diff --git a/apps/site/components/Downloads/Release/VersionDropdown.tsx b/apps/site/components/Downloads/Release/VersionDropdown.tsx
index e29f41952581f..c966d0bee6be0 100644
--- a/apps/site/components/Downloads/Release/VersionDropdown.tsx
+++ b/apps/site/components/Downloads/Release/VersionDropdown.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const VersionDropdown: FC = () => {
     );
 
     if (
-      release?.status === 'LTS' &&
+      (release?.status === 'LTS' || release?.status === 'EOL') &&
       (pathname.includes('current') || pathname.includes('alpha'))
     ) {
       redirect({ href: '/download', locale });
diff --git a/apps/site/components/Downloads/Release/__tests__/VersionDropdown.test.jsx b/apps/site/components/Downloads/Release/__tests__/VersionDropdown.test.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..94c1b10f36554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/site/components/Downloads/Release/__tests__/VersionDropdown.test.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { beforeEach, describe, it, mock } from 'node:test';
+
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+
+import {
+  ReleaseContext,
+  ReleasesContext,
+} from '#site/providers/releaseProvider';
+
+const redirect = mock.fn();
+const setVersion = mock.fn();
+const Select = mock.fn(() => null);
+let pathname;
+
+mock.module('@node-core/ui-components/Common/Select/NoScriptSelect', {
+  defaultExport: Select,
+});
+
+mock.module('#site/navigation.mjs', {
+  namedExports: {
+    redirect,
+    usePathname: () => pathname,
+  },
+});
+
+const { default: VersionDropdown } = await import('../VersionDropdown');
+
+const statuses = [
+  {
+    status: 'EOL',
+    path: '/download',
+    badgeKind: 'warning',
+    versions: ['v18.0.0', 'v16.0.0'],
+  },
+  {
+    status: 'Current',
+    path: '/download/current',
+    badgeKind: 'default',
+    versions: ['v25.0.0', 'v25.1.0'],
+  },
+  {
+    status: 'LTS',
+    path: '/download',
+    badgeKind: 'info',
+    versions: ['v24.0.0', 'v22.0.0'],
+  },
+  {
+    status: 'Alpha',
+    path: '/download/alpha',
+    badgeKind: 'default',
+    versions: ['v26.0.0-alpha.1', 'v26.0.0-alpha.2'],
+  },
+];
+
+const releases = statuses.flatMap(({ status, versions }) =>
+  versions.map(versionWithPrefix => ({ versionWithPrefix, status }))
+);
+
+const renderDropdown = (release = releases[0]) => {
+  render(
+    <ReleasesContext value={{ releases, snippets: [] }}>
+      <ReleaseContext value={{ release, setVersion }}>
+        <VersionDropdown />
+      </ReleaseContext>
+    </ReleasesContext>
+  );
+
+  return Select.mock.calls.at(-1).arguments[0];
+};
+
+describe('VersionDropdown', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    pathname = '/download';
+    redirect.mock.resetCalls();
+    setVersion.mock.resetCalls();
+    Select.mock.resetCalls();
+  });
+
+  for (const { status, path, badgeKind, versions } of statuses) {
+    describe(status, () => {
+      const release = releases.find(candidate => candidate.status === status);
+
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        pathname = path;
+      });
+
+      it('uses the active release as the default selection', () => {
+        const { defaultValue, ariaLabel } = renderDropdown(release);
+
+        assert.equal(defaultValue, release.versionWithPrefix);
+        assert.equal(ariaLabel, 'layouts.download.dropdown.version');
+      });
+
+      it(`provides the ${status} badge for each version`, () => {
+        const { values } = renderDropdown(release);
+
+        assert.equal(values.length, releases.length);
+        for (const version of versions) {
+          assert.deepEqual(
+            values.find(({ value }) => value === version),
+            {
+              value: version,
+              label: version,
+              badge: { label: status, kind: badgeKind },
+            }
+          );
+        }
+      });
+
+      for (const target of statuses) {
+        const description =
+          target.status === status ? `another ${status}` : target.status;
+
+        it(`switches to ${description}`, () => {
+          const { onChange } = renderDropdown(release);
+          const version = target.versions.find(
+            candidate => candidate !== release.versionWithPrefix
+          );
+
+          onChange(version);
+
+          if (target.path !== path) {
+            assert.equal(redirect.mock.callCount(), 1);
+            assert.deepEqual(redirect.mock.calls[0].arguments, [
+              { href: target.path, locale: 'en' },
+            ]);
+            assert.equal(setVersion.mock.callCount(), 0);
+          } else {
+            assert.equal(redirect.mock.callCount(), 0);
+            assert.equal(setVersion.mock.callCount(), 1);
+            assert.deepEqual(setVersion.mock.calls[0].arguments, [version]);
+          }
+        });
+      }
+    });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/apps/site/tests/setup.jsx b/apps/site/tests/setup.jsx
index da7511bbf0495..1957e523fb63a 100644
--- a/apps/site/tests/setup.jsx
+++ b/apps/site/tests/setup.jsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import '../../../tests/setup.mjs';
 mock.module('next-intl', {
   namedExports: {
     useTranslations: () => key => key,
+    useLocale: () => 'en',
 
     useFormatter: () => {
       const formatWith = format => new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', format);