diff --git a/cli/updates_xml_build.php b/cli/updates_xml_build.php
index 93b8f11..3d8b94c 100644
--- a/cli/updates_xml_build.php
+++ b/cli/updates_xml_build.php
@@ -458,6 +458,15 @@ $output = <<<XML
 <updates>
 XML;
 $allEntries = array_merge($preservedEntries, $entries);
+
+// Sort entries: dev first, stable last
+$stabilityOrder = ['dev' => 0, 'development' => 0, 'alpha' => 1, 'beta' => 2, 'rc' => 3, 'stable' => 4];
+usort($allEntries, function ($a, $b) use ($stabilityOrder) {
+    preg_match('/<tag>([^<]+)<\/tag>/', $a, $ma);
+    preg_match('/<tag>([^<]+)<\/tag>/', $b, $mb);
+    return ($stabilityOrder[$ma[1] ?? ''] ?? 99) - ($stabilityOrder[$mb[1] ?? ''] ?? 99);
+});
+
 $output .= "\n" . implode("\n", $allEntries) . "\n</updates>\n";
 
 $dest = $outputFile ?? "{$root}/updates.xml";