diff --git a/js/workflow-metadata.js b/js/workflow-metadata.js
index 34d5742e..d6f07714 100644
--- a/js/workflow-metadata.js
+++ b/js/workflow-metadata.js
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ class WorkflowMetadataExtension {
       const graph = this;
       try {
         workflow.extra["node_versions"] = {
-          ...extension.workflowNodeVersions,
           ...extension.getGraphNodeVersions(graph),
+          ...extension.workflowNodeVersions, // give precedence to the workflow node versions
         };
       } catch (e) {
         console.error(e);