diff --git a/src/test/validation.test.ts b/src/test/validation.test.ts
index 4af57332..55c0618d 100644
--- a/src/test/validation.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/validation.test.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ describe('validateVSCodeTypesCompatibility', () => {
 		validateVSCodeTypesCompatibility('1.30.0', '1.30.0');
 		validateVSCodeTypesCompatibility('1.30.0', '1.20.0');
 		validateVSCodeTypesCompatibility('1.46.0', '1.45.1');
+		validateVSCodeTypesCompatibility('1.45.0', '1.45.1');
 
 		assert.throws(() => validateVSCodeTypesCompatibility('1.30.0', '1.40.0'));
 		assert.throws(() => validateVSCodeTypesCompatibility('1.30.0', '^1.40.0'));
diff --git a/src/validation.ts b/src/validation.ts
index 98244019..483bd922 100644
--- a/src/validation.ts
+++ b/src/validation.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ export function validateEngineCompatibility(version: string): void {
 
 /**
  * User shouldn't use a newer version of @types/vscode than the one specified in engines.vscode
+ *
+ * NOTE: This is enforced at the major and minor level. Since we don't have control over the patch
+ * version (it's auto-incremented by DefinitelyTyped), we don't look at the patch version at all.
  */
 export function validateVSCodeTypesCompatibility(engineVersion: string, typeVersion: string): void {
 	if (engineVersion === '*') {
@@ -78,14 +81,14 @@ export function validateVSCodeTypesCompatibility(engineVersion: string, typeVers
 	// For all `x`, use smallest version for comparison
 	plainEngineVersion = plainEngineVersion.replace(/x/g, '0');
 
-	const [typeMajor, typeMinor, typePatch] = plainTypeVersion.split('.').map(x => {
+	const [typeMajor, typeMinor] = plainTypeVersion.split('.').map(x => {
 		try {
 			return parseInt(x);
 		} catch (err) {
 			return 0;
 		}
 	});
-	const [engineMajor, engineMinor, enginePatch] = plainEngineVersion.split('.').map(x => {
+	const [engineMajor, engineMinor] = plainEngineVersion.split('.').map(x => {
 		try {
 			return parseInt(x);
 		} catch (err) {
@@ -103,7 +106,4 @@ export function validateVSCodeTypesCompatibility(engineVersion: string, typeVers
 	if (typeMajor === engineMajor && typeMinor > engineMinor) {
 		throw error;
 	}
-	if (typeMajor === engineMajor && typeMinor === engineMinor && typePatch > enginePatch) {
-		throw error;
-	}
 }