diff --git a/bin/crew b/bin/crew
index 4661cc9f8..2b19e6cd5 100755
--- a/bin/crew
+++ b/bin/crew
@@ -1220,6 +1220,24 @@ def resolve_dependencies
 
   dependencies = @pkg.get_deps_list(return_attr: true)
 
+  # compare dependency version with required range (if installed)
+  dependencies&.each do |dep|
+    dep_name = dep.keys[0]
+    dep_info = @device[:installed_packages].select { |pkg| pkg[:name] == dep_name }[0]
+
+    # skip if dependency is not installed
+
+    next unless dep_info
+
+    _tags, version_check = dep.values[0]
+    installed_version    = dep_info[:version]
+
+    next unless version_check
+
+    # abort if the range is not fulfilled
+    abort unless version_check.call(installed_version)
+  end
+
   # leave only dependency names (remove all package attributes returned by @pkg.get_deps_list)
   dependencies.map!(&:keys).flatten!
 
diff --git a/lib/const.rb b/lib/const.rb
index e32e799e6..086abfc21 100644
--- a/lib/const.rb
+++ b/lib/const.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require 'etc'
 require 'open3'
 
 OLD_CREW_VERSION ||= defined?(CREW_VERSION) ? CREW_VERSION : '1.0'
-CREW_VERSION ||= '1.65.3' unless defined?(CREW_VERSION) && CREW_VERSION == OLD_CREW_VERSION
+CREW_VERSION ||= '1.65.4' unless defined?(CREW_VERSION) && CREW_VERSION == OLD_CREW_VERSION
 
 # Kernel architecture.
 KERN_ARCH ||= Etc.uname[:machine]
diff --git a/lib/package.rb b/lib/package.rb
index e93c00de1..30fe0a09d 100644
--- a/lib/package.rb
+++ b/lib/package.rb
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class Package
   end
 
   def self.get_deps_list(pkg_name = name, return_attr: false, hash: false, include_build_deps: 'auto', include_self: false,
-                         pkg_tags: [], highlight_build_deps: true, exclude_buildessential: false, top_level: true)
+                         pkg_tags: [], ver_check: nil, highlight_build_deps: true, exclude_buildessential: false, top_level: true)
     # get_deps_list: get dependencies list of pkg_name (current package by default)
     #
     #               pkg_name: package to check dependencies, current package by default
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class Package
     end
 
     # Parse dependencies recursively.
-    expanded_deps = deps.uniq.map do |dep, dep_tags|
+    expanded_deps = deps.uniq.map do |dep, (dep_tags, ver_check)|
       # Check build dependencies only if building from source is needed/specified.
       # Do not recursively find :build based build dependencies.
       next unless (include_build_deps == true && @crew_current_package == pkg_obj.name) ||
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class Package
         # Check dependency by calling this function recursively.
         next \
           send(
-            __method__, dep, pkg_tags: tags, include_self: true, top_level: false,
+            __method__, dep, pkg_tags: tags, ver_check:, include_self: true, top_level: false,
             hash:, return_attr:, include_build_deps:, highlight_build_deps:, exclude_buildessential:
           )
       elsif hash && top_level
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class Package
     elsif include_self
       # Return pkg_name itself if this function is called as a recursive loop (see `expanded_deps`).
       if return_attr
-        return [expanded_deps, { pkg_name => pkg_tags }].flatten
+        return [expanded_deps, { pkg_name => [pkg_tags, ver_check] }].flatten
       else
         return [expanded_deps, pkg_name].flatten
       end
@@ -288,8 +288,9 @@ class Package
     puts tree_view
   end
 
-  def self.depends_on(dependency)
+  def self.depends_on(dependency, ver_range = nil)
     @dependencies ||= {}
+    ver_check = nil
     dep_tags = []
 
     # Add element in "[ name, [ tag1, tag2, ... ] ]" format.
@@ -304,7 +305,30 @@ class Package
       dep_name = dependency
     end
 
-    @dependencies.store(dep_name, dep_tags)
+    # Process dependency version range if specified.
+    # example:
+    #   depends_on name, '>= 1.0'
+    #
+    # Operators can be: '>=', '==', '<=', '<', or '>'
+    if ver_range
+      operator, target_ver = ver_range.split(' ', 2)
+
+      # lambda for comparing the given range with installed version
+      ver_check = lambda do |installed_ver|
+        unless Gem::Version.new(installed_ver).send(operator.to_sym, Gem::Version.new(target_ver))
+          # Print error if the range is not fulfilled.
+          warn <<~EOT.lightred
+            Package #{name} depends on '#{dep_name}' (#{operator} #{target_ver}), however version '#{installed_ver}' is currently installed :/
+
+            Run `crew update && crew upgrade` and try again?
+          EOT
+          return false
+        end
+        return true
+      end
+    end
+
+    @dependencies.store(dep_name, [dep_tags, ver_check])
   end
 
   def self.binary?(architecture) = !@build_from_source && @binary_sha256&.key?(architecture)