diff --git a/runtime/doc/lua.txt b/runtime/doc/lua.txt
index 54527c5a50..38289dc5d0 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/lua.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/lua.txt
@@ -2832,11 +2832,15 @@ range({spec})                                            *vim.version.range()*
       }
 <
 
-    `:has()` checks if a version is in the range (inclusive `from` , exclusive `to` ). Example: >lua
+    `:has()` checks if a version is in the range (inclusive `from`, exclusive
+    `to`).
+
+    Example: >lua
 
       local r = vim.version.range('1.0.0 - 2.0.0')
-      print(r:has('1.9.9'))  -- true
-      print(r:has('2.0.0'))  -- false
+      print(r:has('1.9.9'))       -- true
+      print(r:has('2.0.0'))       -- false
+      print(r:has(vim.version())) -- check against current Nvim version
 <
 
     Or use cmp(), eq(), lt(), and gt() to compare `.to` and `.from` directly: >lua
diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/version.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/version.lua
index ebe8f4e053..d4a3752e37 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/version.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/version.lua
@@ -226,8 +226,13 @@ function Range:has(version)
   if type(version) == 'string' then
     ---@diagnostic disable-next-line: cast-local-type
     version = M.parse(version)
+  else
+    -- Need metatable to compare versions.
+    version = setmetatable(vim.deepcopy(version), Version)
   end
   if version then
+    -- Workaround: vim.version() reports "prerelease" as a boolean.
+    version.prerelease = version.prerelease or nil
     if version.prerelease ~= self.from.prerelease then
       return false
     end
@@ -244,11 +249,14 @@ end
 ---   }
 ---   </pre>
 ---
---- `:has()` checks if a version is in the range (inclusive `from`, exclusive `to`). Example:
+--- `:has()` checks if a version is in the range (inclusive `from`, exclusive `to`).
+---
+--- Example:
 ---   <pre>lua
 ---   local r = vim.version.range('1.0.0 - 2.0.0')
----   print(r:has('1.9.9'))  -- true
----   print(r:has('2.0.0'))  -- false
+---   print(r:has('1.9.9'))       -- true
+---   print(r:has('2.0.0'))       -- false
+---   print(r:has(vim.version())) -- check against current Nvim version
 ---   </pre>
 ---
 --- Or use cmp(), eq(), lt(), and gt() to compare `.to` and `.from` directly:
@@ -279,7 +287,7 @@ function M.range(spec) -- Adapted from https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim
     }, { __index = Range })
   end
   ---@type string, string
-  local mods, version = spec:lower():match('^([%^=>~]*)(.*)$')
+  local mods, version = spec:lower():match('^([%^=<>~]*)(.*)$')
   version = version:gsub('%.[%*x]', '')
   local parts = vim.split(version:gsub('%-.*', ''), '.', { plain = true })
   if #parts < 3 and mods == '' then
@@ -292,6 +300,11 @@ function M.range(spec) -- Adapted from https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim
     local to = vim.deepcopy(semver)
     if mods == '' or mods == '=' then
       to.patch = to.patch + 1
+    elseif mods == '<' then
+      from = M._version({})
+    elseif mods == '<=' then
+      from = M._version({})
+      to.patch = to.patch + 1
     elseif mods == '>' then
       from.patch = from.patch + 1
       to = nil ---@diagnostic disable-line: cast-local-type
diff --git a/test/functional/lua/version_spec.lua b/test/functional/lua/version_spec.lua
index 75b62e8318..64dcbec983 100644
--- a/test/functional/lua/version_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/lua/version_spec.lua
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ describe('version', function()
       ['=1.2.3'] = { from = { 1, 2, 3 }, to = { 1, 2, 4 } },
       ['>1.2.3'] = { from = { 1, 2, 4 } },
       ['>=1.2.3'] = { from = { 1, 2, 3 } },
+      ['<1.2.3'] = { from = { 0, 0, 0 }, to = { 1, 2, 3 } },
+      ['<=1.2.3'] = { from = { 0, 0, 0 }, to = { 1, 2, 4 } },
       ['~1.2.3'] = { from = { 1, 2, 3 }, to = { 1, 3, 0 } },
       ['^1.2.3'] = { from = { 1, 2, 3 }, to = { 2, 0, 0 } },
       ['^0.2.3'] = { from = { 0, 2, 3 }, to = { 0, 3, 0 } },