diff --git a/R/load_taxonomic_resources.R b/R/load_taxonomic_resources.R
index 0a0212a..7039625 100644
--- a/R/load_taxonomic_resources.R
+++ b/R/load_taxonomic_resources.R
@@ -411,8 +411,13 @@ default_version <- function() {
   # Pull out versions
   versions <- unique(release_data$tag_name)
   
-  # Exclude Taxonomy: first upload
-  dplyr::first(versions)
+  # Exclude rough semantic versions
+  cleaned_versions <- versions[!grepl("^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+(\\.\\d+)?$", versions)]
+  
+  # Verify only dates left
+  if(all(grepl("^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$", cleaned_versions))) 
+    sort(cleaned_versions, decreasing = TRUE) |> #Sort from most recent to oldest
+    dplyr::first() #  and take the first value after sorting
   }
 }