diff --git a/bash_completions.go b/bash_completions.go
index 6ff6c692..81bfb613 100644
--- a/bash_completions.go
+++ b/bash_completions.go
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ __handle_flag()
 
     # keep flag value with flagname as flaghash
     # flaghash variable is an associative array which is only supported in bash > 3.
-    if [[ -z "${BASH_VERSION}" || "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" > 3 ]]; then
+    if [[ -z "${BASH_VERSION}" || "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" -gt 3 ]]; then
         if [ -n "${flagvalue}" ] ; then
             flaghash[${flagname}]=${flagvalue}
         elif [ -n "${words[ $((c+1)) ]}" ] ; then