diff --git a/.changeset/smooth-grapes-create.md b/.changeset/smooth-grapes-create.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d345b0bd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/smooth-grapes-create.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/registry.pkg-metadata-filter": patch
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+When the `latest` version doesn't satisfy the maturity requirement configured by `minimumReleaseAge`, pick the highest version that is mature enough, even if it has a different major version [#10100](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/10100).
+
diff --git a/registry/pkg-metadata-filter/src/index.ts b/registry/pkg-metadata-filter/src/index.ts
index df04e8f107..a135f9cf86 100644
--- a/registry/pkg-metadata-filter/src/index.ts
+++ b/registry/pkg-metadata-filter/src/index.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export function filterPkgMetadataByPublishDate (
       distTagsWithinDate[tag] = distTagVersion
       continue
     }
-    // Repopulate the tag to the highest version available within date that has the same major as the original tag's version
+    // Repopulate the tag to the highest version available within date
     const originalSemVer = tryParseSemver(distTagVersion)
     if (!originalSemVer) continue
     const originalIsPrerelease = (originalSemVer.prerelease.length > 0)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export function filterPkgMetadataByPublishDate (
       const candidateParsed = tryParseSemver(candidate)
       if (
         !candidateParsed ||
-        candidateParsed.major !== originalSemVer.major ||
+        (tag !== 'latest' && candidateParsed.major !== originalSemVer.major) ||
         (candidateParsed.prerelease.length > 0) !== originalIsPrerelease
       ) continue
       if (!bestVersion) {
diff --git a/registry/pkg-metadata-filter/test/__snapshots__/index.ts.snap b/registry/pkg-metadata-filter/test/__snapshots__/index.ts.snap
index bc7f7902ae..717ff86513 100644
--- a/registry/pkg-metadata-filter/test/__snapshots__/index.ts.snap
+++ b/registry/pkg-metadata-filter/test/__snapshots__/index.ts.snap
@@ -41,3 +41,26 @@ exports[`filterPkgMetadataByPublishDate 1`] = `
   },
 }
 `;
+
+exports[`filterPkgMetadataByPublishDate 2`] = `
+{
+  "dist-tags": {
+    "latest": "2.9.9",
+  },
+  "name": "dist-tag-date",
+  "time": {
+    "2.9.9": "2020-03-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+    "3.0.0": "2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+  },
+  "versions": {
+    "2.9.9": {
+      "dist": {
+        "shasum": "",
+        "tarball": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dist-tag-date/-/dist-tag-date-2.9.9.tgz",
+      },
+      "name": "dist-tag-date",
+      "version": "2.9.9",
+    },
+  },
+}
+`;
diff --git a/registry/pkg-metadata-filter/test/index.ts b/registry/pkg-metadata-filter/test/index.ts
index 0b45868c7c..f0a0d6496a 100644
--- a/registry/pkg-metadata-filter/test/index.ts
+++ b/registry/pkg-metadata-filter/test/index.ts
@@ -38,4 +38,28 @@ test('filterPkgMetadataByPublishDate', () => {
       '3.2.0': '2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z',
     },
   }, cutoff)).toMatchSnapshot()
+
+  expect(filterPkgMetadataByPublishDate({
+    name,
+    versions: {
+      '3.0.0': {
+        name,
+        version: '3.0.0',
+        dist: { tarball: `https://registry.npmjs.org/${name}/-/${name}-3.0.0.tgz`, shasum: '' },
+      },
+      '2.9.9': {
+        name,
+        version: '2.9.9',
+        dist: { tarball: `https://registry.npmjs.org/${name}/-/${name}-2.9.9.tgz`, shasum: '' },
+      },
+    },
+    'dist-tags': {
+      latest: '3.0.0',
+      stable: '3.0.0',
+    },
+    time: {
+      '2.9.9': '2020-03-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+      '3.0.0': '2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+    },
+  }, cutoff)).toMatchSnapshot()
 })