diff --git a/lib/modules/versioning/hermit/index.spec.ts b/lib/modules/versioning/hermit/index.spec.ts
index 75d8fc6ca66c0dd17ab5a3cb45e363d67a65286c..46481606ac631ddb82c9a230f23f495714c6ab69 100644
--- a/lib/modules/versioning/hermit/index.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/versioning/hermit/index.spec.ts
@@ -81,16 +81,27 @@ describe('modules/versioning/hermit/index', () => {
   );
 
   test.each`
-    version      | other        | expected
-    ${'@1'}      | ${'@1.2'}    | ${false}
-    ${'@1.2'}    | ${'@1.2'}    | ${true}
-    ${'@1.2.3'}  | ${'@1.2'}    | ${false}
-    ${'@latest'} | ${'@1'}      | ${false}
-    ${'@stable'} | ${'@stable'} | ${true}
+    version      | range              | expected
+    ${'0.6.1'}   | ${'>0.6.0 <0.7.0'} | ${true}
+    ${'0.6.1'}   | ${'<0.7.0'}        | ${true}
+    ${'0.6.1'}   | ${'<=0.7.0'}       | ${true}
+    ${'0.6.1'}   | ${'>=0.6.0'}       | ${true}
+    ${'0.6.1'}   | ${'>0.6.0'}        | ${true}
+    ${'0.6.1'}   | ${'0.6.x'}         | ${true}
+    ${'0.6.1'}   | ${'0.6.*'}         | ${true}
+    ${'0.6.1'}   | ${'0.6.0 - 0.6.3'} | ${true}
+    ${'0.6.1'}   | ${'~0.6'}          | ${true}
+    ${'0.6.1'}   | ${'0.6.1'}         | ${true}
+    ${'0.0.6'}   | ${'^0.0.6'}        | ${true}
+    ${'@1'}      | ${'@1.2'}          | ${false}
+    ${'@1.2'}    | ${'@1.2'}          | ${true}
+    ${'@1.2.3'}  | ${'@1.2'}          | ${false}
+    ${'@latest'} | ${'@1'}            | ${false}
+    ${'@stable'} | ${'@stable'}       | ${true}
   `(
-    'matches("$version", "$other") === $expected',
-    ({ version, other, expected }) => {
-      expect(versioning.matches(version, other)).toBe(expected);
+    'matches("$version", "$range") === $expected',
+    ({ version, range, expected }) => {
+      expect(versioning.matches(version, range)).toBe(expected);
     }
   );
 
diff --git a/lib/modules/versioning/hermit/index.ts b/lib/modules/versioning/hermit/index.ts
index f78b78f8dc1f76f2978b46b1758e2cb66a6252c3..940f1e5e8da476e0fd0833e64a56c1e205242640 100644
--- a/lib/modules/versioning/hermit/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/versioning/hermit/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { satisfies } from 'semver';
 import { RegExpVersion, RegExpVersioningApi } from '../regex';
 import type { VersioningApiConstructor } from '../types';
 
@@ -173,7 +174,14 @@ export class HermitVersioning extends RegExpVersioningApi {
   }
 
   override matches(version: string, range: string): boolean {
-    return this.equals(version, range);
+    if (
+      HermitVersioning._isChannel(version) &&
+      HermitVersioning._isChannel(range)
+    ) {
+      return this.equals(version, range);
+    }
+
+    return satisfies(version, range);
   }
 }