diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 5565ef3..af14b4b 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -21,10 +21,24 @@ async function getLatestVersions(name) {
   }
 }
 
+async function getLatestTag(name) {
+  const { stdout } = await execAsync(`npm view ${name} dist-tags --json`);
+  try {
+    return JSON.parse(stdout);
+  } catch (err) {
+    throw new Error(`Failed to parse output from NPM view - ${err.toString()}`);
+  }
+}
+
 async function getLatestVersion(name, wanted) {
   const versions = await getLatestVersions(name);
+  const { latest } = await getLatestTag(name);
   const applicableVersions = versions.filter(i => semver.satisfies(i, wanted));
   applicableVersions.sort((a, b) => semver.rcompare(a, b));
+
+  if (latest && semver.lt(latest, applicableVersions[0])) {
+    return latest;
+  }
   return applicableVersions[0];
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/index.test.js b/lib/index.test.js
index 4adc9e9..464fa62 100644
--- a/lib/index.test.js
+++ b/lib/index.test.js
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ jest.mock('chalk', () => ({
 }));
 
 const chance = new Chance();
-const moduleNameRegex = new RegExp('npm view (.*) versions --json');
+const moduleNameRegexVersions = new RegExp('npm view (.*) versions --json');
+const moduleNameRegexTags = new RegExp('npm view (.*) dist-tags --json');
 const pathString = './index.test.js';
 const mockExecAsync = getMockExecAsync();
 const mockExports = {};
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ describe('lib/index', () => {
   let olderVersion;
   let newerVersion;
   const mock = command => {
-    const moduleName = command.match(moduleNameRegex)[1];
+    const result = command.match(moduleNameRegexVersions) || command.match(moduleNameRegexTags);
+    const moduleName = result[1];
     const versions = [olderVersion];
     if (moduleName === outdatedDep || moduleName === outdatedDevDep) versions.push(newerVersion);
     return Promise.resolve({ stdout: JSON.stringify(versions) });
@@ -185,6 +187,25 @@ describe('lib/index', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('should show dependency install required if fetching tags does not return valid JSON output', async () => {
+    const invalidOutput = chance.word();
+    mockExecAsync
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => ({ stdout: JSON.stringify(['1.1.1']) }))
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => ({ stdout: JSON.stringify(['1.1.1']) }))
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => ({ stdout: JSON.stringify(['1.1.1']) }))
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => ({ stdout: JSON.stringify(['1.1.1']) }));
+    mockExecAsync.mockImplementation(() => ({ stdout: invalidOutput }));
+    let syntaxError;
+    try {
+      JSON.parse(invalidOutput);
+    } catch (err) {
+      syntaxError = err;
+    }
+    await expect(verifyDeps({ dir, logger })).rejects.toThrow(
+      `Failed to parse output from NPM view - ${syntaxError.toString()}`
+    );
+  });
+
   it('should show dependency install required if latest module is installed but not reflected in package.json', async () => {
     mockExports.dependencies[outdatedDep] = `^${newerVersion}`;
     mockExports.devDependencies[outdatedDevDep] = `^${newerVersion}`;
@@ -257,6 +278,34 @@ describe('lib/index', () => {
     console.info = consoleInfo;
   });
 
+  it('should update to version aliased as latest when aliased latest is less that most recent published version', async () => {
+    mockExports.dependencies = { foo1: '1.2.3' };
+    mockExports.devDependencies = { fooDev1: '1.2.3' };
+
+    mockExecAsync
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.resolve({ stdout: JSON.stringify(['1.2.4', '1.2.5']) }))
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.resolve({ stdout: JSON.stringify(['1.2.4', '1.2.5']) }))
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() =>
+        Promise.resolve({ stdout: JSON.stringify({ latest: '1.2.4' }) })
+      )
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() =>
+        Promise.resolve({ stdout: JSON.stringify({ latest: '1.2.4' }) })
+      )
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.resolve({ stdout: JSON.stringify(['1.2.4']) }))
+      .mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.resolve({ stdout: JSON.stringify(['1.2.4']) }));
+
+    await verifyDeps({ autoUpgrade: true, dir, logger });
+
+    expect(logger.info).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(7);
+    expect(logger.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 'Verifying dependencies…\n');
+    expect(logger.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, `foo1 is outdated: 1.2.3 → 1.2.4`);
+    expect(logger.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(3, `fooDev1 is outdated: 1.2.3 → 1.2.4`);
+    expect(logger.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(4, 'UPGRADING…');
+    expect(logger.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(5, `npm i foo1@1.2.4 \nnpm i -D fooDev1@1.2.4 `);
+    expect(logger.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(6, `Upgraded dependencies:\n["1.2.4"]`);
+    expect(logger.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(7, `Upgraded development dependencies:\n["1.2.4"]`);
+  });
+
   test('autoUpgrade modules', async () => {
     const mock2 = command => {
       const moduleName = command.match('npm i (.*)')[1];
@@ -266,6 +315,10 @@ describe('lib/index', () => {
     };
 
     mockExecAsync
+      .mockImplementationOnce(mock)
+      .mockImplementationOnce(mock)
+      .mockImplementationOnce(mock)
+      .mockImplementationOnce(mock)
       .mockImplementationOnce(mock)
       .mockImplementationOnce(mock)
       .mockImplementationOnce(mock)