diff --git a/apps/dav/lib/CalDAV/CalDavBackend.php b/apps/dav/lib/CalDAV/CalDavBackend.php
index 93bf77002036e..c4d2edd30af94 100644
--- a/apps/dav/lib/CalDAV/CalDavBackend.php
+++ b/apps/dav/lib/CalDAV/CalDavBackend.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 namespace OCA\DAV\CalDAV;
 
 use DateTime;
+use DateTimeImmutable;
 use DateTimeInterface;
 use OCA\DAV\AppInfo\Application;
 use OCA\DAV\Connector\Sabre\Principal;
@@ -1958,6 +1959,10 @@ public function search(array $calendarInfo, $pattern, array $searchProperties,
 
 		$outerQuery->andWhere($outerQuery->expr()->in('c.id', $outerQuery->createFunction($innerQuery->getSQL())));
 
+		// Without explicit order by its undefined in which order the SQL server returns the events.
+		// For the pagination with hasLimit and hasTimeRange, a stable ordering is helpful.
+		$outerQuery->addOrderBy('id');
+
 		$offset = (int)$offset;
 		$outerQuery->setFirstResult($offset);
 
@@ -1993,7 +1998,7 @@ public function search(array $calendarInfo, $pattern, array $searchProperties,
 			$calendarObjects = $this->searchCalendarObjects($outerQuery, $start, $end);
 		}
 
-		return array_map(function ($o) use ($options) {
+		$calendarObjects = array_map(function ($o) use ($options) {
 			$calendarData = Reader::read($o['calendardata']);
 
 			// Expand recurrences if an explicit time range is requested
@@ -2029,6 +2034,17 @@ public function search(array $calendarInfo, $pattern, array $searchProperties,
 				}, $timezones),
 			];
 		}, $calendarObjects);
+
+		usort($calendarObjects, function (array $a, array $b) {
+			/** @var DateTimeImmutable $startA */
+			$startA = $a['objects'][0]['DTSTART'][0] ?? new DateTimeImmutable(self::MAX_DATE);
+			/** @var DateTimeImmutable $startB */
+			$startB = $b['objects'][0]['DTSTART'][0] ?? new DateTimeImmutable(self::MAX_DATE);
+
+			return $startA->getTimestamp() <=> $startB->getTimestamp();
+		});
+
+		return $calendarObjects;
 	}
 
 	private function searchCalendarObjects(IQueryBuilder $query, DateTimeInterface|null $start, DateTimeInterface|null $end): array {
diff --git a/apps/dav/tests/misc/caldav-search-missing-start-1.ics b/apps/dav/tests/misc/caldav-search-missing-start-1.ics
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a7865eaf5efc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/dav/tests/misc/caldav-search-missing-start-1.ics
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+BEGIN:VCALENDAR
+PRODID:-//Mozilla.org/NONSGML Mozilla Calendar V1.1//EN
+VERSION:2.0
+BEGIN:VEVENT
+CREATED:20240507T122246Z
+LAST-MODIFIED:20240507T175258Z
+DTSTAMP:20240507T175258Z
+UID:39e1b04f-d1cc-4622-bf97-11c38e070f43
+SUMMARY:Missing DTSTART 1
+DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240514T133000
+TRANSP:OPAQUE
+X-MOZ-GENERATION:2
+END:VEVENT
+END:VCALENDAR
diff --git a/apps/dav/tests/misc/caldav-search-missing-start-2.ics b/apps/dav/tests/misc/caldav-search-missing-start-2.ics
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4a33f2b1c8aa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/dav/tests/misc/caldav-search-missing-start-2.ics
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+BEGIN:VCALENDAR
+PRODID:-//Mozilla.org/NONSGML Mozilla Calendar V1.1//EN
+VERSION:2.0
+BEGIN:VEVENT
+CREATED:20240507T122246Z
+LAST-MODIFIED:20240507T175258Z
+DTSTAMP:20240507T175258Z
+UID:12413feb-4b8c-4e95-ae7f-9ec4f42f3348
+SUMMARY:Missing DTSTART 2
+DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240514T133000
+TRANSP:OPAQUE
+X-MOZ-GENERATION:2
+END:VEVENT
+END:VCALENDAR
diff --git a/lib/public/Calendar/ICalendar.php b/lib/public/Calendar/ICalendar.php
index c6037690f6572..10857a4274de8 100644
--- a/lib/public/Calendar/ICalendar.php
+++ b/lib/public/Calendar/ICalendar.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public function getDisplayColor(): ?string;
 	 * 	['timerange' => ['start' => new DateTime(...), 'end' => new DateTime(...)]]
 	 * @param int|null $limit - limit number of search results
 	 * @param int|null $offset - offset for paging of search results
-	 * @return array an array of events/journals/todos which are arrays of key-value-pairs
+	 * @return array an array of events/journals/todos which are arrays of key-value-pairs. the events are sorted by start date (closest first, furthest last)
 	 * @since 13.0.0
 	 */
 	public function search(string $pattern, array $searchProperties = [], array $options = [], ?int $limit = null, ?int $offset = null): array;