diff --git a/ghost/release-utils/lib/releases.js b/ghost/release-utils/lib/releases.js
index 513ba3261e..17f8697ef7 100644
--- a/ghost/release-utils/lib/releases.js
+++ b/ghost/release-utils/lib/releases.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ function getFinalChangelog(options) {
 
     if (filterEmojiCommits) {
         changelog = localUtils.filterEmojiCommits(changelog);
+        changelog.sortByEmoji();
     }
 
     finalChangelog = finalChangelog.concat(changelog);
diff --git a/ghost/release-utils/lib/utils.js b/ghost/release-utils/lib/utils.js
index 316a80ff76..fdae6ae9b9 100644
--- a/ghost/release-utils/lib/utils.js
+++ b/ghost/release-utils/lib/utils.js
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ const getCommitMessageFromLine = line => line
     .replace(hash, '')
     .replace(url, '');
 
+const emojiOrder = ['💡', '🐛', '🎨', '💄', '✨'];
+
 module.exports.filterEmojiCommits = (content) => {
     if (!_.isArray(content)) {
         throw new Error('Expected array of strings.');
@@ -19,7 +21,6 @@ module.exports.filterEmojiCommits = (content) => {
 
     return content.reduce((emojiLines, currentLine) => {
         const commitMessage = getCommitMessageFromLine(currentLine);
-
         const match = emojiRegex().exec(commitMessage);
 
         if (match && match.index === 0) {
@@ -30,6 +31,22 @@ module.exports.filterEmojiCommits = (content) => {
     }, []);
 };
 
+module.exports.sortByEmoji = (content) => {
+    if (!_.isArray(content)) {
+        throw new Error('Expected array of strings.');
+    }
+
+    content.sort((a, b) => {
+        let firstEmoji = [...a][2];
+        let secondEmoji = [...b][2];
+
+        let firstEmojiIndex = _.indexOf(emojiOrder, firstEmoji);
+        let secondEmojiIndex = _.indexOf(emojiOrder, secondEmoji);
+
+        return secondEmojiIndex - firstEmojiIndex;
+    });
+};
+
 module.exports.checkMissingOptions = (options = {}, ...requiredFields) => {
     const missing = requiredFields.filter((requiredField) => {
         return !_.get(options, requiredField);