-1", "1.1a1"),
+        ("1.1a_1", "1.1a1"),
+        # Pre-release spelling
+        ("1.1alpha1", "1.1a1"),
+        ("1.1beta2", "1.1b2"),
+        ("1.1c3", "1.1rc3"),
+        ("1.1pre4", "1.1rc4"),
+        ("1.1preview5", "1.1rc5"),
+        # Implicit pre-release number
+        ("1.2a", "1.2a0"),
+        # Post release separators
+        ("1.2.post2", "1.2.post2"),
+        ("1.2-post2", "1.2.post2"),
+        ("1.2_post2", "1.2.post2"),
+        ("1.2post.2", "1.2.post2"),
+        ("1.2post-2", "1.2.post2"),
+        ("1.2post_2", "1.2.post2"),
+        # Post release spelling
+        ("1.0-r4", "1.0.post4"),
+        ("1.0-rev4", "1.0.post4"),
+        # Implicit post release number
+        ("1.2.post", "1.2.post0"),
+        # Implicit post releases
+        ("1.0-1", "1.0.post1"),
+        # Development release separators
+        ("1.2.dev2", "1.2.dev2"),
+        ("1.2-dev2", "1.2.dev2"),
+        ("1.2_dev2", "1.2.dev2"),
+        ("1.2dev.2", "1.2.dev2"),
+        ("1.2dev-2", "1.2.dev2"),
+        ("1.2dev_2", "1.2.dev2"),
+        # Implicit development release number
+        ("1.2.dev", "1.2.dev0"),
+        # Local version segments
+        ("1.0+ubuntu-1", "1.0+ubuntu.1"),
+        ("1.0+ubuntu_1", "1.0+ubuntu.1"),
+        # Preceding v character
+        ("v1.0", "1.0"),
+        # Leading and Trailing Whitespace
+        (" 1.0 ", "1.0"),
+        ("\t1.0\t", "1.0"),
+        ("\n1.0\n", "1.0"),
+        ("\r\n1.0\r\n", "1.0"),
+        ("\f1.0\f", "1.0"),
+        ("\v1.0\v", "1.0"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_to_string_normalizes(version: str, normalized_version: str) -> None:
+    assert Version.parse(version).to_string() == normalized_version
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_helpers.py b/tests/utils/test_helpers.py
index 2bb862add..f8fe4393c 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_helpers.py
@@ -8,82 +8,11 @@
 import pytest
 
 from poetry.core.utils.helpers import combine_unicode
-from poetry.core.utils.helpers import normalize_version
 from poetry.core.utils.helpers import parse_requires
 from poetry.core.utils.helpers import readme_content_type
 from poetry.core.utils.helpers import temporary_directory
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "version,normalized_version",
-    [
-        (  # already normalized version
-            "1!2.3.4.5.6a7.post8.dev9+local1.123.abc",
-            "1!2.3.4.5.6a7.post8.dev9+local1.123.abc",
-        ),
-        # PEP 440 Normalization
-        # Case sensitivity
-        ("1.1RC1", "1.1rc1"),
-        # Integer Normalization
-        ("00", "0"),
-        ("09000", "9000"),
-        ("1.0+foo0100", "1.0+foo0100"),
-        # Pre-release separators
-        ("1.1.a1", "1.1a1"),
-        ("1.1-a1", "1.1a1"),
-        ("1.1_a1", "1.1a1"),
-        ("1.1a.1", "1.1a1"),
-        ("1.1a-1", "1.1a1"),
-        ("1.1a_1", "1.1a1"),
-        # Pre-release spelling
-        ("1.1alpha1", "1.1a1"),
-        ("1.1beta2", "1.1b2"),
-        ("1.1c3", "1.1rc3"),
-        ("1.1pre4", "1.1rc4"),
-        ("1.1preview5", "1.1rc5"),
-        # Implicit pre-release number
-        ("1.2a", "1.2a0"),
-        # Post release separators
-        ("1.2.post2", "1.2.post2"),
-        ("1.2-post2", "1.2.post2"),
-        ("1.2_post2", "1.2.post2"),
-        ("1.2post.2", "1.2.post2"),
-        ("1.2post-2", "1.2.post2"),
-        ("1.2post_2", "1.2.post2"),
-        # Post release spelling
-        ("1.0-r4", "1.0.post4"),
-        ("1.0-rev4", "1.0.post4"),
-        # Implicit post release number
-        ("1.2.post", "1.2.post0"),
-        # Implicit post releases
-        ("1.0-1", "1.0.post1"),
-        # Development release separators
-        ("1.2.dev2", "1.2.dev2"),
-        ("1.2-dev2", "1.2.dev2"),
-        ("1.2_dev2", "1.2.dev2"),
-        ("1.2dev.2", "1.2.dev2"),
-        ("1.2dev-2", "1.2.dev2"),
-        ("1.2dev_2", "1.2.dev2"),
-        # Implicit development release number
-        ("1.2.dev", "1.2.dev0"),
-        # Local version segments
-        ("1.0+ubuntu-1", "1.0+ubuntu.1"),
-        ("1.0+ubuntu_1", "1.0+ubuntu.1"),
-        # Preceding v character
-        ("v1.0", "1.0"),
-        # Leading and Trailing Whitespace
-        (" 1.0 ", "1.0"),
-        ("\t1.0\t", "1.0"),
-        ("\n1.0\n", "1.0"),
-        ("\r\n1.0\r\n", "1.0"),
-        ("\f1.0\f", "1.0"),
-        ("\v1.0\v", "1.0"),
-    ],
-)
-def test_normalize_version(version: str, normalized_version: str) -> None:
-    assert normalize_version(version) == normalized_version
-
-
 def test_parse_requires() -> None:
     requires = """\
 jsonschema>=2.6.0.0,<3.0.0.0