diff --git a/module_build_service/builder/CoprModuleBuilder.py b/module_build_service/builder/CoprModuleBuilder.py
index b841a269..d10c058e 100644
--- a/module_build_service/builder/CoprModuleBuilder.py
+++ b/module_build_service/builder/CoprModuleBuilder.py
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ def rmdir(path):
 
 
 def git_branch_contains(cod, commit):
-    cmd = ["git", "branch", "-r", "--contains", commit]
+    cmd = ["git", "branch", "-r", "--contains", commit, "--sort", "-committerdate"]
     out, err = execute_cmd(cmd, cwd=cod, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
     branch = out.strip().split("/")[1]
     if " -> " in branch: