diff --git a/fixtures/test.json b/fixtures/test.json
index 95ed96d..ca23709 100644
--- a/fixtures/test.json
+++ b/fixtures/test.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "@babel/preset-env": "7.0.0",
     "updates": "https://github.com/silverwind/updates/tarball/6941e05",
     "ipaddr.js": "https://github.com/silverwind/ipaddr.js/tarball/ipv6_cidrs_take2",
-    "react": "18.0.0"
+    "react": "18.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "updates": "file:."
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 4d298c5..c815e31 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ test("latest", makeTest("-j", {
       info: "https://github.com/silverwind/updates",
     },
     "react": {
-      old: "18.0.0",
+      old: "18.0",
       new: "18.2.0",
       info: "https://github.com/facebook/react/tree/HEAD/packages/react",
     },
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ test("greatest", makeTest("-j -g", {
       info: "https://github.com/silverwind/updates",
     },
     "react": {
-      old: "18.0.0",
+      old: "18.0",
       new: "18.2.0",
       info: "https://github.com/facebook/react/tree/HEAD/packages/react",
     }
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ test("prerelease", makeTest("-j -g -p", {
       info: "https://github.com/silverwind/updates",
     },
     "react": {
-      old: "18.0.0",
+      old: "18.0",
       new: "18.3.0-next-d1e35c703-20221110",
       info: "https://github.com/facebook/react/tree/HEAD/packages/react",
     }
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ test("release", makeTest("-j -R", {
       info: "https://github.com/silverwind/updates",
     },
     "react": {
-      old: "18.0.0",
+      old: "18.0",
       new: "18.2.0",
       info: "https://github.com/facebook/react/tree/HEAD/packages/react",
     }
diff --git a/updates.js b/updates.js
index 27d6070..30abf6a 100755
--- a/updates.js
+++ b/updates.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const sep = "\0";
 const stripRe = /^.*?:\/\/(.*?@)?(github\.com[:/])/i;
 const partsRe = /^([^/]+)\/([^/#]+)?.*?\/([0-9a-f]+|v?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)$/i;
 const hashRe = /^[0-9a-f]{7,}$/i;
+const versionRe = /[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(\.[0-9]+)?/g;
 const esc = str => str.replace(/[|\\{}()[\]^$+*?.-]/g, "\\$&");
 const gitInfo = memoize(fromUrl);
 const registryAuthToken = memoize(rat);
@@ -232,6 +233,10 @@ function finish(obj, deps = {}) {
       value.new = value.newPrint;
       delete value.newPrint;
     }
+    if ("oldOriginal" in value) {
+      value.old = value.oldOriginal;
+      delete value.oldOriginal;
+    }
   }
 
   if (args.json) {
@@ -508,6 +513,12 @@ function resolutionsBasePackage(name) {
   return packages[packages.length - 1];
 }
 
+function normalizeRange(range) {
+  const versionMatches = range.match(versionRe);
+  if (versionMatches.length !== 1) return range;
+  return range.replace(versionRe, semver.coerce(versionMatches[0]));
+}
+
 function parseMixedArg(arg) {
   if (arg === undefined) {
     return false;
@@ -643,9 +654,14 @@ async function main() {
   for (const depType of dependencyTypes) {
     for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(pkg[depType] || {})) {
       if (semver.validRange(value) && canInclude(name)) {
-        deps[`${depType}${sep}${name}`] = {old: value};
+        deps[`${depType}${sep}${name}`] = {
+          old: normalizeRange(value),
+          oldOriginal: value,
+        };
       } else if (canInclude(name)) {
-        maybeUrlDeps[`${depType}${sep}${name}`] = {old: value};
+        maybeUrlDeps[`${depType}${sep}${name}`] = {
+          old: value,
+        };
       }
     }
   }