diff --git a/.changeset/pretty-items-shout.md b/.changeset/pretty-items-shout.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42614a3fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pretty-items-shout.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@medusajs/product": patch
+"@medusajs/medusa": patch
+---
+
+fix(medusa,product): fix ordering product categories
diff --git a/integration-tests/http/__tests__/product-category/admin/product-category.spec.ts b/integration-tests/http/__tests__/product-category/admin/product-category.spec.ts
index 25b5ead48b..8dd486f063 100644
--- a/integration-tests/http/__tests__/product-category/admin/product-category.spec.ts
+++ b/integration-tests/http/__tests__/product-category/admin/product-category.spec.ts
@@ -717,6 +717,28 @@ medusaIntegrationTestRunner({
           })
         )
       })
+
+      it("gets categories sorted by name", async () => {
+        const response = await api.get(
+          `/admin/product-categories?order=name`,
+          adminHeaders
+        )
+
+        const names = response.data.product_categories.map(pc => pc.name)
+        const sortedNames = [...names].sort((a: string, b: string) => a.localeCompare(b))
+        expect(names).toEqual(sortedNames)
+      })
+
+      it("gets categories sorted by name descending", async () => {
+        const response = await api.get(
+          `/admin/product-categories?order=-name`,
+          adminHeaders
+        )
+
+        const names = response.data.product_categories.map(pc => pc.name)
+        const sortedNames = [...names].sort((a: string, b: string) => b.localeCompare(a))
+        expect(names).toEqual(sortedNames)
+      })
     })
 
     describe("POST /admin/product-categories", () => {
diff --git a/integration-tests/modules/__tests__/cart/store/cart.workflows.spec.ts b/integration-tests/modules/__tests__/cart/store/cart.workflows.spec.ts
index 29fd59d264..5fcd35cc0a 100644
--- a/integration-tests/modules/__tests__/cart/store/cart.workflows.spec.ts
+++ b/integration-tests/modules/__tests__/cart/store/cart.workflows.spec.ts
@@ -29,15 +29,8 @@ import {
   IRegionModuleService,
   ISalesChannelModuleService,
   IStockLocationService,
-  PricingContext,
 } from "@medusajs/types"
-import {
-  ContainerRegistrationKeys,
-  Modules,
-  PriceListStatus,
-  PriceListType,
-  RuleOperator,
-} from "@medusajs/utils"
+import { ContainerRegistrationKeys, Modules, PriceListStatus, PriceListType, RuleOperator, } from "@medusajs/utils"
 import {
   adminHeaders,
   createAdminUser,
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/api/store/product-categories/route.ts b/packages/medusa/src/api/store/product-categories/route.ts
index 20c1f34b40..111509fbdf 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/api/store/product-categories/route.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/api/store/product-categories/route.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ import {
   StoreProductCategoryListParams,
   StoreProductCategoryListResponse,
 } from "@medusajs/framework/types"
-import {
-  ContainerRegistrationKeys,
-  remoteQueryObjectFromString,
-} from "@medusajs/framework/utils"
+import { ContainerRegistrationKeys } from "@medusajs/framework/utils"
 import {
   AuthenticatedMedusaRequest,
   MedusaResponse,
@@ -15,23 +12,19 @@ export const GET = async (
   req: AuthenticatedMedusaRequest<StoreProductCategoryListParams>,
   res: MedusaResponse<StoreProductCategoryListResponse>
 ) => {
-  const remoteQuery = req.scope.resolve(ContainerRegistrationKeys.REMOTE_QUERY)
+  const query = req.scope.resolve(ContainerRegistrationKeys.QUERY)
 
-  const queryObject = remoteQueryObjectFromString({
-    entryPoint: "product_category",
-    variables: {
-      filters: req.filterableFields,
-      ...req.queryConfig.pagination,
-    },
+  const { data: product_categories, metadata } = await query.graph({
+    entity: "product_category",
     fields: req.queryConfig.fields,
+    filters: req.filterableFields,
+    pagination: req.queryConfig.pagination,
   })
 
-  const { rows: product_categories, metadata } = await remoteQuery(queryObject)
-
   res.json({
     product_categories,
-    count: metadata.count,
-    offset: metadata.skip,
-    limit: metadata.take,
+    count: metadata!.count,
+    offset: metadata!.skip,
+    limit: metadata!.take,
   })
 }
diff --git a/packages/modules/product/src/repositories/product-category.ts b/packages/modules/product/src/repositories/product-category.ts
index 48ce3b6163..c23c14ec31 100644
--- a/packages/modules/product/src/repositories/product-category.ts
+++ b/packages/modules/product/src/repositories/product-category.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   ProductTypes,
 } from "@medusajs/framework/types"
 import { DALUtils, isDefined, MedusaError } from "@medusajs/framework/utils"
-import { LoadStrategy, FindOptions as MikroOptions } from "@mikro-orm/core"
+import { FindOptions as MikroOptions, LoadStrategy } from "@mikro-orm/core"
 import { SqlEntityManager } from "@mikro-orm/postgresql"
 import { ProductCategory } from "@models"
 import { UpdateCategoryInput } from "@types"
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ export class ProductCategoryRepository extends DALUtils.MikroOrmBaseTreeReposito
   ) {
     const findOptions_ = { ...findOptions }
     findOptions_.options ??= {}
-    findOptions_.options.orderBy = {
+    findOptions_.options.orderBy ??= {
       id: "ASC",
       rank: "ASC",
-      ...findOptions_.options.orderBy,
     }
 
     const fields = (findOptions_.options.fields ??= [])