diff --git a/app/Api/V1/Requests/Models/Rule/UpdateRequest.php b/app/Api/V1/Requests/Models/Rule/UpdateRequest.php
index 65e54e6354..3e476d3e41 100644
--- a/app/Api/V1/Requests/Models/Rule/UpdateRequest.php
+++ b/app/Api/V1/Requests/Models/Rule/UpdateRequest.php
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class UpdateRequest extends FormRequest
             'strict'          => ['strict', 'boolean'],
             'stop_processing' => ['stop_processing', 'boolean'],
             'active'          => ['active', 'boolean'],
+            'order'           => ['order', 'integer'],
         ];
 
         $return   = $this->getAllData($fields);
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ class UpdateRequest extends FormRequest
             'strict'                     => [new IsBoolean],
             'stop_processing'            => [new IsBoolean],
             'active'                     => [new IsBoolean],
+            'order'                      => 'numeric|between:1,1337',
         ];
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Rule/RuleRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Rule/RuleRepository.php
index 1990aa9af0..1c869ca6f4 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Rule/RuleRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Rule/RuleRepository.php
@@ -466,6 +466,15 @@ class RuleRepository implements RuleRepositoryInterface
             }
         }
         $rule->save();
+        $rule->refresh();
+        $group = $rule->ruleGroup;
+        // update the order:
+        $this->resetRuleOrder($group);
+        if (array_key_exists('order', $data)) {
+            $this->moveRule($rule, $group, (int)$data['order']);
+        }
+
+
         // update the triggers:
         if (array_key_exists('trigger', $data) && 'update-journal' === $data['trigger']) {
             $this->setRuleTrigger('update-journal', $rule);