diff --git a/lib/vers.rb b/lib/vers.rb
index 4a6ba5a..2c653d5 100644
--- a/lib/vers.rb
+++ b/lib/vers.rb
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def self.satisfies?(version, constraint, scheme = nil)
               else
                 parse(sub_range)
               end
-      range.contains?(version)
+      range&.contains?(version) || false
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/test/test_vers.rb b/test/test_vers.rb
index 7de20bd..be37d6f 100644
--- a/test/test_vers.rb
+++ b/test/test_vers.rb
@@ -110,6 +110,17 @@ def test_empty_range
     assert range.empty?
   end
 
+  def test_satisfies_returns_false_when_parse_native_returns_nil
+    nil_parser = Object.new
+    nil_parser.define_singleton_method(:parse_native) { |*, **| nil }
+
+    original_parser = Vers.class_variable_get(:@@parser)
+    Vers.class_variable_set(:@@parser, nil_parser)
+    refute Vers.satisfies?("1.0.0", "< 2.0.0", "npm")
+  ensure
+    Vers.class_variable_set(:@@parser, original_parser)
+  end
+
   def test_to_vers_string
     range = Vers.parse("vers:npm/>=1.2.3|<2.0.0")
     vers_string = Vers.to_vers_string(range, "npm")