diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/composables/useLatestCommunityLibrarySubmission.js b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/composables/useLatestCommunityLibrarySubmission.js
index 2b4afe9e30..4ef6db157e 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/composables/useLatestCommunityLibrarySubmission.js
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/composables/useLatestCommunityLibrarySubmission.js
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ export function useLatestCommunityLibrarySubmission({ channelId, admin = false }
 
   function fetchLatestSubmission() {
     // Submissions are ordered by most recent first in the backend
-    return Resource.fetchCollection({ channel: channelId, max_results: 1 }).then(response => {
+    return Resource.fetchCollection({
+      channel: channelId,
+      max_results: 1,
+      ordering: '-date_created',
+    }).then(response => {
       if (response.results.length > 0) {
         return response.results[0];
       }
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/community_library_submission.py b/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/community_library_submission.py
index 22c549cc8f..b0a891be58 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/community_library_submission.py
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/community_library_submission.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 from contentcuration.viewsets.base import RESTCreateModelMixin
 from contentcuration.viewsets.base import RESTDestroyModelMixin
 from contentcuration.viewsets.base import RESTUpdateModelMixin
+from contentcuration.viewsets.base import ValuesViewsetOrderingFilter
 from contentcuration.viewsets.common import UserFilteredPrimaryKeyRelatedField
 from contentcuration.viewsets.sync.utils import (
     generate_added_to_community_library_event,
@@ -244,12 +245,15 @@ class CommunityLibrarySubmissionViewSetMixin:
         "resolved_by_name": get_resolved_by_name,
         "channel_name": lambda item: item.get("channel__name"),
     }
-    queryset = CommunityLibrarySubmission.objects.all().order_by("-date_updated")
-    filter_backends = [DjangoFilterBackend, SearchFilter]
+    queryset = CommunityLibrarySubmission.objects.all()
+    filter_backends = [DjangoFilterBackend, SearchFilter, ValuesViewsetOrderingFilter]
     filterset_class = CommunityLibrarySubmissionFilterSet
     search_fields = ["channel__name"]
     pagination_class = CommunityLibrarySubmissionPagination
 
+    ordering_fields = ["date_updated", "date_created"]
+    ordering = "-date_updated"
+
     def consolidate(self, items, queryset):
         countries = {}
         for (submission_id, country_code,) in Country.objects.filter(