diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/UpdateSdkMan.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/UpdateSdkMan.java
index 10d639c270..f33983050b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/UpdateSdkMan.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/UpdateSdkMan.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 public class UpdateSdkMan extends Recipe {
 
     @Option(displayName = "Java version",
-            description = "The Java version to update to.",
+            description = "The Java version to update to. Use `latest.patch` to upgrade to the latest version within the current major version.",
             required = false,
             example = "17")
     @Nullable
@@ -85,7 +85,14 @@ public Tree visit(@Nullable Tree tree, ExecutionContext ctx) {
                 Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("java=(.*?)([.a-z]*-.*)");
                 Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(plainText.getText());
                 if (matcher.find()) {
-                    String ver = newVersion == null ? matcher.group(1) : newVersion;
+                    String ver;
+                    if ("latest.patch".equalsIgnoreCase(newVersion)) {
+                        ver = matcher.group(1).split("\\.")[0];
+                    } else if (newVersion == null) {
+                        ver = matcher.group(1);
+                    } else {
+                        ver = newVersion;
+                    }
                     String dist = newDistribution == null ? matcher.group(2) : "-" + newDistribution;
                     String newBasis = ver + dist;
                     Pattern majorPattern = Pattern.compile("^" + ver + "[.-].*");
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/UpdateSdkManTest.java b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/UpdateSdkManTest.java
index 99ecf648f5..ec14f1aa15 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/UpdateSdkManTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/UpdateSdkManTest.java
@@ -199,6 +199,58 @@ void upgradeIfNewVersionIsStillSameVersionBasisAndDifferentDistribution() {
         );
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void minorUpgradesWithinSameMajorVersion() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          spec -> spec.recipe(new UpdateSdkMan("latest.patch", null)),
+          text(
+            """
+              java=21.0.6-zulu
+              """,
+            spec -> spec.path(".sdkmanrc")
+              .after(str -> assertThat(str)
+                .startsWith("java=21.0.")
+                .doesNotContain("21.0.6")
+                .endsWith("-zulu")
+                .actual())
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void minorUpgradeWithNewDistribution() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          spec -> spec.recipe(new UpdateSdkMan("latest.patch", "amzn")),
+          text(
+            """
+              java=21.0.6-zulu
+              """,
+            spec -> spec.path(".sdkmanrc")
+              .after(str -> assertThat(str)
+                .startsWith("java=21.0.")
+                .endsWith("-amzn")
+                .actual())
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void minorDoesNotCrossMajorVersion() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          spec -> spec.recipe(new UpdateSdkMan("latest.patch", null)),
+          text(
+            """
+              java=11.0.25-tem
+              """,
+            spec -> spec.path(".sdkmanrc")
+              .after(str -> assertThat(str)
+                .startsWith("java=11.0.")
+                .endsWith("-tem")
+                .actual())
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
     @Test
     void doNotDowngradeVersionIfAlreadyHighEnoughSameDistribution() {
         rewriteRun(