diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Storage/StorageExplorer/StorageExplorer.utils.test.ts b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Storage/StorageExplorer/StorageExplorer.utils.test.ts
index 50842171995..ed6bd629f31 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Storage/StorageExplorer/StorageExplorer.utils.test.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Storage/StorageExplorer/StorageExplorer.utils.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   parseStoragePath,
   sanitizeNameForDuplicateInColumn,
   serializeStoragePath,
+  sortStorageItems,
   validateFolderName,
 } from '@/components/interfaces/Storage/StorageExplorer/StorageExplorer.utils'
 
@@ -472,6 +473,48 @@ describe('getListV2EntryName', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('sortStorageItems', () => {
+  function makeSortable(name: string, date: string | null = null) {
+    return { name, created_at: date, updated_at: date, last_accessed_at: date }
+  }
+
+  it('sorts by name ascending by default direction', () => {
+    const items = [makeSortable('zebra'), makeSortable('apple')]
+    expect(
+      sortStorageItems(items, {
+        column: STORAGE_SORT_BY.NAME,
+        order: STORAGE_SORT_BY_ORDER.ASC,
+      }).map((i) => i.name)
+    ).toEqual(['apple', 'zebra'])
+  })
+
+  it('sorts descending when requested', () => {
+    const items = [makeSortable('apple'), makeSortable('zebra')]
+    expect(
+      sortStorageItems(items, {
+        column: STORAGE_SORT_BY.NAME,
+        order: STORAGE_SORT_BY_ORDER.DESC,
+      }).map((i) => i.name)
+    ).toEqual(['zebra', 'apple'])
+  })
+
+  it('sorts by created_at, treating a null value as empty', () => {
+    const items = [makeSortable('has-date', '2024-01-01T00:00:00Z'), makeSortable('no-date', null)]
+    expect(
+      sortStorageItems(items, {
+        column: STORAGE_SORT_BY.CREATED_AT,
+        order: STORAGE_SORT_BY_ORDER.ASC,
+      }).map((i) => i.name)
+    ).toEqual(['no-date', 'has-date'])
+  })
+
+  it('does not mutate the input array', () => {
+    const items = [makeSortable('zebra'), makeSortable('apple')]
+    sortStorageItems(items, { column: STORAGE_SORT_BY.NAME, order: STORAGE_SORT_BY_ORDER.ASC })
+    expect(items.map((i) => i.name)).toEqual(['zebra', 'apple'])
+  })
+})
+
 describe('formatFolderItemsV2', () => {
   const NAME_ASC = { column: STORAGE_SORT_BY.NAME, order: STORAGE_SORT_BY_ORDER.ASC }
 
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Storage/StorageExplorer/StorageExplorer.utils.tsx b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Storage/StorageExplorer/StorageExplorer.utils.tsx
index 74fa58f0d92..8d3a7949706 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Storage/StorageExplorer/StorageExplorer.utils.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Storage/StorageExplorer/StorageExplorer.utils.tsx
@@ -266,6 +266,30 @@ export function getListV2EntryName(name: string): string {
   return trimmed.split('/').pop() ?? trimmed
 }
 
+type SortableByColumn = {
+  name: string
+  created_at: string | null
+  updated_at: string | null
+  last_accessed_at: string | null
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sorts by the given column/order. Used both to order a single merged folders+files page and
+ * to re-sort a column's items after appending another page onto it — concatenating two
+ * independently-sorted pages does not itself produce a sorted list.
+ */
+export function sortStorageItems<T extends SortableByColumn>(
+  items: T[],
+  sortBy: { column: STORAGE_SORT_BY; order: STORAGE_SORT_BY_ORDER }
+): T[] {
+  const direction = sortBy.order === STORAGE_SORT_BY_ORDER.DESC ? -1 : 1
+  return [...items].sort((a, b) => {
+    const aValue = (sortBy.column === STORAGE_SORT_BY.NAME ? a.name : a[sortBy.column]) ?? ''
+    const bValue = (sortBy.column === STORAGE_SORT_BY.NAME ? b.name : b[sortBy.column]) ?? ''
+    return direction * String(aValue).localeCompare(String(bValue))
+  })
+}
+
 /**
  * v2 returns folders and files as two separate arrays; merges them into the single sorted list
  * `formatFolderItems` expects, tagging folders with `id: null` per its v1-derived convention.
@@ -290,12 +314,7 @@ export function formatFolderItemsV2(
     ...object,
     name: getListV2EntryName(object.name),
   }))
-  const direction = sortBy.order === STORAGE_SORT_BY_ORDER.DESC ? -1 : 1
-  const merged = [...folders, ...objects].sort((a, b) => {
-    const aValue = (sortBy.column === STORAGE_SORT_BY.NAME ? a.name : a[sortBy.column]) ?? ''
-    const bValue = (sortBy.column === STORAGE_SORT_BY.NAME ? b.name : b[sortBy.column]) ?? ''
-    return direction * String(aValue).localeCompare(String(bValue))
-  })
+  const merged = sortStorageItems([...folders, ...objects], sortBy)
   return formatFolderItems(merged, prefix)
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/studio/state/storage-explorer.test.ts b/apps/studio/state/storage-explorer.test.ts
index 84a6bd975ab..e91ca7209b8 100644
--- a/apps/studio/state/storage-explorer.test.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/state/storage-explorer.test.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ import { HttpResponse } from 'msw'
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 
 import { createStorageExplorerState } from './storage-explorer'
-import { STORAGE_ROW_STATUS } from '@/components/interfaces/Storage/Storage.constants'
-import type { StorageColumn } from '@/components/interfaces/Storage/Storage.types'
+import {
+  STORAGE_ROW_STATUS,
+  STORAGE_ROW_TYPES,
+} from '@/components/interfaces/Storage/Storage.constants'
+import type { StorageColumn, StorageItem } from '@/components/interfaces/Storage/Storage.types'
 import type { StorageObjectsPage } from '@/data/storage/bucket-objects-infinite-query'
 import type { Bucket } from '@/data/storage/buckets-query'
 import { addAPIMock } from '@/tests/lib/msw'
@@ -189,7 +192,21 @@ describe('fetchMoreFolderContents', () => {
     }
   }
 
