diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bump-formula-pr.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bump-formula-pr.rb
index 19a01be638..efc7963bbe 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bump-formula-pr.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bump-formula-pr.rb
@@ -194,7 +194,13 @@ module Homebrew
       resource = Resource.new { @url = new_url }
       resource.download_strategy = DownloadStrategyDetector.detect_from_url(new_url)
       resource.owner = Resource.new(formula.name)
-      resource.version = forced_version if forced_version
+      if forced_version
+        if forced_version == resource.version
+          forced_version = nil
+        else
+          resource.version = forced_version
+        end
+      end
       odie "No --version= argument specified!" unless resource.version
       resource_path = resource.fetch
       tar_file_extensions = %w[.tar .tb2 .tbz .tbz2 .tgz .tlz .txz .tZ]