diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e55587f..9bdbb09 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Emit Python version metric events for all builds, not just clean installs (#1066).
 
 ## v178 (2020-09-07)
 
diff --git a/bin/steps/python b/bin/steps/python
index c4804bd..131c293 100755
--- a/bin/steps/python
+++ b/bin/steps/python
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ else
   exit 1
 fi
 
+mcount "version.python.${PYTHON_VERSION}"
+
 if [[ "$STACK" != "$CACHED_PYTHON_STACK" ]]; then
     puts-step "Stack has changed from $CACHED_PYTHON_STACK to $STACK, clearing cache"
     rm -fr .heroku/python-stack .heroku/python-version .heroku/python .heroku/vendor .heroku/python .heroku/python-sqlite3-version
@@ -119,8 +121,6 @@ if [ ! "$SKIP_INSTALL" ]; then
     # Prepare destination directory.
     mkdir -p .heroku/python
 
-    mcount "version.python.$PYTHON_VERSION"
-
     if ! curl "${VENDORED_PYTHON}" -s | tar zxv -C .heroku/python &> /dev/null; then
       puts-warn "Requested runtime ($PYTHON_VERSION) is not available for this stack ($STACK)."
       puts-warn "Aborting.  More info: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/python-support"