diff --git a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/integrate_hero_version.py b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/integrate_hero_version.py
index a251ac80ca..e800ecdd72 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/integrate_hero_version.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/integrate_hero_version.py
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ class IntegrateHeroVersion(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             entity_id = old_version["id"]
 
         new_hero_version = new_version_entity(
-            src_version_entity["version"],
+            - src_version_entity["version"],
             src_version_entity["productId"],
             task_id=src_version_entity["taskId"],
             data=copy.deepcopy(src_version_entity["data"]),