diff --git a/src/Vendor/Composer/VersionConstraintNormalizer.php b/src/Vendor/Composer/VersionConstraintNormalizer.php
index 56051f00..d834fa71 100644
--- a/src/Vendor/Composer/VersionConstraintNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Vendor/Composer/VersionConstraintNormalizer.php
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ private function normalizeVersionConstraint(string $versionConstraint): string
     {
         $versionConstraint = self::normalizeVersionConstraintSeparators($versionConstraint);
         $versionConstraint = self::removeLeadingVersionPrefix($versionConstraint);
+        $versionConstraint = self::assertDevPrefixSuffixPosition($versionConstraint);
         $versionConstraint = self::replaceWildcardXWithAsterisk($versionConstraint);
         $versionConstraint = self::replaceWildcardWithTilde($versionConstraint);
         $versionConstraint = self::replaceTildeWithCaret($versionConstraint);
@@ -177,11 +178,45 @@ private static function removeLeadingVersionPrefix(string $versionConstraint): s
     {
         return self::applyRegularExpressionReplacementToVersionsInTurn(
             $versionConstraint,
-            '{^(|[!<>]=|[~<>^])v(\d+.*)$}',
+            '{^(|[!<>]=|[~<>^])v(\d+.*(?<!-dev))$}',
             '$1$2',
         );
     }
 
+    private static function assertDevPrefixSuffixPosition(string $versionConstraint): string
+    {
+        $split = \explode(
+            ' ',
+            $versionConstraint,
+        );
+
+        foreach ($split as &$part) {
+            if (\strlen($part) <= 4) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (\strpos($part, 'dev-') === 0) {
+                $branch = \substr($part, 4);
+            } elseif (\substr($part, -4) === '-dev') {
+                $branch = \substr($part, 0, -4);
+            } else {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // @see https://github.com/composer/semver/blob/3.4.0/src/VersionParser.php#L216
+            if (\preg_match('{^v?\d+(\.(?:\d+|[xX*]))?(\.(?:\d+|[xX*]))?(\.(?:\d+|[xX*]))?$}i', $branch)) {
+                $part = $branch . '-dev';
+            } else {
+                $part = 'dev-' . $branch;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return \implode(
+            ' ',
+            $split,
+        );
+    }
+
     private static function removeOverlappingVersionConstraints(string $versionConstraint): string
     {
         $orConstraints = self::splitIntoOrConstraints($versionConstraint);
diff --git a/test/Template/Vendor/Composer/ComposerJsonNormalizer/NormalizeNormalizesJson/Json/IsObject/HasEntries/Yes/HasProperty/ValueContainsPackagesAndVersionConstraints/HasEntries/Yes/HasNormalizedVersionConstraints/No/Branch/normalized.json b/test/Template/Vendor/Composer/ComposerJsonNormalizer/NormalizeNormalizesJson/Json/IsObject/HasEntries/Yes/HasProperty/ValueContainsPackagesAndVersionConstraints/HasEntries/Yes/HasNormalizedVersionConstraints/No/Branch/normalized.json
index c2baee19..16af0500 100644
--- a/test/Template/Vendor/Composer/ComposerJsonNormalizer/NormalizeNormalizesJson/Json/IsObject/HasEntries/Yes/HasProperty/ValueContainsPackagesAndVersionConstraints/HasEntries/Yes/HasNormalizedVersionConstraints/No/Branch/normalized.json
+++ b/test/Template/Vendor/Composer/ComposerJsonNormalizer/NormalizeNormalizesJson/Json/IsObject/HasEntries/Yes/HasProperty/ValueContainsPackagesAndVersionConstraints/HasEntries/Yes/HasNormalizedVersionConstraints/No/Branch/normalized.json
@@ -6,6 +6,23 @@
         "branch/03-main-referencing-commit-trimmed": "dev-main#bf2eeff",
         "branch/04-main-referencing-commit-untrimmed": "dev-main#bf2eeff",
         "branch/05-my-feature-trimmed": "dev-my-feature",
-        "branch/06-my-feature-untrimmed": "dev-my-feature"
+        "branch/06-my-feature-untrimmed": "dev-my-feature",
+        "branch/07-main-suffix": "dev-main",
