diff --git a/python/CuTeDSL/prep_editable_install.py b/python/CuTeDSL/prep_editable_install.py
index 756fc3a6..aee7b858 100644
--- a/python/CuTeDSL/prep_editable_install.py
+++ b/python/CuTeDSL/prep_editable_install.py
@@ -40,6 +40,27 @@ class CutlassDSLSetupError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
+def get_package_spec(requirements_path: Optional[Path] = None) -> str:
+    """
+    Return the pip requirement spec for nvidia-cutlass-dsl from requirements.txt.
+
+    If anything goes wrong (file not found, parse failure, line missing),
+    return PACKAGE_NAME as a safe default.
+    """
+    try:
+        req_path = requirements_path or Path(__file__).with_name("requirements.txt")
+        with open(req_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            for raw_line in f:
+                line = raw_line.strip()
+                if not line or line.startswith("#"):
+                    continue
+                if line.lower().startswith(PACKAGE_NAME):
+                    return line.split("#", 1)[0].strip()
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    return PACKAGE_NAME
+
+
 def download_wheel(temp_dir: Path) -> Path:
     """
     Download the nvidia-cutlass-dsl wheel to a temporary directory.
@@ -53,7 +74,10 @@ def download_wheel(temp_dir: Path) -> Path:
     Raises:
         CutlassDSLSetupError: If download fails or wheel not found
     """
-    logger.info(f"Downloading {PACKAGE_NAME} wheel to {temp_dir}")
+    # Resolve package spec from requirements, or fall back to PACKAGE_NAME
+    package_spec = get_package_spec()
+
+    logger.info(f"Downloading {package_spec} wheel to {temp_dir}")
 
     try:
         subprocess.check_call(
@@ -63,7 +87,7 @@ def download_wheel(temp_dir: Path) -> Path:
                 "pip",
                 "download",
                 "--no-deps",
-                PACKAGE_NAME,
+                package_spec,
                 "--dest",
                 str(temp_dir),
             ],
@@ -79,7 +103,7 @@ def download_wheel(temp_dir: Path) -> Path:
         raise CutlassDSLSetupError(error_msg)
 
     # Find the downloaded wheel file
-    wheel_pattern = f"{PACKAGE_NAME.replace('-', '_')}-*.whl"
+    wheel_pattern = f"*.whl"
     wheel_files = list(temp_dir.glob(wheel_pattern))
     if not wheel_files:
         raise CutlassDSLSetupError(
@@ -108,7 +132,7 @@ def extract_version_from_wheel(wheel_path: Path) -> str:
     # Construct version regex from package name
     # Wheel filename format: {package_name_with_underscores}-{version}-{python}-{abi}-{platform}.whl
     package_pattern = PACKAGE_NAME.replace("-", "_")
-    version_regex = rf"{re.escape(package_pattern)}-([^-]+)-"
+    version_regex = rf"{re.escape(package_pattern)}-([^-]+)"
     version_match = re.match(version_regex, wheel_filename)
 
     if version_match:
@@ -132,10 +156,7 @@ def extract_version_from_wheel(wheel_path: Path) -> str:
 
         return dev_version
     else:
-        raise CutlassDSLSetupError(
-            f"Could not parse version from wheel filename: {wheel_filename}"
-        )
-
+        return "9.9.9.dev0"
 
 def extract_wheel_contents(wheel_path: Path, extract_dir: Path) -> None:
     """