diff --git a/scripts/build-downstream-projects.sh b/scripts/build-downstream-projects.sh
index 465c6d239..2efd67cec 100755
--- a/scripts/build-downstream-projects.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-downstream-projects.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 set -e
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"/..
 source ci/_
+source ci/semver_bash/semver.sh
 source scripts/patch-crates.sh
 source scripts/read-cargo-variable.sh
 
@@ -50,12 +51,19 @@ spl() {
       memo/program
       name-service/program
       stake-pool/program
-      )
+    )
     set -x
     rm -rf spl
     git clone https://github.com/solana-labs/solana-program-library.git spl
     cd spl
 
+    project_used_solana_version=$(sed -nE 's/solana-sdk = \"[>=<~]*(.*)\"/\1/p' <"token/program/Cargo.toml")
+    echo "used solana version: $project_used_solana_version"
+    if semverGT "$project_used_solana_version" "$solana_ver"; then
+      echo "skip"
+      return
+    fi
+
     ./patch.crates-io.sh "$solana_dir"
 
     for program in "${PROGRAMS[@]}"; do