+        "branch/08-numeric-branch-lower-suffix-major": "1.x-dev",
+        "branch/09-numeric-branch-lower-suffix-major-minor": "1.2.x-dev",
+        "branch/10-numeric-branch-lower-prefix-major": "1.x-dev",
+        "branch/11-numeric-branch-lower-prefix-major-minor": "1.2.x-dev",
+        "branch/12-numeric-branch-upper-suffix-major": "1.X-dev",
+        "branch/13-numeric-branch-upper-suffix-major-minor": "1.2.X-dev",
+        "branch/14-numeric-branch-upper-prefix-major": "1.X-dev",
+        "branch/15-numeric-branch-upper-prefix-major-minor": "1.2.X-dev",
+        "branch/16-numeric-branch-starts-with-v-lower-suffix-major": "v1.x-dev",
+        "branch/17-numeric-branch-starts-with-v-lower-suffix-major-minor": "v1.2.x-dev",
+        "branch/18-numeric-branch-starts-with-v-lower-prefix-major": "v1.x-dev",
+        "branch/19-numeric-branch-starts-with-v-lower-prefix-major-minor": "v1.2.x-dev",
+        "branch/20-numeric-branch-starts-with-v-upper-suffix-major": "v1.X-dev",
+        "branch/21-numeric-branch-starts-with-v-upper-suffix-major-minor": "v1.2.X-dev",
+        "branch/22-numeric-branch-starts-with-v-upper-prefix-major": "v1.X-dev",
+        "branch/23-numeric-branch-starts-with-v-upper-prefix-major-minor": "v1.2.X-dev"
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Template/Vendor/Composer/ComposerJsonNormalizer/NormalizeNormalizesJson/Json/IsObject/HasEntries/Yes/HasProperty/ValueContainsPackagesAndVersionConstraints/HasEntries/Yes/HasNormalizedVersionConstraints/No/Branch/original.json b/test/Template/Vendor/Composer/ComposerJsonNormalizer/NormalizeNormalizesJson/Json/IsObject/HasEntries/Yes/HasProperty/ValueContainsPackagesAndVersionConstraints/HasEntries/Yes/HasNormalizedVersionConstraints/No/Branch/original.json
index 18cc86c6..0d04238f 100644
--- a/test/Template/Vendor/Composer/ComposerJsonNormalizer/NormalizeNormalizesJson/Json/IsObject/HasEntries/Yes/HasProperty/ValueContainsPackagesAndVersionConstraints/HasEntries/Yes/HasNormalizedVersionConstraints/No/Branch/original.json
+++ b/test/Template/Vendor/Composer/ComposerJsonNormalizer/NormalizeNormalizesJson/Json/IsObject/HasEntries/Yes/HasProperty/ValueContainsPackagesAndVersionConstraints/HasEntries/Yes/HasNormalizedVersionConstraints/No/Branch/original.json
@@ -6,6 +6,23 @@
     "branch/03-main-referencing-commit-trimmed": "dev-main#bf2eeff",
     "branch/04-main-referencing-commit-untrimmed": " dev-main#bf2eeff ",
     "branch/05-my-feature-trimmed": "dev-my-feature",
-    "branch/06-my-feature-untrimmed": " dev-my-feature "
+    "branch/06-my-feature-untrimmed": " dev-my-feature ",
+    "branch/07-main-suffix": "main-dev",
+    "branch/08-numeric-branch-lower-suffix-major": "1.x-dev",
+    "branch/09-numeric-branch-lower-suffix-major-minor": "1.2.x-dev",
+    "branch/10-numeric-branch-lower-prefix-major": "dev-1.x",
+    "branch/11-numeric-branch-lower-prefix-major-minor": "dev-1.2.x",
+    "branch/12-numeric-branch-upper-suffix-major": "1.X-dev",
+    "branch/13-numeric-branch-upper-suffix-major-minor": "1.2.X-dev",
+    "branch/14-numeric-branch-upper-prefix-major": "dev-1.X",
+    "branch/15-numeric-branch-upper-prefix-major-minor": "dev-1.2.X",
+    "branch/16-numeric-branch-starts-with-v-lower-suffix-major": "v1.x-dev",
+    "branch/17-numeric-branch-starts-with-v-lower-suffix-major-minor": "v1.2.x-dev",
+    "branch/18-numeric-branch-starts-with-v-lower-prefix-major": "dev-v1.x",
+    "branch/19-numeric-branch-starts-with-v-lower-prefix-major-minor": "dev-v1.2.x",
+    "branch/20-numeric-branch-starts-with-v-upper-suffix-major": "v1.X-dev",
+    "branch/21-numeric-branch-starts-with-v-upper-suffix-major-minor": "v1.2.X-dev",
+    "branch/22-numeric-branch-starts-with-v-upper-prefix-major": "dev-v1.X",
+    "branch/23-numeric-branch-starts-with-v-upper-prefix-major-minor": "dev-v1.2.X"
   }
 }