diff --git a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_request_pruning_point_utxo_set.go b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_request_pruning_point_utxo_set.go
index 76f92acaf..3f310959a 100644
--- a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_request_pruning_point_utxo_set.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_request_pruning_point_utxo_set.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func (flow *handleRequestPruningPointUTXOSetFlow) sendPruningPointUTXOSet(
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if len(pruningPointUTXOs) < step {
+		if len(pruningPointUTXOs) < step && chunksSent%ibdBatchSize == 0 {
 			log.Debugf("Finished sending UTXOs for pruning block %s",
 				msgRequestPruningPointUTXOSet.PruningPointHash)
 
diff --git a/domain/consensus/processes/pruningmanager/pruningmanager.go b/domain/consensus/processes/pruningmanager/pruningmanager.go
index 28e108152..58a86e1a0 100644
--- a/domain/consensus/processes/pruningmanager/pruningmanager.go
+++ b/domain/consensus/processes/pruningmanager/pruningmanager.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/logger"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/staging"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"sort"
 )
 
 // pruningManager resolves and manages the current pruning point
@@ -928,7 +929,6 @@ func (pm *pruningManager) PruningPointAndItsAnticoneWithTrustedData() ([]*extern
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	blocks = append(blocks, pruningPointWithTrustedData)
 	for _, blockHash := range pruningPointAnticone {
 		blockWithTrustedData, err := pm.blockWithTrustedData(stagingArea, blockHash)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -938,6 +938,14 @@ func (pm *pruningManager) PruningPointAndItsAnticoneWithTrustedData() ([]*extern
 		blocks = append(blocks, blockWithTrustedData)
 	}
 
+	// Sorting the blocks in topological order
+	sort.Slice(blocks, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return blocks[i].Block.Header.BlueWork().Cmp(blocks[j].Block.Header.BlueWork()) < 0
+	})
+
+	// The pruning point should always come first
+	blocks = append([]*externalapi.BlockWithTrustedData{pruningPointWithTrustedData}, blocks...)
+
 	return blocks, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/stability-tests/daa/daa_test.go b/stability-tests/daa/daa_test.go
index e989b685f..e48669921 100644
--- a/stability-tests/daa/daa_test.go
+++ b/stability-tests/daa/daa_test.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func TestDAA(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:        "sudden hash rate drop",
-			runDuration: 15 * time.Minute,
+			runDuration: 45 * time.Minute,
 			targetHashNanosecondsFunction: func(totalElapsedDuration time.Duration) int64 {
 				if totalElapsedDuration < 5*time.Minute {
 					return machineHashNanoseconds * 2
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func TestDAA(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:        "constant exponential hash rate decrease",
-			runDuration: 15 * time.Minute,
+			runDuration: 45 * time.Minute,
 			targetHashNanosecondsFunction: func(totalElapsedDuration time.Duration) int64 {
 				fromHashNanoseconds := machineHashNanoseconds * 2
 				toHashNanoseconds := machineHashNanoseconds * 10