diff --git a/release-log.txt b/release-log.txt
index 617c814fb8..cef2405262 100644
--- a/release-log.txt
+++ b/release-log.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 -- Oozie 4.3.0 release (trunk - unreleased)
 
+OOZIE-2565 [Oozie web Console] Make the timezones in settings tab to be sorted by default (meetchandan via jaydeepvishwakarma)
 OOZIE-2520 SortBy filter for ordering the jobs query results (abhishekbafna via jaydeepvishwakarma)
 OOZIE-2506 Add logs into RecoverService for logging information about queued commands (abhishekbafna via jaydeepvishwakarma) 
 OOZIE-2515 Duplicate information for "Changing endtime/pausetime of a Bundle Job" in CommandLineTool wiki (abhishekbafna via jaydeepvishwakarma)
diff --git a/webapp/src/main/webapp/oozie-console.js b/webapp/src/main/webapp/oozie-console.js
index b351704396..11c6940bb2 100644
--- a/webapp/src/main/webapp/oozie-console.js
+++ b/webapp/src/main/webapp/oozie-console.js
@@ -2532,7 +2532,8 @@ var timeZones_store = new Ext.data.JsonStore({
     fields: ['timezoneDisplayName','timezoneId'],
     proxy: new Ext.data.HttpProxy({
         url: getOozieBase() + 'admin' + "/available-timezones"
-    })
+    }),
+    sortInfo : {field: "timezoneDisplayName", direction: "ASC"}
 });
 timeZones_store.proxy.conn.timeout = 300000;
 timeZones_store.proxy.conn.method = "GET";