diff --git a/packages/salesforcedx-vscode-apex/src/oas/documentProcessorPipeline/oasProcessor.ts b/packages/salesforcedx-vscode-apex/src/oas/documentProcessorPipeline/oasProcessor.ts
index 6c305a7151..863e44b63e 100644
--- a/packages/salesforcedx-vscode-apex/src/oas/documentProcessorPipeline/oasProcessor.ts
+++ b/packages/salesforcedx-vscode-apex/src/oas/documentProcessorPipeline/oasProcessor.ts
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ export class OasProcessor {
     if (this.context.classDetail.annotations.includes('RestResource')) {
       // currently only OasValidation exists, in future this would have converters too
       const pipeline = new Pipeline(new CleanupYamlStep())
-        .addStep(new OasValidationStep())
         .addStep(new MethodValidationStep());
+        .addStep(new OasValidationStep())
 
       console.log('Executing pipeline with input:');
       console.log('context: ', JSON.stringify(this.context));