diff --git a/src/utils/version.ts b/src/utils/version.ts
index 686b29e..54f1262 100644
--- a/src/utils/version.ts
+++ b/src/utils/version.ts
@@ -30,13 +30,52 @@ async function resolveInstalledVersion(cwd: string): Promise<ResolvedVersion> {
   return parseVersion(packageInfo?.version ?? '')
 }
 
-export async function resolveFallBack(dataPath = getDataPath()): Promise<ResolvedVersion> {
+async function getAvailableVersions(dataPath: string): Promise<string[]> {
   const entries = await readdir(dataPath, { withFileTypes: true })
-  const versions = entries
+
+  return entries
     .filter(entry => entry.isFile())
     .map(entry => entry.name.match(VERSION_FILE_RE)?.[1])
     .filter((version): version is string => Boolean(version && semver.valid(version)))
     .sort(semver.rcompare)
+}
+
+async function resolveAvailableVersion(resolvedVersion: ResolvedVersion, dataPath: string): Promise<ResolvedVersion> {
+  if (!resolvedVersion.version) {
+    return resolvedVersion
+  }
+
+  const requestedVersion = semver.parse(resolvedVersion.version)
+  if (!requestedVersion) {
+    return resolvedVersion
+  }
+
+  const versions = await getAvailableVersions(dataPath)
+
+  const exactVersion = versions.find(version => semver.eq(version, requestedVersion))
+  if (exactVersion) {
+    return parseVersion(exactVersion)
+  }
+
+  const latestMinorVersion = versions.find((version) => {
+    return semver.major(version) === requestedVersion.major
+      && semver.minor(version) === requestedVersion.minor
+  })
+  if (latestMinorVersion) {
+    return parseVersion(latestMinorVersion)
+  }
+
+  // v{major}.json is the latest-version alias for that major. Returning its
+  // concrete semantic version keeps loadVersionMetaData pointed at a versioned file.
+  const latestMajorVersion = versions.find((version) => {
+    return semver.major(version) === requestedVersion.major
+  })
+
+  return latestMajorVersion ? parseVersion(latestMajorVersion) : resolvedVersion
+}
+
+export async function resolveFallBack(dataPath = getDataPath()): Promise<ResolvedVersion> {
+  const versions = await getAvailableVersions(dataPath)
 
   const resolvedVersion = versions[0] && parseVersion(versions[0])
 
@@ -47,23 +86,19 @@ export async function resolveFallBack(dataPath = getDataPath()): Promise<Resolve
   return resolvedVersion
 }
 
-export async function resolveVersion(config: ResolvedConfig): Promise<ResolvedVersion> {
+export async function resolveVersion(config: ResolvedConfig, dataPath = getDataPath()): Promise<ResolvedVersion> {
   const { version, cwd } = config
 
   if (version) {
     const resolvedVersion = parseVersion(version)
 
-    if (!resolvedVersion) {
-      throw new TypeError(`Invalid antdv-next version: ${version}`)
-    }
-
-    return resolvedVersion
+    return await resolveAvailableVersion(resolvedVersion, dataPath)
   }
 
   const pkgVersion = await resolveInstalledVersion(cwd)
   if (pkgVersion.version) {
-    return pkgVersion
+    return await resolveAvailableVersion(pkgVersion, dataPath)
   }
 
-  return await resolveFallBack()
+  return await resolveFallBack(dataPath)
 }
diff --git a/test/version.test.ts b/test/version.test.ts
index cae3ec5..9e8ab44 100644
--- a/test/version.test.ts
+++ b/test/version.test.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ function createConfig(version = '', cwd = '/project'): ResolvedConfig {
 beforeEach(async () => {
   mockedGetPackageInfo.mockReset()
   await mkdir(dataPath, { recursive: true })
+  await Promise.all([
+    writeFile(join(dataPath, 'v1.2.3.json'), '{}'),
+    writeFile(join(dataPath, 'v1.5.1.json'), '{}'),
+    writeFile(join(dataPath, 'v1.5.2.json'), '{}'),
+    writeFile(join(dataPath, 'v1.json'), '{}'),
+  ])
 })
 
 afterEach(async () => {
@@ -31,15 +37,31 @@ afterEach(async () => {
 
 describe('resolveVersion', () => {
   it('resolves and normalizes an explicitly provided version', async () => {
-    await expect(resolveVersion(createConfig(' v1.2.3 '))).resolves.toEqual({
+    await expect(resolveVersion(createConfig(' v1.2.3 '), dataPath)).resolves.toEqual({
       version: '1.2.3',
       majorVersion: 'v1',
     })
     expect(mockedGetPackageInfo).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
+  it('resolves a missing patch to the greatest version in the same minor', async () => {
+    await expect(resolveVersion(createConfig('v1.5.4'), dataPath)).resolves.toEqual({
+      version: '1.5.2',
+      majorVersion: 'v1',
+    })
+    expect(mockedGetPackageInfo).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('resolves a missing minor to the latest version in the same major', async () => {
+    await expect(resolveVersion(createConfig('v1.6.0'), dataPath)).resolves.toEqual({
+      version: '1.5.2',
+      majorVersion: 'v1',
+    })
+    expect(mockedGetPackageInfo).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
   it('returns an empty sentinel when an explicit version cannot be coerced', async () => {
-    await expect(resolveVersion(createConfig('latest'))).resolves.toEqual({
+    await expect(resolveVersion(createConfig('latest'), dataPath)).resolves.toEqual({
       version: '',
       majorVersion: 'v0',
     })
@@ -55,7 +77,7 @@ describe('resolveVersion', () => {
       packageJson: {},
     })
 
-    await expect(resolveVersion(createConfig())).resolves.toEqual({
+    await expect(resolveVersion(createConfig(), dataPath)).resolves.toEqual({
       version: '2.4.1',
       majorVersion: 'v2',
     })
@@ -82,6 +104,8 @@ describe('resolveFallBack', () => {
   })
 
   it('throws when the data directory has no valid version files', async () => {
+    await rm(dataPath, { recursive: true })
+    await mkdir(dataPath)
     await writeFile(join(dataPath, 'version.json'), '{}')
 
     await expect(resolveFallBack(dataPath)).rejects.toThrow(