diff --git a/common/edge-api/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/edge/rpc/EdgeVersionComparator.java b/common/edge-api/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/edge/rpc/EdgeVersionComparator.java
index 6d3dae49ca..94ca577025 100644
--- a/common/edge-api/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/edge/rpc/EdgeVersionComparator.java
+++ b/common/edge-api/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/edge/rpc/EdgeVersionComparator.java
@@ -25,6 +25,23 @@ public class EdgeVersionComparator implements Comparator<EdgeVersion> {
 
     @Override
     public int compare(EdgeVersion v1, EdgeVersion v2) {
+        if (v1 == v2) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        // UNRECOGNIZED is less than any other version
+        if (v1 == EdgeVersion.UNRECOGNIZED) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        if (v2 == EdgeVersion.UNRECOGNIZED) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+        // V_LATEST is treated as the newest version
+        if (v1 == EdgeVersion.V_LATEST) {
+            v1 = getNewestEdgeVersion();
+        }
+        if (v2 == EdgeVersion.V_LATEST) {
+            v2 = getNewestEdgeVersion();
+        }
         return compareVersionParts(parseVersionParts(v1), parseVersionParts(v2));
     }
 
diff --git a/common/edge-api/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/edge/rpc/EdgeVersionComparatorTest.java b/common/edge-api/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/edge/rpc/EdgeVersionComparatorTest.java
index f88665e9c6..eab63fc092 100644
--- a/common/edge-api/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/edge/rpc/EdgeVersionComparatorTest.java
+++ b/common/edge-api/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/edge/rpc/EdgeVersionComparatorTest.java
@@ -70,4 +70,33 @@ class EdgeVersionComparatorTest {
         assertThat(newest).isNotEqualTo(EdgeVersion.V_LATEST);
         assertThat(newest).isNotEqualTo(EdgeVersion.UNRECOGNIZED);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void compare_vLatest_treatedAsNewestVersion() {
+        EdgeVersion newest = EdgeVersionComparator.getNewestEdgeVersion();
+        // V_LATEST equals the newest version
+        assertThat(EdgeVersionComparator.INSTANCE.compare(EdgeVersion.V_LATEST, newest)).isEqualTo(0);
+        assertThat(EdgeVersionComparator.INSTANCE.compare(newest, EdgeVersion.V_LATEST)).isEqualTo(0);
+        // V_LATEST is greater than older versions
+        assertThat(EdgeVersionComparator.INSTANCE.compare(EdgeVersion.V_LATEST, EdgeVersion.V_3_3_0)).isGreaterThan(0);
+        assertThat(EdgeVersionComparator.INSTANCE.compare(EdgeVersion.V_3_3_0, EdgeVersion.V_LATEST)).isLessThan(0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void compare_vLatest_withItself_returnsZero() {
+        assertThat(EdgeVersionComparator.INSTANCE.compare(EdgeVersion.V_LATEST, EdgeVersion.V_LATEST)).isEqualTo(0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void compare_unrecognized_isLessThanAnyVersion() {
+        assertThat(EdgeVersionComparator.INSTANCE.compare(EdgeVersion.UNRECOGNIZED, EdgeVersion.V_3_3_0)).isLessThan(0);
+        assertThat(EdgeVersionComparator.INSTANCE.compare(EdgeVersion.UNRECOGNIZED, EdgeVersion.V_LATEST)).isLessThan(0);
+        assertThat(EdgeVersionComparator.INSTANCE.compare(EdgeVersion.V_3_3_0, EdgeVersion.UNRECOGNIZED)).isGreaterThan(0);
+        assertThat(EdgeVersionComparator.INSTANCE.compare(EdgeVersion.V_LATEST, EdgeVersion.UNRECOGNIZED)).isGreaterThan(0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void compare_unrecognized_withItself_returnsZero() {
+        assertThat(EdgeVersionComparator.INSTANCE.compare(EdgeVersion.UNRECOGNIZED, EdgeVersion.UNRECOGNIZED)).isEqualTo(0);
+    }
 }