diff --git a/src/emqx.appup.src b/src/emqx.appup.src
index 26c90e850..8214b2e7f 100644
--- a/src/emqx.appup.src
+++ b/src/emqx.appup.src
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     end,
 {VSN,
   [
-    {<<".*">>, []},
     {"4.2.2", [
       {load_module, emqx_metrics, brutal_purge, soft_purge, []}
     ]},
@@ -27,10 +26,10 @@
                 [emqx, force_shutdown_policy,
                  #{message_queue_len => DefaultLen,
                    max_heap_size => DefaultSize div WordSize}]}}
-    ]}
+    ]},
+    {<<".*">>, []}
   ],
   [
-    {<<".*">>, []},
     {"4.2.2", [
       {load_module, emqx_metrics, brutal_purge, soft_purge, []}
     ]},
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@
       {load_module, emqx_channel, brutal_purge, soft_purge, []},
       {load_module, emqx_mod_topic_metrics, brutal_purge, soft_purge, []},
       {load_module, emqx_json, brutal_purge, soft_purge, []}
-    ]}
+    ]},
+    {<<".*">>, []}
   ]
 }.