diff --git a/app/components/Package/Versions.vue b/app/components/Package/Versions.vue
index f915eb759..3baab617c 100644
--- a/app/components/Package/Versions.vue
+++ b/app/components/Package/Versions.vue
@@ -211,12 +211,16 @@ const visibleTagRows = computed(() => {
       )
     : rowsMaybeFilteredForDeprecation
   const first = rows.slice(0, MAX_VISIBLE_TAGS)
-  const latestTagRow = rows.find(row => row.tag === 'latest')
-  // Ensure 'latest' tag is always included (at the end) if not already present
-  if (latestTagRow && !first.includes(latestTagRow)) {
-    first.pop()
-    first.push(latestTagRow)
+
+  // When no filter is active, ensure 'latest' is always shown (even if not fully loaded)
+  if (!isFilterActive.value) {
+    const latestTagRow = rows.find(row => row.tag === 'latest')
+    if (latestTagRow && !first.includes(latestTagRow)) {
+      first.pop()
+      first.push(latestTagRow)
+    }
   }
+
   return first
 })
 
diff --git a/test/nuxt/components/Package/Versions.spec.ts b/test/nuxt/components/Package/Versions.spec.ts
index afb183acf..03d3e2db6 100644
--- a/test/nuxt/components/Package/Versions.spec.ts
+++ b/test/nuxt/components/Package/Versions.spec.ts
@@ -1281,6 +1281,21 @@ describe('PackageVersions', () => {
         expect(text).not.toContain('0.5.0')
       })
     })
+
+    it('does not show latest tag when it does not match the filter', async () => {
+      const component = await mountSuspended(PackageVersions, { props: multiVersionProps })
+
+      const input = component.find('input[type="text"]')
+      await input.setValue('^1.0.0 <2.0.0')
+
+      const versionLinks = component.findAll('a').filter(isVersionLink)
+      const versions = versionLinks.map(l => l.text())
+
+      // 3.0.0 is latest but does NOT match the filter
+      expect(versions).not.toContain('3.0.0')
+      // 1.0.0 does match
+      expect(versions).toContain('1.0.0')
+    })
   })
 
   describe('error handling', () => {