diff --git a/ee/maintained-apps/ingesters/homebrew/external_refs/main.go b/ee/maintained-apps/ingesters/homebrew/external_refs/main.go
index 008b9cd0a5..2aefd90a8e 100644
--- a/ee/maintained-apps/ingesters/homebrew/external_refs/main.go
+++ b/ee/maintained-apps/ingesters/homebrew/external_refs/main.go
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import (
 var Funcs = map[string][]func(*maintained_apps.FMAManifestApp) (*maintained_apps.FMAManifestApp, error){
 	"microsoft-word/darwin":         {MicrosoftVersionFromReleaseNotes},
 	"microsoft-excel/darwin":        {MicrosoftVersionFromReleaseNotes},
+	"microsoft-outlook/darwin":      {MicrosoftVersionFromReleaseNotes},
+	"microsoft-powerpoint/darwin":   {MicrosoftVersionFromReleaseNotes},
+	"microsoft-onenote/darwin":      {MicrosoftVersionFromReleaseNotes},
 	"brave-browser/darwin":          {BraveVersionTransformer},
 	"whatsapp/darwin":               {WhatsAppVersionShortener, WhatsAppInstallerURL},
 	"google-chrome/darwin":          {ChromePKGInstaller},
diff --git a/ee/maintained-apps/ingesters/homebrew/external_refs/microsoft_version_from_release_notes.go b/ee/maintained-apps/ingesters/homebrew/external_refs/microsoft_version_from_release_notes.go
index c221a2971d..8a8747c51a 100644
--- a/ee/maintained-apps/ingesters/homebrew/external_refs/microsoft_version_from_release_notes.go
+++ b/ee/maintained-apps/ingesters/homebrew/external_refs/microsoft_version_from_release_notes.go
@@ -19,9 +19,24 @@ var (
 // Homebrew version "16.95.25032931"
 // Release notes version "Version 16.95.3 (Build 25032931)"
 // For this example it would change the app version to "16.95.3"
+//
+// If the exact build number is not found in the release notes (e.g., because the
+// release notes page hasn't been updated yet for a newly published build), the
+// function falls back to the base version without the build number (e.g., "16.95"
+// instead of "16.95.25032931"). This prevents a perpetual "update available" loop
+// that would otherwise occur because osquery reports the short version
+// (e.g., "16.95.3") while the manifest stores the raw build string, causing
+// compareVersions to always flag the installed version as older.
 func MicrosoftVersionFromReleaseNotes(app *maintained_apps.FMAManifestApp) (*maintained_apps.FMAManifestApp, error) {
 	homebrewVersion := app.Version
-	versionParts := strings.Split(homebrewVersion, ".")              // homebrew version format is like "16.95.25032931"
+	versionParts := strings.Split(homebrewVersion, ".") // homebrew version format is like "16.95.25032931"
+
+	// If the version doesn't have at least major.minor.build segments, there is no
+	// build number to extract and look up; return the version unchanged.
+	if len(versionParts) < 3 {
+		return app, nil
+	}
+
 	version := strings.Join(versionParts[:len(versionParts)-1], ".") // Extract version without the build number
 	build := versionParts[len(versionParts)-1]                       // Extract the build number
 
@@ -42,5 +57,9 @@ func MicrosoftVersionFromReleaseNotes(app *maintained_apps.FMAManifestApp) (*mai
 		}
 	}
 
-	return app, fmt.Errorf("no matching version found in release notes for %s", homebrewVersion)
+	// No exact match found in the release notes for this build number. Fall back to
+	// the base version (e.g., "16.95" from "16.95.25032931") so that the installed
+	// short version (e.g., "16.95.3") is not falsely flagged as older.
+	app.Version = version
+	return app, nil
 }
diff --git a/ee/maintained-apps/ingesters/homebrew/external_refs/microsoft_version_from_release_notes_test.go b/ee/maintained-apps/ingesters/homebrew/external_refs/microsoft_version_from_release_notes_test.go
index cdf69b0a9d..978fe2b097 100644
--- a/ee/maintained-apps/ingesters/homebrew/external_refs/microsoft_version_from_release_notes_test.go
+++ b/ee/maintained-apps/ingesters/homebrew/external_refs/microsoft_version_from_release_notes_test.go
@@ -43,13 +43,29 @@ func TestMicrosoftVersionFromReleaseNotes(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "16.98.3", result.Version)
 	})
 
-	t.Run("version not found", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("version not found falls back to base version", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Build number "25999999" is not in the release notes cache above.
+		// The function should fall back to the base major.minor version ("16.50")
+		// rather than leaving the raw Homebrew build string, which would cause a
+		// perpetual "update available" loop against osquery's short version reporting.
 		app := &maintained_apps.FMAManifestApp{
 			UniqueIdentifier: "microsoft-excel/darwin",
 			Version:          "16.50.25999999",
 		}
 		result, err := MicrosoftVersionFromReleaseNotes(app)
-		assert.Error(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, "16.50.25999999", result.Version)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "16.50", result.Version)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("version with fewer than 3 segments is returned unchanged", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Versions with fewer than 3 segments have no build number to look up;
+		// the function should return the version unchanged.
+		app := &maintained_apps.FMAManifestApp{
+			UniqueIdentifier: "microsoft-onenote/darwin",
+			Version:          "16.106",
+		}
+		result, err := MicrosoftVersionFromReleaseNotes(app)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "16.106", result.Version)
 	})
 }