diff --git a/changelog/toolchain_requirements.dd b/changelog/toolchain_requirements.dd
index b72fb79..70172b8 100644
--- a/changelog/toolchain_requirements.dd
+++ b/changelog/toolchain_requirements.dd
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 {
     "toolchainRequirements": {
         "dub": "~>1.10",
-        "frontend": ">=2.068|<2.083"
+        "frontend": ">=2.068 <2.083"
     }
 }
 ---
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@
     $(LI gdc)
 )
 
-Each can be assigned to one or more version specifications, separated by `|`.
-For compilers, instead of a version specification, the keyword `no` can also be
-used to indicate that the compiler should not be used for this package.
+Each can contain a
+$(LINK2 https://dub.pm/package-format-sdl.html#version-specs version specification),
+where DMD-like versions are supported in addition to SemVer versions. For
+compilers, instead of a version specification, the keyword `no` can also be used
+to indicate that the compiler should not be used for this package.
 
 Example scenario:$(BR)
 Package that needs DUB>=1.12, and that will only build with LDC>=1.10:
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d b/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
index b087cd8..bfc4b84 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
@@ -126,9 +126,11 @@
 		const ver = Version(dmdVer ? dmdLikeVersionToSemverLike(toolVer) : toolVer);
 
 		return requirement
-			.splitter('|')
-			.map!(r => Dependency(dmdVer ? dmdLikeVersionToSemverLike(r) : r))
-			.all!(r => r.matches(ver));
+			.splitter(' ')
+			.map!(r => dmdVer ? dmdLikeVersionToSemverLike(r) : r)
+			.join(' ')
+			.Dependency
+			.matches(ver);
 	}
 
 	/** Runs a tool and provides common boilerplate code.
diff --git a/test/issue1531-toolchain-requirements.sh b/test/issue1531-toolchain-requirements.sh
index 77bf5f4..c384198 100755
--- a/test/issue1531-toolchain-requirements.sh
+++ b/test/issue1531-toolchain-requirements.sh
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 test_cl_req_fail ">$DC_VER"
 test_cl_req_pass "<=$DC_VER"
 test_cl_req_fail "<$DC_VER"
-test_cl_req_pass ">=$DC_VER|<$(($DC_VER_MAJ + 1))$DC_VER_REM"
+test_cl_req_pass ">=$DC_VER <$(($DC_VER_MAJ + 1))$DC_VER_REM"
 test_cl_req_pass "~>$DC_VER"
 test_cl_req_fail "~>$(($DC_VER_MAJ + 1))$DC_VER_REM"
 test_cl_req_fail no