diff --git a/doc/release-notes/10742-newest-oldest-sort-order-backwards.md b/doc/release-notes/10742-newest-oldest-sort-order-backwards.md
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/doc/release-notes/10742-newest-oldest-sort-order-backwards.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## Minor bug fix to UI to fix the order of the files on the Dataset Files page when ordering by Date
+
+A fix was made to the ui to fix the ordering 'Newest' and 'Oldest' which were reversed
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/filesFragment.xhtml b/src/main/webapp/filesFragment.xhtml
index 117710cfd53..154700f7cf4 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/filesFragment.xhtml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/filesFragment.xhtml
@@ -301,24 +301,24 @@
                                     <f:param name="folderPresort" value="#{DatasetPage.folderPresort}"/>
                                 </h:outputLink></li>
                             <li><h:outputLink rel="nofollow" value="/dataset.xhtml">
-                                    <h:outputText styleClass="#{(DatasetPage.fileSortField == 'date' and (empty DatasetPage.fileSortOrder)) ? 'highlightBold' : ''}" value="#{bundle['file.results.btn.sort.option.newest']}"/>
+                                    <h:outputText styleClass="#{(DatasetPage.fileSortField == 'date' and DatasetPage.fileSortOrder == 'desc') ? 'highlightBold' : ''}" value="#{bundle['file.results.btn.sort.option.newest']}"/>
                                     <f:param name="persistentId" value="#{DatasetPage.persistentId}"/>
                                     <f:param name="version" value="#{DatasetPage.version}"/>
                                     <f:param name="q" value="#{DatasetPage.fileLabelSearchTerm}"/>
                                     <f:param name="fileTypeGroupFacet" value="#{DatasetPage.fileTypeFacet}"/>
                                     <f:param name="fileAccess" value="#{DatasetPage.fileAccessFacet}"/>
                                     <f:param name="fileSortField" value="date"/>
+                                    <f:param name="fileSortOrder" value="desc"/>
                                     <f:param name="tagPresort" value="#{DatasetPage.tagPresort}"/>
                                 </h:outputLink></li>
                             <li><h:outputLink rel="nofollow" value="/dataset.xhtml">
-                                    <h:outputText styleClass="#{(DatasetPage.fileSortField == 'date' and DatasetPage.fileSortOrder == 'desc') ? 'highlightBold' : ''}" value="#{bundle['file.results.btn.sort.option.oldest']}"/>
+                                    <h:outputText styleClass="#{(DatasetPage.fileSortField == 'date' and (empty DatasetPage.fileSortOrder)) ? 'highlightBold' : ''}" value="#{bundle['file.results.btn.sort.option.oldest']}"/>
                                     <f:param name="persistentId" value="#{DatasetPage.persistentId}"/>
                                     <f:param name="version" value="#{DatasetPage.version}"/>
                                     <f:param name="q" value="#{DatasetPage.fileLabelSearchTerm}"/>
                                     <f:param name="fileTypeGroupFacet" value="#{DatasetPage.fileTypeFacet}"/>
                                     <f:param name="fileAccess" value="#{DatasetPage.fileAccessFacet}"/>
                                     <f:param name="fileSortField" value="date"/>
-                                    <f:param name="fileSortOrder" value="desc"/>
                                     <f:param name="tagPresort" value="#{DatasetPage.tagPresort}"/>
                                 </h:outputLink></li>
                             <li><h:outputLink rel="nofollow" value="/dataset.xhtml">