diff --git a/src/Connectors.Memory.SqlServer/SqlServerClient.cs b/src/Connectors.Memory.SqlServer/SqlServerClient.cs
index 187c0fe..e68eb66 100644
--- a/src/Connectors.Memory.SqlServer/SqlServerClient.cs
+++ b/src/Connectors.Memory.SqlServer/SqlServerClient.cs
@@ -349,7 +349,8 @@ FOR JSON AUTO
             [similarity] 
         INNER JOIN 
             {this.GetFullTableName(this._configuration.MemoryTableName)} ON [similarity].[memory_id] = {this.GetFullTableName(this._configuration.MemoryTableName)}.[id]
-        WHERE cosine_similarity >= @min_relevance_score";
+        WHERE [cosine_similarity] >= @min_relevance_score
+        ORDER BY [cosine_similarity] desc";
 
         cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@vector", embedding);
         cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@collection", collectionName);
diff --git a/src/KernelMemory.MemoryStorage.SqlServer/SqlServerMemory.cs b/src/KernelMemory.MemoryStorage.SqlServer/SqlServerMemory.cs
index a177404..4f0ac3a 100644
--- a/src/KernelMemory.MemoryStorage.SqlServer/SqlServerMemory.cs
+++ b/src/KernelMemory.MemoryStorage.SqlServer/SqlServerMemory.cs
@@ -321,8 +321,9 @@ SELECT DISTINCT
         INNER JOIN 
             {this.GetFullTableName(this._config.MemoryTableName)} ON [similarity].[memory_id] = {this.GetFullTableName(this._config.MemoryTableName)}.[id]
         WHERE 1=1
-        AND cosine_similarity >= @min_relevance_score
-        {GenerateFilters(index, cmd.Parameters, filters)}";
+        AND [cosine_similarity] >= @min_relevance_score
+        {GenerateFilters(index, cmd.Parameters, filters)}
+        ORDER BY [cosine_similarity] desc";
 
         cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@vector", JsonSerializer.Serialize(embedding.Data.ToArray()));
         cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@index", index);