diff --git a/.github/workflows/pipeline.yaml b/.github/workflows/pipeline.yaml
index b325ebdcf3..ec093e0965 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pipeline.yaml
@@ -38,22 +38,22 @@ jobs:
           echo ${{ secrets.AZURE_DEVOPS_EXT_PAT }} | az devops login --org ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_ORG }}
 
           echo "Sanity check recently triggered Merge Queue Pipeline runs"
-          az pipelines runs list --pipeline-ids ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_ID }} --org ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_ORG }} --project ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_PROJECT }} --reason individualCI --top 10 --output json | jq -r .[].sourceBranch
-          status=`az pipelines runs list --pipeline-ids ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_ID }} --org ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_ORG }} --project ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_PROJECT }} --top 1 --branch $GITHUB_REF --output json | jq -r .[].status`
+          az pipelines runs list --pipeline-ids ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_ID }} --org ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_ORG }} --project ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_PROJECT }} --reason individualCI --top 10 --query-order QueueTimeDesc --output json | jq -r .[].sourceBranch
+          status=`az pipelines runs list --pipeline-ids ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_ID }} --org ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_ORG }} --project ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_PROJECT }} --top 1 --branch $GITHUB_REF --query-order QueueTimeDesc --output json | jq -r .[].status`
           echo "Triggered CI Status - $status"
           echo "Branch Ref - $GITHUB_REF"
 
           echo "Checking for AZP triggered CI for 60s"
           end=$((SECONDS+60)) # Stop checking if not queued within a minute
           while [ $SECONDS -lt $end ]; do
+            echo "Waiting for 5 seconds for AZP to trigger run and show inProgress or notStarted"
+            sleep 5s
+            status=`az pipelines runs list --pipeline-ids ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_ID }} --org ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_ORG }} --project ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_PROJECT }} --top 1 --branch $GITHUB_REF --query-order QueueTimeDesc --output json | jq -r .[].status`
+            echo "Current CI Status - $status"
             if [ $status = 'inProgress' ] || [ $status = 'notStarted' ]; then
               echo "AZP triggered pipeline queued successfully"
               exit 0
             fi
-            echo "Waiting for 15 seconds for AZP to trigger run and show inProgress or notStarted"
-            sleep 15s
-            status=`az pipelines runs list --pipeline-ids ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_ID }} --org ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_ORG }} --project ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_PROJECT }} --top 1 --branch $GITHUB_REF --output json | jq -r .[].status`
-            echo "Current CI Status - $status"
           done
           echo "AZP did not trigger CI"
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
           while [ $SECONDS -lt $end ]; do
             echo "Waiting for 5 seconds for pipeline to show inProgress or notStarted on AZP"
             sleep 5s
-            status=`az pipelines runs list --pipeline-ids ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_ID }} --org ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_ORG }} --project ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_PROJECT }} --top 1 --branch $GITHUB_REF --output json | jq -r .[].status`
+            status=`az pipelines runs list --pipeline-ids ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_ID }} --org ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_ORG }} --project ${{ secrets.AZURE_PIPELINE_PROJECT }} --top 1 --branch $GITHUB_REF --query-order QueueTimeDesc --output json | jq -r .[].status`
             echo "Current CI Status - $status"
             if [ $status = 'inProgress' ] || [ $status = 'notStarted' ]; then
               echo "Manually triggered pipeline queued successfully"