diff --git a/src/utils/approval.workflows.be.ts b/src/utils/approval.workflows.be.ts
index 833c5b06..e13f2f4f 100644
--- a/src/utils/approval.workflows.be.ts
+++ b/src/utils/approval.workflows.be.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ export const getApprovalWorkflows = async (collection: string, entityIds?: strin
         filters["steps.assignees"] = assignee;
     }
 
-    return await db.collection<ApprovalWorkflow>(collection).find(filters).toArray();
+    return await db
+		.collection<ApprovalWorkflow>(collection)
+		.find(filters)
+		.sort({ startDate: -1 })
+		.toArray();
 };
 
 export const getApprovalWorkflow = async (collection: string, id: string) => {
@@ -30,6 +34,7 @@ export const getApprovalWorkflowsByEntities = async (collection: string, ids: st
     return await db
         .collection<ApprovalWorkflow>(collection)
         .find({ entityId: { $in: ids } })
+        .sort({ startDate: -1 })
         .toArray();
 };