diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 73af9c35b..f6c028058 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@
   * Rework validation policy management in standalone validator
 * Try deploying javadoc with SNAPSHOT
 * Add utility to unpack the spec.internals file
-* v2 in FHIR tests
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+* v2 in FHIR tests
+* Fix bug loading language pack NPMs
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diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/npm/NpmPackage.java b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/npm/NpmPackage.java
index 387240cdd..68341ff44 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/npm/NpmPackage.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/npm/NpmPackage.java
@@ -958,10 +958,11 @@ public class NpmPackage {
   public String fhirVersion() {
     if ("hl7.fhir.core".equals(npm.asString("name")))
       return npm.asString("version");
-    else if (npm.asString("name").startsWith("hl7.fhir.r2.") || npm.asString("name").startsWith("hl7.fhir.r2b.") || npm.asString("name").startsWith("hl7.fhir.r3.") || 
-        npm.asString("name").startsWith("hl7.fhir.r4.") || npm.asString("name").startsWith("hl7.fhir.r4b.") || npm.asString("name").startsWith("hl7.fhir.r5."))
+    else if ("fhir.core".equals(npm.asString("type")) &&
+         Utilities.startsWithInList( npm.asString("name"), "hl7.fhir.r2.", "hl7.fhir.r2b.", "hl7.fhir.r3.", 
+             "hl7.fhir.r4.", "hl7.fhir.r4b.", "hl7.fhir.r5.")) {
       return npm.asString("version");
-    else {
+    } else {
       JsonObject dep = null;
       if (npm.hasObject("dependencies")) {
         dep = npm.getJsonObject("dependencies");