diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/Mapping/DocumentType/DocumentTypeMapDefinition.cs b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/Mapping/DocumentType/DocumentTypeMapDefinition.cs
index 2a5ea3ae7cc9..958dff64e424 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/Mapping/DocumentType/DocumentTypeMapDefinition.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/Mapping/DocumentType/DocumentTypeMapDefinition.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management.Mapping.ContentType;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management.Mapping.ContentType;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management.ViewModels;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management.ViewModels.DocumentType;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Mapping;
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ private void Map(IContentType source, DocumentTypeResponseModel target, MapperCo
         target.Properties = MapPropertyTypes(source);
         target.AllowedDocumentTypes = source.AllowedContentTypes?.Select(ct =>
                 new DocumentTypeSort { DocumentType = new ReferenceByIdModel(ct.Key), SortOrder = ct.SortOrder })
+            .OrderBy(ct => ct.SortOrder)
             .ToArray() ?? Enumerable.Empty<DocumentTypeSort>();
         target.Compositions = MapNestedCompositions(
             source.ContentTypeComposition,