diff --git a/.ci/generate_bear_requirements.py b/.ci/generate_bear_requirements.py
index a4b6493acf..6f6ef166e8 100755
--- a/.ci/generate_bear_requirements.py
+++ b/.ci/generate_bear_requirements.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def write_npm_requirements(requirements):
         req_version = requirement.version
         package_name = requirement.package
         if req_version:
-            if req_version.startswith(">="):
+            if req_version[0] in ('<', '>', '~', '='):
                 npm_dependencies[package_name] = req_version
             else:
                 npm_dependencies[package_name] = "~" + req_version
diff --git a/bears/yaml/RAMLLintBear.py b/bears/yaml/RAMLLintBear.py
index 0901476031..c985dd238f 100644
--- a/bears/yaml/RAMLLintBear.py
+++ b/bears/yaml/RAMLLintBear.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class RAMLLintBear:
     """
 
     LANGUAGES = {'RAML'}
-    REQUIREMENTS = {NpmRequirement('ramllint', '1.2.2')}
+    REQUIREMENTS = {NpmRequirement('ramllint', '>=1.2.2 <1.2.4')}
     AUTHORS = {'The coala developers'}
     AUTHORS_EMAILS = {'coala-devel@googlegroups.com'}
     LICENSE = 'AGPL-3.0'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d3e56a6463..6cc0489579 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "happiness": "~7.1.2",
     "jshint": "~2",
     "postcss-cli": "~2",
-    "ramllint": "~1.2.2",
+    "ramllint": ">=1.2.2 <1.2.4",
     "remark-cli": "~2",
     "remark-lint": "~5",
     "stylelint": "~7",