diff --git a/repo_cloner/lib/repo_tool.py b/repo_cloner/lib/repo_tool.py
index c0e3bea..52e88ab 100644
--- a/repo_cloner/lib/repo_tool.py
+++ b/repo_cloner/lib/repo_tool.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class RepoTool:
 
 	@__check_initialized
 	def list_commits(self, max_depth: Optional[int] = None):
-		return self._repo.iter_commits(all = True, max_count = max_depth)
+		return self._repo.iter_commits(all = True, max_count = max_depth, reverse = True)
 
 	@__check_initialized
 	def list_submodules(self, commit: str = "HEAD") -> Union[list, bool]:
diff --git a/tests/lib/test_repo_tool.py b/tests/lib/test_repo_tool.py
index 42a14c7..4d3a640 100644
--- a/tests/lib/test_repo_tool.py
+++ b/tests/lib/test_repo_tool.py
@@ -467,10 +467,14 @@ def test_list_commits(cloned_base_repo_obj):
 	assert cloned_base_repo_obj.list_commits(3)
 	count = 0
 	commits = set()
+	last_commit = ""
 	for commit in cloned_base_repo_obj.list_commits(20):
 		count += 1
 		commits.add(commit.hexsha)
+		last_commit = commit.hexsha
 	assert count == 20
+	# should be newest commit in repo
+	assert last_commit == "e0c7e2a72579e24657c05e875201011d2b48bf94"
 
 	assert commits == {
 		'93e97409040f6e4ba5cebc4ddca679a2d3203efa', 'd8cd3257e05dc4a3d0061b5320ef5efd0b45d840',