-  it('sends the column cursor and appends the next page', async () => {
+  function makeItem(name: string): StorageItem {
+    return {
+      id: name,
+      name,
+      type: STORAGE_ROW_TYPES.FILE,
+      status: STORAGE_ROW_STATUS.READY,
+      metadata: null,
+      isCorrupted: false,
+      created_at: '2024-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+      updated_at: '2024-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+      last_accessed_at: '2024-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+    }
+  }
+
+  it('sends the column cursor, re-sorts, and appends the next page', async () => {
     let requestBody: any
     addAPIMock({
       method: 'post',
@@ -201,7 +218,7 @@ describe('fetchMoreFolderContents', () => {
           objects: [
             {
               id: 'f2',
-              name: 'page2.png',
+              name: 'aaa-page2.png',
               created_at: '2024-01-01T00:00:00Z',
               updated_at: '2024-01-01T00:00:00Z',
               last_accessed_at: '2024-01-01T00:00:00Z',
@@ -214,13 +231,18 @@ describe('fetchMoreFolderContents', () => {
     })
 
     const state = createState(makeBucket('bucket-a'))
-    const column = makeReadyColumn()
+    // Existing item sorts after the new page's item by name — a naive concat would leave it
+    // first anyway, so this only passes if the combined list is actually re-sorted.
+    const column = makeReadyColumn({ items: [makeItem('zzz-page1.png')] })
     state.columns = [column]
 
     await state.fetchMoreFolderContents({ index: 0, column })
 
     expect(requestBody.cursor).toBe('cursor-1')
-    expect(state.columns[0].items.map((item) => item.name)).toEqual(['page2.png'])
+    expect(state.columns[0].items.map((item) => item.name)).toEqual([
+      'aaa-page2.png',
+      'zzz-page1.png',
+    ])
     expect(state.columns[0].hasMoreItems).toBe(false)
     expect(state.columns[0].cursor).toBeNull()
   })
diff --git a/apps/studio/state/storage-explorer.tsx b/apps/studio/state/storage-explorer.tsx
index 340c0a0691c..c6db85d46b9 100644
--- a/apps/studio/state/storage-explorer.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/state/storage-explorer.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import {
   getListV2EntryName,
   getPathAlongFoldersToIndex,
   sanitizeNameForDuplicateInColumn,
+  sortStorageItems,
   validateFolderName,
 } from '@/components/interfaces/Storage/StorageExplorer/StorageExplorer.utils'
 import { fetchFileUrl } from '@/components/interfaces/Storage/StorageExplorer/useFetchFileUrlQuery'
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ export function createStorageExplorerState({
       items: formatFolderItemsV2(page, sortOptions, path),
       hasMoreItems: nextCursor !== null,
       cursor: nextCursor,
+      sortBy: sortOptions,
     }
   }
 
@@ -389,7 +391,7 @@ export function createStorageExplorerState({
       state.setColumnIsLoadingMore(index)
 
       try {
-        const { items, hasMoreItems, cursor } = await listFolderPage(
+        const { items, hasMoreItems, cursor, sortBy } = await listFolderPage(
           {
             bucketId: state.selectedBucket.id,
             path: column.path,
@@ -407,7 +409,9 @@ export function createStorageExplorerState({
           if (isStale) return { ...col, isLoadingMoreItems: false }
           return {
             ...col,
-            items: col.items.concat(items),
+            // Each page is sorted on its own; concatenating two sorted pages doesn't produce
+            // a sorted list, so the combined items need re-sorting.
+            items: sortStorageItems(col.items.concat(items), sortBy),
             isLoadingMoreItems: false,
             hasMoreItems,
             cursor,