diff --git a/component_catalog/filters.py b/component_catalog/filters.py
index ecfa5f7e..5e08ae09 100644
--- a/component_catalog/filters.py
+++ b/component_catalog/filters.py
@@ -205,6 +205,13 @@ class PackageFilterSet(DataspacedFilterSet):
             "sha1",
             "md5",
         ],
+        ordering=[
+            "type",
+            "namespace",
+            "name",
+            # In a search context, we want to display the most recent versions first
+            "-version",
+        ],
         search_fields=[
             "type",
             "namespace",
diff --git a/component_catalog/tests/test_filters.py b/component_catalog/tests/test_filters.py
index 1b2764ac..82827d65 100644
--- a/component_catalog/tests/test_filters.py
+++ b/component_catalog/tests/test_filters.py
@@ -377,8 +377,8 @@ def test_package_filterset_search_match_order_on_purl_fields(self):
 
         data = {"q": "django"}
         filterset = PackageFilterSet(dataspace=self.dataspace, data=data)
-        expected = ["pkg:pypi/django@4.0", "pkg:pypi/django@5.0"]
-        self.assertEqual(sorted(expected), self.sorted_results(filterset.qs))
+        expected = ["pkg:pypi/django@5.0", "pkg:pypi/django@4.0"]
+        self.assertEqual([str(package) for package in filterset.qs], expected)
 
     def test_package_filterset_is_vulnerable_filter(self):
         package1 = make_package(self.dataspace, is_vulnerable=True)
diff --git a/dje/filters.py b/dje/filters.py
index e9b1dffb..ff8d1f2d 100644
--- a/dje/filters.py
+++ b/dje/filters.py
@@ -230,9 +230,10 @@ class MatchOrderedSearchFilter(SearchRankFilter):
     https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/functions-matching.html#POSIX-CONSTRAINT-ESCAPES-TABLE
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, match_order_fields, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, match_order_fields, ordering=None, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.match_order_fields = match_order_fields
+        self.ordering = ordering
 
     def get_match_order_lookups(self, lookup_type, value):
         or_queries = [
@@ -258,12 +259,13 @@ def filter(self, qs, value):
             output_field=IntegerField(),
         )
 
-        default_ordering = self.model._meta.ordering
+        ordering = self.ordering or self.model._meta.ordering
 
         simple_search_qs = (
             qs.filter(self.get_match_order_lookups("icontains", value))
             .annotate(match_order=match_order)
-            .order_by("match_order", *default_ordering)
+            # Sort by match pertiance first, then by field values
+            .order_by("match_order", *ordering)
         )
 
         if simple_search_qs.exists():