diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 8ac6264ba..7950b44e9 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("org.openrewrite:rewrite-maven:${rewriteVersion}")
 
     // for locating list of released Spring Boot versions
-    implementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4+")
+    implementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.+")
 
     // eliminates "unknown enum constant DeprecationLevel.WARNING" warnings from the build log
     // see https://github.com/gradle/kotlin-dsl-samples/issues/1301 for why (okhttp is leaking parts of kotlin stdlib)