diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/view/adminhtml/ui_component/category_form.xml b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/view/adminhtml/ui_component/category_form.xml
index 923b690eae736..793ed3b1bfc93 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/view/adminhtml/ui_component/category_form.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/view/adminhtml/ui_component/category_form.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
             </settings>
         </dataProvider>
     </dataSource>
-    <fieldset name="general">
+    <fieldset name="general" sortOrder="5">
         <settings>
             <collapsible>false</collapsible>
             <label/>