diff --git a/lib/inspec/plugin/v2/loader.rb b/lib/inspec/plugin/v2/loader.rb
index e28ab685e..b328cefa0 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/plugin/v2/loader.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/plugin/v2/loader.rb
@@ -290,7 +290,12 @@ module Inspec::Plugin::V2
         when :user_gem
           status.entry_point = status.name.to_s
           status.version = plugin_entry[:version]
-          status.description = fetch_plugin_specs(status.name.to_s)&.summary
+          # Fetch the summary of the gem from local gemspec file instead of remote call using Gem::SpecFetcher.fetcher.
+          unless plugin_entry[:version].nil? # safe check very rare case.
+            version_string = plugin_entry[:version].gsub(/[=,~,>,<]/, "").strip
+            plugin_name_with_version = "#{status.name}-#{version_string}"
+            status.description = fetch_gemspec(File.join(plugin_gem_path, "gems", plugin_name_with_version, "/", status.name.to_s + ".gemspec"))&.summary
+          end
         when :path
           status.entry_point = plugin_entry[:installation_path]
         end
@@ -299,12 +304,6 @@ module Inspec::Plugin::V2
       end
     end
 
-    def fetch_plugin_specs(plugin_name)
-      fetcher = Gem::SpecFetcher.fetcher
-      plugin_dependency = Gem::Dependency.new(plugin_name)
-      fetcher.spec_for_dependency(plugin_dependency).flatten.first
-    end
-
     def fixup_train_plugin_status(status)
       status.api_generation = :'train-1'
       if status.installation_type == :user_gem
diff --git a/test/artifact/inspec_plugin_test.rb b/test/artifact/inspec_plugin_test.rb
index 2189bf423..ce56edc6b 100644
--- a/test/artifact/inspec_plugin_test.rb
+++ b/test/artifact/inspec_plugin_test.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ class TestInspecPlugin < ArtifactTest
     # This one is custom because it emits a special warning to stderr
     inspec_command = "plugin list"
     stdout, stderr, status = run_cmd "inspec #{inspec_command} #{TEST_CLI_OPTS}"
-
     assert_empty stderr.sub(/#< CLIXML\n/, "").sub(/The table size exceeds the currently set width\.Defaulting to vertical orientation\.\n/, "")
     assert stdout
     assert status
diff --git a/test/fixtures/config_dirs/train-test-fixture/plugins.json b/test/fixtures/config_dirs/train-test-fixture/plugins.json
index fe139bfd8..6bb3630a0 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/config_dirs/train-test-fixture/plugins.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/config_dirs/train-test-fixture/plugins.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "plugins": [
     {
       "name": "train-test-fixture",
-      "version": "0.1.0"
+      "version": ">= 0.1.0"
     }
   ]
 }
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diff --git a/test/unit/plugin/v2/loader_test.rb b/test/unit/plugin/v2/loader_test.rb
index d5fc6be17..05a469e0a 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugin/v2/loader_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugin/v2/loader_test.rb
@@ -333,4 +333,14 @@ class PluginLoaderTests < Minitest::Test
       end
     end
   end
+
+  def test_read_conf_file_into_registry
+    ENV["INSPEC_CONFIG_DIR"] = File.join(@config_dir_path, "train-test-fixture")
+    loader = Inspec::Plugin::V2::Loader.new(omit_bundles: true)
+    registry = loader.send(:read_conf_file_into_registry)
+    assert_includes registry, { :name => :"train-test-fixture", :version => ">= 0.1.0" }
+    reg = Inspec::Plugin::V2::Registry.instance
+    status = reg[registry.first[:name]]
+    assert_equal("Test train plugin. Not intended for use as an example.", status.description, "Reads the description of the plugin from local gemspec file.")
+  end
 end