diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/InfoParserDynamic.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/InfoParserDynamic.php
index 13229f4..64786a8 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/InfoParserDynamic.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/InfoParserDynamic.php
@@ -38,8 +38,17 @@ public function parse($filename) {
           $parsed_info['version'] = $this->getDrupalVersion();
         }
         elseif (strpos($parsed_info['version'], 'VERSION-') === 0) {
-          list($version, ) = explode('-', $this->getDrupalVersion());
-          $parsed_info['version'] = $version . substr($parsed_info['version'], 7);
+          $drupal_version = $this->getDrupalVersion();
+          list($version, ) = explode('-', $drupal_version);
+          $version = $version . substr($parsed_info['version'], 7);
+          // If the stability version of Drupal core is lower, use its version.
+          // Therefore if core's version is 8.1.x-alpha and the module's version
+          // is VERSION-beta in the info.yml file the displayed version with be
+          // 8.1.x-alpha.
+          if (version_compare($drupal_version, $version) < 0) {
+            $version = $drupal_version;
+          }
+          $parsed_info['version'] = $version;
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Extension/InfoParserDynamicTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Extension/InfoParserDynamicTest.php
index 47a4c60..8ff54df 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Extension/InfoParserDynamicTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Extension/InfoParserDynamicTest.php
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ public function versionReplacementProvider() {
       ['VERSION-dev', '8.0.x-beta12', '8.0.x-dev'],
       ['VERSION-beta', '8.2.0', '8.2.0-beta'],
       ['VERSION', '8.5.0', '8.5.0'],
+      // If the stability version of Drupal core is lower then it is used.
+      ['VERSION-beta', '8.2.0-alpha', '8.2.0-alpha'],
       ['Blah VERSION', '8.1.0-rc2', 'Blah VERSION'],
       ['Blah VERSION-rc', '8.1.0-rc2', 'Blah VERSION-rc'],
     ];