diff --git a/neuvue_project/deps/neuvue-client b/neuvue_project/deps/neuvue-client
index edea8a5c..c7965e43 160000
--- a/neuvue_project/deps/neuvue-client
+++ b/neuvue_project/deps/neuvue-client
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit edea8a5ccaec615a43b4454632e0e0dbfbe70335
+Subproject commit c7965e431b3dc75246b014eb7f884ab978d6378c
diff --git a/neuvue_project/workspace/views/task.py b/neuvue_project/workspace/views/task.py
index 8bbf7736..64b227f1 100644
--- a/neuvue_project/workspace/views/task.py
+++ b/neuvue_project/workspace/views/task.py
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
                 sieve={"assignee": group_to_pull_from, "namespace": namespace},
                 limit=num_tasks,
                 select=["_id"],
+                sort="-priority"
             )
             if len(unassigned_tasks) == 0:
                 # Warn the user that no tasks are left in the queue