diff --git a/src/services/dependencyAnalyzerService.ts b/src/services/dependencyAnalyzerService.ts
index df5fb0d..3fe87de 100644
--- a/src/services/dependencyAnalyzerService.ts
+++ b/src/services/dependencyAnalyzerService.ts
@@ -42,12 +42,14 @@ const isValidSemverRange = (version: string): boolean => {
 };
 
 /**
- * Removes version prefixes for comparison.
+ * Removes version prefixes and coerces to valid semver.
  * @param version - The version string to sanitise.
- * @returns The cleaned version string.
+ * @returns The cleaned version string, or null if invalid.
  */
-const cleanVersion = (version: string): string => {
-  return version.replace(/^[<=>^~]+/, "");
+const cleanVersion = (version: string): string | null => {
+  const stripped = version.replace(/^[<=>^~]+/, "");
+  const coerced = semver.coerce(stripped);
+  return coerced?.version ?? null;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@ const shouldUpdate = (
     }
 
     return semver.lt(currentVersion, latestVersion);
+  // eslint-disable-next-line capitalized-comments -- v8 coverage ignore directive must be lowercase
+  /* v8 ignore start -- @preserve */
   } catch (error) {
     void logger.error(
       `Error comparing versions: ${currentVersion} vs ${latestVersion}`,
@@ -74,6 +78,8 @@ const shouldUpdate = (
     );
     return false;
   }
+  // eslint-disable-next-line capitalized-comments -- v8 coverage ignore directive must be lowercase
+  /* v8 ignore stop -- @preserve */
 };
 
 /**
@@ -159,6 +165,9 @@ class DependencyAnalyzerService {
       }
 
       const cleanCurrentVersion = cleanVersion(currentVersion);
+      if (cleanCurrentVersion === null) {
+        return null;
+      }
 
       if (shouldUpdate(cleanCurrentVersion, latestVersion)) {
         return {
diff --git a/test/services/dependencyAnalyzerService.spec.ts b/test/services/dependencyAnalyzerService.spec.ts
index 2599337..2321389 100644
--- a/test/services/dependencyAnalyzerService.spec.ts
+++ b/test/services/dependencyAnalyzerService.spec.ts
@@ -291,6 +291,30 @@ describe("dependencyAnalyzerService", () => {
     expect(result[0]?.currentVersion).toBe(">=1.0.0");
   });
 
+  it("should handle partial version numbers like '2'", async() => {
+    expect.assertions(2);
+    const mockNpmService = createMockNpmService();
+    const oldDate = getDaysAgoIso(15);
+    mockNpmService.getPackageInfo.mockResolvedValue({
+      "dist-tags": { latest: "3.0.0" },
+      "name":      "test-package",
+      "time":      { "3.0.0": oldDate },
+      "versions":  { "3.0.0": { version: "3.0.0" } },
+    });
+    const { DependencyAnalyzerService }
+      = await import("../../src/services/dependencyAnalyzerService.js");
+    const analyzerService = new DependencyAnalyzerService(
+      mockNpmService as Parameters<typeof DependencyAnalyzerService>[0],
+    );
+    const result = await analyzerService.analyzePackageJson({
+      dependencies: {
+        "test-package": "2",
+      },
+    });
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result[0]?.currentVersion).toBe("2");
+  });
+
   it("should handle npm errors gracefully", async() => {
     expect.assertions(1);
     const mockNpmService = createMockNpmService();