diff --git a/Tasks/JenkinsDownloadArtifactsV1/ArtifactDetails/JenkinsRestClient.ts b/Tasks/JenkinsDownloadArtifactsV1/ArtifactDetails/JenkinsRestClient.ts
index a30c8ab67cb6..18e644f3a562 100644
--- a/Tasks/JenkinsDownloadArtifactsV1/ArtifactDetails/JenkinsRestClient.ts
+++ b/Tasks/JenkinsDownloadArtifactsV1/ArtifactDetails/JenkinsRestClient.ts
@@ -161,22 +161,19 @@ export class JenkinsRestClient {
 
             let result = null;
             if (!!array && !!property) {
-                let maxValue: number = parseInt(GetJsonProperty(array[0], property));
-
-                if (!isNaN(maxValue)) {
-                    result = array[0]; //consider first as result until we figure out if there are any other max available
-
-                    for(let i = 1; i < array.length; i++) {
-                        let value: number = parseInt(GetJsonProperty(array[i], property));
-                        tl.debug(`#selectMaxOf comparing values ${maxValue} and ${value}`);
-                        if (!isNaN(value) && value > maxValue) {
-                            result = array[i];
-                            maxValue = value;
-                        }                        
-                    }
-
-                    tl.debug(`Found maxvalue ${maxValue}`);
+                let maxValue: number = 0;
+                result = array[0]; //consider first as result until we figure out if there are any other max available
+
+                for(let i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+                    let value: number = parseInt(GetJsonProperty(array[i], property));
+                    tl.debug(`#selectMaxOf comparing values ${maxValue} and ${value}`);
+                    if (!isNaN(value) && value > maxValue) {
+                        result = array[i];
+                        maxValue = value;
+                    }                        
                 }
+
+                tl.debug(`Found maxvalue ${maxValue}`);
             }
 
             return result;
diff --git a/Tasks/JenkinsDownloadArtifactsV1/task.json b/Tasks/JenkinsDownloadArtifactsV1/task.json
index 4479b2c8480d..8e7f263e84ba 100644
--- a/Tasks/JenkinsDownloadArtifactsV1/task.json
+++ b/Tasks/JenkinsDownloadArtifactsV1/task.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "demands": [],
     "version": {
         "Major": 1,
-        "Minor": 154,
+        "Minor": 155,
         "Patch": 0
     },
     "groups": [
diff --git a/Tasks/JenkinsDownloadArtifactsV1/task.loc.json b/Tasks/JenkinsDownloadArtifactsV1/task.loc.json
index 2e7b86534b1b..51b3496efb59 100644
--- a/Tasks/JenkinsDownloadArtifactsV1/task.loc.json
+++ b/Tasks/JenkinsDownloadArtifactsV1/task.loc.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   "demands": [],
   "version": {
     "Major": 1,
-    "Minor": 154,
+    "Minor": 155,
     "Patch": 0
   },
   "groups": [