diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs/lib/util.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs/lib/util.ts
index eb2f59db03e09..fafac54e9a60e 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs/lib/util.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs/lib/util.ts
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ function extractTsConfig(tsconfigPath: string, previousCompilerOptions?: Record<
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
   const { extends: extendedConfig, compilerOptions } = require(tsconfigPath);
   const updatedCompilerOptions = {
-    ...(previousCompilerOptions ?? {}),
     ...compilerOptions,
+    ...(previousCompilerOptions ?? {}),
   };
   if (extendedConfig) {
     return extractTsConfig(
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs/test/testtsconfig-extended.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs/test/testtsconfig-extended.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d84edea2e872b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs/test/testtsconfig-extended.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./testtsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2022"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs/test/util.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs/test/util.test.ts
index a0b27157b8a98..6ea345f505721 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs/test/util.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs/test/util.test.ts
@@ -213,4 +213,37 @@ describe('getTsconfigCompilerOptions', () => {
       '--target ES2020',
     ].join(' '));
   });
+
+  test('should extract compiler options with extended config overriding', () => {
+    const tsconfig = path.join(__dirname, 'testtsconfig-extended.json');
+    const compilerOptions = getTsconfigCompilerOptions(tsconfig);
+    expect(compilerOptions).toEqual([
+      '--alwaysStrict',
+      '--charset utf8',
+      '--declaration',
+      '--declarationMap false',
+      '--experimentalDecorators',
+      '--incremental false',
+      '--inlineSourceMap',
+      '--inlineSources',
+      '--lib es2020',
+      '--module CommonJS',
+      '--newLine lf',
+      '--noEmitOnError',
+      '--noFallthroughCasesInSwitch',
+      '--noImplicitAny',
+      '--noImplicitReturns',
+      '--noImplicitThis',
+      '--noUnusedLocals',
+      '--noUnusedParameters',
+      '--outDir ./',
+      '--resolveJsonModule',
+      '--rootDir ./',
+      '--strict',
+      '--strictNullChecks',
+      '--strictPropertyInitialization',
+      '--stripInternal false',
+      '--target ES2022',
+    ].join(' '));
+  });
 });