diff --git a/crates/uv-python/src/discovery.rs b/crates/uv-python/src/discovery.rs
index ed1d5bc549637..3d8179ce925f6 100644
--- a/crates/uv-python/src/discovery.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-python/src/discovery.rs
@@ -3324,6 +3324,11 @@ fn parse_version_specifiers_request(
     if specifiers.is_empty() {
         return Err(Error::InvalidVersionRequest(s.to_string()));
     }
+    if let [specifier] = specifiers.iter().as_slice() {
+        if specifier.operator() == &uv_pep440::Operator::Equal {
+            return VersionRequest::from_str(&specifier.version().to_string());
+        }
+    }
     Ok(VersionRequest::Range(specifiers, variant))
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/uv/tests/it/python_find.rs b/crates/uv/tests/it/python_find.rs
index 61dd198b973e1..65d5ab5ae5a87 100644
--- a/crates/uv/tests/it/python_find.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/tests/it/python_find.rs
@@ -1513,3 +1513,26 @@ fn python_find_prerelease_with_patch_request() {
     ----- stderr -----
     ");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn python_find_equal() {
+    let context = uv_test::test_context_with_versions!(&["3.11", "3.12"]);
+
+    uv_snapshot!(context.filters(), context.python_find().arg("==3.11"), @r###"
+    success: true
+    exit_code: 0
+    ----- stdout -----
+    [PYTHON-3.11]
+
+    ----- stderr -----
+    "###);
+
+    uv_snapshot!(context.filters(), context.python_find().arg("==3.12"), @r###"
+    success: true
+    exit_code: 0
+    ----- stdout -----
+    [PYTHON-3.12]
+
+    ----- stderr -----
+    "###);
+}