diff --git a/src/services/dependencyAnalyzerService.ts b/src/services/dependencyAnalyzerService.ts
index fa38833..df5fb0d 100644
--- a/src/services/dependencyAnalyzerService.ts
+++ b/src/services/dependencyAnalyzerService.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ const isValidSemverRange = (version: string): boolean => {
  * @returns The cleaned version string.
  */
 const cleanVersion = (version: string): string => {
-  return version.replace(/^[<=>^~]/, "");
+  return version.replace(/^[<=>^~]+/, "");
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/services/dependencyAnalyzerService.spec.ts b/test/services/dependencyAnalyzerService.spec.ts
index c3ddc39..2599337 100644
--- a/test/services/dependencyAnalyzerService.spec.ts
+++ b/test/services/dependencyAnalyzerService.spec.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 /* eslint-disable vitest/valid-expect -- Test expectations don't need messages */
 /* eslint-disable max-lines-per-function -- Test suites require many test cases */
+/* eslint-disable max-lines -- Test suites require many test cases */
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention -- Test data uses npm package names and destructured imports */
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions -- Required for mocking */
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
@@ -266,6 +267,30 @@ describe("dependencyAnalyzerService", () => {
     expect(result[0]?.currentVersion).toBe("^1.0.0");
   });
 
+  it("should handle multi-character version prefixes like >=", async() => {
+    expect.assertions(2);
+    const mockNpmService = createMockNpmService();
+    const oldDate = getDaysAgoIso(15);
+    mockNpmService.getPackageInfo.mockResolvedValue({
+      "dist-tags": { latest: "2.0.0" },
+      "name":      "test-package",
+      "time":      { "2.0.0": oldDate },
+      "versions":  { "2.0.0": { version: "2.0.0" } },
+    });
+    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": ">=1.0.0",
+      },
+    });
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result[0]?.currentVersion).toBe(">=1.0.0");
+  });
+
   it("should handle npm errors gracefully", async() => {
     expect.assertions(1);
     const mockNpmService = createMockNpmService();