diff --git a/src/extensions/__tests__/is-compatible-extension.test.ts b/src/extensions/__tests__/is-compatible-extension.test.ts
index 2580b509dd..8666a8b8cb 100644
--- a/src/extensions/__tests__/is-compatible-extension.test.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/__tests__/is-compatible-extension.test.ts
@@ -9,108 +9,47 @@ import {
 } from "../extension-discovery/is-compatible-extension/is-compatible-extension";
 import type { LensExtensionManifest } from "../lens-extension";
 
-describe("Extension/App versions compatibility check", () => {
+describe("Extension/App versions compatibility checks", () => {
   it("is compatible with exact version matching", () => {
-    expect(isCompatibleExtension({
-      appSemVer: semver.coerce("5.5.0"),
-    })(getExtensionManifestMock({
-      lensEngine: "5.5.0",
-    }))).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(isCompatible("5.5.0", "5.5.0")).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
   it("is compatible with upper %PATCH versions of base app", () => {
-    expect(isCompatibleExtension({
-      appSemVer: semver.coerce("5.5.5"),
-    })(getExtensionManifestMock({
-      lensEngine: "5.5.0",
-    }))).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(isCompatible("5.5.0", "5.5.5")).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
-  it("is compatible with upper %MINOR version of base app", () => {
-    expect(isCompatibleExtension({
-      appSemVer: semver.coerce("5.6.0"),
-    })(getExtensionManifestMock({
-      lensEngine: "5.5.0",
-    }))).toBeTruthy();
-
-    expect(isCompatibleExtension({
-      appSemVer: semver.coerce("5.5.0-alpha.0"),
-    })(getExtensionManifestMock({
-      lensEngine: "^5.5.0",
-    }))).toBeTruthy();
-
-    expect(isCompatibleExtension({
-      appSemVer: semver.coerce("5.5"),
-    })(getExtensionManifestMock({
-      lensEngine: "^5.6.0",
-    }))).toBeFalsy();
+  it("is compatible with higher %MINOR version of base app", () => {
+    expect(isCompatible("5.5.0", "5.6.0")).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
-  it("is not compatible with upper %MAJOR version of base app", () => {
-    expect(isCompatibleExtension({
-      appSemVer: semver.coerce("5.5.0"), // current lens-version
-    })(getExtensionManifestMock({
-      lensEngine: "6.0.0",
-    }))).toBeFalsy(); // extension with lens@6.0 is not compatible with app@5.5
-
-    expect(isCompatibleExtension({
-      appSemVer: semver.coerce("6.0.0"), // current lens-version
-    })(getExtensionManifestMock({
-      lensEngine: "5.5.0",
-    }))).toBeFalsy(); // extension with lens@5.5 is not compatible with app@6.0
+  it("is not compatible with higher %MAJOR version of base app", () => {
+    expect(isCompatible("5.6.0", "6.0.0")).toBeFalsy(); // extension for lens@5 not compatible with lens@6
+    expect(isCompatible("6.0.0", "5.6.0")).toBeFalsy();
   });
 
   it("is compatible with lensEngine with prerelease", () => {
-    expect(isCompatibleExtension({
-      appSemVer: semver.parse("5.5.0-alpha.0"),
-    })(getExtensionManifestMock({
-      lensEngine: "^5.4.0-alpha.0",
-    }))).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(isCompatible("^5.4.0-alpha.0", "5.5.0-alpha.0")).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
-  describe("supported formats for manifest.engines.lens", () => {
-    it("short version format for engines.lens", () => {
-      expect(isCompatibleExtension({
-        appSemVer: semver.coerce("5.5.0"),
-      })(getExtensionManifestMock({
-        lensEngine: "5.5",
-      }))).toBeTruthy();
-    });
+  it("supports short version format for manifest.engines.lens", () => {
+    expect(isCompatible("5.5.0", "5.5")).toBeTruthy();
+  });
 
-    it("validates version and throws if incorrect format", () => {
-      expect(() => isCompatibleExtension({
-        appSemVer: semver.coerce("1.0.0"),
-      })(getExtensionManifestMock({
-        lensEngine: "1.0",
-      }))).not.toThrow();
-
-      expect(() => isCompatibleExtension({
-        appSemVer: semver.coerce("1.0.0"),
-      })(getExtensionManifestMock({
-        lensEngine: "^1.0",
-      }))).not.toThrow();
-
-      expect(() => isCompatibleExtension({
-        appSemVer: semver.coerce("1.0.0"),
-      })(getExtensionManifestMock({
-        lensEngine: ">=2.0",
-      }))).toThrow(/Invalid format/i);
-    });
-
-    it("'*' cannot be used for any version matching (at least in the prefix)", () => {
-      expect(() => isCompatibleExtension({
-        appSemVer: semver.coerce("1.0.0"),
-      })(getExtensionManifestMock({
-        lensEngine: "*",
-      }))).toThrowError(/Invalid format/i);
-    });
+  it("throws for incorrect or not supported version format", () => {
+    expect(() => isCompatible(">=2.0", "2.0")).toThrow(/Invalid format/i);
+    expect(() => isCompatible("~2.0", "2.0")).toThrow(/Invalid format/i);
+    expect(() => isCompatible("*", "1.0")).toThrow(/Invalid format/i);
   });
 });
 
-function getExtensionManifestMock(
-  {
-    lensEngine = "1.0",
-  } = {}): LensExtensionManifest {
+function isCompatible(extensionLensEngine = "^1.0", appVersion = "1.0"): boolean {
+  const appSemVer = semver.coerce(appVersion);
+  const extensionManifestMock = getExtensionManifestMock(extensionLensEngine);
+
+  return isCompatibleExtension({ appSemVer })(extensionManifestMock);
+}
+
+function getExtensionManifestMock(lensEngine = "1.0"): LensExtensionManifest {
   return {
     name: "some-extension",
     version: "1.0",