diff --git a/src/utils/semver.ts b/src/utils/semver.ts
index d4386477..6c3b5f37 100644
--- a/src/utils/semver.ts
+++ b/src/utils/semver.ts
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ export class Range {
       return this.set.map(v => {
         if (!isArray(v)) return `=${v.toString()}`
         const [v1, v2] = v
-        if (v2.major == v1.major + 1 && v2.minor == 0 && v2.patch == 0) {
+        if (v1.major > 0 && v2.major == v1.major + 1 && v2.minor == 0 && v2.patch == 0) {
           const v = chomp(v1)
           return `^${v}`
         } else if (v2.major == v1.major && v2.minor == v1.minor + 1 && v2.patch == 0) {
diff --git a/tests/unit/semver.test.ts b/tests/unit/semver.test.ts
index dd941cdf..abd87e81 100644
--- a/tests/unit/semver.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/semver.test.ts
@@ -191,6 +191,16 @@ Deno.test("semver", async test => {
       assert(b.satisfies(new SemVer("12.9.0")))
     })
 
+    await test.step(">=0.47<1", () => {
+      const a = new semver.Range(">=0.47<1")
+      assertEquals(a.toString(), ">=0.47<1")
+      assert(a.satisfies(new SemVer("0.47.0")))
+      assert(a.satisfies(new SemVer("0.47.9")))
+      assert(a.satisfies(new SemVer("0.48.0")))
+      assert(a.satisfies(new SemVer("0.80.0")))
+      assertFalse(a.satisfies(new SemVer("1.0.0")))
+    })
+
     //FIXME this *should* work
     // await test.step("^11,^12…^11.3,^12.2", () => {
     //   const a = new semver.Range("^11,^12")