diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/VersionFilterAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/VersionFilterAnalyzer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a5f807c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/VersionFilterAnalyzer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of dependency-check-core.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+package org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.Engine;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.exception.AnalysisException;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Dependency;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Evidence;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.EvidenceCollection;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.DependencyVersion;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Settings;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * This analyzer attempts to filter out erroneous version numbers collected.
+ * Initially, this will focus on JAR files that contain a POM version number
+ * that matches the file name - if identified all other version information will
+ * be removed.
+ *
+ * @author Jeremy Long
+ */
+public class VersionFilterAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
+
+    //<editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="All standard implementation details of Analyzer">
+    /**
+     * The name of the analyzer.
+     */
+    private static final String ANALYZER_NAME = "Version Filter Analyzer";
+    /**
+     * The phase that this analyzer is intended to run in.
+     */
+    private static final AnalysisPhase ANALYSIS_PHASE = AnalysisPhase.POST_INFORMATION_COLLECTION;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the name of the analyzer.
+     *
+     * @return the name of the analyzer.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return ANALYZER_NAME;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the phase that the analyzer is intended to run in.
+     *
+     * @return the phase that the analyzer is intended to run in.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public AnalysisPhase getAnalysisPhase() {
+        return ANALYSIS_PHASE;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the setting key to determine if the analyzer is enabled.
+     *
+     * @return the key for the analyzer's enabled property
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected String getAnalyzerEnabledSettingKey() {
+        return Settings.KEYS.ANALYZER_VERSION_FILTER_ENABLED;
+    }
+    //</editor-fold>
+
+    /**
+     * The Logger for use throughout the class
+     */
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(VersionFilterAnalyzer.class);
+
+    /**
+     * The HintAnalyzer uses knowledge about a dependency to add additional
+     * information to help in identification of identifiers or vulnerabilities.
+     *
+     * @param dependency The dependency being analyzed
+     * @param engine The scanning engine
+     * @throws AnalysisException is thrown if there is an exception analyzing
+     * the dependency.
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected void analyzeDependency(Dependency dependency, Engine engine) throws AnalysisException {
+        String fileVersion = null;
+        String pomVersion = null;
+        for (Evidence e : dependency.getVersionEvidence()) {
+            if ("file".equals(e.getSource()) && "version".equals(e.getName())) {
+                fileVersion = e.getValue(Boolean.FALSE);
+            } else if (("nexus".equals(e.getSource()) || "central".equals(e.getSource()) || "pom".equals(e.getSource())) && "version".equals(e.getName())) {
+                pomVersion = e.getValue(Boolean.FALSE);
+            }
+        }
+        if (fileVersion != null && pomVersion != null) {
+            DependencyVersion dvFile = new DependencyVersion(fileVersion);
+            DependencyVersion dvPom = new DependencyVersion(pomVersion);
+            if (dvPom.equals(dvFile)) {
+                LOGGER.debug("filtering evidence from {}", dependency.getFileName());
+                EvidenceCollection versionEvidence = dependency.getVersionEvidence();
+                synchronized (versionEvidence) {
+                    final Iterator<Evidence> itr = versionEvidence.iterator();
+                    while (itr.hasNext()) {
+                        Evidence e = itr.next();
+                        if (!("version".equals(e.getName())
+                                && ("file".equals(e.getSource())
+                                || "nexus".equals(e.getSource())
+                                || "central".equals(e.getSource())
+                                || "pom".equals(e.getSource())))) {
+                            itr.remove();
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.Analyzer b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.Analyzer
index 41d1e9ce1..f9bb4b811 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.Analyzer
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.Analyzer
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.RubyBundleAuditAnalyzer
 org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.ComposerLockAnalyzer
