diff --git a/backend/app/pypi_proxy.py b/backend/app/pypi_proxy.py
index e5c37e1..1de988b 100644
--- a/backend/app/pypi_proxy.py
+++ b/backend/app/pypi_proxy.py
@@ -821,9 +821,15 @@ async def pypi_download_file(
             )
             db.add(cached_url_record)
 
-        # Store extracted dependencies
+        # Store extracted dependencies (deduplicate first - METADATA can list same dep under multiple extras)
         if extracted_deps:
+            # Deduplicate: keep first version constraint seen for each package name
+            seen_deps: dict[str, str] = {}
             for dep_name, dep_version in extracted_deps:
+                if dep_name not in seen_deps:
+                    seen_deps[dep_name] = dep_version if dep_version else "*"
+
+            for dep_name, dep_version in seen_deps.items():
                 # Check if this dependency already exists for this artifact
                 existing_dep = db.query(ArtifactDependency).filter(
                     ArtifactDependency.artifact_id == sha256,
@@ -836,7 +842,7 @@ async def pypi_download_file(
                         artifact_id=sha256,
                         dependency_project="_pypi",
                         dependency_package=dep_name,
-                        version_constraint=dep_version if dep_version else "*",
+                        version_constraint=dep_version,
                     )
                     db.add(dep)