diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/version/VersionRange.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/version/VersionRange.java
index 8cd63029d..70f32932e 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/version/VersionRange.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/version/VersionRange.java
@@ -244,23 +244,9 @@ public String toString() {
   @JsonCreator
   public static VersionRange of(String value) {
 
-    boolean leftIsExclusive = false;
-    boolean rightIsExclusive = false;
-
-    if (value.startsWith(START_EXCLUDING_PREFIX)) {
-      leftIsExclusive = true;
-      value = value.substring(START_EXCLUDING_PREFIX.length());
-    }
-    if (value.startsWith(START_INCLUDING_PREFIX)) {
-      value = value.substring(START_INCLUDING_PREFIX.length());
-    }
-    if (value.endsWith(END_EXCLUDING_SUFFIX)) {
-      rightIsExclusive = true;
-      value = value.substring(0, value.length() - END_EXCLUDING_SUFFIX.length());
-    }
-    if (value.endsWith(END_INCLUDING_SUFFIX)) {
-      value = value.substring(0, value.length() - END_EXCLUDING_SUFFIX.length());
-    }
+    boolean leftIsExclusive = value.startsWith(START_EXCLUDING_PREFIX);
+    boolean rightIsExclusive = value.endsWith(END_EXCLUDING_SUFFIX);
+    value = removeAffixes(value);
 
     int index = value.indexOf(VERSION_SEPARATOR);
     if (index == -1) {
@@ -279,4 +265,19 @@ public static VersionRange of(String value) {
     return new VersionRange(min, max, leftIsExclusive, rightIsExclusive);
   }
 
+  private static String removeAffixes(String value) {
+
+    if (value.startsWith(START_EXCLUDING_PREFIX)) {
+      value = value.substring(START_EXCLUDING_PREFIX.length());
+    } else if (value.startsWith(START_INCLUDING_PREFIX)) {
+      value = value.substring(START_INCLUDING_PREFIX.length());
+    }
+    if (value.endsWith(END_EXCLUDING_SUFFIX)) {
+      value = value.substring(0, value.length() - END_EXCLUDING_SUFFIX.length());
+    } else if (value.endsWith(END_INCLUDING_SUFFIX)) {
+      value = value.substring(0, value.length() - END_EXCLUDING_SUFFIX.length());
+    }
+    return value;
+  }
+
 }