diff --git a/public/app/core/utils/version.ts b/public/app/core/utils/version.ts
index 1131e1d2ab8..746de761fa3 100644
--- a/public/app/core/utils/version.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/utils/version.ts
@@ -20,12 +20,25 @@ export class SemVersion {
 
   isGtOrEq(version: string): boolean {
     const compared = new SemVersion(version);
-    return !(this.major < compared.major || this.minor < compared.minor || this.patch < compared.patch);
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.comparable.length; ++i) {
+      if (this.comparable[i] > compared.comparable[i]) {
+        return true;
+      }
+      if (this.comparable[i] < compared.comparable[i]) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+    return true;
   }
 
   isValid(): boolean {
     return _.isNumber(this.major);
   }
+
+  get comparable() {
+    return [this.major, this.minor, this.patch];
+  }
 }
 
 export function isVersionGtOrEq(a: string, b: string): boolean {
diff --git a/public/test/core/utils/version_test.ts b/public/test/core/utils/version.test.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from public/test/core/utils/version_test.ts
rename to public/test/core/utils/version.test.ts
index 91330389e24..47a31d99e69 100644
--- a/public/test/core/utils/version_test.ts
+++ b/public/test/core/utils/version.test.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ describe('SemVersion', () => {
         { values: ['3.1.1-beta1', '3.1'], expected: true },
         { values: ['3.4.5', '4'], expected: false },
         { values: ['3.4.5', '3.5'], expected: false },
+        { values: ['6.0.0', '5.2.0'], expected: true },
       ];
       cases.forEach(testCase => {
         expect(isVersionGtOrEq(testCase.values[0], testCase.values[1])).toBe(testCase.expected);