diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fcd7d58..27f007c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Added
 
 - Add `results_path` argument to the `main` function
+- Special handling to get CVXOPT version number properly
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/qpbenchmark/utils.py b/qpbenchmark/utils.py
index 70145f0..117d649 100644
--- a/qpbenchmark/utils.py
+++ b/qpbenchmark/utils.py
@@ -78,20 +78,18 @@ def get_solver_versions(solvers: Set[str]):
         "hpipm": "hpipm_python",
         "proxqp": "proxsuite",
     }
-    package_name = {
-        solver: solver if solver not in diff else diff[solver]
-        for solver in solvers
-    }
+    package_names = {solver: diff.get(solver, solver) for solver in solvers}
     versions = {}
-    for solver, package in package_name.items():
+    for solver, package_name in package_names.items():
         try:
-            versions[solver] = metadata.version(package)
+            versions[solver] = metadata.version(package_name)
         except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
             pass
-        if solver in versions:
+        if solver in versions and solver != "cvxopt":
+            # For some reason, metadata.versions("cvxopt") returns 0.0.0
             continue
         try:
-            module = import_module(package)
+            module = import_module(package_name)
             versions[solver] = module.__version__
         except AttributeError:
             pass