diff --git a/apiserver/plane/app/views/cycle/base.py b/apiserver/plane/app/views/cycle/base.py
index ccc8087be..d36c36dd5 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/app/views/cycle/base.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/app/views/cycle/base.py
@@ -819,7 +819,11 @@ class CycleIssueViewSet(WebhookMixin, BaseViewSet):
                     # group and sub group pagination
                     return self.paginate(
                         request=request,
-                        order_by=order_by_param,
+                        order_by=(
+                            "priority_order"
+                            if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                            else order_by_param
+                        ),
                         queryset=issue_queryset,
                         on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
                             group_by=group_by,
@@ -855,7 +859,11 @@ class CycleIssueViewSet(WebhookMixin, BaseViewSet):
                 # Group paginate
                 return self.paginate(
                     request=request,
-                    order_by=order_by_param,
+                    order_by=(
+                        "priority_order"
+                        if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                        else order_by_param
+                    ),
                     queryset=issue_queryset,
                     on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
                         group_by=group_by,
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/archive.py b/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/archive.py
index fe8265723..f9c59b928 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/archive.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/archive.py
@@ -142,7 +142,11 @@ class IssueArchiveViewSet(BaseViewSet):
                     # group and sub group pagination
                     return self.paginate(
                         request=request,
-                        order_by=order_by_param,
+                        order_by=(
+                            "priority_order"
+                            if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                            else order_by_param
+                        ),
                         queryset=issue_queryset,
                         on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
                             group_by=group_by,
@@ -178,7 +182,11 @@ class IssueArchiveViewSet(BaseViewSet):
                 # Group paginate
                 return self.paginate(
                     request=request,
-                    order_by=order_by_param,
+                    order_by=(
+                        "priority_order"
+                        if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                        else order_by_param
+                    ),
                     queryset=issue_queryset,
                     on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
                         group_by=group_by,
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/base.py b/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/base.py
index 8d1bad4f5..59feccd4d 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/base.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/base.py
@@ -142,7 +142,11 @@ class IssueListEndpoint(BaseAPIView):
                     # group and sub group pagination
                     return self.paginate(
                         request=request,
-                        order_by=order_by_param,
+                        order_by=(
+                            "priority_order"
+                            if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                            else order_by_param
+                        ),
                         queryset=issue_queryset,
                         on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
                             group_by=group_by,
@@ -178,7 +182,11 @@ class IssueListEndpoint(BaseAPIView):
                 # Group paginate
                 return self.paginate(
                     request=request,
-                    order_by=order_by_param,
+                    order_by=(
+                        "priority_order"
+                        if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                        else order_by_param
+                    ),
                     queryset=issue_queryset,
                     on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
                         group_by=group_by,
@@ -308,7 +316,11 @@ class IssueViewSet(WebhookMixin, BaseViewSet):
                 else:
                     return self.paginate(
                         request=request,
-                        order_by=order_by_param,
+                        order_by=(
+                            "priority_order"
+                            if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                            else order_by_param
+                        ),
                         queryset=issue_queryset,
                         on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
                             group_by=group_by,
@@ -343,7 +355,11 @@ class IssueViewSet(WebhookMixin, BaseViewSet):
                 # Group paginate
                 return self.paginate(
                     request=request,
-                    order_by=order_by_param,
+                    order_by=(
+                        "priority_order"
+                        if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                        else order_by_param
+                    ),
                     queryset=issue_queryset,
                     on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
                         group_by=group_by,
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/draft.py b/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/draft.py
index 181920e5d..24b8b08e0 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/draft.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/app/views/issue/draft.py
@@ -129,7 +129,11 @@ class IssueDraftViewSet(BaseViewSet):
                     # group and sub group pagination
                     return self.paginate(
                         request=request,
-                        order_by=order_by_param,
+                        order_by=(
