diff --git a/InvenTree/common/api.py b/InvenTree/common/api.py
index b897ad5f2f..e2e10ecdf2 100644
--- a/InvenTree/common/api.py
+++ b/InvenTree/common/api.py
@@ -402,6 +402,8 @@ class NewsFeedEntryList(NewsFeedMixin, BulkDeleteMixin, ListAPI):
 
     filter_backends = ORDER_FILTER
 
+    ordering = '-published'
+
     ordering_fields = ['published', 'author', 'read']
 
     filterset_fields = ['read']
diff --git a/InvenTree/templates/js/translated/news.js b/InvenTree/templates/js/translated/news.js
index c5e98436a5..68cca01587 100644
--- a/InvenTree/templates/js/translated/news.js
+++ b/InvenTree/templates/js/translated/news.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function loadNewsFeedTable(table, options={}, enableDelete=false) {
         name: 'news',
         groupBy: false,
         queryParams: {
-            ordering: 'published',
+            ordering: '-published',
             read: false,
         },
         paginationVAlign: 'bottom',