diff --git a/lib/net/http/header.rb b/lib/net/http/header.rb
index d6f12956..547e7cd3 100644
--- a/lib/net/http/header.rb
+++ b/lib/net/http/header.rb
@@ -712,11 +712,16 @@ def chunked?
   #   res['Content-Range'] # => "bytes 0-499/1000"
   #   res.content_range    # => 0..499
   #
+  # Returns +nil+ for an unsatisfied range such as <tt>'bytes */1000'</tt>,
+  # which a <tt>416 Range Not Satisfiable</tt> response may carry;
+  # see {RFC 9110 Section 14.4}[https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110.html#section-14.4].
+  #
   def content_range
     return nil unless @header['content-range']
-    m = %r<\A\s*(\w+)\s+(\d+)-(\d+)/(\d+|\*)>.match(self['Content-Range']) or
+    m = %r<\A\s*(\w+)\s+(?:(\d+)-(\d+)/(?:\d+|\*)|\*/\d+)>.match(self['Content-Range']) or
         raise Net::HTTPHeaderSyntaxError, 'wrong Content-Range format'
     return unless m[1] == 'bytes'
+    return unless m[2]
     m[2].to_i .. m[3].to_i
   end
 
diff --git a/test/net/http/test_httpheader.rb b/test/net/http/test_httpheader.rb
index b86d4868..004dd5d7 100644
--- a/test/net/http/test_httpheader.rb
+++ b/test/net/http/test_httpheader.rb
@@ -351,10 +351,14 @@ def test_content_range
     assert_equal 1..1, @c.content_range
     @c['Content-Range'] = "tokens 1-1/1000"
     assert_equal nil, @c.content_range
+    @c['Content-Range'] = "bytes */1000"
+    assert_equal nil, @c.content_range
 
     try_invalid_content_range "invalid"
     try_invalid_content_range "bytes 123-abc"
     try_invalid_content_range "bytes abc-123"
+    try_invalid_content_range "bytes */abc"
+    try_invalid_content_range "bytes */*"
   end
 
   def test_range_length
@@ -366,6 +370,8 @@ def test_range_length
     assert_equal 1, @c.range_length
     @c['Content-Range'] = "tokens 1-1/1000"
     assert_equal nil, @c.range_length
+    @c['Content-Range'] = "bytes */1000"
+    assert_equal nil, @c.range_length
 
     try_invalid_content_range "bytes 1-1/abc"
   end
diff --git a/test/net/http/test_httpresponse.rb b/test/net/http/test_httpresponse.rb
index e902b4f3..55e5be6e 100644
--- a/test/net/http/test_httpresponse.rb
+++ b/test/net/http/test_httpresponse.rb
@@ -730,6 +730,27 @@ def test_read_body_content_encoding_deflate_content_range
     assert_equal "\x1F\x8B\b\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x03", body
   end
 
+  def test_read_body_unsatisfied_content_range
+    io = dummy_io(<<EOS)
+HTTP/1.1 416 Range Not Satisfiable
+Connection: close
+Content-Range: bytes */1000
+
+not satisfiable
+EOS
+
+    res = Net::HTTPResponse.read_new(io)
+    assert_kind_of Net::HTTPRangeNotSatisfiable, res
+
+    body = nil
+
+    res.reading_body io, true do
+      body = res.read_body
+    end
+
+    assert_equal "not satisfiable\r\n", body
+  end
+
   def test_read_body_content_encoding_deflate_empty_body
     io = dummy_io(<<EOS)
 HTTP/1.1 200 OK