diff --git a/pkg/cvo/availableupdates.go b/pkg/cvo/availableupdates.go
index 8c24a79a2..2c9d13469 100644
--- a/pkg/cvo/availableupdates.go
+++ b/pkg/cvo/availableupdates.go
@@ -282,6 +282,12 @@ func (u *availableUpdates) evaluateConditionalUpdates(ctx context.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	sort.Slice(u.ConditionalUpdates, func(i, j int) bool {
+		vi := semver.MustParse(u.ConditionalUpdates[i].Release.Version)
+		vj := semver.MustParse(u.ConditionalUpdates[j].Release.Version)
+		return vi.GTE(vj)
+	})
+
 	for i, conditionalUpdate := range u.ConditionalUpdates {
 		if errorCondition := evaluateConditionalUpdate(ctx, &conditionalUpdate); errorCondition != nil {
 			meta.SetStatusCondition(&conditionalUpdate.Conditions, *errorCondition)