diff --git a/pontos/version/schemes/_pep440.py b/pontos/version/schemes/_pep440.py
index 415824fb1..5b41fc65f 100644
--- a/pontos/version/schemes/_pep440.py
+++ b/pontos/version/schemes/_pep440.py
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ def from_version(cls, version: "Version") -> "PEP440Version":
         return cls.from_string(str(version))
 
     def __eq__(self, other: Any) -> bool:
+        if isinstance(other, str):
+            # allow to compare against "current" for now
+            return False
         if not isinstance(other, Version):
             raise ValueError(f"Can't compare {type(self)} with {type(other)}")
         if not isinstance(other, type(self)):
@@ -156,6 +159,9 @@ def __eq__(self, other: Any) -> bool:
         return self._version == other._version
 
     def __ne__(self, other: Any) -> bool:
+        if isinstance(other, str):
+            # allow to compare against "current" for now
+            return True
         if not isinstance(other, Version):
             raise ValueError(f"Can't compare {type(self)} with {type(other)}")
         if not isinstance(other, type(self)):
diff --git a/pontos/version/schemes/_semantic.py b/pontos/version/schemes/_semantic.py
index f6c48e4bf..e8dbaa066 100644
--- a/pontos/version/schemes/_semantic.py
+++ b/pontos/version/schemes/_semantic.py
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ def patch(self) -> int:
         return self._version_info.patch
 
     def __eq__(self, other: Any) -> bool:
+        if isinstance(other, str):
+            # allow to compare against "current" for now
+            return False
         if not isinstance(other, Version):
             raise ValueError(f"Can't compare {type(self)} with {type(other)}")
         if not isinstance(other, type(self)):
@@ -124,6 +127,9 @@ def __eq__(self, other: Any) -> bool:
         return self._version_info == other._version_info
 
     def __ne__(self, other: Any) -> bool:
+        if isinstance(other, str):
+            # allow to compare against "current" for now
+            return True
         if not isinstance(other, Version):
             raise ValueError(f"Can't compare {type(self)} with {type(other)}")
         if not isinstance(other, type(self)):