diff --git a/graylog-storage-elasticsearch7/src/main/java/org/graylog/storage/elasticsearch7/views/searchtypes/ESEventList.java b/graylog-storage-elasticsearch7/src/main/java/org/graylog/storage/elasticsearch7/views/searchtypes/ESEventList.java
index 54fe4786fd..008f5e9e52 100644
--- a/graylog-storage-elasticsearch7/src/main/java/org/graylog/storage/elasticsearch7/views/searchtypes/ESEventList.java
+++ b/graylog-storage-elasticsearch7/src/main/java/org/graylog/storage/elasticsearch7/views/searchtypes/ESEventList.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.graylog.shaded.elasticsearch7.org.elasticsearch.index.query.BoolQuery
 import org.graylog.shaded.elasticsearch7.org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders;
 import org.graylog.shaded.elasticsearch7.org.elasticsearch.search.SearchHit;
 import org.graylog.shaded.elasticsearch7.org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.Aggregations;
+import org.graylog.shaded.elasticsearch7.org.elasticsearch.search.sort.FieldSortBuilder;
 import org.graylog.shaded.elasticsearch7.org.elasticsearch.search.sort.SortOrder;
 import org.graylog.storage.elasticsearch7.views.ESGeneratedQueryContext;
 
@@ -52,10 +53,8 @@ public class ESEventList implements ESSearchTypeHandler<EventList> {
     public void doGenerateQueryPart(Query query, EventList eventList,
                                     ESGeneratedQueryContext queryContext) {
         final var searchSourceBuilder = queryContext.searchSourceBuilder(eventList);
-        final var sortConfig = eventList.sort()
-                .filter(sort -> EventList.KNOWN_ATTRIBUTES.contains(sort.field()))
-                .orElse(EventList.DEFAULT_SORT);
-        searchSourceBuilder.sort(sortConfig.field(), toSortOrder(sortConfig.direction()));
+        final FieldSortBuilder sortConfig = sortConfig(eventList);
+        searchSourceBuilder.sort(sortConfig);
         final var queryBuilder = searchSourceBuilder.query();
         if (!eventList.attributes().isEmpty() && queryBuilder instanceof BoolQueryBuilder boolQueryBuilder) {
             final var filterQueries = eventList.attributes().stream()
@@ -80,6 +79,13 @@ public class ESEventList implements ESSearchTypeHandler<EventList> {
         };
     }
 
+    protected FieldSortBuilder sortConfig(EventList eventList) {
+        final var sortConfig = eventList.sort()
+                .filter(sort -> EventList.KNOWN_ATTRIBUTES.contains(sort.field()))
+                .orElse(EventList.DEFAULT_SORT);
+        return new FieldSortBuilder(sortConfig.field()).order(toSortOrder(sortConfig.direction()));
+    }
+
     protected List<Map<String, Object>> extractResult(SearchResponse result) {
         return StreamSupport.stream(result.getHits().spliterator(), false)
                 .map(SearchHit::getSourceAsMap)
diff --git a/graylog-storage-opensearch2/src/main/java/org/graylog/storage/opensearch2/views/searchtypes/OSEventList.java b/graylog-storage-opensearch2/src/main/java/org/graylog/storage/opensearch2/views/searchtypes/OSEventList.java
index fb6e5c766d..4184bf12b8 100644
--- a/graylog-storage-opensearch2/src/main/java/org/graylog/storage/opensearch2/views/searchtypes/OSEventList.java
+++ b/graylog-storage-opensearch2/src/main/java/org/graylog/storage/opensearch2/views/searchtypes/OSEventList.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.graylog.shaded.opensearch2.org.opensearch.index.query.BoolQueryBuilde
 import org.graylog.shaded.opensearch2.org.opensearch.index.query.QueryBuilders;
 import org.graylog.shaded.opensearch2.org.opensearch.search.SearchHit;
 import org.graylog.shaded.opensearch2.org.opensearch.search.aggregations.Aggregations;
+import org.graylog.shaded.opensearch2.org.opensearch.search.sort.FieldSortBuilder;
 import org.graylog.shaded.opensearch2.org.opensearch.search.sort.SortOrder;
 import org.graylog.storage.opensearch2.views.OSGeneratedQueryContext;
 
@@ -52,10 +53,8 @@ public class OSEventList implements EventListStrategy {
     public void doGenerateQueryPart(Query query, EventList eventList,
                                     OSGeneratedQueryContext queryContext) {
         final var searchSourceBuilder = queryContext.searchSourceBuilder(eventList);
-        final var sortConfig = eventList.sort()
-                .filter(sort -> EventList.KNOWN_ATTRIBUTES.contains(sort.field()))
-                .orElse(EventList.DEFAULT_SORT);
-        searchSourceBuilder.sort(sortConfig.field(), toSortOrder(sortConfig.direction()));
+        final FieldSortBuilder sortConfig = sortConfig(eventList);
+        searchSourceBuilder.sort(sortConfig);
         final var queryBuilder = searchSourceBuilder.query();
         if (!eventList.attributes().isEmpty() && queryBuilder instanceof BoolQueryBuilder boolQueryBuilder) {
             final var filterQueries = eventList.attributes().stream()
@@ -80,6 +79,13 @@ public class OSEventList implements EventListStrategy {
         };
     }
 
+    protected FieldSortBuilder sortConfig(EventList eventList) {
+        final var sortConfig = eventList.sort()
+                .filter(sort -> EventList.KNOWN_ATTRIBUTES.contains(sort.field()))
+                .orElse(EventList.DEFAULT_SORT);
+        return new FieldSortBuilder(sortConfig.field()).order(toSortOrder(sortConfig.direction()));
+    }
+
     protected List<Map<String, Object>> extractResult(SearchResponse result) {
         return StreamSupport.stream(result.getHits().spliterator(), false)
                 .map(SearchHit::getSourceAsMap)