 org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.CocoaPodsAnalyzer
 org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.SwiftPackageManagerAnalyzer
+org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer.VersionFilterAnalyzer
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
index a824b7fbc..21db405f5 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
@@ -114,3 +114,4 @@ analyzer.nvdcve.enabled=true
 analyzer.vulnerabilitysuppression.enabled=true
 updater.nvdcve.enabled=true
 updater.versioncheck.enabled=true
+analyzer.versionfilter.enabled=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/VersionFilterAnalyzerTest.java b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/VersionFilterAnalyzerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..389b03446
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/VersionFilterAnalyzerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of dependency-check-core.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+package org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.BaseTest;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Confidence;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.Dependency;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.dependency.EvidenceCollection;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Settings;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author jerem
+ */
+public class VersionFilterAnalyzerTest extends BaseTest {
+
+    /**
+     * Test of getName method, of class VersionFilterAnalyzer.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testGetName() {
+        VersionFilterAnalyzer instance = new VersionFilterAnalyzer();
+        String expResult = "Version Filter Analyzer";
+        String result = instance.getName();
+        assertEquals(expResult, result);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test of getAnalysisPhase method, of class VersionFilterAnalyzer.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testGetAnalysisPhase() {
+        VersionFilterAnalyzer instance = new VersionFilterAnalyzer();
+        AnalysisPhase expResult = AnalysisPhase.POST_INFORMATION_COLLECTION;
+        AnalysisPhase result = instance.getAnalysisPhase();
+        assertEquals(expResult, result);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test of getAnalyzerEnabledSettingKey method, of class
+     * VersionFilterAnalyzer.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testGetAnalyzerEnabledSettingKey() {
+        VersionFilterAnalyzer instance = new VersionFilterAnalyzer();
+        String expResult = Settings.KEYS.ANALYZER_VERSION_FILTER_ENABLED;
+        String result = instance.getAnalyzerEnabledSettingKey();
+        assertEquals(expResult, result);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test of analyzeDependency method, of class VersionFilterAnalyzer.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testAnalyzeDependency() throws Exception {
+        Dependency dependency = new Dependency();
+        EvidenceCollection versions = dependency.getVersionEvidence();
+
+        versions.addEvidence("util", "version", "33.3", Confidence.HIGHEST);
+        versions.addEvidence("other", "version", "alpha", Confidence.HIGHEST);
+        versions.addEvidence("manifest", "implementation-version", "1.2.3", Confidence.HIGHEST);
+
+        VersionFilterAnalyzer instance = new VersionFilterAnalyzer();
+
+        instance.analyzeDependency(dependency, null);
+        assertEquals(3, versions.size());
+
+        versions.addEvidence("pom", "version", "1.2.3", Confidence.HIGHEST);
+
+        instance.analyzeDependency(dependency, null);
+        assertEquals(4, versions.size());
+
+        versions.addEvidence("file", "version", "1.2.3", Confidence.HIGHEST);
+        instance.analyzeDependency(dependency, null);
+        assertEquals(2, versions.size());
+
+        versions.addEvidence("nexus", "version", "1.2.3", Confidence.HIGHEST);
+        versions.addEvidence("other", "version", "alpha", Confidence.HIGHEST);
+        instance.analyzeDependency(dependency, null);
+        assertEquals(3, versions.size());
+
+        versions.addEvidence("central", "version", "1.2.3", Confidence.HIGHEST);
+        versions.addEvidence("other", "version", "alpha", Confidence.HIGHEST);
+        instance.analyzeDependency(dependency, null);
+        assertEquals(4, versions.size());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java b/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java
index 94e2862d6..9d6087c86 100644
--- a/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java
+++ b/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java
@@ -370,6 +370,10 @@ public final class Settings {
          * The key to determine if the Hint analyzer is enabled.
          */
         public static final String ANALYZER_HINT_ENABLED = "analyzer.hint.enabled";
+        /**
+         * The key to determine if the Version Filter analyzer is enabled.
+         */
+        public static final String ANALYZER_VERSION_FILTER_ENABLED = "analyzer.versionfilter.enabled";
         /**
          * The key to determine if the NVD CVE analyzer is enabled.
          */