diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 12be389277..fcbac4293a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1853,9 +1853,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deno_semver"
-version = "0.5.4"
+version = "0.5.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b49e14effd9df8ed261f7a1a34ac19bbaf0fa940c59bd19a6d8313cf41525e1c"
+checksum = "389b5a8c2dd48cc1aad25396c92d7461ddb0fcfae1faf8e00205837c53e34d3e"
 dependencies = [
  "monch",
  "once_cell",
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index 9c5cf3c434..6263dfb3e4 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ deno_lint = { version = "=0.60.0", features = ["docs"] }
 deno_lockfile.workspace = true
 deno_npm = "=0.21.4"
 deno_runtime = { workspace = true, features = ["include_js_files_for_snapshotting"] }
-deno_semver = "=0.5.4"
+deno_semver = "=0.5.6"
 deno_task_shell = "=0.16.1"
 deno_terminal.workspace = true
 eszip = "=0.71.0"
diff --git a/cli/args/package_json.rs b/cli/args/package_json.rs
index 67481fd07a..b1ff39abc7 100644
--- a/cli/args/package_json.rs
+++ b/cli/args/package_json.rs
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ use deno_core::anyhow::bail;
 use deno_core::error::AnyError;
 use deno_npm::registry::parse_dep_entry_name_and_raw_version;
 use deno_runtime::deno_node::PackageJson;
+use deno_semver::npm::NpmVersionReqParseError;
 use deno_semver::package::PackageReq;
 use deno_semver::VersionReq;
-use deno_semver::VersionReqSpecifierParseError;
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error, Clone)]
 pub enum PackageJsonDepValueParseError {
   #[error(transparent)]
-  Specifier(#[from] VersionReqSpecifierParseError),
+  VersionReq(#[from] NpmVersionReqParseError),
   #[error("Not implemented scheme '{scheme}'")]
   Unsupported { scheme: String },
 }
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ pub fn get_local_package_json_version_reqs(
       });
     }
     let (name, version_req) = parse_dep_entry_name_and_raw_version(key, value);
-    let result = VersionReq::parse_from_specifier(version_req);
+    let result = VersionReq::parse_from_npm(version_req);
     match result {
       Ok(version_req) => Ok(PackageReq {
         name: name.to_string(),
         version_req,
       }),
-      Err(err) => Err(PackageJsonDepValueParseError::Specifier(err)),
+      Err(err) => Err(PackageJsonDepValueParseError::VersionReq(err)),
     }
   }
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ mod test {
     let mut package_json = PackageJson::empty(PathBuf::from("/package.json"));
     package_json.dependencies = Some(IndexMap::from([(
       "test".to_string(),
-      "1.x - 1.3".to_string(),
+      "%*(#$%()".to_string(),
     )]));
     let map = get_local_package_json_version_reqs_for_tests(&package_json);
     assert_eq!(
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ mod test {
         "test".to_string(),
         Err(
           concat!(
-            "Invalid specifier version requirement. Unexpected character.\n",
-            "   - 1.3\n",
+            "Invalid npm version requirement. Unexpected character.\n",
+            "  %*(#$%()\n",
             "  ~"
           )
           .to_string()
@@ -227,6 +227,26 @@ mod test {
     );
   }
 
