diff --git a/src/fidesops/api/v1/endpoints/connection_endpoints.py b/src/fidesops/api/v1/endpoints/connection_endpoints.py
index 840a02257..6b73785d6 100644
--- a/src/fidesops/api/v1/endpoints/connection_endpoints.py
+++ b/src/fidesops/api/v1/endpoints/connection_endpoints.py
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ def get_connections(
     logger.info(
         f"Finding all connection configurations with pagination params {params}"
     )
-    return paginate(ConnectionConfig.query(db), params=params)
+    return paginate(
+        ConnectionConfig.query(db).order_by(ConnectionConfig.created_at.desc()),
+        params=params,
+    )
 
 
 @router.get(
diff --git a/src/fidesops/api/v1/endpoints/dataset_endpoints.py b/src/fidesops/api/v1/endpoints/dataset_endpoints.py
index 1103bf7e8..f6d92f8db 100644
--- a/src/fidesops/api/v1/endpoints/dataset_endpoints.py
+++ b/src/fidesops/api/v1/endpoints/dataset_endpoints.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ def get_datasets(
     )
     dataset_configs = DatasetConfig.filter(
         db=db, conditions=(DatasetConfig.connection_config_id == connection_config.id)
-    )
+    ).order_by(DatasetConfig.created_at.desc())
 
     # Generate the paginated results, but don't return them as-is. Instead,
     # modify the items array to be just the FidesopsDataset instead of the full
diff --git a/src/fidesops/api/v1/endpoints/policy_endpoints.py b/src/fidesops/api/v1/endpoints/policy_endpoints.py
index 7cd33c8d7..10480409b 100644
--- a/src/fidesops/api/v1/endpoints/policy_endpoints.py
+++ b/src/fidesops/api/v1/endpoints/policy_endpoints.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def get_policy_list(
     Return a paginated list of all Policy records in this system
     """
     logger.info(f"Finding all policies with pagination params '{params}'")
-    policies = Policy.query(db=db)
+    policies = Policy.query(db=db).order_by(Policy.created_at.desc())
     return paginate(policies, params=params)
 
 
diff --git a/src/fidesops/api/v1/endpoints/storage_endpoints.py b/src/fidesops/api/v1/endpoints/storage_endpoints.py
index f8a0dce69..ee6f938d9 100644
--- a/src/fidesops/api/v1/endpoints/storage_endpoints.py
+++ b/src/fidesops/api/v1/endpoints/storage_endpoints.py
@@ -233,7 +233,9 @@ def get_configs(
     Retrieves configs for storage.
     """
     logger.info(f"Finding all storage configurations with pagination params {params}")
-    return paginate(StorageConfig.query(db), params=params)
+    return paginate(
+        StorageConfig.query(db).order_by(StorageConfig.created_at.desc()), params=params
+    )
 
 
 @router.get(
diff --git a/tests/api/v1/endpoints/test_policy_endpoints.py b/tests/api/v1/endpoints/test_policy_endpoints.py
index 632e3bebe..d26c58e05 100644
--- a/tests/api/v1/endpoints/test_policy_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/api/v1/endpoints/test_policy_endpoints.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import json
+from uuid import uuid4
 
 import pytest
 from starlette.testclient import TestClient
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
 from fidesops.service.masking.strategy.masking_strategy_nullify import NULL_REWRITE
 from fidesops.util.data_category import DataCategory, generate_fides_data_categories
 
+
 class TestGetPolicies:
     @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
     def url(self, oauth_client) -> str:
@@ -66,6 +68,48 @@ def test_get_policies_with_rules(
         assert rule["action_type"] == "access"
         assert rule["storage_destination"]["type"] == "s3"
 
+    def test_pagination_ordering(
+        self,
+        db,
+        oauth_client,
+        api_client: TestClient,
+        generate_auth_header,
+        url,
+    ):
+        auth_header = generate_auth_header(scopes=[scopes.POLICY_READ])
+        policies = []
+        POLICY_COUNT = 50
+        for _ in range(POLICY_COUNT):
+            key = str(uuid4()).replace("-", "")
+            policies.append(
+                Policy.create(
+                    db=db,
+                    data={
+                        "name": key,
+                        "key": key,
+                        "client_id": oauth_client.id,
+                    },
+                )
+            )
+
+        resp = api_client.get(
+            url,
+            headers=auth_header,
+        )
+        assert resp.status_code == 200
+        data = resp.json()
+
+        assert "items" in data
+        assert data["total"] == POLICY_COUNT
+
+        for policy in data["items"]:
+            # The most recent policy will be that which was last added to `policies`
+            most_recent = policies.pop()
+            assert policy["key"] == most_recent.key
+            # Once we're finished we need to delete the policies, since `oauth_client` will be
+            # subsequently deleted and will cause validation errors
+            most_recent.delete(db=db)
+
 
 class TestGetPolicyDetail:
     @pytest.fixture(scope="function")