diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/uptime/public/components/functional/location_map/__tests__/__snapshots__/location_status_tags.test.tsx.snap b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/uptime/public/components/functional/location_map/__tests__/__snapshots__/location_status_tags.test.tsx.snap
index aee122fdcc046..26f899eb8d161 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/uptime/public/components/functional/location_map/__tests__/__snapshots__/location_status_tags.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/uptime/public/components/functional/location_map/__tests__/__snapshots__/location_status_tags.test.tsx.snap
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ exports[`LocationStatusTags component renders when all locations are up 1`] = `
               <div
                 class="c2"
               >
-                Islamabad
+                Berlin
               </div>
             </div>
           </span>
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ exports[`LocationStatusTags component renders when all locations are up 1`] = `
           <div
             class="euiTextColor euiTextColor--subdued"
           >
-            5s ago
+            5d ago
           </div>
         </div>
       </span>
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ exports[`LocationStatusTags component renders when all locations are up 1`] = `
               <div
                 class="c2"
               >
-                Berlin
+                Islamabad
               </div>
             </div>
           </span>
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ exports[`LocationStatusTags component renders when all locations are up 1`] = `
           <div
             class="euiTextColor euiTextColor--subdued"
           >
-            5d ago
+            5s ago
           </div>
         </div>
       </span>
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/uptime/public/components/functional/location_map/__tests__/location_status_tags.test.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/uptime/public/components/functional/location_map/__tests__/location_status_tags.test.tsx
index f43a5494dc16a..2359938dbbc35 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/uptime/public/components/functional/location_map/__tests__/location_status_tags.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/uptime/public/components/functional/location_map/__tests__/location_status_tags.test.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { MonitorLocation } from '../../../../../common/runtime_types/monitor';
 import { LocationStatusTags } from '../';
 
 // Failing: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/54818
-describe.skip('LocationStatusTags component', () => {
+describe('LocationStatusTags component', () => {
   let monitorLocations: MonitorLocation[];
 
   it('renders properly against props', () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/uptime/public/components/functional/location_map/location_status_tags.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/uptime/public/components/functional/location_map/location_status_tags.tsx
index e7107b5246c37..b8735f682adef 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/uptime/public/components/functional/location_map/location_status_tags.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/uptime/public/components/functional/location_map/location_status_tags.tsx
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ export const LocationStatusTags = ({ locations }: Props) => {
     }
   });
 
-  // Sort by recent timestamp
+  // Sort lexicographically by label
   upLocations.sort((a, b) => {
-    return a.timestamp < b.timestamp ? 1 : b.timestamp < a.timestamp ? -1 : 0;
+    return a.label > b.label ? 1 : b.label > a.label ? -1 : 0;
   });
 
   moment.updateLocale('en', {