diff --git a/termwiz/Cargo.toml b/termwiz/Cargo.toml
index 1d465540e..b600707c0 100644
--- a/termwiz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/termwiz/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ ordered-float = "4.1"
 pest = "2.1"
 pest_derive = "2.1"
 phf = "0.11"
-semver = "0.11"
+semver = "1.0"
 serde = {version="1.0", features = ["rc", "derive"], optional=true}
 siphasher = "0.3"
 sha2 = "0.10"
diff --git a/termwiz/src/caps/mod.rs b/termwiz/src/caps/mod.rs
index 964a5551f..cd7bc5d3b 100644
--- a/termwiz/src/caps/mod.rs
+++ b/termwiz/src/caps/mod.rs
@@ -300,7 +300,9 @@ impl Capabilities {
                             .term_program_version
                             .as_ref()
                             .unwrap_or(&"0.0.0".to_owned()),
-                    ) >= Version::parse("2.9.20150512")
+                    )
+                    .unwrap_or(Version::new(0, 0, 0))
+                        >= Version::new(2, 9, 20150512)
                 }
                 Some("WezTerm") => true,
                 _ => false,