diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e0a478a..1f41f9c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ### Changed
 
 * doc: split up **yambar-modules**(5) into multiple man pages, one for
-  each module (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar/issues/15). 
+  each module (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar/issues/15).
 
 ### Deprecated
 ### Removed
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 * Crash when merging non-dictionary anchors in the YAML configuration
   (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar/issues/32).
+* Crash in the `ramp` particle when the tag’s value was out-of-bounds
+  (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar/issues/45).
 
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/particles/ramp.c b/particles/ramp.c
index 45cc277..9a7f06e 100644
--- a/particles/ramp.c
+++ b/particles/ramp.c
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+#define LOG_MODULE "ramp"
+#define LOG_ENABLE_DBG 0
+#include "../log.h"
 #include "../config.h"
 #include "../config-verify.h"
 #include "../particle.h"
@@ -102,6 +105,26 @@ instantiate(const struct particle *particle, const struct tag_set *tags)
     long min = tag != NULL ? tag->min(tag) : 0;
     long max = tag != NULL ? tag->max(tag) : 0;
 
+    if (min > max) {
+        LOG_WARN(
+            "tag's minimum value is greater than its maximum: "
+            "tag=\"%s\", min=%ld, max=%ld", p->tag, min, max);
+        min = max;
+    }
+
+    if (value < min) {
+        LOG_WARN(
+            "tag's value is less than its minimum value: "
+            "tag=\"%s\", min=%ld, value=%ld", p->tag, min, value);
+        value = min;
+    }
+    if (value > max) {
+        LOG_WARN(
+            "tag's value is greater than its maximum value: "
+            "tag=\"%s\", max=%ld, value=%ld", p->tag, max, value);
+        value = max;
+    }
+
     assert(value >= min && value <= max);
     assert(max >= min);