diff --git a/internal/notification/httpdriver/event.go b/internal/notification/httpdriver/event.go
index cfbdd6e04..fc7273a9c 100644
--- a/internal/notification/httpdriver/event.go
+++ b/internal/notification/httpdriver/event.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/openmeterio/openmeter/pkg/framework/transport/httptransport"
 	"github.com/openmeterio/openmeter/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/openmeterio/openmeter/pkg/pagination"
+	"github.com/openmeterio/openmeter/pkg/sortx"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ func (h *handler) ListEvents() ListEventsHandler {
 
 			req := ListEventsRequest{
 				Namespaces: []string{ns},
-				OrderBy:    defaultx.WithDefault(params.OrderBy, notification.EventOrderByID),
+				Order:      sortx.Order(defaultx.WithDefault(params.Order, api.ListNotificationEventsParamsOrderSortOrderDESC)),
+				OrderBy:    defaultx.WithDefault(params.OrderBy, notification.EventOrderByCreatedAt),
 				Page: pagination.Page{
 					PageSize:   defaultx.WithDefault(params.PageSize, notification.DefaultPageSize),
 					PageNumber: defaultx.WithDefault(params.Page, notification.DefaultPageNumber),
diff --git a/internal/notification/repository/repository.go b/internal/notification/repository/repository.go
index b25e646e5..343fa7c9b 100644
--- a/internal/notification/repository/repository.go
+++ b/internal/notification/repository/repository.go
@@ -532,18 +532,18 @@ func (r repository) ListEvents(ctx context.Context, params notification.ListEven
 		query.WithChannels()
 	})
 
-	order := entutils.GetOrdering(sortx.OrderDefault)
+	order := entutils.GetOrdering(sortx.OrderDesc)
 	if !params.Order.IsDefaultValue() {
 		order = entutils.GetOrdering(params.Order)
 	}
 
 	switch params.OrderBy {
-	case notification.EventOrderByCreatedAt:
-		query = query.Order(eventdb.ByCreatedAt(order...))
 	case notification.EventOrderByID:
+		query = query.Order(eventdb.ByID(order...))
+	case notification.EventOrderByCreatedAt:
 		fallthrough
 	default:
-		query = query.Order(eventdb.ByID(order...))
+		query = query.Order(eventdb.ByCreatedAt(order...))
 	}
 
 	response := pagination.PagedResponse[notification.Event]{