1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/deps.lua b/src/luarocks/deps.lua
index 88a1bb0a..c9155ef5 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/deps.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/deps.lua
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ local function match_dep(dep, blacklist)
 
    local versions
    if dep.name == "lua" then
-      versions = { "5.1" }
+      versions = { _VERSION:gsub("Lua ", "") }
    else
       versions = manif_core.get_versions(dep.name)
    end