diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5375d13323d5c..6b9c7ffc05795 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Pass registry of headers from ActionPlugin.getRestHeaders to ActionPlugin.getRestHandlerWrapper ([#19875](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19875))
 - Refactor the Condition.Stats and DirectoryFileTransferTracker.Stats class to use the Builder pattern instead of constructors ([#19862](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19862))
 - Refactor the RemoteTranslogTransferTracker.Stats and RemoteSegmentTransferTracker.Stats class to use the Builder pattern instead of constructors ([#19837](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19837))
+- Add RangeSemver for `dependencies` in `plugin-descriptor.properties` ([#19939](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19939))
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fix Allocation and Rebalance Constraints of WeightFunction are incorrectly reset ([#19012](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19012))
diff --git a/libs/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/semver/SemverRange.java b/libs/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/semver/SemverRange.java
index 94ec876178ea5..c2699bd97db53 100644
--- a/libs/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/semver/SemverRange.java
+++ b/libs/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/semver/SemverRange.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 @PublicApi(since = "2.13.0")
 public class SemverRange implements ToXContentFragment {
 
-    private static final Pattern RANGE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("([\\[\\(])([\\d.]+)\\s*,\\s*([\\d.]+)([\\]\\)])");
+    public static final Pattern RANGE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("([\\[\\(])([\\d.]+)\\s*,\\s*([\\d.]+)([\\]\\)])");
 
     private final Version rangeVersion;
     private final RangeOperator rangeOperator;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugins/PluginInfo.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugins/PluginInfo.java
index 323e061aea567..e718cc5611358 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugins/PluginInfo.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugins/PluginInfo.java
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import static org.opensearch.semver.SemverRange.RANGE_PATTERN;
+
 /**
  * An in-memory representation of the plugin descriptor.
  *
@@ -322,13 +324,17 @@ public static PluginInfo readFromProperties(final Path path) throws IOException
             if (dependenciesMap.keySet().stream().noneMatch(s -> s.equals("opensearch"))) {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Only opensearch is allowed to be specified as a plugin dependency: " + dependenciesMap);
             }
-            String[] ranges = dependenciesMap.get("opensearch").split(",");
-            if (ranges.length != 1) {
+            String opensearchDependencyVersion = dependenciesMap.get("opensearch");
+            String[] ranges = opensearchDependencyVersion.split(",");
+            String opensearchVersion = ranges[0];
+            if (RANGE_PATTERN.matcher(opensearchDependencyVersion).matches()) {
+                opensearchVersion = opensearchDependencyVersion;
+            } else if (ranges.length != 1) {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-                    "Exactly one range is allowed to be specified in dependencies for the plugin [\" + name + \"]"
+                    "Exactly one range is allowed to be specified in dependencies for the plugin [" + name + "]"
                 );
             }
-            opensearchVersionRanges.add(SemverRange.fromString(ranges[0].trim()));
+            opensearchVersionRanges.add(SemverRange.fromString(opensearchVersion.trim()));
         }
 
         final String javaVersionString = propsMap.remove("java.version");
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/plugins/PluginInfoTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/plugins/PluginInfoTests.java
index f54a7d3227fac..bfa2f9a537462 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/plugins/PluginInfoTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/plugins/PluginInfoTests.java
@@ -482,6 +482,28 @@ public void testMultipleDependencies() throws Exception {
         assertThat(e.getMessage(), containsString("Exactly one dependency is allowed to be specified in plugin descriptor properties"));
     }
 
+    public void testRangeSemverOnDependencies() throws Exception {
+        String opensearchRange = "[" + Version.V_2_0_0.toString() + "," + Version.V_3_0_0.toString() + ")";
+        Path pluginDir = createTempDir().resolve("fake-plugin");
+        PluginTestUtil.writePluginProperties(
+            pluginDir,
+            "description",
+            "fake desc",
+            "name",
+            "my_plugin",
+            "version",
+            "1.0",
+            "dependencies",
+            "{opensearch:\"" + opensearchRange + "\" }",
+            "java.version",
+            System.getProperty("java.specification.version"),
+            "classname",
+            "FakePlugin"
+        );
+        PluginInfo pluginInfo = PluginInfo.readFromProperties(pluginDir);
+        assertEquals(SemverRange.fromString(opensearchRange).toString(), pluginInfo.getOpenSearchVersionRangesString());
+    }
+
     public void testNonOpenSearchDependency() throws Exception {
         Path pluginDir = createTempDir().resolve("fake-plugin");
         PluginTestUtil.writePluginProperties(