diff --git a/extensions/github/src/remoteSourceProvider.ts b/extensions/github/src/remoteSourceProvider.ts
index 17b153006dc37..7b41c7292cb34 100644
--- a/extensions/github/src/remoteSourceProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/github/src/remoteSourceProvider.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export class GithubRemoteSourceProvider implements RemoteSourceProvider {
 			return [];
 		}
 
-		const raw = await octokit.search.repos({ q: query, sort: 'updated' });
+		const raw = await octokit.search.repos({ q: query, sort: 'stars' });
 		return raw.data.items.map(asRemoteSource);
 	}