diff --git a/lib/content-services/src/lib/document-list/components/document-list.component.spec.ts b/lib/content-services/src/lib/document-list/components/document-list.component.spec.ts
index 44434773085..2c9ba0284e0 100644
--- a/lib/content-services/src/lib/document-list/components/document-list.component.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/content-services/src/lib/document-list/components/document-list.component.spec.ts
@@ -1451,7 +1451,7 @@ describe('DocumentList', () => {
             where: undefined,
             maxItems: 25,
             skipCount: 0,
-            orderBy: ['nodeType DESC', 'name asc' ],
+            orderBy: ['isFolder DESC', 'name asc' ],
             rootFolderId: 'fake-id'
         }, ['test-include']);
     });
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ describe('DocumentList', () => {
             where: '(isFolder=true)',
             maxItems: 25,
             skipCount: 0,
-            orderBy: ['nodeType DESC', 'name asc' ],
+            orderBy: ['isFolder DESC', 'name asc' ],
             rootFolderId: 'fake-id'
         }, ['test-include']);
     });
@@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@ describe('DocumentList', () => {
             maxItems: 25,
             skipCount: 0,
             where: undefined,
-            orderBy: ['nodeType DESC', 'size DESC'],
+            orderBy: ['isFolder DESC', 'size DESC'],
             rootFolderId: 'fake-id'
         }, ['test-include']);
     });
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ describe('DocumentList', () => {
         expect(documentListService.getFolder).toHaveBeenCalledWith(null, {
             maxItems: 25,
             skipCount: 0,
-            orderBy: ['nodeType DESC', 'name asc' ],
+            orderBy: ['isFolder DESC', 'name asc' ],
             rootFolderId: 'folder-id',
             where: undefined
         }, undefined);
diff --git a/lib/content-services/src/lib/document-list/components/document-list.component.ts b/lib/content-services/src/lib/document-list/components/document-list.component.ts
index 80951a20a5a..c33d39cbe42 100644
--- a/lib/content-services/src/lib/document-list/components/document-list.component.ts
+++ b/lib/content-services/src/lib/document-list/components/document-list.component.ts
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ export class DocumentListComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy, Afte
      * rule to be added to the sorting apart from the one driven by the header.
      */
     @Input()
-    additionalSorting = ['nodeType DESC'];
+    additionalSorting = ['isFolder DESC'];
 
     /** Defines sorting mode. Can be either `client` (items in the list
      * are sorted client-side) or `server` (the ordering supplied by the