diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 93e7cec..4854f35 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ Please mark backwards incompatible changes with an exclamation mark at the start
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+- `PropertiesFetcher#last` now correctly returns the last set of properties
+  (ordered chronologically).
+
 ## [29.3.0] - 2025-12-11
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/lib/jay_api/properties_fetcher.rb b/lib/jay_api/properties_fetcher.rb
index 8266a19..133d5b0 100644
--- a/lib/jay_api/properties_fetcher.rb
+++ b/lib/jay_api/properties_fetcher.rb
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def and
     # @return [Hash, nil] The last set of properties (ordered chronologically)
     #   or +nil+ if no properties are found.
     def last
-      sort_records('asc').size(1)
+      sort_records('desc').size(1)
       fetch_properties.last
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/jay_api/properties_fetcher_spec.rb b/spec/jay_api/properties_fetcher_spec.rb
index 257a51e..b3e49cb 100644
--- a/spec/jay_api/properties_fetcher_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jay_api/properties_fetcher_spec.rb
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
 
     shared_examples_for '#last' do
       it 'adds a sorting clause to the query' do
-        expect(query_builder).to receive(:sort).with('timestamp' => 'asc')
+        expect(query_builder).to receive(:sort).with('timestamp' => 'desc')
         method_call
       end