diff --git a/lisp/init-corfu.el b/lisp/init-corfu.el
index 93d07f0a26..b127b584a4 100644
--- a/lisp/init-corfu.el
+++ b/lisp/init-corfu.el
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       completion-category-overrides nil)
 (setq completion-cycle-threshold 4)
 
-(when (and (version<= "28.1" emacs-version) (maybe-require-package 'corfu))
+(when (and (version< "28.1" emacs-version) (maybe-require-package 'corfu))
   (setq-default corfu-auto t)
   (with-eval-after-load 'eshell
     (add-hook 'eshell-mode-hook (lambda () (setq-local corfu-auto nil))))