diff --git a/app/contexts/search_context.rb b/app/contexts/search_context.rb
index e756c41..0817d52 100644
--- a/app/contexts/search_context.rb
+++ b/app/contexts/search_context.rb
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ class SearchContext
     if params[:search_code].present?
       result[:blobs] = project.repository.search_files(query, params[:repository_ref]) unless project.empty_repo?
     else
-      result[:merge_requests] = MergeRequest.in_projects(project_ids).search(query).limit(20)
-      result[:issues] = Issue.where(project_id: project_ids).search(query).limit(20)
+      result[:merge_requests] = MergeRequest.in_projects(project_ids).search(query).order('updated_at DESC').limit(20)
+      result[:issues] = Issue.where(project_id: project_ids).search(query).order('updated_at DESC').limit(20)
       result[:wiki_pages] = []
     end
     result
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