diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 85c87b4e0..645bc6e40 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "ruamel.yaml >=0.16.10",
     "ruamel.yaml.jinja2",
     "setuptools >=30.3.0",
-    "semver~=3.0.0",
+    "semver >=3.0.0,==3.0.*",
     "stdlib-list",
     "tomli",
     "tomli-w",