diff --git a/src/main/java/me/itzg/helpers/forge/NeoForgeInstallerResolver.java b/src/main/java/me/itzg/helpers/forge/NeoForgeInstallerResolver.java
index 9d2e43e8..613cc70e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/itzg/helpers/forge/NeoForgeInstallerResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/itzg/helpers/forge/NeoForgeInstallerResolver.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import me.itzg.helpers.http.SharedFetch;
 import me.itzg.helpers.mvn.MavenMetadata;
 import me.itzg.helpers.mvn.MavenRepoApi;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.ComparableVersion;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
@@ -126,7 +127,10 @@ else if (requestedNeoForgeVersion == null || requestedNeoForgeVersion.equalsIgno
                     }
                 }
             })
-            .reduce((s, s2) -> s2)
+            // pick the highest version from a or b
+            .reduce((a, b) ->
+                new ComparableVersion(a).compareTo(new ComparableVersion(b)) > 0 ? a : b
+            )
             .orElse(null);
 
         return result != null ? new VersionPair(deriveMinecraftVersion(result), result) : null;
diff --git a/src/test/java/me/itzg/helpers/forge/NeoForgeInstallerResolverTest.java b/src/test/java/me/itzg/helpers/forge/NeoForgeInstallerResolverTest.java
index ad880f3e..58dae500 100644
--- a/src/test/java/me/itzg/helpers/forge/NeoForgeInstallerResolverTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/me/itzg/helpers/forge/NeoForgeInstallerResolverTest.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public static Stream<Arguments> resolve_args() {
             arguments("1.20.1", "latest", "1.20.1", "47.1.84"),
             arguments("1.21", "beta", "1.21", "21.0.142-beta"),
             arguments("latest", "beta", "1.21.4", "21.4.48-beta"),
-            arguments("latest", "latest", "1.21.1", "21.1.93")
+            arguments("latest", "latest", "1.21.3", "21.3.58")
         );
     }