diff --git a/modules/packages/arch/metadata.go b/modules/packages/arch/metadata.go
index 069d7e8c7f..0e08670311 100644
--- a/modules/packages/arch/metadata.go
+++ b/modules/packages/arch/metadata.go
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ const (
 var (
 	reName   = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z0-9@._+-]+$`)
 	reVer    = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z0-9:_.+]+-+[0-9]+$`)
-	rePkgVer = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z0-9@._+-]+([<>]?=?[a-zA-Z0-9@._+-]+)?$`)
 	reOptDep = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z0-9@._+-]+([<>]?=?[a-zA-Z0-9@._+-]+)?(:.*)?$`)
+	rePkgVer = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z0-9@._+-]+([<>]?=?[a-zA-Z0-9@._+-]+)?$`)
 
 	magicZSTD = []byte{0x28, 0xB5, 0x2F, 0xFD}
 	magicXZ   = []byte{0xFD, 0x37, 0x7A, 0x58, 0x5A}
diff --git a/modules/packages/arch/metadata_test.go b/modules/packages/arch/metadata_test.go
index c328c76744..ddb35ca837 100644
--- a/modules/packages/arch/metadata_test.go
+++ b/modules/packages/arch/metadata_test.go
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func TestValidatePackageSpec(t *testing.T) {
 				Provides:     []string{"abc", "def"},
 				License:      []string{"GPL"},
 				Depends:      []string{"go", "gpg=1", "curl>=3", "git<=7"},
-				OptDepends:   []string{"git: something", "make", "llvm<=17: not support llvm 18+"},
+				OptDepends:   []string{"git", "libgcc=1.0", "gzip>1.0", "gz>=1.0", "lz<1.0", "gzip<=1.0", "zstd>1.0:foo bar<test>"},
 				MakeDepends:  []string{"chrom"},
 				CheckDepends: []string{"bariy"},
 				Backup:       []string{"etc/pacman.d/filo"},