diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b598ef9..25b6558 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "semver-utils",
-  "version": "1.1.2",
+  "version": "1.1.3",
   "description": "Tools for manipulating semver strings and objects",
   "homepage": "https://git.coolaj86.com/coolaj86/semver-utils.js",
   "main": "semver-utils.js",
diff --git a/semver-utils.js b/semver-utils.js
index 4307a12..e7a3a1f 100644
--- a/semver-utils.js
+++ b/semver-utils.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   //               | |                    |                                        |optional build prefixed by '+'
   var reSemver = /^v?((\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+))(?:-([\dA-Za-z\-]+(?:\.[\dA-Za-z\-]+)*))?(?:\+([\dA-Za-z\-]+(?:\.[\dA-Za-z\-]+)*))?$/
     //, reSemverRange = /\s*((\|\||\-)|(([<>~]?=?)\s*(v)?([0-9]+)(\.(x|[0-9]+))?(\.(x|[0-9]+))?(([\-+])([a-zA-Z0-9\.]+))?))\s*/g
-    , reSemverRange = /\s*((\|\||\-)|(([<>~^]?=?)\s*(v)?([0-9]+)(\.(x|\*|[0-9]+))?(\.(x|\*|[0-9]+))?(([\-+])([a-zA-Z0-9\.-]+))?))\s*/g
+    , reSemverRange = /\s*((\|\||\-)|(([<>~^]*=?)\s*(v)?([0-9]+)(\.(x|\*|[0-9]+))?(\.(x|\*|[0-9]+))?(([\-+])([a-zA-Z0-9\.-]+))?))\s*/g
     ;
 
   // Returns a new object with all of the undefined properties removed from the given object
diff --git a/test/spec.js b/test/spec.js
index 4017b11..e40860e 100644
--- a/test/spec.js
+++ b/test/spec.js
@@ -189,4 +189,14 @@ describe('parseRange', function() {
     }]);
   });
 
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+  it('should parse ~> ranges', function() {
+    deepOwnEqual(semverutils.parseRange('~> 2.0.0'), [{
+      semver: '~> 2.0.0',
+      operator: '~>',
+      major: '2',
+      minor: '0',
+      patch: '0'
+    }]);
+  });
+
+});