diff --git a/cc/androidmk.go b/cc/androidmk.go
index 81004da..ef695b0 100644
--- a/cc/androidmk.go
+++ b/cc/androidmk.go
@@ -244,6 +244,9 @@
 	if library.shared() && !library.buildStubs() {
 		ctx.subAndroidMk(entries, library.baseInstaller)
 	} else {
+		if library.buildStubs() {
+			entries.SubName = "." + library.stubsVersion()
+		}
 		entries.ExtraEntries = append(entries.ExtraEntries, func(entries *android.AndroidMkEntries) {
 			entries.SetBool("LOCAL_UNINSTALLABLE_MODULE", true)
 			if library.buildStubs() {
@@ -254,6 +257,10 @@
 	if len(library.Properties.Stubs.Versions) > 0 &&
 		android.DirectlyInAnyApex(ctx, ctx.Name()) && !ctx.InRamdisk() && !ctx.InRecovery() && !ctx.UseVndk() &&
 		!ctx.static() {
+		if library.buildStubs() && library.isLatestStubVersion() {
+			// reference the latest version via its name without suffix when it is provided by apex
+			entries.SubName = ""
+		}
 		if !library.buildStubs() {
 			entries.SubName = ".bootstrap"
 		}
diff --git a/cc/library.go b/cc/library.go
index 68d7a5f..1da65bb 100644
--- a/cc/library.go
+++ b/cc/library.go
@@ -1284,6 +1284,11 @@
 	return library.MutatedProperties.StubsVersion
 }
 
+func (library *libraryDecorator) isLatestStubVersion() bool {
+	versions := library.Properties.Stubs.Versions
+	return versions[len(versions)-1] == library.stubsVersion()
+}
+
 func (library *libraryDecorator) availableFor(what string) bool {
 	var list []string
 	if library.static() {
@@ -1449,30 +1454,35 @@
 	return ""
 }
 
+func checkVersions(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, versions []string) {
+	numVersions := make([]int, len(versions))
+	for i, v := range versions {
+		numVer, err := strconv.Atoi(v)
+		if err != nil {
+			ctx.PropertyErrorf("versions", "%q is not a number", v)
+		}
+		numVersions[i] = numVer
+	}
+	if !sort.IsSorted(sort.IntSlice(numVersions)) {
+		ctx.PropertyErrorf("versions", "not sorted: %v", versions)
+	}
+}
+
 // Version mutator splits a module into the mandatory non-stubs variant
 // (which is unnamed) and zero or more stubs variants.
 func VersionMutator(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	if library, ok := mctx.Module().(LinkableInterface); ok && !library.InRecovery() {
 		if library.CcLibrary() && library.BuildSharedVariant() && len(library.StubsVersions()) > 0 {
-			versions := []string{}
-			for _, v := range library.StubsVersions() {
-				if _, err := strconv.Atoi(v); err != nil {
-					mctx.PropertyErrorf("versions", "%q is not a number", v)
-				}
-				versions = append(versions, v)
+			versions := library.StubsVersions()
+			checkVersions(mctx, versions)
+			if mctx.Failed() {
+				return
 			}
-			sort.Slice(versions, func(i, j int) bool {
-				left, _ := strconv.Atoi(versions[i])
-				right, _ := strconv.Atoi(versions[j])
-				return left < right
-			})
 
 			// save the list of versions for later use
-			copiedVersions := make([]string, len(versions))
-			copy(copiedVersions, versions)
 			stubsVersionsLock.Lock()
 			defer stubsVersionsLock.Unlock()
-			stubsVersionsFor(mctx.Config())[mctx.ModuleName()] = copiedVersions
+			stubsVersionsFor(mctx.Config())[mctx.ModuleName()] = versions
 
 			// "" is for the non-stubs variant
 			versions = append([]string{""}, versions...)