diff --git a/gui/updateDialog.py b/gui/updateDialog.py
index ec389186b..fa5b9f83d 100644
--- a/gui/updateDialog.py
+++ b/gui/updateDialog.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class UpdateDialog(wx.Dialog):
         mainSizer.Add( versionSizer, 0, wx.EXPAND, 5 )
         mainSizer.AddSpacer( ( 0, 5), 0, wx.EXPAND, 5 )
 
-        releaseDate = dateutil.parser.parse(self.releaseInfo['created_at'])
+        releaseDate = dateutil.parser.parse(self.releaseInfo['published_at'])
         notesSizer = wx.BoxSizer( wx.HORIZONTAL )
         self.notesTextCtrl = wx.TextCtrl( self, wx.ID_ANY, str(releaseDate.date())+":\n\n"+self.releaseInfo['body'], wx.DefaultPosition, wx.DefaultSize, wx.TE_AUTO_URL|wx.TE_MULTILINE|wx.TE_READONLY|wx.DOUBLE_BORDER|wx.TRANSPARENT_WINDOW )
 
@@ -117,4 +117,4 @@ class UpdateDialog(wx.Dialog):
 
     def OnDownload(self, e):
         wx.LaunchDefaultBrowser('https://github.com/DarkFenX/Pyfa/releases/tag/'+self.releaseInfo['tag_name'])
-        self.OnClose(e)
\ No newline at end of file
+        self.OnClose(e)
diff --git a/service/update.py b/service/update.py
index 14a528b42..cb37a129a 100644
--- a/service/update.py
+++ b/service/update.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import urllib2
 import json
 import config
 import service
+import dateutil.parser
+import calendar
 
 class CheckUpdateThread(threading.Thread):
     def __init__(self, callback):
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ class CheckUpdateThread(threading.Thread):
         try:
             response = network.request('https://api.github.com/repos/DarkFenX/Pyfa/releases', network.UPDATE)
             jsonResponse = json.loads(response.read())
+            jsonResponse.sort(key=lambda x: calendar.timegm(dateutil.parser.parse(x['published_at']).utctimetuple()), reverse=True)
 
             for release in jsonResponse:
                 # Suppress pre releases