diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-database/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/database/browsing/DefaultRepositoryBrowsing.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-database/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/database/browsing/DefaultRepositoryBrowsing.java
index 144f8c44f..888bf4726 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-database/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/database/browsing/DefaultRepositoryBrowsing.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-database/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/database/browsing/DefaultRepositoryBrowsing.java
@@ -343,7 +343,6 @@ public class DefaultRepositoryBrowsing
         {
             final List<String> versions = (List<String>) dao.query( new UniqueVersionConstraint( groupId, artifactId ) );
             Collections.sort( versions );
-            Collections.reverse( versions );
 
             for ( String uniqueVersion : versions )
             {
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-database/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/database/browsing/RepositoryBrowsingTest.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-database/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/database/browsing/RepositoryBrowsingTest.java
index 1a6600a8c..f1e10bf5a 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-database/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/database/browsing/RepositoryBrowsingTest.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-database/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/database/browsing/RepositoryBrowsingTest.java
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ public class RepositoryBrowsingTest
         assertNotNull( "Artifact should not be null.", artifact );
         assertEquals( "org.apache.archiva", artifact.getGroupId() );
         assertEquals( "archiva-indexer", artifact.getArtifactId() );
-        assertEquals( "1.0-20070522.143249-1", artifact.getVersion() );       
+        assertEquals( "1.0-20070522.153141-2", artifact.getVersion() );       
         assertEquals( "jar", artifact.getPackaging() );
         
         String repoId = browser.getRepositoryId( USER_GUEST, GUEST_REPO_IDS, "org.apache.archiva", "archiva-indexer", "1.0-SNAPSHOT" );