diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d4ad5784d..4aa206147 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
     "chalk": "^4.1.0",
     "enhanced-resolve": "^5.0.0",
     "micromatch": "^4.0.0",
-    "semver": "^7.3.4",
     "source-map": "^0.7.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -92,6 +91,7 @@
     "mocha": "^6.0.0",
     "prettier": "^2.0.5",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
+    "semver": "^7.3.4",
     "typescript": "^6.0.2",
     "typescript-eslint": "^8.59.4",
     "webpack": "^5.74.0",
diff --git a/src/compilerSetup.ts b/src/compilerSetup.ts
index 5d75051a3..743f7cf9e 100644
--- a/src/compilerSetup.ts
+++ b/src/compilerSetup.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import * as semver from 'semver';
 import type typescript from 'typescript';
 
 import type { LoaderOptions } from './interfaces';
@@ -25,12 +24,16 @@ export function getCompiler(loaderOptions: LoaderOptions, log: logger.Logger) {
     }`;
     compilerCompatible = false;
     if (loaderOptions.compiler === 'typescript') {
-      if (
-        compiler!.version !== undefined &&
-        semver.gte(compiler!.version, '3.6.3')
-      ) {
-        // don't log yet in this case, if a tsconfig.json exists we want to combine the message
-        compilerCompatible = true;
+      if (compiler!.version !== undefined) {
+        const [major, minor, patch] = compiler!.version
+          .split(".")
+          .map(Number);
+        // >= 3.6.3
+        const compareScore = major - 3 || minor - 6 || patch - 3;
+        if (compareScore >= 0) {
+          // don't log yet in this case, if a tsconfig.json exists we want to combine the message
+          compilerCompatible = true;
+        }
       } else {
         log.logError(
           `${compilerDetailsLogMessage}. This version is incompatible with ts-loader. Please upgrade to the latest version of TypeScript.`