diff --git a/cli/app/rollback.go b/cli/app/rollback.go
index d3f7c61f..756d4729 100644
--- a/cli/app/rollback.go
+++ b/cli/app/rollback.go
@@ -124,17 +124,15 @@ recipes.
 			}
 		}
 
-		availableDowngrades = internal.ReverseStringList(availableDowngrades)
-
 		var chosenDowngrade string
-		if !internal.Chaos {
+		if len(availableDowngrades) > 0 && !internal.Chaos {
 			if internal.Force || internal.NoInput {
-				chosenDowngrade = availableDowngrades[0]
+				chosenDowngrade = availableDowngrades[len(availableDowngrades)-1]
 				logrus.Debugf("choosing %s as version to downgrade to (--force)", chosenDowngrade)
 			} else {
 				prompt := &survey.Select{
 					Message: fmt.Sprintf("Please select a downgrade (current version: %s):", deployedVersion),
-					Options: availableDowngrades,
+					Options: internal.ReverseStringList(availableDowngrades),
 				}
 				if err := survey.AskOne(prompt, &chosenDowngrade); err != nil {
 					return err
diff --git a/cli/app/upgrade.go b/cli/app/upgrade.go
index 85fd8e8c..3c39baf7 100644
--- a/cli/app/upgrade.go
+++ b/cli/app/upgrade.go
@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ recipes.
 			}
 		}
 
-		availableUpgrades = internal.ReverseStringList(availableUpgrades)
-
 		var chosenUpgrade string
 		if len(availableUpgrades) > 0 && !internal.Chaos {
 			if internal.Force || internal.NoInput {
@@ -137,7 +135,7 @@ recipes.
 			} else {
 				prompt := &survey.Select{
 					Message: fmt.Sprintf("Please select an upgrade (current version: %s):", deployedVersion),
-					Options: availableUpgrades,
+					Options: internal.ReverseStringList(availableUpgrades),
 				}
 				if err := survey.AskOne(prompt, &chosenUpgrade); err != nil {
 					return err