diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index f6ec50fe8ba..d3e8b3d82ff 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
 
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+- Enhance GitHub Action `psf/black` to support the `required-version` major-version-only
+  "stability" format when using pyproject.toml (#4770)
+
 ### Documentation
 
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diff --git a/action/main.py b/action/main.py
index f7fdda7efb6..2cabc9772ba 100644
--- a/action/main.py
+++ b/action/main.py
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ def read_version_specifier_from_pyproject() -> str:
 
     version = pyproject.get("tool", {}).get("black", {}).get("required-version")
     if version is not None:
-        return f"=={version}"
+        # Match the two supported usages of `required-version`:
+        if "." in version:
+            return f"=={version}"
+        else:
+            return f"~={version}.0"
 
     arrays = [
         *pyproject.get("dependency-groups", {}).values(),