diff --git a/scripts/auto-close-duplicates.ts b/scripts/auto-close-duplicates.ts
index 2ad3bd3112..43c02ae1fa 100644
--- a/scripts/auto-close-duplicates.ts
+++ b/scripts/auto-close-duplicates.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ async function autoCloseDuplicates(): Promise<void> {
   
   while (true) {
     const pageIssues: GitHubIssue[] = await githubRequest(
-      `/repos/${owner}/${repo}/issues?state=open&per_page=${perPage}&page=${page}`,
+      `/repos/${owner}/${repo}/issues?state=open&sort=created&direction=asc&per_page=${perPage}&page=${page}`,
       token
     );