diff --git a/src/specifier/index.spec.ts b/src/specifier/index.spec.ts
index e7c0cf5d..46fb18f5 100644
--- a/src/specifier/index.spec.ts
+++ b/src/specifier/index.spec.ts
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ describe('supported version formats', () => {
       version: '~1.0.0',
     },
     {
-      name: 'range',
-      expected: 'Range',
+      name: 'latest',
+      expected: 'Latest',
       version: '*',
     },
     {
diff --git a/src/specifier/index.ts b/src/specifier/index.ts
index d6d93979..0e072332 100644
--- a/src/specifier/index.ts
+++ b/src/specifier/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { DeleteSpecifier } from './delete';
 import { ExactSpecifier } from './exact';
 import { FileSpecifier } from './file';
 import { HostedGitSpecifier } from './hosted-git';
+import { LatestSpecifier } from './latest';
 import { parseSpecifier } from './lib/parse-specifier';
 import { RangeSpecifier } from './range';
 import { TagSpecifier } from './tag';
@@ -15,25 +16,27 @@ import { WorkspaceProtocolSpecifier } from './workspace-protocol';
 export namespace Specifier {
   export const Alias = AliasSpecifier;
   export const Delete = DeleteSpecifier;
+  export const Exact = ExactSpecifier;
   export const File = FileSpecifier;
   export const HostedGit = HostedGitSpecifier;
+  export const Latest = LatestSpecifier;
   export const Range = RangeSpecifier;
   export const Tag = TagSpecifier;
   export const Unsupported = UnsupportedSpecifier;
   export const Url = UrlSpecifier;
-  export const Version = ExactSpecifier;
   export const WorkspaceProtocol = WorkspaceProtocolSpecifier;
 
   export type Any =
     | AliasSpecifier
     | DeleteSpecifier
+    | ExactSpecifier
     | FileSpecifier
     | HostedGitSpecifier
+    | LatestSpecifier
     | RangeSpecifier
     | TagSpecifier
     | UnsupportedSpecifier
     | UrlSpecifier
-    | ExactSpecifier
     | WorkspaceProtocolSpecifier;
 
   export function create(instance: Instance, raw: string | Delete): Specifier.Any {
@@ -44,7 +47,8 @@ export namespace Specifier {
       const parsed = parseSpecifier(instance.name, raw, instance.packageJsonFile);
       const type = parsed.type;
       const data = { instance, raw };
-      if (type === 'version') return new Specifier.Version(data);
+      if (raw === '*') return new Specifier.Latest(data);
+      if (type === 'version') return new Specifier.Exact(data);
       if (type === 'range') return new Specifier.Range(data);
       if (type === 'workspaceProtocol') return new Specifier.WorkspaceProtocol(data);
       if (type === 'alias') return new Specifier.Alias(data);
diff --git a/src/specifier/latest.ts b/src/specifier/latest.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d0fbb52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/specifier/latest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { Effect, pipe } from 'effect';
+import { Specifier } from '.';
+import { BaseSpecifier } from './base';
+import { NonSemverError } from './lib/non-semver-error';
+import type { SpecificRegistryResult } from './lib/specific-registry-result';
+
+type T = SpecificRegistryResult<'range'>;
+
+/**
+ * @example "*"
+ */
+export class LatestSpecifier extends BaseSpecifier<T> {
+  _tag = 'Latest' as const;
+
+  /** Return the semver version including the range */
+  getSemver(): Effect.Effect<never, NonSemverError, string> {
+    return pipe(
+      this.parse(),
+      Effect.mapError(() => new NonSemverError({ specifier: this })),
+      Effect.map((parsed) => parsed.fetchSpec),
+    );
+  }
+
+  /** Get a new `Specifier` from the given semver version applied to this one */
+  setSemver(version: string): Effect.Effect<never, never, Specifier.Any> {
+    return Effect.succeed(Specifier.create(this.instance, version));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/specifier/range.ts b/src/specifier/range.ts
index bfa4eac7..56921ff9 100644
--- a/src/specifier/range.ts
+++ b/src/specifier/range.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import type { SpecificRegistryResult } from './lib/specific-registry-result';
 type T = SpecificRegistryResult<'range'>;
 
 /**
- * @example "*"
  * @example "^1.2.3"
  */
 export class RangeSpecifier extends BaseSpecifier<T> {