diff --git a/pkg/extensions/search/resolver.go b/pkg/extensions/search/resolver.go
index 24dc4345d..b1730e7dc 100644
--- a/pkg/extensions/search/resolver.go
+++ b/pkg/extensions/search/resolver.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func repoListWithNewestImage(
 		Limit:  safeDerefferencing(requestedPage.Limit, 0),
 		Offset: safeDerefferencing(requestedPage.Offset, 0),
 		SortBy: repodb.SortCriteria(
-			safeDerefferencing(requestedPage.SortBy, gql_generated.SortCriteriaRelevance),
+			safeDerefferencing(requestedPage.SortBy, gql_generated.SortCriteriaUpdateTime),
 		),
 	}