diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 550e3f5114..e7be24d421 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Please add one entry in this file for each change in Yarn's behavior. Use the sa
 
 ## Master
 
+- Fixes yarn `upgrade --latest` for dependencies using `>` or `>=` range specifier
+
+  [#7080](https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/pull/7080) - [**Xukai Wu**](https://github.com/shilcare)
+
 - Fixes `--modules-folder` handling in several places (ex: `yarn check` now respects `--modules-folder`)
 
   [#6850](https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/pull/6850) - [**Jeff Valore**](https://twitter.com/codingwithspike)
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/upgrade.js b/src/cli/commands/upgrade.js
index 9a149951c4..53d19f6474 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/upgrade.js
+++ b/src/cli/commands/upgrade.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {Install} from './install.js';
 
 // used to detect whether a semver range is simple enough to preserve when doing a --latest upgrade.
 // when not matched, the upgraded version range will default to `^` the same as the `add` command would.
-const basicSemverOperatorRegex = new RegExp('^(\\^|~|>|<=|>=)?[^ |&,]+$');
+const basicSemverOperatorRegex = new RegExp('^(\\^|~|>=|<=)?[^ |&,]+$');
 
 // used to detect if a passed parameter is a scope or a package name.
 const validScopeRegex = /^@[a-zA-Z0-9-][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]*\/$/;
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function setUserRequestedPackageVersions(
 }
 
 // this function attempts to determine the range operator on the semver range.
-// this will only handle the simple cases of a semver starting with '^', '~', '>', '>=', '<=', or an exact version.
+// this will only handle the simple cases of a semver starting with '^', '~', '>=', '<=', or an exact version.
 // "exotic" semver ranges will not be handled.
 function getRangeOperator(version): string {
   const result = basicSemverOperatorRegex.exec(version);