diff --git a/.forgejo/bin/check_ver.sh b/.forgejo/bin/check_ver.sh
index 54cf216..66c7fd0 100755
--- a/.forgejo/bin/check_ver.sh
+++ b/.forgejo/bin/check_ver.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ rm -f out_of_date not_in_anitya
 
 for pkg in $owned_by_you; do
 	upstream_version=$(curl --fail -X GET -sS -H 'Content-Type: application/json' "https://release-monitoring.org/api/v2/packages/?name=$pkg&distribution=Alpine" | jq -r '.items.[].stable_version')
-	downstream_version=$(sed -n "/^P:$pkg$/,/^$/p" APKINDEX | awk -F ':' '{if($1=="V"){print $2}}')
+	downstream_version=$(sed -n "/^P:$pkg$/,/^$/p" APKINDEX | awk -F ':' '{if($1=="V"){print $2}}' | sort -V | tail -n 1)
 	downstream_version=${downstream_version/-*}
 
 	# special case for forgejo-aneksajo: