diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/FileNameAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/FileNameAnalyzer.java
index d21f7b503..b7d23a3e3 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/FileNameAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/FileNameAnalyzer.java
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 package org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer;
 
 import java.io.File;
+
 import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.NameFileFilter;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.Engine;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.exception.AnalysisException;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Confidence;
@@ -65,6 +67,13 @@ public class FileNameAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer implements Analyzer {
     }
     //</editor-fold>
 
+    // Python init files
+    private static final NameFileFilter IGNORED_FILES = new NameFileFilter(new String[] {
+        "__init__.py",
+        "__init__.pyc",
+        "__init__.pyo"
+    });
+
     /**
      * Collects information about the file name.
      *
@@ -102,7 +111,7 @@ public class FileNameAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer implements Analyzer {
                     fileName, Confidence.HIGHEST);
             dependency.getVendorEvidence().addEvidence("file", "name",
                     fileName, Confidence.HIGHEST);
-        } else {
+        } else if (!IGNORED_FILES.accept(f)) {
             dependency.getProductEvidence().addEvidence("file", "name",
                     fileName, Confidence.HIGH);
             dependency.getVendorEvidence().addEvidence("file", "name",
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/PythonPackageAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/PythonPackageAnalyzer.java
index 2572e8ffd..7444bcc69 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/PythonPackageAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/PythonPackageAnalyzer.java
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public class PythonPackageAnalyzer extends AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer {
         if (found) {
             dependency.setDisplayFileName(parentName + "/__init__.py");
             dependency.getProductEvidence().addEvidence(file.getName(),
-                    "PackageName", parentName, Confidence.MEDIUM);
+                    "PackageName", parentName, Confidence.HIGH);
         } else {
             // copy, alter and set in case some other thread is iterating over
             final List<Dependency> dependencies = new ArrayList<Dependency>(