diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 372edd0..1f7daa9 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ interface Options {
   now?: Date;
   cache?: Map<any, any>;
   mirror?: string;
-  latestOfMajorOnly?: Boolean
+  latestOfMajorOnly?: Boolean;
+  ignoreFutureReleases?: Boolean;
 }
 
 interface VersionInfo {
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index c2c8671..8d890d0 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ module.exports = async function (alias = 'lts_active', opts = {}) {
   const cache = opts.cache || _cache
   const mirror = opts.mirror || 'https://nodejs.org/dist/'
   const latestOfMajorOnly = opts.latestOfMajorOnly || false
+  const ignoreFutureReleases = opts.ignoreFutureReleases || false
 
   const a = Array.isArray(alias) ? alias : [alias]
   const versions = await getLatestVersionsByCodename({
     now,
     cache,
-    mirror
+    mirror,
+    ignoreFutureReleases
   })
 
   // Reduce to an object
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ function getVersions (cache, mirror) {
   }).json()
 }
 
-async function getLatestVersionsByCodename ({ now, cache, mirror }) {
+async function getLatestVersionsByCodename ({ now, cache, mirror, ignoreFutureReleases }) {
   const schedule = await getSchedule(cache)
   const versions = await getVersions(cache, mirror)
 
@@ -120,6 +122,11 @@ async function getLatestVersionsByCodename ({ now, cache, mirror }) {
       }
     }
 
+    // This version is from future; completely ignore it (i.e. we may have specified a `now` from the past)
+    if (ignoreFutureReleases && now < v.releaseDate) {
+      return obj
+    }
+
     // Is in any supported period
     if (now > v.start && now < v.end) {
       v.isSupported = true
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 516352c..9b95d8c 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -188,4 +188,20 @@ suite('nv', () => {
     assert.strictEqual(versions[0].major, 0)
     assert.strictEqual(versions[0].isLts, false)
   })
+
+  test('ignoreFutureReleases=false', async () => {
+    const versions = await nv('v8', { now, ignoreFutureReleases: false })
+    assert.strictEqual(versions.length, 1)
+    assert.strictEqual(versions[0].major, 8)
+    assert.strictEqual(versions[0].minor, 17)
+    assert.strictEqual(versions[0].patch, 0)
+  })
+
+  test('ignoreFutureReleases=true', async () => {
+    const versions = await nv('v8', { now, ignoreFutureReleases: true })
+    assert.strictEqual(versions.length, 1)
+    assert.strictEqual(versions[0].major, 8)
+    assert.strictEqual(versions[0].minor, 16)
+    assert.strictEqual(versions[0].patch, 1)
+  })
 })