diff --git a/state/txindex/kv/kv.go b/state/txindex/kv/kv.go
index 24e982725..510074b50 100644
--- a/state/txindex/kv/kv.go
+++ b/state/txindex/kv/kv.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
+	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -202,6 +203,11 @@ func (txi *TxIndex) Search(q *query.Query) ([]*types.TxResult, error) {
 		i++
 	}
 
+	// sort by height by default
+	sort.Slice(results, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return results[i].Height < results[j].Height
+	})
+
 	return results, nil
 }