diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/VersionNumber.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/VersionNumber.java
index f9b3fb5..f52b988 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/VersionNumber.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/VersionNumber.java
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ public static Version parse(String version) {
 
         var matcher = VERSION_PATTERN.matcher(version);
         if (!matcher.matches()) {
+            // bld doesn't support version ranges at this time
+            if (version.startsWith("[") || version.startsWith("(")) {
+                return UNKNOWN;
+            }
             return new VersionGeneric(version);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/rife/bld/dependencies/TestDependencyResolver.java b/src/test/java/rife/bld/dependencies/TestDependencyResolver.java
index d4b9a96..9ee0492 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rife/bld/dependencies/TestDependencyResolver.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rife/bld/dependencies/TestDependencyResolver.java
@@ -157,6 +157,16 @@ void testGetCompileDependenciesJetty() {
             org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.5""", StringUtils.join(dependencies, "\n"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testGetCompileDependenciesAssertJ() {
+        var resolver = new DependencyResolver(VersionResolution.dummy(), ArtifactRetriever.instance(), List.of(MAVEN_CENTRAL, SONATYPE_SNAPSHOTS), new Dependency("org.assertj", "assertj-joda-time", new VersionNumber(2, 2, 0)));
+        var dependencies = resolver.getDirectDependencies(compile);
+        assertNotNull(dependencies);
+        assertEquals(1, dependencies.size());
+        assertEquals("""
+            org.assertj:assertj-core""", StringUtils.join(dependencies, "\n"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testGetCompileDependenciesJettyOverride1() {
         var resolver = new DependencyResolver(new VersionResolution(new HierarchicalProperties().put(PROPERTY_OVERRIDE_PREFIX, "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.13")),