diff --git a/src/app/(routes)/blog/page.tsx b/src/app/(routes)/blog/page.tsx
index 578fcd9..7837a4a 100644
--- a/src/app/(routes)/blog/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(routes)/blog/page.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export default async function BlogHomePage({ searchParams }: PageProps) {
   const recentArticleSlugs = await retrieveContentfulPublishedSlugs({
     limit: 6,
     avoidTags: ["get-started"],
+    sortByRecent: true,
   });
   const getStartedSlugs = await retrieveContentfulPublishedSlugs({
     limit: 3,
diff --git a/src/app/_lib/contentful.ts b/src/app/_lib/contentful.ts
index f4aec90..6f81e85 100644
--- a/src/app/_lib/contentful.ts
+++ b/src/app/_lib/contentful.ts
@@ -50,11 +50,13 @@ export async function retrieveContentfulPublishedSlugs({
   limit,
   avoidTags,
   includeTags,
+  sortByRecent,
 }: {
   query?: string;
   limit?: number;
   avoidTags?: string[];
   includeTags?: string[];
+  sortByRecent?: boolean;
 } = {}): Promise<string[]> {
   const client = getProductionClient();
   const options = {
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ export async function retrieveContentfulPublishedSlugs({
     ...(query ? { query } : {}),
     ...(avoidTags ? { "fields.tag[nin]": avoidTags.join(",").toLowerCase() } : {}),
     ...(includeTags ? { "fields.tag[in]": includeTags.join(",").toLowerCase() } : {}),
+    ...(sortByRecent ? { order: "-fields.publishDate" } : {}),
   } as const;
   const entries =
     await client.withoutUnresolvableLinks.getEntries<TypeAcrossBlogPostSkeleton>(options);
@@ -113,10 +116,8 @@ export async function retrieveRelevantContentfulEntries(
     "fields.tag[in]": tags.join(",").toLowerCase(), // get posts with same tags
     "fields.slug[nin]": entrySlugId, // don't include current post
     "fields.slug[exists]": true, // no empty slugs
-
-    // TODO: Update existing posts to have publishDate
-    // "fields.publishDate[exists]": true, // no empty dates
-    // order: "-fields.publishDate", // sorted latest first
+    "fields.publishDate[exists]": true, // no empty dates
+    order: "-fields.publishDate", // sorted latest first
   } as const;
   const entries =
     await client.withoutUnresolvableLinks.getEntries<TypeAcrossBlogPostSkeleton>(options);