diff --git a/app/models/user/search.rb b/app/models/user/search.rb
index 1bbce1552..89e8f0565 100644
--- a/app/models/user/search.rb
+++ b/app/models/user/search.rb
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ returns
       users = if params[:role_ids]
                 User.joins(:roles).where('roles.id' => params[:role_ids]).where(
                   '(users.firstname LIKE ? OR users.lastname LIKE ? OR users.email LIKE ? OR users.login LIKE ?) AND users.id != 1', "%#{query}%", "%#{query}%", "%#{query}%", "%#{query}%"
-                ).order('firstname').limit(limit)
+                ).order('updated_at DESC').limit(limit)
               else
                 User.where(
                   '(firstname LIKE ? OR lastname LIKE ? OR email LIKE ? OR login LIKE ?) AND id != 1', "%#{query}%", "%#{query}%", "%#{query}%", "%#{query}%"
-                ).order('firstname').limit(limit)
+                ).order('updated_at DESC').limit(limit)
               end
       users
     end