diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/DependSet.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/DependSet.java
index 721dbfbbb..49409df30 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/DependSet.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/DependSet.java
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ public class DependSet extends MatchingTask {
     }
 
     private Resource getXest(ResourceCollection rc, ResourceComparator c) {
-        return StreamUtils.iteratorAsStream(rc.iterator()).min(c).orElse(null);
+        return StreamUtils.iteratorAsStream(rc.iterator()).max(c).orElse(null);
     }
 
     private Resource getOldest(ResourceCollection rc) {