diff --git a/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/deadline/lib/stage.ts b/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/deadline/lib/stage.ts
index 16ad9e22e..3cd327c67 100644
--- a/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/deadline/lib/stage.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/deadline/lib/stage.ts
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ export class Stage {
    * @param id The construct ID
    */
   public getVersion(scope: Construct, id: string): IVersion {
-    return new VersionQuery(scope, id, { version: this.manifest.version });
+    const releaseVersion = this.getReleaseVersion(this.manifest.version);
+    return new VersionQuery(scope, id, { version: releaseVersion });
   }
 
   /**
@@ -218,4 +219,13 @@ export class Stage {
       ...recipe,
     });
   }
+
+  /**
+   * This removes the patch version from a full version string. No validation is done as that is handled
+   * in the constructor with the version check.
+   */
+  private getReleaseVersion(fullVersion: string): string {
+    const versionComponents = fullVersion.split('.');
+    return `${versionComponents[0]}.${versionComponents[1]}.${versionComponents[2]}`;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/deadline/test/stage.test.ts b/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/deadline/test/stage.test.ts
index 831f8ff5e..69d29fa0c 100644
--- a/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/deadline/test/stage.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/deadline/test/stage.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 
 import {
   expect as expectCDK,
-  haveResource,
+  haveResourceLike,
+  stringLike,
 } from '@aws-cdk/assert';
 import {
   App,
@@ -400,7 +401,10 @@ describe('Stage', () => {
 
       // WHEN
       stage.getVersion(stack, 'Version');
-      expectCDK(stack).to(haveResource('Custom::RFDK_DEADLINE_INSTALLERS'));
+      expectCDK(stack).to(haveResourceLike('Custom::RFDK_DEADLINE_INSTALLERS', {
+        forceRun: stringLike('*'),
+        versionString: '10.1.9',
+      }));
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/deadline/test/thinkbox-docker-recipes.test.ts b/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/deadline/test/thinkbox-docker-recipes.test.ts
index 0a6d745c7..fde6f4f76 100644
--- a/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/deadline/test/thinkbox-docker-recipes.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/deadline/test/thinkbox-docker-recipes.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import {
   expect as expectCDK,
   haveResourceLike,
+  stringLike,
 } from '@aws-cdk/assert';
 import { DockerImageAsset } from '@aws-cdk/aws-ecr-assets';
 import {
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ describe('ThinkboxDockerRecipes', () => {
   const MINOR_VERSION = 1;
   const RELEASE_VERSION = 9;
   const PATCH_VERSION = 2;
-  const FULL_VERSION_STRING = `${MAJOR_VERSION}.${MINOR_VERSION}.${RELEASE_VERSION}.${PATCH_VERSION}`;
+  const RELEASE_VERSION_STRING = `${MAJOR_VERSION}.${MINOR_VERSION}.${RELEASE_VERSION}`;
+  const FULL_VERSION_STRING = `${RELEASE_VERSION_STRING}.${PATCH_VERSION}`;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     app = new App();
@@ -139,7 +141,8 @@ describe('ThinkboxDockerRecipes', () => {
     });
 
     expectCDK(stack).to(haveResourceLike('Custom::RFDK_DEADLINE_INSTALLERS', {
-      versionString: FULL_VERSION_STRING,
+      forceRun: stringLike('*'),
+      versionString: RELEASE_VERSION_STRING,
     }));
   });