diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/components/ModuleDashboard/Widgets/ILLRequests.vue b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/components/ModuleDashboard/Widgets/ILLRequests.vue
index 1f146b2f94..b7dd45c7e5 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/components/ModuleDashboard/Widgets/ILLRequests.vue
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/components/ModuleDashboard/Widgets/ILLRequests.vue
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ export default {
                 embed: "patron,library,extended_attributes,+strings",
                 pageLength: settings.value.per_page || 5,
                 processing: false,
+                order: [[0, "desc"]],
             },
             url: "/api/v1/ill/requests",
             default_filters: settingsToQueryParams(settings.value),