diff --git a/cve_bin_tool/version_compare.py b/cve_bin_tool/version_compare.py
index 11716ac202..b719272fc6 100644
--- a/cve_bin_tool/version_compare.py
+++ b/cve_bin_tool/version_compare.py
@@ -134,6 +134,15 @@ def version_compare(v1: str, v2: str):
             if v1_array[i] in pre_release_words:
                 return -1
 
+            # special edge case for folk editing version info in excel
+            # who may lose the trailing .0 in versions like 1.0
+            try:
+                if int(v1_array[i]) == 0 and len(v1_array) == len(v2_array) + 1:
+                    return 0
+
+            except ValueError:
+                return 1
+
             # Otherwise, v1 has more digits than v2 and the previous ones matched,
             # so it's probably later.  e.g. 1.2.3 amd 1.2.q are both > 1.2
             return 1
@@ -150,6 +159,15 @@ def version_compare(v1: str, v2: str):
         if v2_array[len(v1_array)] in pre_release_words:
             return 1
 
+        # special edge case for folk editing version info in excel
+        # who may lose the trailing .0 in versions like 1.0
+        try:
+            if int(v2_array[len(v1_array)]) == 0 and len(v2_array) == len(v1_array) + 1:
+                return 0
+
+        except ValueError:
+            return -1
+
         return -1
 
     return 0
diff --git a/test/test_version_compare.py b/test/test_version_compare.py
index c826c4dc7e..b6af209905 100644
--- a/test/test_version_compare.py
+++ b/test/test_version_compare.py
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ def test_eq(self):
         assert Version("4.4.A") == Version("4.4.a")
         assert Version("5.6   ") == Version("5.6")
         assert Version("f835f2caaa") == Version("f835f2caaa")
+        assert Version("42.0") == Version(
+            "42"
+        )  # edge case for folk editing versions in excel
+        assert Version("1") == Version(
+            "1.0"
+        )  # edge case for folk editing versions in excel
 
     def test_lt(self):
         """Make sure < works between versions, including some with unusual version schemes"""
@@ -75,3 +81,6 @@ def test_ne(self):
         """Test some != cases with hashes to make sure we aren't comparing the string 'HASH'"""
         assert Version("f835f2caab") != Version("f835f2caaa")
         assert Version("HASH") != Version("f835f2caaa")
+        assert Version("1") != Version(
+            "1.0.0"
+        )  # the edge case for excel only works on single .0