diff --git a/qa/verify-version-constants/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/qa/verify_version_constants/VerifyVersionConstantsIT.java b/qa/verify-version-constants/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/qa/verify_version_constants/VerifyVersionConstantsIT.java
index 97d2d4dcc31..a26237962bf 100644
--- a/qa/verify-version-constants/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/qa/verify_version_constants/VerifyVersionConstantsIT.java
+++ b/qa/verify-version-constants/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/qa/verify_version_constants/VerifyVersionConstantsIT.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class VerifyVersionConstantsIT extends ESRestTestCase {
         final Version elasticsearchVersion = Version.fromString(elasticsearchVersionString);
         final String luceneVersionString = objectPath.evaluate("version.lucene_version").toString();
         final org.apache.lucene.util.Version luceneVersion = org.apache.lucene.util.Version.parse(luceneVersionString);
-        assertThat(luceneVersion, equalTo(elasticsearchVersion.luceneVersion));
+        assertThat(elasticsearchVersion.luceneVersion, equalTo(luceneVersion));
     }
 
 }