diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 6fe079ac0..20ece2e25 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
                     state: 'open',
                     per_page: 100,
                     direction: this.options.ascending ? 'asc' : 'desc',
+                    sort: 'updated',
                     page
                 });
                 (_a = this.statistics) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.incrementFetchedItemsCount(issueResult.data.length);
diff --git a/src/classes/issues-processor.ts b/src/classes/issues-processor.ts
index 486c6a78a..d8e2a2ef8 100644
--- a/src/classes/issues-processor.ts
+++ b/src/classes/issues-processor.ts
@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {
         state: 'open',
         per_page: 100,
         direction: this.options.ascending ? 'asc' : 'desc',
+        sort: 'updated',
         page
       });
       this.statistics?.incrementFetchedItemsCount(issueResult.data.length);