diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index ab34b5f..ad94618 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: audit.base
 Title: Base package for Posit Checks
-Version: 0.7.2
+Version: 0.7.3
 Authors@R:
     person("Jumping", "Rivers", , "info@jumpingrivers.com", role = c("aut", "cre"))
 Description: Base package for sharing classes between posit audit
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 4dc5641..908906d 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# audit.base 0.7.3 _2026-10-15_
+  * fix: A release newer than the version list is reported as newer than the list, not as past EOL (#55)
+  * fix: Versions are compared as numbers, so Quarto 1.10 counts as newer than 1.9
+
 # audit.base 0.7.2 _2026-10-15_
   * fix: The Quarto Python test installs on Python 3.14. Its `requirements.txt` lists jupyter, matplotlib and numpy with lower bounds instead of 107 exact pins (#54)
   * chore: Add Posit Workbench 2026.10.0 to the cached versions
diff --git a/R/software-versions.R b/R/software-versions.R
index ef62dda..7039ef4 100644
--- a/R/software-versions.R
+++ b/R/software-versions.R
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ print_colour_version = function(row) {
     return(invisible(NULL))
   }
 
-  if (isFALSE(row$within_eol)) {
+  if (is.na(row$patch) && isTRUE(row$within_eol)) {
+    cli::cli_alert_info(
+      "{software_name}: v{row$installed_version} installed, which is newer than \\
+                          audit.base's version list. Try updating audit.base."
+    )
+  } else if (isFALSE(row$within_eol)) {
     cli::cli_alert_danger(
       "{software_name}: v{row$installed_version} installed, \\
                           but EOL has past and should be removed."
@@ -67,6 +72,16 @@ print_colour_version = function(row) {
   invisible(NULL)
 }
 
+# Compare X.Y versions as numbers, so that 1.10 > 1.9. NA if either side is missing.
+version_compare = function(x, y, op) {
+  out = rep(NA, length(x))
+  ok = !is.na(x) & !is.na(y)
+  out[ok] = op(numeric_version(x[ok]), numeric_version(y[ok]))
+  out
+}
+max_version = function(x) as.character(max(numeric_version(x)))
+min_version = function(x) as.character(min(numeric_version(x)))
+
 # Returns X.Y from X.Y.Z
 get_major = function(v) unlist(stringr::str_match(v, "^([0-9]*\\.[0-9]*)")[, 2])
 # Returns Z - use numeric for comparisons
@@ -79,14 +94,14 @@ in_db = function(installed, remote = FALSE) {
   # latest/earliest versions stored in DB
   software_range = get_latest_versions(remote = remote) %>%
     dplyr::group_by(.data$software) %>%
-    dplyr::summarise(latest = max(.data$major), earliest = min(.data$major))
+    dplyr::summarise(latest = max_version(.data$major), earliest = min_version(.data$major))
 
   # Check installed packages are in software range
   installed %>%
     dplyr::left_join(software_range, by = c("software" = "software")) %>%
     dplyr::mutate(
-      to_old = .data$installed_major < .data$earliest,
-      to_new = .data$installed_major > .data$latest
+      to_old = version_compare(.data$installed_major, .data$earliest, `<`),
+      to_new = version_compare(.data$installed_major, .data$latest, `>`)
     ) %>%
     dplyr::select(-"latest", -"earliest")
 }
@@ -147,10 +162,14 @@ versions_to_display = function(installed, remote = FALSE) {
     ) %>%
     dplyr::arrange(.data$software, .data$version)
 
-  # Old versions don't appear - so just tidy up some NAs
+  # Versions missing from the list are past EOL, unless they're newer than the list
   l = dplyr::mutate(
     all,
-    within_eol = ifelse(is.na(.data$within_eol), FALSE, .data$within_eol),
+    within_eol = dplyr::case_when(
+      !is.na(.data$within_eol) ~ .data$within_eol,
+      .data$to_new %in% TRUE ~ TRUE,
+      .default = FALSE
+    ),
     version = ifelse(is.na(.data$version), .data$installed_version, .data$version)
   )
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-software-versions.R b/tests/testthat/test-software-versions.R
index 5e06158..8fd0f3a 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-software-versions.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-software-versions.R
@@ -93,3 +93,32 @@ test_that("get_latest_versions() falls back to cache when remote lookup fails",
   versions = suppressMessages(get_latest_versions(remote = TRUE))
   expect_equal(versions, suppressMessages(get_latest_versions(remote = FALSE)))
 })
+
+test_that("Versions are compared as numbers, not text", {
+  expect_equal(
+    version_compare(c("1.10", "1.9", NA), c("1.9", "1.10", "1.9"), `>`),
+    c(TRUE, FALSE, NA)
+  )
+  expect_equal(max_version(c("1.9", "1.10", "1.3")), "1.10")
+  expect_equal(min_version(c("1.9", "1.10", "1.3")), "1.3")
+})
+
+augment_quarto = function(version) {
+  installed = tibble::tibble(software = "quarto", installed_version = version)
+  augmented = augment_installed(installed, remote = FALSE, verbose = FALSE)
+  augmented[augmented$installed_version %in% version, ]
+}
+
+test_that("Quarto versions outside the version list", {
+  # Older than the list: past EOL, so upgrade
+  old = augment_quarto("0.0.0")
+  expect_false(old$within_eol)
+  expect_true(old$upgrade)
+  expect_message(print_colour_version(old), "EOL has past")
+
+  # Newer than the list: the list is out of date, not past EOL
+  new = augment_quarto("99.99.1")
+  expect_true(new$within_eol)
+  expect_false(new$upgrade)
+  expect_message(print_colour_version(new), "newer than")
+})