diff --git a/packages/core/database/lib/entity-manager/__tests__/relations-orderer.test.js b/packages/core/database/lib/entity-manager/__tests__/relations-orderer.test.js
index ca892025b3..df915b1d62 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/lib/entity-manager/__tests__/relations-orderer.test.js
+++ b/packages/core/database/lib/entity-manager/__tests__/relations-orderer.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const relationsOrderer = require('../relations-orderer');
+const { relationsOrderer } = require('../relations-orderer');
 
 describe('relations orderer', () => {
   test('connect at the end', () => {
@@ -82,4 +82,22 @@ describe('relations orderer', () => {
       { id: 3, order: 0.5 },
     ]);
   });
+
+  test('connect with disordered relations', () => {
+    const orderer = relationsOrderer([], 'id', 'order');
+
+    orderer.connect([
+      { id: 5, position: { before: 1 } },
+      { id: 1, position: { before: 2 } },
+      { id: 2, position: { end: true } },
+      { id: 3, position: { after: 1 } },
+    ]);
+
+    expect(orderer.get()).toMatchObject([
+      { id: 5, order: 0.5 },
+      { id: 1, order: 0.5 },
+      { id: 3, order: 0.5 },
+      { id: 2, order: 0.5 },
+    ]);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/database/lib/entity-manager/__tests__/sort-connect-array.test.js b/packages/core/database/lib/entity-manager/__tests__/sort-connect-array.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f041f9bdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/database/lib/entity-manager/__tests__/sort-connect-array.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const { sortConnectArray } = require('../relations-orderer');
+
+describe('sortConnectArray', () => {
+  test('sorts connect array', () => {
+    const sortConnect = sortConnectArray([
+      { id: 5, position: { before: 1 } },
+      { id: 1, position: { before: 2 } },
+      { id: 2, position: { end: true } },
+      { id: 3, position: { after: 1 } },
+    ]);
+
+    expect(sortConnect).toMatchObject([
+      { id: 2, position: { end: true } },
+      { id: 1, position: { before: 2 } },
+      { id: 5, position: { before: 1 } },
+      { id: 3, position: { after: 1 } },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  test('sorts connect array with initial relations', () => {
+    const sortConnect = sortConnectArray(
+      [
+        { id: 5, position: { before: 1 } },
+        { id: 1, position: { before: 2 } },
+        { id: 2, position: { end: true } },
+        { id: 3, position: { after: 1 } },
+      ],
+      [{ id: 1 }]
+    );
+
+    expect(sortConnect).toMatchObject([
+      { id: 5, position: { before: 1 } },
+      { id: 2, position: { end: true } },
+      { id: 1, position: { before: 2 } },
+      { id: 3, position: { after: 1 } },
+    ]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/database/lib/entity-manager/index.js b/packages/core/database/lib/entity-manager/index.js
index 419d24f82c..4d900f5985 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/lib/entity-manager/index.js
+++ b/packages/core/database/lib/entity-manager/index.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const {
   deleteRelations,
   cleanOrderColumns,
 } = require('./regular-relations');
-const relationsOrderer = require('./relations-orderer');
+const { relationsOrderer } = require('./relations-orderer');
 
 const toId = (value) => value.id || value;
 const toIds = (value) => castArray(value || []).map(toId);
diff --git a/packages/core/database/lib/entity-manager/relations-orderer.js b/packages/core/database/lib/entity-manager/relations-orderer.js
index 47507cc223..1f37ffe6f0 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/lib/entity-manager/relations-orderer.js
+++ b/packages/core/database/lib/entity-manager/relations-orderer.js
@@ -2,6 +2,73 @@
 
 const _ = require('lodash/fp');
 
+/**
+ * When connecting relations, the order you connect them matters.
+ *
+ * Example, if you connect the following relations:
+ *   { id: 5, position: { before: 1 } }
+ *   { id: 1, position: { before: 2 } }
+ *   { id: 2, position: { end: true } }
+ *
+ * Going through the connect array, id 5 has to be connected before id 1,
+ * so the order of id5 = id1 - 1. But the order value of id 1 is unknown.
+ * The only way to know the order of id 1 is to connect it first.
+ *
+ * This function makes sure the relations are connected in the right order:
+ *   { id: 2, position: { end: true } }
+ *   { id: 1, position: { before: 2 } }
+ *   { id: 5, position: { before: 1 } }
+ *
+ */
+const sortConnectArray = (connectArr, initialArr = []) => {
+  const sortedConnect = [];
+  // Map to validate if relation is already in sortedConnect or DB.
+  const relInArray = initialArr.reduce((acc, rel) => ({ ...acc, [rel.id]: true }), {});
+  // Map to validate if connect relation has already been computed
+  const computedIdx = {};
+  // Map to store the first index where a relation id is connected
+  const firstSeen = {};
+
+  // Populate firstSeen
+  connectArr.forEach((rel, idx) => {
+    if (!(rel.id in firstSeen)) firstSeen[rel.id] = idx;
+  });
+
+  // Iterate over connectArr and populate sortedConnect
+  connectArr.forEach((rel, idx) => {
+    const pushRelation = (rel) => {
+      sortedConnect.push(rel);
+      relInArray[rel.id] = true;
+    };
+
+    const computeRelation = (rel) => {
+      const adjacentRelId = rel.position?.before || rel.position?.after;
+
+      // This connect has already been computed
+      if (idx in computedIdx) return;
+
+      if (!adjacentRelId || relInArray[adjacentRelId]) {
+        return pushRelation(rel);
+      }
+
+      // Look if id is referenced elsewhere in the array
+      const adjacentRelIdx = firstSeen[adjacentRelId];
+      if (adjacentRelIdx) {
+        const adjacentRel = connectArr[adjacentRelIdx];
+        // Mark adjacent relation idx as computed,
+        // so it is not computed again later in the loop
+        computedIdx[adjacentRelIdx] = true;
+        computeRelation(adjacentRel);
+        pushRelation(rel);
+      }
+    };
+
+    computeRelation(rel);
+  });
+
+  return sortedConnect;
+};
+
 /**
  * Responsible for calculating the relations order when connecting them.
  *
@@ -41,7 +108,6 @@ const relationsOrderer = (initArr, idColumn, orderColumn) => {
 
   const maxOrder = _.maxBy('order', arr)?.order || 0;
 
-  // TODO: Improve performance by using a map
   const findRelation = (id) => {
     const idx = arr.findIndex((r) => r.id === id);
     return { idx, relation: arr[idx] };
@@ -87,7 +153,8 @@ const relationsOrderer = (initArr, idColumn, orderColumn) => {
       return this;
     },
     connect(relations) {
-      _.castArray(relations).forEach((relation) => {
+      const sortedRelations = sortConnectArray(relations, arr);
+      sortedRelations.forEach((relation) => {
         this.disconnect(relation);
 
         try {
@@ -123,4 +190,4 @@ const relationsOrderer = (initArr, idColumn, orderColumn) => {
   };
 };
 
-module.exports = relationsOrderer;
+module.exports = { relationsOrderer, sortConnectArray };