diff --git a/mlflow_export_import/common/iterators.py b/mlflow_export_import/common/iterators.py
index 38b3d621..ebfd6131 100644
--- a/mlflow_export_import/common/iterators.py
+++ b/mlflow_export_import/common/iterators.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import mlflow
+from packaging import version
 
 
 class BaseIterator():
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ def __init__(self, search_method, max_results=None, filter=None):
         self.kwargs = { "max_results": self.max_results } if self.max_results else {}
 
     def _call_iter(self):
-        if mlflow.__version__ < "2.2.1":
+        if version.parse(mlflow.__version__) < version.parse("2.2.1"):
             return self.search_method(filter_string=self.filter)  #7623 - https://mlflow.org/docs/2.1.1/python_api/mlflow.client.html
         else:
             return self.search_method(filter_string=self.filter, **self.kwargs) # https://mlflow.org/docs/latest/python_api/mlflow.client.html