+                            "priority_order"
+                            if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                            else order_by_param
+                        ),
                         queryset=issue_queryset,
                         on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
                             group_by=group_by,
@@ -165,7 +169,11 @@ class IssueDraftViewSet(BaseViewSet):
                 # Group paginate
                 return self.paginate(
                     request=request,
-                    order_by=order_by_param,
+                    order_by=(
+                        "priority_order"
+                        if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                        else order_by_param
+                    ),
                     queryset=issue_queryset,
                     on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
                         group_by=group_by,
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/app/views/module/base.py b/apiserver/plane/app/views/module/base.py
index 48bdea1dd..0c47c928e 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/app/views/module/base.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/app/views/module/base.py
@@ -543,7 +543,11 @@ class ModuleIssueViewSet(WebhookMixin, BaseViewSet):
                     # group and sub group pagination
                     return self.paginate(
                         request=request,
-                        order_by=order_by_param,
+                        order_by=(
+                            "priority_order"
+                            if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                            else order_by_param
+                        ),
                         queryset=issue_queryset,
                         on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
                             group_by=group_by,
@@ -579,7 +583,11 @@ class ModuleIssueViewSet(WebhookMixin, BaseViewSet):
                 # Group paginate
                 return self.paginate(
                     request=request,
-                    order_by=order_by_param,
+                    order_by=(
+                        "priority_order"
+                        if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                        else order_by_param
+                    ),
                     queryset=issue_queryset,
                     on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
                         group_by=group_by,
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/app/views/view/base.py b/apiserver/plane/app/views/view/base.py
index 65b474170..d813414e4 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/app/views/view/base.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/app/views/view/base.py
@@ -188,7 +188,11 @@ class GlobalViewIssuesViewSet(BaseViewSet):
                     # group and sub group pagination
                     return self.paginate(
                         request=request,
-                        order_by=order_by_param,
+                        order_by=(
+                            "priority_order"
+                            if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                            else order_by_param
+                        ),
                         queryset=issue_queryset,
                         on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
                             group_by=group_by,
@@ -224,7 +228,11 @@ class GlobalViewIssuesViewSet(BaseViewSet):
                 # Group paginate
                 return self.paginate(
                     request=request,
-                    order_by=order_by_param,
+                    order_by=(
+                        "priority_order"
+                        if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                        else order_by_param
+                    ),
                     queryset=issue_queryset,
                     on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
                         group_by=group_by,
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/space/views/issue.py b/apiserver/plane/space/views/issue.py
index d410c0318..92653f721 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/space/views/issue.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/space/views/issue.py
@@ -592,7 +592,11 @@ class ProjectIssuesPublicEndpoint(BaseAPIView):
                     # group and sub group pagination
                     return self.paginate(
                         request=request,
-                        order_by=order_by_param,
+                        order_by=(
+                            "priority_order"
+                            if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                            else order_by_param
+                        ),
                         queryset=issue_queryset,
                         on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
                             group_by=group_by,
@@ -628,7 +632,11 @@ class ProjectIssuesPublicEndpoint(BaseAPIView):
                 # Group paginate
                 return self.paginate(
                     request=request,
-                    order_by=order_by_param,
+                    order_by=(
+                        "priority_order"
+                        if order_by_param in ["priority", "-priority"]
+                        else order_by_param
+                    ),
                     queryset=issue_queryset,
                     on_results=lambda issues: issue_on_results(
                         group_by=group_by,
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/utils/grouper.py b/apiserver/plane/utils/grouper.py
index 5489683ae..b6bc1a347 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/utils/grouper.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/utils/grouper.py
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ def issue_queryset_grouper(queryset, group_by, sub_group_by):
     }
 
     annotations_map = {
-        "label_ids": ("assignees__id", ~Q(assignees__id__isnull=True)),
-        "assignee_ids": ("labels__id", ~Q(labels__id__isnull=True)),
+        "assignee_ids": ("assignees__id", ~Q(assignees__id__isnull=True)),
+        "label_ids": ("labels__id", ~Q(labels__id__isnull=True)),
         "module_ids": (
             "issue_module__module_id",
             ~Q(issue_module__module_id__isnull=True),