diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index bf936deab..4e0cd6ef5 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ mouse anywhere in the current command to move the cursor there. See
 Detailed list of changes
 -------------------------------------
 
+0.28.2 [2023-04-21]
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- unicode_input kitten: Fix a regression in 0.28.0 that caused the order of recent and favorites entries to not be respected (:iss:`6214`)
+
 0.28.1 [2023-04-21]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/kittens/unicode_input/table.go b/kittens/unicode_input/table.go
index 473488784..3661c6a15 100644
--- a/kittens/unicode_input/table.go
+++ b/kittens/unicode_input/table.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (self *table) current_codepoint() rune {
 
 func (self *table) set_codepoints(codepoints []rune, mode Mode, current_idx int) {
 	self.codepoints = codepoints
-	if self.codepoints != nil {
+	if self.codepoints != nil && mode != FAVORITES && mode != HEX {
 		slices.Sort(self.codepoints)
 	}
 	self.mode = mode