diff --git a/pkg/image/api/v1/conversion.go b/pkg/image/api/v1/conversion.go
index 7550974daa91..b508ff602994 100644
--- a/pkg/image/api/v1/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/image/api/v1/conversion.go
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func Convert_api_TagEventListArray_to_v1_NamedTagEventListArray(in *map[string]n
 	for key := range *in {
 		allKeys = append(allKeys, key)
 	}
-	sort.Strings(allKeys)
+	newer.PrioritizeTags(allKeys)
 
 	for _, key := range allKeys {
 		newTagEventList := (*in)[key]
diff --git a/test/cmd/images.sh b/test/cmd/images.sh
index 654c4efe4f9b..cc2902519c98 100755
--- a/test/cmd/images.sh
+++ b/test/cmd/images.sh
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ os::test::junit::declare_suite_end
 os::test::junit::declare_suite_start "cmd/images/delete-istag"
 # test deleting a tag using oc delete
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is perl --template '{{(index .spec.tags 0).name}}'" '5.16'
-os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is perl --template '{{(index .status.tags 0).tag}}'" '5.16'
+os::cmd::expect_success_and_text "oc get is perl --template '{{(index .status.tags 0).tag}}'" 'latest'
 os::cmd::expect_success 'oc delete istag/perl:5.16'
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_not_text 'oc get is/perl --template={{.spec.tags}}' 'version:5.16'
 os::cmd::expect_success_and_not_text 'oc get is/perl --template={{.status.tags}}' 'version:5.16'
@@ -251,4 +251,4 @@ os::cmd::expect_success 'oc delete all --all'
 echo "delete istag: ok"
 os::test::junit::declare_suite_end
 
-os::test::junit::declare_suite_end
\ No newline at end of file
+os::test::junit::declare_suite_end