diff --git a/build/python_metadata.bzl b/build/python_metadata.bzl
index 277203a3804..f148605ec04 100644
--- a/build/python_metadata.bzl
+++ b/build/python_metadata.bzl
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ def _make_bundle_version_info(versions):
         name = entry["name"]
         if name != "development":
             entry["id"] = _bundle_id(**entry)
+            entry["real_pyodide_version"] = entry["pyodide_version"]
         entry["feature_flags"] = [entry["flag"]]
         entry["feature_string_flags"] = [entry["enable_flag_name"]]
         if "packages" in entry:
@@ -96,8 +97,8 @@ def _make_bundle_version_info(versions):
 
     dev = result["development"]
 
-    # Uncomment to test with development = 0.28.2
-    # dev["real_pyodide_version"] = "0.28.2"
+    # Uncomment to test with development = 0.26.0a2
+    # dev["real_pyodide_version"] = "0.26.0a2"
     result["development"] = result[dev["real_pyodide_version"]] | dev
     _check_pyodide_versions(result)
     return result
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ BUNDLE_VERSION_INFO = _make_bundle_version_info([
         ],
     },
     {
-        "real_pyodide_version": "0.26.0a2",
+        "real_pyodide_version": "0.28.2",
         "name": "development",
         "pyodide_version": "dev",
         "pyodide_date": "dev",
diff --git a/src/pyodide/helpers.bzl b/src/pyodide/helpers.bzl
index f98df63cf46..e38ba46dec3 100644
--- a/src/pyodide/helpers.bzl
+++ b/src/pyodide/helpers.bzl
@@ -46,10 +46,12 @@ def _fmt_python_snapshot_release(
         backport,
         baseline_snapshot_hash,
         flag,
+        real_pyodide_version,
         **_kwds):
     content = ", ".join(
         [
             'pyodide = "%s"' % pyodide_version,
+            'realPyodideVersion = "%s"' % real_pyodide_version,
             'pyodideRevision = "%s"' % pyodide_date,
             'packages = "%s"' % packages,
             "backport = %s" % backport,
diff --git a/src/pyodide/pyodide_extra.capnp b/src/pyodide/pyodide_extra.capnp
index fb1cba3f0d4..afe1517d663 100644
--- a/src/pyodide/pyodide_extra.capnp
+++ b/src/pyodide/pyodide_extra.capnp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct PythonSnapshotRelease @0x89c66fb883cb6975 {
   fieldName @5 :Text;
   # Name of the corresponding feature flag
   flagName @6 :Text;
+  realPyodideVersion @7 :Text;
 }
 
 const releases :List(PythonSnapshotRelease) = [
diff --git a/src/workerd/server/tests/python/import_tests.bzl b/src/workerd/server/tests/python/import_tests.bzl
index e9c4f6944ab..cd214f1ed9f 100644
--- a/src/workerd/server/tests/python/import_tests.bzl
+++ b/src/workerd/server/tests/python/import_tests.bzl
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ def _test(name, directory, wd_test, py_file, python_version, **kwds):
 def _gen_import_tests(to_test, python_version, pkg_skip_versions):
     for lib in to_test.keys():
         skip_python_flags = [version for version, packages in pkg_skip_versions.items() if lib in packages]
+        if BUNDLE_VERSION_INFO["development"]["real_pyodide_version"] in skip_python_flags:
+            skip_python_flags.append("development")
         if lib.endswith("-tests"):
             # TODO: The pyodide-build-scripts should be updated to not emit these packages. Once
             # that's done we can remove this check.
@@ -99,7 +101,8 @@ def _pkg_permutations(lst):
     return _rotations(lst) + _rotations(reversed(lst))
 
 def _gen_rust_import_tests(python_version):
-    if python_version in ["0.26.0a2", "development"]:
+    pyodide_version = BUNDLE_VERSION_INFO[python_version]["real_pyodide_version"]
+    if pyodide_version == "0.26.0a2":
         pkgs = _rotations(["tiktoken", "pydantic"])
     else:
         pkgs = _pkg_permutations(["cryptography", "jiter", "tiktoken", "pydantic"])