diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/gpg.rb b/Library/Homebrew/gpg.rb
index cb9e367dfc..3b7c4f726d 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/gpg.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/gpg.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ class Gpg
       next unless gpg_short_version
       gpg_version = Version.create(gpg_short_version.to_s)
       @version = gpg_version
-      gpg_version == Version.create("2.0") ||
-        gpg_version == Version.create("2.1")
+      gpg_version == Version.create("2.1") ||
+        gpg_version == Version.create("2.0")
     end
   end
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class Gpg
     find_gpg("gpg2")
   end
 
-  GPG_EXECUTABLE = gpg2 || gpg
+  GPG_EXECUTABLE = gpg || gpg2
 
   def self.available?
     File.executable?(GPG_EXECUTABLE.to_s)