diff --git a/src/Builder/ArchiveBuilderHelper.php b/src/Builder/ArchiveBuilderHelper.php
index a3104d0..ee80b9b 100644
--- a/src/Builder/ArchiveBuilderHelper.php
+++ b/src/Builder/ArchiveBuilderHelper.php
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 namespace Composer\Satis\Builder;
 
 use Composer\Package\PackageInterface;
+use Composer\Package\Version\VersionSelector;
+use Composer\Repository\RepositorySet;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
 
 class ArchiveBuilderHelper
@@ -60,6 +62,18 @@ public function isSkippable(PackageInterface $package): bool
             return true;
         }
 
+        if (true === $this->archiveConfig['only-best-candidates']) {
+            $repositorySet = new RepositorySet();
+            $repositorySet->addRepository($package->getRepository());
+            $selector = new VersionSelector($repositorySet);
+            $match = $selector->findBestCandidate($package->getName());
+            if($match && $match->getVersion() !== $package->getVersion()) {
+                $this->output->writeln(sprintf("<info>Skipping '%s' (is not best candidate)</info>", $name));
+
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
         $names = $package->getNames();
 
         if (0 !== count($this->archiveConfig['whitelist']) && !$this->isOneOfNamesInList($names, $this->archiveConfig['whitelist'])) {