diff --git a/tools/docker/Dockerfile b/tools/docker/Dockerfile
index 1a0c261c..8e355d63 100644
--- a/tools/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
     inkscape \
     python3 \
     python3-tabulate \
+    python3-packaging \
     librsvg2-bin \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
diff --git a/tools/gen-intrinsics-specs.py b/tools/gen-intrinsics-specs.py
index 3997b98c..a43dad95 100755
--- a/tools/gen-intrinsics-specs.py
+++ b/tools/gen-intrinsics-specs.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import doctest
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 from urllib.parse import quote
+from packaging.version import Version
 
 def quote_literal(val, workflow):
     if len(val) > 0:
@@ -955,7 +956,7 @@ def get_intrinsics_db(path):
 
     # We require version 0.8.6 to be able to print multi-line records
     # in tables.
-    if tbl.__version__ < "0.8.6":
+    if Version(tbl.__version__) < Version("0.8.6"):
         print(f"Your version of package tabulate is too old ({tbl.__version__}). "
               "Update it to be greater or equal to 0.8.6.", file=sys.stderr)
         exit(1)