diff --git a/CHANGES/1381.bugfix b/CHANGES/1381.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..477e018b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/1381.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix exclude list when syncing from galaxy_ng.
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diff --git a/pulp_ansible/app/tasks/collections.py b/pulp_ansible/app/tasks/collections.py
index 7ddd8ec38..27dc8c65b 100644
--- a/pulp_ansible/app/tasks/collections.py
+++ b/pulp_ansible/app/tasks/collections.py
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ async def _add_collection_version(self, api_version, collection_version_url, met
         )
         cv_unique = attrgetter("namespace", "name", "version")(collection_version)
         fullname, version = f"{cv_unique[0]}.{cv_unique[1]}", cv_unique[2]
-        if fullname in self.exclude_info and version in self.exclude_info[fullname]:
+        if fullname in self.exclude_info and Version(version) in self.exclude_info[fullname]:
             return
         if cv_unique in self.already_synced:
             return