diff --git a/dev-packages/ovsx-client/src/ovsx-api-filter.ts b/dev-packages/ovsx-client/src/ovsx-api-filter.ts
index 7b5e0bed3190a..33b1f197e2b1c 100644
--- a/dev-packages/ovsx-client/src/ovsx-api-filter.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/ovsx-client/src/ovsx-api-filter.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export class OVSXApiFilterImpl implements OVSXApiFilter {
         if (extensions.length === 0) {
             return;
         } else if (this.isBuiltinNamespace(extensions[0].namespace.toLowerCase())) {
-            return extensions.find(extension => this.versionGreaterThanOrEqualTo(extension.version, this.supportedApiVersion));
+            return extensions.find(extension => this.versionGreaterThanOrEqualTo(this.supportedApiVersion, extension.version));
         } else {
             return extensions.find(extension => this.supportedVscodeApiSatisfies(extension.engines?.vscode ?? '*'));
         }
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export class OVSXApiFilterImpl implements OVSXApiFilter {
             }
         }
         if (this.isBuiltinNamespace(searchEntry.namespace)) {
-            return getLatestCompatibleVersion(allVersions => this.versionGreaterThanOrEqualTo(allVersions.version, this.supportedApiVersion));
+            return getLatestCompatibleVersion(allVersions => this.versionGreaterThanOrEqualTo(this.supportedApiVersion, allVersions.version));
         } else {
             return getLatestCompatibleVersion(allVersions => this.supportedVscodeApiSatisfies(allVersions.engines?.vscode ?? '*'));
         }
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export class OVSXApiFilterImpl implements OVSXApiFilter {
         if (!versionA || !versionB) {
             return false;
         }
-        return semver.lte(versionA, versionB);
+        return semver.gte(versionA, versionB);
     }
 
     protected supportedVscodeApiSatisfies(vscodeApiRange: string): boolean {