diff --git a/PackageStagingArea.sln b/PackageStagingArea.sln
index 2cb9c71..49761e2 100644
--- a/PackageStagingArea.sln
+++ b/PackageStagingArea.sln
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Project("{6EC3EE1D-3C4E-46DD-8F32-0CC8E7565705}") = "StagingAreaTests", "Staging
 EndProject
 Project("{6EC3EE1D-3C4E-46DD-8F32-0CC8E7565705}") = "IndexTests", "tests\IndexTests\IndexTests.fsproj", "{FA7524A5-3A92-4E33-8E28-726BA2E615D2}"
 EndProject
+Project("{6EC3EE1D-3C4E-46DD-8F32-0CC8E7565705}") = "AVPRCI", "src\AVPRCI\AVPRCI.fsproj", "{C1929D1B-10BD-4826-B2C5-413369B5FE2E}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
@@ -27,6 +29,10 @@ Global
 		{FA7524A5-3A92-4E33-8E28-726BA2E615D2}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{FA7524A5-3A92-4E33-8E28-726BA2E615D2}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{FA7524A5-3A92-4E33-8E28-726BA2E615D2}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{C1929D1B-10BD-4826-B2C5-413369B5FE2E}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{C1929D1B-10BD-4826-B2C5-413369B5FE2E}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{C1929D1B-10BD-4826-B2C5-413369B5FE2E}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{C1929D1B-10BD-4826-B2C5-413369B5FE2E}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
diff --git a/src/AVPRIndex/AVPRIndex.fsproj b/src/AVPRIndex/AVPRIndex.fsproj
index 1b61b5b..b0eb3bc 100644
--- a/src/AVPRIndex/AVPRIndex.fsproj
+++ b/src/AVPRIndex/AVPRIndex.fsproj
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
     <PackageReleaseNotes>$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText("$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/RELEASE_NOTES.md"))</PackageReleaseNotes>
     <PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
-    <PackageVersion>0.2.0</PackageVersion>
+    <PackageVersion>0.2.1</PackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/AVPRIndex/Domain.fs b/src/AVPRIndex/Domain.fs
index 8577af8..c2a6505 100644
--- a/src/AVPRIndex/Domain.fs
+++ b/src/AVPRIndex/Domain.fs
@@ -333,6 +333,8 @@ module Domain =
                 && first.Metadata.MajorVersion = second.Metadata.MajorVersion
                 && first.Metadata.MinorVersion = second.Metadata.MinorVersion
                 && first.Metadata.PatchVersion = second.Metadata.PatchVersion
+                && first.Metadata.PreReleaseVersionSuffix = second.Metadata.PreReleaseVersionSuffix
+                && first.Metadata.BuildMetadataVersionSuffix = second.Metadata.BuildMetadataVersionSuffix
 
             /// returns true when the two packages have the same content hash
             static member contentEquals (first: ValidationPackageIndex) (second: ValidationPackageIndex) =
diff --git a/src/AVPRIndex/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/src/AVPRIndex/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index fe05f15..0ff6c55 100644
--- a/src/AVPRIndex/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/src/AVPRIndex/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## v0.2.1
+
+Fix `ValidationPackageIndex.IdentityEquals` not respecting semver suffixes
+
 ## v0.2.0
 
 - Add `SemVer` type model for a full semantic version representation including PreRelease and Build metadata with parsing and formatting functions
diff --git a/tests/IndexTests/ValidationPackageIndexTests.fs b/tests/IndexTests/ValidationPackageIndexTests.fs
index 759f204..975e23b 100644
--- a/tests/IndexTests/ValidationPackageIndexTests.fs
+++ b/tests/IndexTests/ValidationPackageIndexTests.fs
@@ -130,6 +130,92 @@ It does it very fast, it does it very swell.
         let actual = ValidationPackageIndex.CommentFrontmatter.validFullFrontmatter |> ValidationPackageIndex.getSemanticVersionString
         Assert.Equal(SemVer.Strings.fixtureFile, actual)
 
+    [<Fact>]
+    let ``identityEquals returns true for identical versions``() =
+        Assert.True(
+            ValidationPackageIndex.identityEquals
+                ValidationPackageIndex.CommentFrontmatter.validMandatoryFrontmatter
+                ValidationPackageIndex.CommentFrontmatter.validMandatoryFrontmatter
+        )
+
+    [<Fact>]
+    let ``identityEquals returns false for non-identical versions``() =
+        Assert.False(
+            ValidationPackageIndex.identityEquals
+                ValidationPackageIndex.CommentFrontmatter.validMandatoryFrontmatter
+                ValidationPackageIndex.CommentFrontmatter.validFullFrontmatter
+        )
+
+    [<Fact>]
+    let ``identityEquals returns false for same version with suffixes``() =
+        let a = ValidationPackageIndex.create(
+            repoPath = "",
+            fileName = "",
+            lastUpdated = testDate,
+            contentHash = "",
+            metadata = ValidationPackageMetadata.create(
+                name = "",
+                majorVersion = 1,
+                minorVersion = 0,
+                patchVersion = 0,
+                summary = "",
+                description = "",
+                PreReleaseVersionSuffix = "some",
+                BuildMetadataVersionSuffix = "suffix"
+            )
+        )
+        let b = ValidationPackageIndex.create(
+            repoPath = "",
+            fileName = "",
+            lastUpdated = testDate,
+            contentHash = "",
+            metadata = ValidationPackageMetadata.create(
+                name = "",
+                majorVersion = 1,
+                minorVersion = 0,
+                patchVersion = 0,
+                summary = "",
+                description = ""
+            )
+        )
+        Assert.False(ValidationPackageIndex.identityEquals a b)
+
+    [<Fact>]
+    let ``identityEquals returns true for identical version with suffixes``() =
+        let a = ValidationPackageIndex.create(
+            repoPath = "",
+            fileName = "",
+            lastUpdated = testDate,
+            contentHash = "",
+            metadata = ValidationPackageMetadata.create(
+                name = "",
+                majorVersion = 1,
+                minorVersion = 0,
+                patchVersion = 0,
+                summary = "",
+                description = "",
+                PreReleaseVersionSuffix = "some",
+                BuildMetadataVersionSuffix = "suffix"
+            )
+        )
+        let b = ValidationPackageIndex.create(
+            repoPath = "",
+            fileName = "",
+            lastUpdated = testDate,
+            contentHash = "",
+            metadata = ValidationPackageMetadata.create(
+                name = "",
+                majorVersion = 1,
+                minorVersion = 0,
+                patchVersion = 0,
+                summary = "",
+                description = "",
+                PreReleaseVersionSuffix = "some",
+                BuildMetadataVersionSuffix = "suffix"
+            )
+        )
+        Assert.True(ValidationPackageIndex.identityEquals a b)
+
 module CommentFrontmatterIO =
 
     open System.IO