diff --git a/lib/storage.js b/lib/storage.js
index 057ce9109..06714883a 100644
--- a/lib/storage.js
+++ b/lib/storage.js
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ Storage.prototype.get_package = function(name, options, callback) {
 					if (!~whitelist.indexOf(i)) delete result[i]
 				}
 
-				result['dist-tags'].latest = Object.keys(result.versions).sort(semver.compare)
+				result['dist-tags'].latest = Object.keys(result.versions).sort(semver.compareLoose)
 				for (var i in result['dist-tags']) {
 					if (Array.isArray(result['dist-tags'][i])) {
 						result['dist-tags'][i] = result['dist-tags'][i][result['dist-tags'][i].length-1]
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ Storage._merge_versions = function(local, up) {
 		}
 		if (local['dist-tags'][i].indexOf(up['dist-tags'][i]) === -1) {
 			local['dist-tags'][i].push(up['dist-tags'][i])
-			local['dist-tags'][i].sort(semver.compare)
+			local['dist-tags'][i].sort(semver.compareLoose)
 		}
 	}
 }