diff --git a/java/prebuilt_apis.go b/java/prebuilt_apis.go
index 9449707..c6acd55 100644
--- a/java/prebuilt_apis.go
+++ b/java/prebuilt_apis.go
@@ -255,12 +255,11 @@
 	if p.properties.Extensions_dir != nil {
 		extensionApiFiles := globExtensionDirs(mctx, p, "api/*.txt")
 		for k, v := range getLatest(extensionApiFiles) {
-			if v.version > mctx.Config().PlatformBaseSdkExtensionVersion() {
-				if _, exists := latest[k]; !exists {
-					mctx.ModuleErrorf("Module %v finalized for extension %d but never during an API level; likely error", v.module, v.version)
-				}
-				latest[k] = v
+			if _, exists := latest[k]; !exists {
+				mctx.ModuleErrorf("Module %v finalized for extension %d but never during an API level; likely error", v.module, v.version)
 			}
+			// The extension version is always at least as new as the last sdk int version (potentially identical)
+			latest[k] = v
 		}
 	}