diff --git a/CHANGES/446.bugfix b/CHANGES/446.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de824be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/446.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improve resiliance parsing the rubygem compact index.
diff --git a/pulp_gem/specs.py b/pulp_gem/specs.py
index 2298ace..9e23e24 100644
--- a/pulp_gem/specs.py
+++ b/pulp_gem/specs.py
@@ -157,13 +157,19 @@ async def read_info(relative_path, versions_info):
                     (item.split(":", maxsplit=1) for item in dependencies.split(","))
                 )
             for stmt in back.split(","):
-                key, value = stmt.split(":")
+                # According to the specification, there must be no ":" in the value.
+                # But reality tells us a different story.
+                key, value = stmt.split(":", maxsplit=1)
                 if key == "checksum":
                     gem_info["checksum"] = value
                 elif key == "ruby":
                     gem_info["required_ruby_version"] = value
                 elif key == "rubygems":
                     gem_info["required_rubygems_version"] = value
+                elif key == "created_at":
+                    # TODO work out the logic required here.
+                    # Currently we ignore this value and never serve anything like it.
+                    pass
                 else:
                     raise InvalidRequirementError(stmt=stmt)
             yield gem_info
diff --git a/pulp_gem/tests/unit/test_spec.py b/pulp_gem/tests/unit/test_spec.py
index 19178af..9cfc53a 100644
--- a/pulp_gem/tests/unit/test_spec.py
+++ b/pulp_gem/tests/unit/test_spec.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-from pulp_gem.specs import ruby_ver_cmp, ruby_ver_includes
+import pytest
+
+from pulp_gem.specs import read_info, ruby_ver_cmp, ruby_ver_includes
 
 
 def test_version_cmp():
@@ -20,3 +22,43 @@ def test_version_includes():
     assert ruby_ver_includes(">= 1&< 3", "1.5.a0")
     assert ruby_ver_includes(">= 1&< 3", "3.0.0a5")
     assert not ruby_ver_includes(">= 1&< 3", "3.0.1a5")
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def gem_info_file(tmp_path):
+    gem_info_file = tmp_path / "geminfo"
+    gem_info_file.write_text("""# Ignore this Preamble
+---
+0.3.1 |checksum:46ee4daadda796c1e9433b45015ff43f67ea47c8cf10e6f224ff5d87126d3302,created_at:2009-08-04T23:57:00Z
+0.3.0 |checksum:c90db69e215d0caa267149111284bb35558cf9640bfa03c73317218397df2363,created_at:2009-08-04T23:57:03Z
+0.4.0 |checksum:fe921f0123736bf47ddbea0ea4714b6f5666fd5aa1929e2d916437b3bb028080,rubygems:>= 1.3.5,created_at:2009-08-19T05:33:25Z
+0.4.1 |checksum:e9265ccb8c92eb64a530165449028791e30b27b8fbc302ac83b8d351f8ee90d4,rubygems:>= 1.3.5,created_at:2009-08-20T05:37:18Z
+0.7.3.pre |checksum:d867e96bf15e396337d462f89e83732ad4c92868fa760f6c840e5837c07b0196,rubygems:>= 1.3.5,created_at:2010-01-03T21:41:32Z
+1.1.rc.8 |checksum:a2a51612aa484af260597733889f174db984813809770927acecd27a71da5018,ruby:>= 1.8.7,rubygems:>= 1.3.6,created_at:2012-03-03T09:56:16Z
+1.1.0 |checksum:e1075ee2a6d1e6460d80ef1421db686e08885286bc3db9216f1abc7ee20d3a2d,ruby:>= 1.8.7,rubygems:>= 1.3.6,created_at:2012-03-07T20:30:57Z
+""")
+    return gem_info_file
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_read_info_with_empty_filter_returns_nothing(gem_info_file):
+    result = [gi async for gi in read_info(gem_info_file, {})]
+    assert result == []
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_read_info_emits_gem_info_for_matching_versions(gem_info_file):
+    result = [
+        gi
+        async for gi in read_info(
+            gem_info_file, {"1.0.0": {"name": "bundler"}, "1.1.0": {"name": "bundler"}}
+        )
+    ]
+    assert result == [
+        {
+            "name": "bundler",
+            "checksum": "e1075ee2a6d1e6460d80ef1421db686e08885286bc3db9216f1abc7ee20d3a2d",
+            "required_ruby_version": ">= 1.8.7",
+            "required_rubygems_version": ">= 1.3.6",
+        }
+    ]
diff --git a/unittest_requirements.txt b/unittest_requirements.txt
index 421e7ba..fd4dd68 100644
--- a/unittest_requirements.txt
+++ b/unittest_requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 mock
+pytest-asyncio
 pytest-django
 pytest<8