diff --git a/src/core/transport/chttp2/alpn.c b/src/core/transport/chttp2/alpn.c
index cf2079953fa..69da4e6718e 100644
--- a/src/core/transport/chttp2/alpn.c
+++ b/src/core/transport/chttp2/alpn.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include <grpc/support/useful.h>
 
 /* in order of preference */
-static const char *const supported_versions[] = {"not-h2"};
+static const char *const supported_versions[] = {"h2"};
 
 int grpc_chttp2_is_alpn_version_supported(const char *version, size_t size) {
   size_t i;
diff --git a/test/core/bad_ssl/servers/alpn.c b/test/core/bad_ssl/servers/alpn.c
index 2623a9e6548..7d70690e52d 100644
--- a/test/core/bad_ssl/servers/alpn.c
+++ b/test/core/bad_ssl/servers/alpn.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
  * a protocol that the connecting client does not support. It does this by
  * overriding the functions declared in alpn.c from the core library. */
 
-static const char *const fake_versions[] = {"h2"};
+static const char *const fake_versions[] = {"not-h2"};
 
 int grpc_chttp2_is_alpn_version_supported(const char *version, size_t size) {
   size_t i;