diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index 457338bf11612a446d035f9935e171fc39a06507..2128331c5ba77f55f95c0ca3825cd434c67173f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ For a detailed view of what's changed, refer to the {url-repo}/commits[commit hi
 === Changed
 
 * convert page reference to internal reference for any page included in assembly (#127)
+* prioritize export from own component version when adding export to exports array on page (#128)
 
 === Fixed
 
diff --git a/packages/assembler/lib/assemble-content.js b/packages/assembler/lib/assemble-content.js
index 91bf6f5670d92a30f66a3168ccc4fd55cb694316..2b39c8d8da997d9e8956c378ce9020b0a34349ed 100644
--- a/packages/assembler/lib/assemble-content.js
+++ b/packages/assembler/lib/assemble-content.js
@@ -103,7 +103,13 @@ async function assembleContent (playbook, contentCatalog, converter, { configSou
         }
         pages.forEach((fragment, page) => {
           const assemblerMeta = (page.assembler ??= {})
-          ;(assemblerMeta.exports ??= []).push({ fragment, file })
+          const exports = (assemblerMeta.exports ??= [])
+          const exportEntry = { fragment, file }
+          const insertIdx = exports.findIndex(
+            ({ file: candidate }) =>
+              !(candidate.src.component === page.src.component && candidate.src.version === page.src.version)
+          )
+          ~insertIdx ? exports.splice(insertIdx, 0, exportEntry) : exports.push(exportEntry)
           const extnameProp = extname.slice(1)
           if (extnameProp in assemblerMeta) return
           Object.defineProperty(assemblerMeta, extnameProp, {
diff --git a/packages/assembler/test/assemble-content-test.js b/packages/assembler/test/assemble-content-test.js
index 9867713baf4dc81d74529e940054f57b75438246..9ea01aab224c9fac6acf24142a5d3caf17fe0c0b 100644
--- a/packages/assembler/test/assemble-content-test.js
+++ b/packages/assembler/test/assemble-content-test.js
@@ -540,6 +540,31 @@ describe('assembleContent()', () => {
     assert.equal(firstPage.assembler.pdf.file, actualFirstRun[0])
   })
 
+  it('should prioritize exports for current component version when storing export on page', async () => {
+    const scenario = 'insert-pages'
+    const { playbook, contentCatalog, assemblerConfig: configSource } = await loadScenario(scenario, __dirname)
+    configSource.build.clean = true
+    const firstPage = contentCatalog.getPages()[0]
+    ;(firstPage.assembler = {}).exports = [
+      {
+        file: {
+          contents: Buffer.from('PDF contents'),
+          src: {
+            component: 'other-component',
+            version: '',
+            module: 'ROOT',
+            family: 'export',
+            relative: 'the-export.pdf',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    ]
+    const actual = await assembleContent(playbook, contentCatalog, convertToPdf, { configSource })
+    assert.equal(actual.length, 1)
+    assert.equal(firstPage.assembler.exports.length, 2)
+    assert.equal(actual[0], firstPage.assembler.exports[0].file)
+  })
+
   it('should use alternative navigation with default profile', async () => {
     const scenario = 'alternate-nav'
     const {