diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 2dee003c..8b2b1d5b 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class Chef::Resource # rubocop:disable all
   if node['rabbitmq']['use_distro_version']
     package 'rabbitmq-server' do
       action :install
-      version node['rabbitmq']['version']
+      version node['rabbitmq']['version'] if node['rabbitmq']['pin_distro_version']
     end
   else
     # We need to download the rpm
@@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ class Chef::Resource # rubocop:disable all
   end
   package 'rabbitmq-server' do
     action :install
-    version node['rabbitmq']['version']
+    version node['rabbitmq']['version'] if node['rabbitmq']['pin_distro_version']
   end
 
 when 'smartos'
   package 'rabbitmq'do
     action :install
-    version node['rabbitmq']['version']
+    version node['rabbitmq']['version'] if node['rabbitmq']['pin_distro_version']
   end
 
   service 'epmd' do