4 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/bootstrap/core.py b/lib/spack/spack/bootstrap/core.py
index 606e80d6d8..4b7807e47b 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/bootstrap/core.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/bootstrap/core.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class BuildcacheBootstrapper(Bootstrapper):
                 if not abstract_spec.intersects(candidate_spec):
                     continue
 
-                if python_spec is not None and python_spec not in abstract_spec:
+                if python_spec is not None and not abstract_spec.intersects(f"^{python_spec}"):
                     continue
 
                 for _, pkg_hash, pkg_sha256 in item["binaries"]:
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
index 20f7f22227..08576419f0 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
@@ -3672,7 +3672,7 @@ class Spec:
             return spec_like
         return Spec(spec_like)
 
-    def intersects(self, other: "Spec", deps: bool = True) -> bool:
+    def intersects(self, other: Union[str, "Spec"], deps: bool = True) -> bool:
         """Return True if there exists at least one concrete spec that matches both
         self and other, otherwise False.
 
@@ -3795,7 +3795,7 @@ class Spec:
 
         return True
 
-    def satisfies(self, other: "Spec", deps: bool = True) -> bool:
+    def satisfies(self, other: Union[str, "Spec"], deps: bool = True) -> bool:
         """Return True if all concrete specs matching self also match other, otherwise False.
 
         Args:
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/bootstrap.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/bootstrap.py
index eff9bf042d..277a279222 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/bootstrap.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/bootstrap.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def test_remove_and_add_a_source(mutable_config):
     assert not sources
 
     # Add it back and check we restored the initial state
-    _bootstrap("add", "github-actions", "$spack/share/spack/bootstrap/github-actions-v0.3")
+    _bootstrap("add", "github-actions", "$spack/share/spack/bootstrap/github-actions-v0.5")
     sources = spack.bootstrap.core.bootstrapping_sources()
     assert len(sources) == 1
 
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/data/config/bootstrap.yaml b/lib/spack/spack/test/data/config/bootstrap.yaml
index 6adb7ab996..4757b8729d 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/data/config/bootstrap.yaml
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/data/config/bootstrap.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 bootstrap:
   sources:
   - name: 'github-actions'
-    metadata: $spack/share/spack/bootstrap/github-actions-v0.3
+    metadata: $spack/share/spack/bootstrap/github-actions-v0.5
   trusted: {}