diff --git a/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/CHANGELOG.md b/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/CHANGELOG.md
index 2e474fc28c..6f22f9c3ec 100644
--- a/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ Additional documentation and release notes are available at [Multiplayer Documen
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed issue where SessionOwner message was being treated as a new entry for the new message indexing when it should have been ordinally sorted with the legacy message indices. (#2942)
+
 ## [2.0.0-exp.4] - 2024-05-31
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/Messaging/ILPPMessageProvider.cs b/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/Messaging/ILPPMessageProvider.cs
index 609cadf3ec..e51009b985 100644
--- a/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/Messaging/ILPPMessageProvider.cs
+++ b/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/Messaging/ILPPMessageProvider.cs
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ internal enum NetworkMessageTypes : uint
             SceneEvent = 17,
             ServerLog = 18,
             ServerRpc = 19,
-            TimeSync = 20,
-            Unnamed = 21,
-            SessionOwner = 22
+            SessionOwner = 20,
+            TimeSync = 21,
+            Unnamed = 22,
         }