diff --git a/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/cmd/PullCommand.java b/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/cmd/PullCommand.java
index dff3e446..7f4bb3e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/cmd/PullCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/cmd/PullCommand.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 import picocli.CommandLine;
 
 import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
@@ -76,6 +78,8 @@ public void execute() {
             // Assume channels are sorted descending
             Channel latestChanel = channels.get(0);
             List<Distribution> distributions = latestChanel.getDistributions();
+            distributions.sort(Comparator.comparing(Distribution::getVersion));
+            Collections.reverse(distributions);
             distribution = ToolUtil.getLatest(distributions.get(0).getVersion(), "patch");
         }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/ballerinalang/command/PullCommandTest.java b/src/test/java/org/ballerinalang/command/PullCommandTest.java
index 3c7c588d..7a1b686b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/ballerinalang/command/PullCommandTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/ballerinalang/command/PullCommandTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
  * @since 2.0.0
  */
 public class PullCommandTest extends CommandTest {
+    String swanLakeLatestVersion = System.getProperty("swan-lake-latest-version");
 
     @Test
     public void pullCommandwithoutArgsTest() {
@@ -79,14 +80,18 @@ public void pullDistributionTest() {
         Assert.assertTrue(outContent.toString().contains("Fetching the 'slp1' distribution from the remote server"));
         Assert.assertTrue(outContent.toString().contains("Fetching the dependencies for 'slp1' from the remote server"));
         Assert.assertTrue(outContent.toString().contains("successfully set as the active distribution"));
+    }
 
-        PullCommand pullCmd = new PullCommand(testStream);
-        new CommandLine(pullCmd).parse("latest");
-        pullCmd.execute();
+    @Test
+    public void pullLatestDistributionTest() {
+        PullCommand pullCommand = new PullCommand(testStream);
+        new CommandLine(pullCommand).parse("latest");
+        pullCommand.execute();
         Assert.assertTrue(outContent.toString().contains("Fetching the latest distribution from the remote server"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(outContent.toString().contains("Fetching the '" + swanLakeLatestVersion + "' distribution from the remote server"));
         Assert.assertTrue(outContent.toString().contains("successfully set as the active distribution"));
 
         pullCommand.execute();
-        Assert.assertTrue(outContent.toString().contains("is already available locally"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(outContent.toString().contains("is already the active distribution"));
     }
 }