diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/repository/repository-items.manager.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/repository/repository-items.manager.ts
index c60dc8badf..0b50d72399 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/repository/repository-items.manager.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/repository/repository-items.manager.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export class UmbRepositoryItemsManager<ItemType extends { unique: string }> exte
 				) {
 					const items = this.#items.getValue();
 					this.#items.setValue(this.#sortByUniques(items));
-					this.#statuses.setValue(this.#sortByUniques(statuses));
+					this.#statuses.setValue(this.#sortStatusByUniques(statuses));
 				} else {
 					// We need to load new items, so ...
 					this.#requestItems();
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ export class UmbRepositoryItemsManager<ItemType extends { unique: string }> exte
 		}
 	}
 
-	#sortByUniques<T extends Pick<ItemType, 'unique'>>(data?: Array<T>): Array<T> {
+	#sortByUniques(data?: Array<ItemType>): Array<ItemType> {
 		if (!data) return [];
 		const uniques = this.getUniques();
 		return [...data].sort((a, b) => {
@@ -270,6 +270,17 @@ export class UmbRepositoryItemsManager<ItemType extends { unique: string }> exte
 		});
 	}
 
+	/** Just needed for the deprecation implementation to work, do not bring this into 17.0 [NL] */
+	#sortStatusByUniques(data?: Array<UmbRepositoryItemsStatus>): Array<UmbRepositoryItemsStatus> {
+		if (!data) return [];
+		const uniques = this.getUniques();
+		return [...data].sort((a, b) => {
+			const aIndex = uniques.indexOf(a.unique ?? '');
+			const bIndex = uniques.indexOf(b.unique ?? '');
+			return aIndex - bIndex;
+		});
+	}
+
 	#onEntityUpdatedEvent = (event: UmbEntityUpdatedEvent) => {
 		const eventUnique = event.getUnique();