diff --git a/app/Services/CurrencyConversionService.php b/app/Services/CurrencyConversionService.php
index 1c6724ae..8dfa2997 100644
--- a/app/Services/CurrencyConversionService.php
+++ b/app/Services/CurrencyConversionService.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Services;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use RuntimeException;
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ class CurrencyConversionService
 
     private const FALLBACK_URL = 'https://currency-api.pages.dev/v1/';
 
+    private const HISTORICAL_LOOKBACK_DAYS = 7;
+
     /** @var array<string, array<string, float>> Keyed by "{currency}:{date}" */
     private array $rateCache = [];
 
@@ -77,25 +80,48 @@ class CurrencyConversionService
      */
     private function fetchRates(string $currency, string $date): array
     {
-        $primaryUrl = self::PRIMARY_URL."{$date}/v1/currencies/{$currency}.min.json";
-        $fallbackUrl = self::FALLBACK_URL."{$date}/currencies/{$currency}.min.json";
+        $lastException = null;
 
-        try {
-            $response = Http::timeout(10)->get($primaryUrl);
-            $response->throw();
+        foreach ($this->candidateDates($date) as $candidateDate) {
+            foreach ($this->rateUrls($currency, $candidateDate) as $url) {
+                try {
+                    $response = Http::timeout(10)->get($url);
+                    $response->throw();
 
-            return $response->json($currency) ?? [];
-        } catch (\Throwable) {
-            // Primary failed, try fallback
+                    return $response->json($currency) ?? [];
+                } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+                    $lastException = $e;
+                }
+            }
         }
 
-        try {
-            $response = Http::timeout(10)->get($fallbackUrl);
-            $response->throw();
+        throw new RuntimeException("Failed to fetch currency rates for {$currency} on {$date}: {$lastException?->getMessage()}", 0, $lastException);
+    }
 
-            return $response->json($currency) ?? [];
-        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Failed to fetch currency rates for {$currency} on {$date}: {$e->getMessage()}", 0, $e);
+    /**
+     * @return array<int, string>
+     */
+    private function candidateDates(string $date): array
+    {
+        if ($date === 'latest') {
+            return [$date];
         }
+
+        $parsedDate = Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', $date);
+
+        return collect(range(0, self::HISTORICAL_LOOKBACK_DAYS))
+            ->map(fn (int $days): string => $parsedDate->copy()->subDays($days)->toDateString())
+            ->all();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array<int, string>
+     */
+    private function rateUrls(string $currency, string $date): array
+    {
+        return [
+            self::PRIMARY_URL."{$date}/v1/currencies/{$currency}.min.json",
+            self::FALLBACK_URL."{$date}/currencies/{$currency}.min.json",
+        ];
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Feature/CurrencyConversionServiceTest.php b/tests/Feature/CurrencyConversionServiceTest.php
index 76d00a1f..94067c47 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/CurrencyConversionServiceTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/CurrencyConversionServiceTest.php
@@ -73,6 +73,24 @@ test('throws when both primary and fallback fail', function () {
     $service->convert('BTC', 'EUR', 1.0, '2026-01-15');
 })->throws(RuntimeException::class);
 
+test('falls back to previous historical date when requested release is missing', function () {
+    Http::fake([
+        'cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@fawazahmed0/currency-api@2025-12-10/*' => Http::response('Not Found', 404),
+        'currency-api.pages.dev/v1/2025-12-10/*' => Http::response('Not Found', 404),
+        'cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@fawazahmed0/currency-api@2025-12-09/*' => Http::response([
+            'usd' => [
+                'eur' => 0.9,
+            ],
+        ]),
+    ]);
+
+    $service = new CurrencyConversionService;
+    $result = $service->convert('EUR', 'USD', 90.0, '2025-12-10');
+
+    expect($result)->toBe(100.0);
+    Http::assertSentCount(3);
+});
+
 test('caches rates so same currency and date makes only one HTTP request', function () {
     Http::fake([
         'cdn.jsdelivr.net/*currencies/eur*' => Http::response([