diff --git a/murano/dsl/helpers.py b/murano/dsl/helpers.py
index 57757a8a8..fd0479eb6 100644
--- a/murano/dsl/helpers.py
+++ b/murano/dsl/helpers.py
@@ -275,6 +275,12 @@ def parse_version_spec(version_spec):
     if not version_spec:
         version_spec = '0'
     version_spec = re.sub('\s+', '', str(version_spec))
+
+    # NOTE(kzaitsev): semantic_version 2.3.X thinks that '=0' is not
+    # a valid version spec and only accepts '==0', this regexp adds
+    # an extra '=' before such specs
+    version_spec = re.sub(r'^=(\d)', r'==\1', version_spec)
+
     if version_spec[0].isdigit():
         version_spec = '==' + str(version_spec)
     version_spec = semantic_version.Spec(version_spec)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/spec-semver-library-436b0db35fbd4c37.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/spec-semver-library-436b0db35fbd4c37.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd823ae6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/spec-semver-library-436b0db35fbd4c37.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - It is now possible to use version specifications like '=0.0.0' when
+    ``semantic_version`` library version '2.3.1' is installed. Previously
+    such specifications caused an error and '==0.0.0' had to be used.