diff --git a/lemminx-maven/src/test/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/extensions/maven/participants/completion/MavenCompletionParticipantDuplicationTest.java b/lemminx-maven/src/test/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/extensions/maven/participants/completion/MavenCompletionParticipantDuplicationTest.java
index 148fca99..e46d4c5c 100644
--- a/lemminx-maven/src/test/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/extensions/maven/participants/completion/MavenCompletionParticipantDuplicationTest.java
+++ b/lemminx-maven/src/test/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/extensions/maven/participants/completion/MavenCompletionParticipantDuplicationTest.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.DefaultArtifactVersion;
-import org.eclipse.lemminx.XMLAssert;
 import org.eclipse.lemminx.extensions.maven.searcher.RemoteCentralRepositorySearcher;
 import org.eclipse.lemminx.extensions.maven.utils.MavenLemminxTestsUtils;
 import org.eclipse.lemminx.services.XMLLanguageService;
@@ -112,8 +111,9 @@ public void testDuplicateCompletionVersionOrder() throws IOException, URISyntaxE
 					// Backward order
 					@Override
 					public int compare(CompletionItem o1, CompletionItem o2) {
-						return new DefaultArtifactVersion(o2.getSortText())
-								.compareTo(new DefaultArtifactVersion(o1.getSortText()));
+						String sortText1 = o1.getSortText() != null ? o1.getSortText() : o1.getLabel();
+						String sortText2 = o2.getSortText() != null ? o2.getSortText() : o2.getLabel();
+						return new DefaultArtifactVersion(sortText2).compareTo(new DefaultArtifactVersion(sortText1));
 					}
 				}).toList();
 		assertEquals(orderedCompletions, completions);