diff --git a/app/main.js b/app/main.js
index 4a5b8d9..96ed4fd 100644
--- a/app/main.js
+++ b/app/main.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import core from '@actions/core'
 import os from 'os'
+import semver from 'semver'
 import Setup from './lib/setup.js'
 import Package from './lib/package.js'
 import Tag from './lib/tag.js'
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ async function run () {
     // Identify the tag parsing strategy
     const root = core.getInput('root', { required: false }) || core.getInput('package_root', { required: false }) || './'
     const strategy = (core.getInput('regex_pattern', { required: false }) || '').trim().length > 0 ? 'regex' : ((core.getInput('strategy', { required: false }) || 'package').trim().toLowerCase())
-    
+
 
     // Extract the version number using the supplied strategy
     let version = core.getInput('root', { required: false })
@@ -48,9 +49,9 @@ async function run () {
     if (!version) {
       throw new Error(`No version identified${msg}`)
     }
-    
+
     const minVersion = core.getInput('minVersion', { required: false })
-    if (version < minVersion) {
+    if (semver.lt(version, minVersion)) {
       core.warning(`Version "${version}" is lower than minimum "${minVersion}"`)
       return
     }
diff --git a/app/package-lock.json b/app/package-lock.json
index 864e226..dc7637f 100644
--- a/app/package-lock.json
+++ b/app/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "autotag-action",
-  "version": "1.0.3",
+  "version": "1.1.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -211,6 +211,13 @@
         "semver": "^5.5.0",
         "shebang-command": "^1.2.0",
         "which": "^1.2.9"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "semver": {
+          "version": "5.7.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-sauaDf/PZdVgrLTNYHRtpXa1iRiKcaebiKQ1BJdpQlWH2lCvexQdX55snPFyK7QzpudqbCI0qXFfOasHdyNDGQ=="
+        }
       }
     },
     "deprecation": {
@@ -278,6 +285,14 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.uniq/-/lodash.uniq-4.5.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-0CJTc662Uq3BvILklFM5qEJ1R3M="
     },
+    "lru-cache": {
+      "version": "6.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-6.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Jo6dJ04CmSjuznwJSS3pUeWmd/H0ffTlkXXgwZi+eq1UCmqQwCh+eLsYOYCwY991i2Fah4h1BEMCx4qThGbsiA==",
+      "requires": {
+        "yallist": "^4.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "macos-release": {
       "version": "2.4.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/macos-release/-/macos-release-2.4.1.tgz",
@@ -343,9 +358,12 @@
       }
     },
     "semver": {
-      "version": "5.7.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-sauaDf/PZdVgrLTNYHRtpXa1iRiKcaebiKQ1BJdpQlWH2lCvexQdX55snPFyK7QzpudqbCI0qXFfOasHdyNDGQ=="
+      "version": "7.3.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.3.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-tCfb2WLjqFAtXn4KEdxIhalnRtoKFN7nAwj0B3ZXCbQloV2tq5eDbcTmT68JJD3nRJq24/XgxtQKFIpQdtvmVw==",
+      "requires": {
+        "lru-cache": "^6.0.0"
+      }
     },
     "shebang-command": {
       "version": "1.2.0",
@@ -400,6 +418,11 @@
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrappy/-/wrappy-1.0.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-tSQ9jz7BqjXxNkYFvA0QNuMKtp8="
+    },
+    "yallist": {
+      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yallist/-/yallist-4.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-3wdGidZyq5PB084XLES5TpOSRA3wjXAlIWMhum2kRcv/41Sn2emQ0dycQW4uZXLejwKvg6EsvbdlVL+FYEct7A=="
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index 1fa06e5..9927468 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/core": "^1.2.2",
-    "@actions/github": "^2.1.0"
+    "@actions/github": "^2.1.0",
+    "semver": "^7.3.4"
   },
   "type": "module"
 }