diff --git a/templates/travis/.travis/cherrypick.py b/templates/travis/.travis/cherrypick.py
index f3da465a..048ab3bd 100644
--- a/templates/travis/.travis/cherrypick.py
+++ b/templates/travis/.travis/cherrypick.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def get_merged_commits(pr):
 g = Github(GITHUB_TOKEN)
 grepo = g.get_repo(REPOSITORY)
 (label,) = (l for l in grepo.get_labels() if l.name == PR_LABEL)
-issues = grepo.get_issues(labels=[label], state="all")
+issues = grepo.get_issues(labels=[label], state="all", sort="updated", direction="asc")
 
 cherrypicks = []