diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/frontmatter.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/frontmatter.ts
index 31b3b64ac..e00c700e0 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/frontmatter.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/frontmatter.ts
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ export const FrontMatter: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (userOpts)
             const created = coalesceAliases(data, ["created", "date"])
             if (created) data.created = created
             const modified = coalesceAliases(data, [
-              "lastmod",
               "modified",
+              "lastmod",
               "updated",
               "last-modified",
             ])
             if (modified) data.modified = modified
-            const published = coalesceAliases(data, ["publishDate", "published", "date"])
+            const published = coalesceAliases(data, ["published", "publishDate", "date"])
             if (published) data.published = published
 
             if (socialImage) data.socialImage = socialImage