diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index 9e6cb39ab..197adc30b 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.178 - 
 =====================================
+  Use versionsort to fix archive file expiry beyond 100000 files.
   Add devices/use_aio, aio_max, aio_memory to configure AIO limits.
   Support asynchronous I/O when scanning devices.
   Detect asynchronous I/O capability in configure or accept --disable-aio.
diff --git a/lib/format_text/archive.c b/lib/format_text/archive.c
index 4d4e7ac27..a81a83b57 100644
--- a/lib/format_text/archive.c
+++ b/lib/format_text/archive.c
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ static struct dm_list *_scan_archive(struct dm_pool *mem,
 
 	dm_list_init(results);
 
-	/* Sort fails beyond 5-digit indexes */
-	if ((count = scandir(dir, &dirent, NULL, alphasort)) < 0) {
+	/* Use versionsort to handle numbers beyond 5 digits */
+	if ((count = scandir(dir, &dirent, NULL, versionsort)) < 0) {
 		log_error("Couldn't scan the archive directory (%s).", dir);
 		return 0;
 	}