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 4ceb86cf1..f104098b7 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
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ public boolean isPattern() {
   @Override
   public boolean contains(VersionIdentifier version) {
 
+    VersionSegment start = version.getStart();
+    if ((start.getNumber() == -1) && start.isPattern()) {
+      return true; // * and *! are always contained
+    }
     if (this.min != null) {
       VersionComparisonResult compareMin = version.compareVersion(this.min);
       if (compareMin.isLess()) {
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@ public boolean contains(VersionIdentifier version) {
       VersionComparisonResult compareMax = version.compareVersion(this.max);
       if (compareMax.isGreater()) {
         return false;
-      } else if (compareMax.isEqual() && this.boundaryType.isRightExclusive() && !version.isPattern()) {
+      } else if (compareMax.isEqual() && this.boundaryType.isRightExclusive()) {
         return false;
       }
     }
diff --git a/cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/version/VersionRangeTest.java b/cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/version/VersionRangeTest.java
index 7a1c8b398..6b2f02dd6 100644
--- a/cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/version/VersionRangeTest.java
+++ b/cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/version/VersionRangeTest.java
@@ -109,9 +109,12 @@ public void testContains() {
     checkContainsNot("(11,22)", "10*");
     checkContains("(11,22)", "11*");
     checkContains("(11,22)", "11.0*");
-    checkContains("(11,22)", "22*");
-    checkContains("(11,22)", "22.*");
+    checkContains("(11,22)", "21.99*");
+    checkContainsNot("(11,22)", "22*");
+    checkContainsNot("(11,22)", "22.*");
     checkContainsNot("(11,22)", "23*");
+    checkContains("(11,22)", "21.99*");
+    checkContains("[22,)", "*");
   }
 
   private void checkContains(String range, String version) {