diff --git a/news/10482.bugfix.rst b/news/10482.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b6cf64f23c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/10482.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+New resolver: Fixes depth ordering of packages during resolution, e.g. a dependency 2 levels deep will be ordered before a dependecy 3 levels deep.
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/provider.py b/src/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/provider.py
index 632854d3bc5..a3250b35161 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/provider.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/provider.py
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ def get_preference(
                 for _, parent in information[identifier]
             )
             inferred_depth = min(d for d in parent_depths) + 1.0
-            self._known_depths[identifier] = inferred_depth
         else:
             inferred_depth = 1.0
+        self._known_depths[identifier] = inferred_depth
 
         requested_order = self._user_requested.get(identifier, math.inf)
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/resolution_resolvelib/test_provider.py b/tests/unit/resolution_resolvelib/test_provider.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..97025428069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/resolution_resolvelib/test_provider.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+from pip._vendor.resolvelib.resolvers import RequirementInformation
+
+from pip._internal.models.candidate import InstallationCandidate
+from pip._internal.models.link import Link
+from pip._internal.req.constructors import install_req_from_req_string
+from pip._internal.resolution.resolvelib.provider import PipProvider
+from pip._internal.resolution.resolvelib.requirements import SpecifierRequirement
+
+
+def build_requirement_information(name, parent):
+    install_requirement = install_req_from_req_string(name)
+    requirement_information = RequirementInformation(
+        requirement=SpecifierRequirement(install_requirement), parent=parent
+    )
+    return [requirement_information]
+
+
+def test_provider_known_depths(factory):
+    # Root requirement is specified by the user
+    # therefore has an infered depth of 1
+    root_requirement_name = "my-package"
+    provider = PipProvider(
+        factory=factory,
+        constraints={},
+        ignore_dependencies=False,
+        upgrade_strategy="to-satisfy-only",
+        user_requested={root_requirement_name: 0},
+    )
+
+    root_requirement_information = build_requirement_information(
+        name=root_requirement_name, parent=None
+    )
+    provider.get_preference(
+        identifier=root_requirement_name,
+        resolutions={},
+        candidates={},
+        information={root_requirement_name: root_requirement_information},
+    )
+    assert provider._known_depths == {root_requirement_name: 1.0}
+
+    # Transative requirement is a dependency of root requirement
+    # theforefore has an infered depth of 2
+    root_package_candidate = InstallationCandidate(
+        root_requirement_name,
+        "1.0",
+        Link("https://{root_requirement_name}.com"),
+    )
+    transative_requirement_name = "my-transitive-package"
+
+    transative_package_information = build_requirement_information(
+        name=transative_requirement_name, parent=root_package_candidate
+    )
+    provider.get_preference(
+        identifier=transative_requirement_name,
+        resolutions={},
+        candidates={},
+        information={
+            root_requirement_name: root_requirement_information,
+            transative_requirement_name: transative_package_information,
+        },
+    )
+    assert provider._known_depths == {
+        transative_requirement_name: 2.0,
+        root_requirement_name: 1.0,
+    }