diff --git a/src/poetry/inspection/info.py b/src/poetry/inspection/info.py
index 08c7a7918b6..f30efcaefa5 100644
--- a/src/poetry/inspection/info.py
+++ b/src/poetry/inspection/info.py
@@ -265,7 +265,10 @@ def _from_distribution(
 
         :param dist: The distribution instance to parse information from.
         """
-        if dist.metadata_version not in pkginfo.distribution.HEADER_ATTRS:
+        # The current pkginfo version (1.11.2) does not support 2.4.
+        # The fields we are interested in can be parsed nevertheless.
+        supported_metadata_versions = {*pkginfo.distribution.HEADER_ATTRS.keys(), "2.4"}
+        if dist.metadata_version not in supported_metadata_versions:
             # This check can be replaced once upstream implements strict parsing
             # https://bugs.launchpad.net/pkginfo/+bug/2058697
             raise ValueError(f"Unknown metadata version: {dist.metadata_version}")
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/distributions/demo_metadata_version_24-0.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl b/tests/fixtures/distributions/demo_metadata_version_24-0.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4c8cf2f72b3
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/fixtures/distributions/demo_metadata_version_24-0.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl differ
diff --git a/tests/inspection/test_info.py b/tests/inspection/test_info.py
index 776cafa60d1..b0cc6f1c3db 100644
--- a/tests/inspection/test_info.py
+++ b/tests/inspection/test_info.py
@@ -202,10 +202,13 @@ def test_info_from_wheel(demo_wheel: Path) -> None:
     assert info._source_url == demo_wheel.resolve().as_posix()
 
 
-def test_info_from_wheel_metadata_version_23(fixture_dir: FixtureDirGetter) -> None:
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("version", ["23", "24"])
+def test_info_from_wheel_metadata_versions(
+    version: str, fixture_dir: FixtureDirGetter
+) -> None:
     path = (
         fixture_dir("distributions")
-        / "demo_metadata_version_23-0.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl"
+        / f"demo_metadata_version_{version}-0.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl"
     )
     info = PackageInfo.from_wheel(path)
     demo_check_info(info)