+  #[test]
+  fn test_get_local_package_json_version_reqs_range() {
+    let mut package_json = PackageJson::empty(PathBuf::from("/package.json"));
+    package_json.dependencies = Some(IndexMap::from([(
+      "test".to_string(),
+      "1.x - 1.3".to_string(),
+    )]));
+    let map = get_local_package_json_version_reqs_for_tests(&package_json);
+    assert_eq!(
+      map,
+      IndexMap::from([(
+        "test".to_string(),
+        Ok(PackageReq {
+          name: "test".to_string(),
+          version_req: VersionReq::parse_from_npm("1.x - 1.3").unwrap()
+        })
+      )])
+    );
+  }
+
   #[test]
   fn test_get_local_package_json_version_reqs_skips_certain_specifiers() {
     let mut package_json = PackageJson::empty(PathBuf::from("/package.json"));
diff --git a/cli/standalone/binary.rs b/cli/standalone/binary.rs
index 00b8d19f37..8df52e3eb4 100644
--- a/cli/standalone/binary.rs
+++ b/cli/standalone/binary.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use deno_core::futures::AsyncSeekExt;
 use deno_core::serde_json;
 use deno_core::url::Url;
 use deno_npm::NpmSystemInfo;
+use deno_semver::npm::NpmVersionReqParseError;
 use deno_semver::package::PackageReq;
 use deno_semver::VersionReqSpecifierParseError;
 use log::Level;
@@ -55,15 +56,15 @@ const MAGIC_TRAILER: &[u8; 8] = b"d3n0l4nd";
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
 enum SerializablePackageJsonDepValueParseError {
-  Specifier(String),
+  VersionReq(String),
   Unsupported { scheme: String },
 }
 
 impl SerializablePackageJsonDepValueParseError {
   pub fn from_err(err: PackageJsonDepValueParseError) -> Self {
     match err {
-      PackageJsonDepValueParseError::Specifier(err) => {
-        Self::Specifier(err.source.to_string())
+      PackageJsonDepValueParseError::VersionReq(err) => {
+        Self::VersionReq(err.source.to_string())
       }
       PackageJsonDepValueParseError::Unsupported { scheme } => {
         Self::Unsupported { scheme }
@@ -73,12 +74,10 @@ impl SerializablePackageJsonDepValueParseError {
 
   pub fn into_err(self) -> PackageJsonDepValueParseError {
     match self {
-      SerializablePackageJsonDepValueParseError::Specifier(source) => {
-        PackageJsonDepValueParseError::Specifier(
-          VersionReqSpecifierParseError {
-            source: monch::ParseErrorFailureError::new(source),
-          },
-        )
+      SerializablePackageJsonDepValueParseError::VersionReq(source) => {
+        PackageJsonDepValueParseError::VersionReq(NpmVersionReqParseError {
+          source: monch::ParseErrorFailureError::new(source),
+        })
       }
       SerializablePackageJsonDepValueParseError::Unsupported { scheme } => {
         PackageJsonDepValueParseError::Unsupported { scheme }
diff --git a/tests/specs/npm/npmrc_basic_auth/package.json b/tests/specs/npm/npmrc_basic_auth/package.json
index 274d1ed7f4..13e305931e 100644
--- a/tests/specs/npm/npmrc_basic_auth/package.json
+++ b/tests/specs/npm/npmrc_basic_auth/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "npmrc_test",
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@denotest/basic": "1.0.0",
+    "@denotest/basic": "^=1.0.0",
     "@denotest2/basic": "1.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/testdata/package_json/invalid_value/error.ts.out b/tests/testdata/package_json/invalid_value/error.ts.out
index faa811a306..2fd0940fe3 100644
--- a/tests/testdata/package_json/invalid_value/error.ts.out
+++ b/tests/testdata/package_json/invalid_value/error.ts.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 error: Parsing version constraints in the application-level package.json is more strict at the moment.
 
-Invalid specifier version requirement. Unexpected character.
+Invalid npm version requirement. Unexpected character.
   invalid stuff that won't parse
   ~
     at file:///[WILDCARD]/error.ts:2:23
diff --git a/tests/testdata/package_json/invalid_value/task.out b/tests/testdata/package_json/invalid_value/task.out
index 28e3c770d4..dd4a04b0db 100644
--- a/tests/testdata/package_json/invalid_value/task.out
+++ b/tests/testdata/package_json/invalid_value/task.out
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Warning Ignoring dependency '@denotest/cjs-default-export' in package.json because its version requirement failed to parse: Invalid specifier version requirement. Unexpected character.
+Warning Ignoring dependency '@denotest/cjs-default-export' in package.json because its version requirement failed to parse: Invalid npm version requirement. Unexpected character.
   invalid stuff that won't parse
   ~
 Task test echo 1