diff --git a/lua/telescope/builtin/__git.lua b/lua/telescope/builtin/__git.lua
index cc40503..1b9d0fa 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/builtin/__git.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/builtin/__git.lua
@@ -200,8 +200,10 @@ git.branches = function(opts)
     .. "%(authorname)"
     .. "%(upstream:lstrip=2)"
     .. "%(committerdate:format-local:%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S)"
-  local output =
-    utils.get_os_command_output({ "git", "for-each-ref", "--perl", "--format", format, opts.pattern }, opts.cwd)
+  local output = utils.get_os_command_output(
+    { "git", "for-each-ref", "--perl", "--format", format, "--sort", "-authordate", opts.pattern },
+    opts.cwd
+  )
 
   local results = {}
   local widths = {