diff --git a/src/poetry/core/masonry/utils/helpers.py b/src/poetry/core/masonry/utils/helpers.py
index 1dddfa51a..b79089f3e 100644
--- a/src/poetry/core/masonry/utils/helpers.py
+++ b/src/poetry/core/masonry/utils/helpers.py
@@ -29,5 +29,8 @@ def escape_version(version: str) -> str:
 
 
 def escape_name(name: str) -> str:
-    """Escaped wheel name as specified in :pep:`427#escaping-and-unicode`."""
-    return re.sub(r"[^\w\d.]+", "_", name, flags=re.UNICODE)
+    """
+    Escaped wheel name as specified in https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/binary-distribution-format/#escaping-and-unicode.
+    This function should only be used for the generation of artifact names, and not to normalize or filter existing artifact names.
+    """
+    return re.sub(r"[-_.]+", "_", name, flags=re.UNICODE).lower()
diff --git a/tests/masonry/utils/test_helpers.py b/tests/masonry/utils/test_helpers.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8be13c40a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/masonry/utils/test_helpers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+from poetry.core.masonry.utils.helpers import escape_name
+from poetry.core.masonry.utils.helpers import escape_version
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "version,expected",
+    [
+        ("1.2.3", "1.2.3"),
+        ("1.2.3_1", "1.2.3_1"),
+        ("1.2.3-1", "1.2.3_1"),
+        ("1.2.3-1", "1.2.3_1"),
+        ("2022.2", "2022.2"),
+        ("12.20.12-----451---14-1-4-41", "12.20.12_451_14_1_4_41"),
+        ("1.0b2.dev1", "1.0b2.dev1"),
+        ("1.0+abc.7", "1.0+abc.7"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_escape_version(version: str, expected: str) -> None:
+    assert escape_version(version) == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "name,expected",
+    [
+        ("foo", "foo"),
+        ("foo-bar", "foo_bar"),
+        ("FOO-bAr", "foo_bar"),
+        ("foo.bar", "foo_bar"),
+        ("foo123-ba---.r", "foo123_ba_r"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_escape_name(name: str, expected: str) -> None:
+    assert escape_name(name) == expected