diff --git a/source/dub/dub.d b/source/dub/dub.d
index 97accde..fda08db 100644
--- a/source/dub/dub.d
+++ b/source/dub/dub.d
@@ -1174,13 +1174,15 @@
 		if (!path.absolute) path = m_rootPath ~ path;
 		path.normalize();
 
-		string[string] depVers;
+		VersionRange[string] depVers;
 		string[] notFound; // keep track of any failed packages in here
 		foreach (dep; deps) {
-			Version ver;
 			try {
-				ver = getLatestVersion(dep);
-				depVers[dep] = ver.isBranch ? ver.toString() : "~>" ~ ver.toString();
+				Version ver = getLatestVersion(dep);
+				if (ver.isBranch())
+					depVers[dep] = VersionRange(ver);
+				else
+					depVers[dep] = VersionRange.fromString("~>" ~ ver.toString());
 			} catch (Exception e) {
 				notFound ~= dep;
 			}
diff --git a/source/dub/init.d b/source/dub/init.d
index 6c55cea..0ef26a2 100644
--- a/source/dub/init.d
+++ b/source/dub/init.d
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 			package recipe and the file format used to store it prior to
 			writing it to disk.
 */
-void initPackage(NativePath root_path, string[string] deps, string type,
+void initPackage(NativePath root_path, VersionRange[string] deps, string type,
 	PackageFormat format, scope RecipeCallback recipe_callback = null)
 {
 	import std.conv : to;