diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/npm/NpmDependencyConstraint.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/npm/NpmDependencyConstraint.kt
index 6d76912b31c..138d5b3229b 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/npm/NpmDependencyConstraint.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/npm/NpmDependencyConstraint.kt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class NpmDependencyConstraint(
 
     private var reason: String? = null
 
-    private val versionConstraint = DefaultMutableVersionConstraint(version)
+    private val versionConstraint = NpmVersionConstraint(version)
 
     override fun getGroup(): String? = null
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class NpmDependencyConstraint(
     override fun version(configureAction: Action<in MutableVersionConstraint>) {
         configureAction.execute(versionConstraint)
         val nodeJs = NodeJsRootPlugin.apply(project.rootProject)
-        nodeJs.npmResolutionManager.putNpmResolution(path, version)
+        nodeJs.npmResolutionManager.putNpmResolution(path, versionConstraint.toSemVer())
     }
 
     override fun getReason(): String? {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class NpmDependencyConstraint(
 
     override fun getVersionConstraint(): VersionConstraint {
         val nodeJs = NodeJsRootPlugin.apply(project.rootProject)
-        nodeJs.npmResolutionManager.putNpmResolution(path, version)
+        nodeJs.npmResolutionManager.putNpmResolution(path, versionConstraint.toSemVer())
         return versionConstraint
     }
 
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/npm/NpmVersionConstraint.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/npm/NpmVersionConstraint.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..08bd545186c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/npm/NpmVersionConstraint.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.js.npm
+
+import com.github.gundy.semver4j.SemVer
+import org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.dependencies.DefaultMutableVersionConstraint
+
+class NpmVersionConstraint(
+    version: String
+) : DefaultMutableVersionConstraint(version) {
+    override fun rejectAll() {
+        super.rejectAll()
+        reject("0.0.0")
+    }
+
+    fun toSemVer(): String {
+        if (requiredVersion.isEmpty()) {
+            return preferredVersion
+        }
+
+        if (strictVersion.isNotEmpty()) {
+            return strictVersion
+        }
+
+        val requiredRange = "^$requiredVersion"
+        return if (SemVer.valid(requiredRange) && SemVer.satisfies(requiredVersion, requiredRange)) {
+            requiredRange
+        } else {
+            requiredVersion
+        }
+    }
+}
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