diff --git a/src/rbmanager/Program.cs b/src/rbmanager/Program.cs
index 33711f2..05bac5b 100644
--- a/src/rbmanager/Program.cs
+++ b/src/rbmanager/Program.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.IO.Compression;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
 namespace RbManager;
 
@@ -208,11 +209,40 @@ internal static string Resolve(string query)
         {
             [var single] => single!,
             [] => throw new InvalidOperationException($"no installed ruby matches '{query}'"),
-            _ => throw new InvalidOperationException(
+            _ => HighestRevision(matches!) ?? throw new InvalidOperationException(
                 $"'{query}' is ambiguous: {string.Join(", ", matches)}"),
         };
     }
 
+    // ruby-<version>[-<n>]-<platform>: a reissued release package
+    // (SIGNING.md in ruby/actions) differs from the original only by the
+    // numeric revision after the version. The revision never collides
+    // with a prerelease segment, which starts with a letter (rc1,
+    // preview1), and dev snapshot names never parse here because their
+    // date/commit segments sit between the version and the platform.
+    private static readonly Regex PackageName = new(
+        @"^ruby-(?<ver>\d+\.\d+\.\d+(?:-[a-z][a-z0-9]*)?)(?:-(?<rev>\d+))?-(?<plat>(?:x64|x86|arm64)-.+)$",
+        RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
+
+    // When every match is the same ruby version on the same platform and
+    // they differ only in revision, the newest reissue wins; the
+    // superseded packages stay reachable by their full names. Anything
+    // else (different versions, dev snapshots, foreign names) stays
+    // ambiguous.
+    private static string? HighestRevision(string[] matches)
+    {
+        Match[] parsed = matches.Select(n => PackageName.Match(n)).ToArray();
+        if (parsed.Any(m => !m.Success)) return null;
+        bool sameRuby = parsed
+            .DistinctBy(m => $"{m.Groups["ver"].Value}|{m.Groups["plat"].Value}",
+                StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+            .Count() == 1;
+        if (!sameRuby) return null;
+        return parsed
+            .MaxBy(m => m.Groups["rev"].Success ? int.Parse(m.Groups["rev"].Value) : 0)!
+            .Value;
+    }
+
     internal static string? CurrentTarget()
     {
         var info = new DirectoryInfo(Current);
diff --git a/tests/rbmanager.Tests/ResolveTests.cs b/tests/rbmanager.Tests/ResolveTests.cs
index 2ff1fa0..cc490c8 100644
--- a/tests/rbmanager.Tests/ResolveTests.cs
+++ b/tests/rbmanager.Tests/ResolveTests.cs
@@ -74,4 +74,54 @@ public void NoRubiesDirectory_NoMatch()
         var ex = Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => Program.Resolve("anything"));
         Assert.Equal("no installed ruby matches 'anything'", ex.Message);
     }
+
+    // Reissued packages (ruby/actions SIGNING.md): same version and
+    // platform differing only in the trailing numeric revision resolve
+    // to the newest reissue instead of erroring as ambiguous.
+
+    private const string R345 = "ruby-3.4.5-x64-mswin64_140";
+    private const string R345r1 = "ruby-3.4.5-1-x64-mswin64_140";
+    private const string R345r2 = "ruby-3.4.5-2-x64-mswin64_140";
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void RevisionsOfSameVersion_PickHighest()
+    {
+        using var sb = new RbSandbox();
+        sb.Seed(R345, R345r2, R345r1);
+        Assert.Equal(R345r2, Program.Resolve("3.4.5"));
+    }
+
+    [Fact] // revisions compare numerically, not lexicographically
+    public void RevisionsCompareNumerically()
+    {
+        using var sb = new RbSandbox();
+        sb.Seed(R345r2, "ruby-3.4.5-10-x64-mswin64_140");
+        Assert.Equal("ruby-3.4.5-10-x64-mswin64_140", Program.Resolve("3.4.5"));
+    }
+
+    [Fact] // the superseded original stays reachable by its full name
+    public void SupersededOriginal_FullNameStillResolves()
+    {
+        using var sb = new RbSandbox();
+        sb.Seed(R345, R345r1);
+        Assert.Equal(R345, Program.Resolve(R345));
+    }
+
+    [Fact] // revision preference never crosses version boundaries
+    public void RevisionPreference_DifferentVersionsStayAmbiguous()
+    {
+        using var sb = new RbSandbox();
+        sb.Seed(R345, R345r1, "ruby-3.4.51-x64-mswin64_140"); // also contains "3.4.5"
+        var ex = Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => Program.Resolve("3.4.5"));
+        Assert.Contains("is ambiguous", ex.Message);
+    }
+
+    [Fact] // a prerelease is a different ruby, not a revision of the release
+    public void RevisionPreference_PrereleaseStaysAmbiguous()
+    {
+        using var sb = new RbSandbox();
+        sb.Seed("ruby-3.4.0-x64-mswin64_140", "ruby-3.4.0-rc1-x64-mswin64_140");
+        var ex = Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => Program.Resolve("3.4.0"));
+        Assert.Contains("is ambiguous", ex.Message);
+    }
 }