diff --git a/rewrite-javascript/rewrite/test/javascript/recipes/add-dependency.test.ts b/rewrite-javascript/rewrite/test/javascript/recipes/add-dependency.test.ts
index 5afe724277..8fda810d60 100644
--- a/rewrite-javascript/rewrite/test/javascript/recipes/add-dependency.test.ts
+++ b/rewrite-javascript/rewrite/test/javascript/recipes/add-dependency.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {Json} from "../../../src/json";
 import {RecipeSpec} from "../../../src/test";
 import {withDir} from "tmp-promise";
 import {findMarker, MarkersKind} from "../../../src";
+import * as semver from "semver";
 
 describe("AddDependency", () => {
 
@@ -346,10 +347,10 @@ describe("AddDependency", () => {
                             throw new Error(`Expected root dependency lodash to be ^4.17.21, got ${rootPkg?.dependencies?.["lodash"]}`);
                         }
 
-                        // lodash should be in node_modules
+                        // lodash should be in node_modules with a version satisfying ^4.17.21
                         const lodashPkg = lockData.packages["node_modules/lodash"];
-                        if (!lodashPkg?.version?.startsWith("4.17.")) {
-                            throw new Error(`Expected lodash version to start with 4.17., got ${lodashPkg?.version}`);
+                        if (!lodashPkg?.version || !semver.satisfies(lodashPkg.version, "^4.17.21")) {
+                            throw new Error(`Expected lodash version satisfying ^4.17.21, got ${lodashPkg?.version}`);
                         }
 
                         return actual;
diff --git a/rewrite-javascript/rewrite/test/javascript/recipes/upgrade-dependency-version.test.ts b/rewrite-javascript/rewrite/test/javascript/recipes/upgrade-dependency-version.test.ts
index 4307ff6c3f..7232d24884 100644
--- a/rewrite-javascript/rewrite/test/javascript/recipes/upgrade-dependency-version.test.ts
+++ b/rewrite-javascript/rewrite/test/javascript/recipes/upgrade-dependency-version.test.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {RecipeSpec} from "../../../src/test";
 import {withDir} from "tmp-promise";
 import * as fs from "fs";
 import * as path from "path";
+import * as semver from "semver";
 
 describe("UpgradeDependencyVersion", () => {
 
@@ -505,9 +506,11 @@ describe("UpgradeDependencyVersion", () => {
                             const marker = findNodeResolutionResult(doc);
                             expect(marker).toBeDefined();
                             expect(marker!.dependencies[0].versionConstraint).toBe("^4.17.23");
-                            // The resolved version should still be 4.17.23 (unchanged)
+                            // The resolved version should still satisfy ^4.17.23 (unchanged)
                             // This proves we didn't run npm install - just updated the constraint
-                            expect(marker!.resolvedDependencies?.[0]?.version).toBe("4.17.23");
+                            const resolvedVersion = marker!.resolvedDependencies?.[0]?.version;
+                            expect(resolvedVersion).toBeDefined();
+                            expect(semver.satisfies(resolvedVersion!, "^4.17.23")).toBe(true);
                         }
                     }
                 )