diff --git a/cypress/e2e/cloud/buckets.test.ts b/cypress/e2e/cloud/buckets.test.ts
index 6b71f5829d..367877b879 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/cloud/buckets.test.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/cloud/buckets.test.ts
@@ -27,16 +27,16 @@ describe('Buckets', () => {
         monitoringBucket,
       ]
       const retentionDesc = [
+        defaultBucket,
         monitoringBucket,
         demoDataBucket,
         tasksBucket,
-        defaultBucket,
       ]
       const retentionAsc = [
-        defaultBucket,
         tasksBucket,
         monitoringBucket,
         demoDataBucket,
+        defaultBucket,
       ]
 
       // if demo data bucket doesn't exist, create a bucket with the same name
diff --git a/src/shared/components/resource_sort_dropdown/generateSortItems.ts b/src/shared/components/resource_sort_dropdown/generateSortItems.ts
index 5afa333f21..9f7c55916d 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/resource_sort_dropdown/generateSortItems.ts
+++ b/src/shared/components/resource_sort_dropdown/generateSortItems.ts
@@ -241,13 +241,13 @@ export const generateSortItems = (
         {
           label: 'Retention (Ascending)',
           sortKey: 'retentionRules[0].everySeconds',
-          sortType: SortTypes.String,
+          sortType: SortTypes.Float,
           sortDirection: Sort.Ascending,
         },
         {
           label: 'Retention (Descending)',
           sortKey: 'retentionRules[0].everySeconds',
-          sortType: SortTypes.String,
+          sortType: SortTypes.Float,
           sortDirection: Sort.Descending,
         },
       ]