diff --git a/configuration/raw.go b/configuration/raw.go
index 3659c6de..e89d7e49 100644
--- a/configuration/raw.go
+++ b/configuration/raw.go
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func (c *client) PostRawConfiguration(config *string, version int64, skipVersion
 
 	w := bufio.NewWriter(tmp)
 	if !skipVersionCheck {
-		_, _ = w.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("# _version=%v\n%v", version, *config))
+		_, _ = w.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("# _version=%v\n%v", version, c.dropVersionFromRaw(*config)))
 	} else {
 		_, _ = w.WriteString(*config)
 	}
@@ -204,6 +204,29 @@ func (c *client) PostRawConfiguration(config *string, version int64, skipVersion
 	return nil
 }
 
+// dropVersionFromRaw is used when force pushing a raw configuration with version check:
+// if the provided user input has already a version metadata it must be withdrawn.
+func (c *client) dropVersionFromRaw(input string) *string {
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(strings.NewReader(input))
+
+	var sanitized strings.Builder
+
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		t := scanner.Bytes()
+
+		if bytes.HasPrefix(t, []byte("# _version=")) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		sanitized.Write(t)
+		sanitized.WriteByte('\n')
+	}
+
+	str := sanitized.String()
+
+	return &str
+}
+
 func (c *client) validateConfigFile(confFile string) error {
 	// #nosec G204
 	cmd := exec.Command(c.Haproxy)
diff --git a/configuration/version_test.go b/configuration/version_test.go
index c819c307..b81c3c8e 100644
--- a/configuration/version_test.go
+++ b/configuration/version_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ package configuration
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func generateConfig(config string) (string, error) {
@@ -32,6 +35,35 @@ func generateConfig(config string) (string, error) {
 	return f.Name(), nil
 }
 
+func TestClient_PostRawConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
+	fVersion, err := generateConfig("")
+	require.NoError(t, err, "generateConfig")
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		assert.NoError(t, deleteTestFile(fVersion), "clean-up")
+	})
+
+	c, err := prepareClient(fVersion)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "prepareClient")
+
+	v, vErr := c.GetVersion("")
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(1), v, "initialized configuration must be 1")
+	// The user is providing a raw configuration with a wrong version such as metadata:
+	// this must be ignored and removed by Client Native
+	configWithVersion := `
+# _version=123
+global
+	daemon`
+
+	err = c.PostRawConfiguration(&configWithVersion, 1, false)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "PostRawConfiguration")
+
+	v, vErr = c.GetVersion("")
+	require.NoError(t, vErr, "GetVersion")
+
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(2), v, "123 should be dropped, and version bumped")
+}
+
 func TestClient_GetConfigurationVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	configWithVersion := `# _version=10
 global
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3ba55f6a..8968a40e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/renameio v1.0.1
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
-	github.com/haproxytech/config-parser/v5 v5.1.6-0.20240923121611-21c538dab47a
+	github.com/haproxytech/config-parser/v5 v5.1.6
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
 	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b06e9cea..bb914278 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ github.com/google/renameio v1.0.1 h1:Lh/jXZmvZxb0BBeSY5VKEfidcbcbenKjZFzM/q0fSeU
 github.com/google/renameio v1.0.1/go.mod h1:t/HQoYBZSsWSNK35C6CO/TpPLDVWvxOHboWUAweKUpk=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
-github.com/haproxytech/config-parser/v5 v5.1.6-0.20240923121611-21c538dab47a h1:zrHz2vatWGa6lHVSt+daH8erytvuKhre2EFpXXopJa0=
-github.com/haproxytech/config-parser/v5 v5.1.6-0.20240923121611-21c538dab47a/go.mod h1:16+1AbS+AvMZkDScIhergz2dqecQuEmjwV4Xt5ncS9s=
+github.com/haproxytech/config-parser/v5 v5.1.6 h1:64KHffpOGoyjFuMmq9dLOvcRCEzg/2GAnPwhmue1uVY=
+github.com/haproxytech/config-parser/v5 v5.1.6/go.mod h1:16+1AbS+AvMZkDScIhergz2dqecQuEmjwV4Xt5ncS9s=
 github.com/haproxytech/go-logger v1.1.0 h1:HgGtYaI1ApkvbQdsm7f9AzQQoxTB7w37criTflh7IQE=
 github.com/haproxytech/go-logger v1.1.0/go.mod h1:OekUd8HCb7ubxMplzHUPBTHNxZmddOWfOjWclZsqIeM=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 h1:vlS4z54oSdjm0bgjRigI+G1HpF+tI+9rE5LLzOg8HmY=