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diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
index 6e57107..27a46de 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
@@ -1816,6 +1816,9 @@ class Interpreter():
def func_dependency(self, node, args, kwargs):
self.validate_arguments(args, 1, [str])
name = args[0]
+ if '<' in name or '>' in name or '=' in name:
+ raise InvalidArguments('''Characters <, > and = are forbidden in target names. To specify version
+requirements use the version keyword argument instead.''')
identifier = dependencies.get_dep_identifier(name, kwargs)
# Check if we've already searched for and found this dep
cached_dep = None