diff --git a/tests/Support/AssertHasActionLogs.php b/tests/Support/AssertHasActionLogs.php
index 8eebc8d87a..9db37ca317 100644
--- a/tests/Support/AssertHasActionLogs.php
+++ b/tests/Support/AssertHasActionLogs.php
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ trait AssertHasActionLogs
 {
     public function assertHasTheseActionLogs(Model $item, array $statuses)
     {
-        Assert::assertEquals($statuses, $item->assetlog()->orderBy('id')->pluck('action_type')->toArray(), "Failed asserting that action logs match");
+        //note we have to do a 'reorder()' here because there is an implicit "order_by created_at" baked in to the relationship
+        Assert::assertEquals($statuses, $item->assetlog()->reorder('id')->pluck('action_type')->toArray(), "Failed asserting that action logs match");
     }
 
 }
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