diff --git a/.changeset/nice-actors-cheer.md b/.changeset/nice-actors-cheer.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..918148ffb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nice-actors-cheer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog': patch
+---
+
+Adding a more sensible default order to the default filters
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filters.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filters.tsx
index fcfbc394f2..d72e299fbb 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filters.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/alpha/filters.tsx
@@ -133,13 +133,14 @@ const catalogListCatalogFilter = CatalogFilterBlueprint.makeWithOverrides({
   },
 });
 
+// this is the default order that the filters will be applied in
 export default [
-  catalogTagCatalogFilter,
   catalogKindCatalogFilter,
   catalogTypeCatalogFilter,
-  catalogModeCatalogFilter,
-  catalogNamespaceCatalogFilter,
-  catalogLifecycleCatalogFilter,
-  catalogProcessingStatusCatalogFilter,
   catalogListCatalogFilter,
+  catalogModeCatalogFilter,
+  catalogLifecycleCatalogFilter,
+  catalogTagCatalogFilter,
+  catalogProcessingStatusCatalogFilter,
+  catalogNamespaceCatalogFilter,
 ];