diff --git a/capycli/common/comparable_version.py b/capycli/common/comparable_version.py
index 4fbda58..e42c43f 100644
--- a/capycli/common/comparable_version.py
+++ b/capycli/common/comparable_version.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def __eq__(self, other: ComparableVersion | object) -> bool:
     def __ne__(self, other: ComparableVersion | object) -> bool:
         """describes not equal to operator(!=)"""
         if not isinstance(other, self.__class__):
-            return False
+            return True
 
         try:
             return self.compare(other) != 0
diff --git a/tests/test_comparable_version.py b/tests/test_comparable_version.py
index 912c91a..27fa0ff 100644
--- a/tests/test_comparable_version.py
+++ b/tests/test_comparable_version.py
@@ -53,3 +53,9 @@ def test_fill_version(self) -> None:
         version2 = ComparableVersion("3.28")
         self.assertEqual(version1, version2, "The version should be equal")
         self.assertEqual(version2, version1, "The version should be equal")
+
+    def test_ne_with_non_comparable_version(self) -> None:
+        """__ne__ should return True when comparing to a non-ComparableVersion object"""
+        self.assertTrue(ComparableVersion("1.0") != "1.0")
+        self.assertTrue(ComparableVersion("1.0") != 42)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(ComparableVersion("1.0"))