diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Data/src/EntityFramework/Pagination/EfQueryableCursorPagingHandler.cs b/src/HotChocolate/Data/src/EntityFramework/Pagination/EfQueryableCursorPagingHandler.cs
index e15e027f651..bdcb80b4eb5 100644
--- a/src/HotChocolate/Data/src/EntityFramework/Pagination/EfQueryableCursorPagingHandler.cs
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Data/src/EntityFramework/Pagination/EfQueryableCursorPagingHandler.cs
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ private async ValueTask<Connection> SliceAsync(
         if (arguments.After is not null)
         {
             var cursor = CursorParser.Parse(arguments.After, keys);
-            query = query.Where(ExpressionHelpers.BuildWhereExpression<TEntity>(keys, cursor, forward));
+            query = query.Where(ExpressionHelpers.BuildWhereExpression<TEntity>(keys, cursor, true));
         }
 
         if (arguments.Before is not null)
         {
             var cursor = CursorParser.Parse(arguments.Before, keys);
-            query = query.Where(ExpressionHelpers.BuildWhereExpression<TEntity>(keys, cursor, forward));
+            query = query.Where(ExpressionHelpers.BuildWhereExpression<TEntity>(keys, cursor, false));
         }
 
         if (arguments.First is not null)
diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Data/test/Data.EntityFramework.Pagination.Tests/IntegrationTests.cs b/src/HotChocolate/Data/test/Data.EntityFramework.Pagination.Tests/IntegrationTests.cs
index 629992a4853..14625e208d4 100644
--- a/src/HotChocolate/Data/test/Data.EntityFramework.Pagination.Tests/IntegrationTests.cs
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Data/test/Data.EntityFramework.Pagination.Tests/IntegrationTests.cs
@@ -311,6 +311,78 @@ public async Task Paging_Last_10_With_Default_Sorting_HasPreviousPage()
         result.MatchMarkdownSnapshot();
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Paging_Fetch_First_2_Items_Between()
+    {
+        var connectionString = CreateConnectionString();
+        await SeedAsync(connectionString);
+
+        var executor = await new ServiceCollection()
+            .AddScoped(_ => new CatalogContext(connectionString))
+            .AddGraphQLServer()
+            .AddQueryType<Query>()
+            .AddSorting()
+            .AddDbContextCursorPagingProvider()
+            .BuildRequestExecutorAsync();
+
+        var result = await executor.ExecuteAsync(q => q
+            .SetDocument(
+                """
+                {
+                    brands(first: 2, after:"MQ==", before:"NA==") {
+                        nodes {
+                            name
+                        }
+                        pageInfo {
+                            hasNextPage
+                            hasPreviousPage
+                            endCursor
+                            startCursor
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                """)
+            .SetGlobalState("printSQL", true));
+
+        result.MatchMarkdownSnapshot();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Paging_Fetch_Last_2_Items_Between()
+    {
+        var connectionString = CreateConnectionString();
+        await SeedAsync(connectionString);
+
+        var executor = await new ServiceCollection()
+            .AddScoped(_ => new CatalogContext(connectionString))
+            .AddGraphQLServer()
+            .AddQueryType<Query>()
+            .AddSorting()
+            .AddDbContextCursorPagingProvider()
+            .BuildRequestExecutorAsync();
+
+        var result = await executor.ExecuteAsync(q => q
+            .SetDocument(
+                """
+                {
+                    brands(last: 2, after:"OTc=", before:"MTAw") {
+                        nodes {
+                            name
+                        }
+                        pageInfo {
+                            hasNextPage
+                            hasPreviousPage
+                            endCursor
+                            startCursor
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                """)
+            .SetGlobalState("printSQL", true));
+
+        result.MatchMarkdownSnapshot();
+    }
+
     public class Query
     {
         [UsePaging]
diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Data/test/Data.EntityFramework.Pagination.Tests/__snapshots__/IntegrationTests.Paging_Fetch_First_2_Items_Between.md b/src/HotChocolate/Data/test/Data.EntityFramework.Pagination.Tests/__snapshots__/IntegrationTests.Paging_Fetch_First_2_Items_Between.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4c7aa752c04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Data/test/Data.EntityFramework.Pagination.Tests/__snapshots__/IntegrationTests.Paging_Fetch_First_2_Items_Between.md
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Paging_Fetch_First_2_Items_Between
+
+```json
+{
+  "data": {
+    "brands": {
+      "nodes": [
+        {
+          "name": "Brand1"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "Brand2"
+        }
+      ],
+      "pageInfo": {
+        "hasNextPage": true,
+        "hasPreviousPage": true,
+        "endCursor": "Mw==",
+        "startCursor": "Mg=="
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "extensions": {
+    "sql": "-- @__p_0='1'\n-- @__p_1='4'\n-- @__p_2='3'\nSELECT b.\"Id\", b.\"AlwaysNull\", b.\"DisplayName\", b.\"Name\", b.\"BrandDetails_Country_Name\"\nFROM \"Brands\" AS b\nWHERE b.\"Id\" > @__p_0 AND b.\"Id\" < @__p_1\nORDER BY b.\"Id\"\nLIMIT @__p_2"
+  }
+}
+```
diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Data/test/Data.EntityFramework.Pagination.Tests/__snapshots__/IntegrationTests.Paging_Fetch_Last_2_Items_Between.md b/src/HotChocolate/Data/test/Data.EntityFramework.Pagination.Tests/__snapshots__/IntegrationTests.Paging_Fetch_Last_2_Items_Between.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba4bc537766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Data/test/Data.EntityFramework.Pagination.Tests/__snapshots__/IntegrationTests.Paging_Fetch_Last_2_Items_Between.md
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Paging_Fetch_Last_2_Items_Between
+
+```json
+{
+  "data": {
+    "brands": {
+      "nodes": [
+        {
+          "name": "Brand97"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "Brand98"
+        }
+      ],
+      "pageInfo": {
+        "hasNextPage": true,
+        "hasPreviousPage": true,
+        "endCursor": "OTk=",
+        "startCursor": "OTg="
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "extensions": {
+    "sql": "-- @__p_0='97'\n-- @__p_1='100'\n-- @__p_2='3'\nSELECT b.\"Id\", b.\"AlwaysNull\", b.\"DisplayName\", b.\"Name\", b.\"BrandDetails_Country_Name\"\nFROM \"Brands\" AS b\nWHERE b.\"Id\" > @__p_0 AND b.\"Id\" < @__p_1\nORDER BY b.\"Id\" DESC\nLIMIT @__p_2"
+  }
+}
+```