diff --git a/features/steps/cli_steps.py b/features/steps/cli_steps.py
index 8a8c2875a6..f4f6e887fd 100644
--- a/features/steps/cli_steps.py
+++ b/features/steps/cli_steps.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import toml
 import yaml
 from behave import given, then, when
+from packaging.requirements import Requirement
 
 import kedro
 from features.steps import util
@@ -414,7 +415,7 @@ def update_kedro_req(context: behave.runner.Context):
         old_reqs = reqs_path.read_text().splitlines()
         new_reqs = []
         for req in old_reqs:
-            if req.startswith("kedro"):
+            if req.startswith("kedro") and Requirement(req).name.lower() == "kedro":
                 # Do not include kedro as it's preinstalled in the environment
                 pass
             else:
diff --git a/features/windows_reqs.txt b/features/windows_reqs.txt
index 5a5fbe8649..9d9c461b56 100644
--- a/features/windows_reqs.txt
+++ b/features/windows_reqs.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ psutil~=5.8
 requests~=2.20
 toml~=0.10.1
 PyYAML>=4.2, <7.0
+packaging>=20.0