diff --git a/packages/shared/src/semver.test.ts b/packages/shared/src/semver.test.ts
index a66e5b07d8bc..8896b1f46f2e 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/semver.test.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/semver.test.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,19 @@ describe("semver helpers", () => {
     expect(compareSemverVersions("2.1.111-beta.1", "2.1.111")).toBeLessThan(0);
   });
 
+  it("compares numeric prerelease identifiers without rounding or overflowing", () => {
+    for (const [lower, higher] of [
+      ["9007199254740992", "9007199254740993"],
+      ["9".repeat(310), `1${"0".repeat(310)}`],
+    ]) {
+      const before = `1.2.3-rc.${lower}`;
+      const after = `1.2.3-rc.${higher}`;
+      expect(compareSemverVersions(before, after)).toBeLessThan(0);
+      expect(compareSemverVersions(after, before)).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      expect(compareSemverVersions(before, before)).toBe(0);
+    }
+  });
+
   it("preserves hyphens within prerelease identifiers", () => {
     expect(normalizeSemverVersion("20-alpha-1")).toBe("20.0.0-alpha-1");
     expect(parseSemver("1.2.3-alpha-1.2")).toEqual({
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/semver.ts b/packages/shared/src/semver.ts
index 8d1a354f008b..9c3312399b8e 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/semver.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/semver.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,12 @@ function comparePrereleaseIdentifier(left: string, right: string): number {
   const rightNumeric = SEMVER_NUMBER_SEGMENT.test(right);
 
   if (leftNumeric && rightNumeric) {
-    return Number.parseInt(left, 10) - Number.parseInt(right, 10);
+    const leftDigits = left.replace(/^0+/u, "");
+    const rightDigits = right.replace(/^0+/u, "");
+    return (
+      leftDigits.length - rightDigits.length ||
+      (leftDigits < rightDigits ? -1 : leftDigits > rightDigits ? 1 : 0)
+    );
   }
   if (leftNumeric) {
     return -1;