diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 91de1ba..abeffac 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -8216,7 +8216,7 @@ module.exports = Scanner
 /* 191 */
 /***/ (function(module) {
 
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 /***/ }),
 /* 192 */,
@@ -46963,7 +46963,7 @@ class GitHub {
         branchPrefix = (branchPrefix === null || branchPrefix === void 0 ? void 0 : branchPrefix.endsWith('-')) ? branchPrefix.replace(/-$/, '')
             : branchPrefix;
         const baseLabel = await this.getBaseLabel();
-        const pullsResponse = (await this.request(`GET /repos/:owner/:repo/pulls?state=closed&per_page=${perPage}${this.proxyKey ? `&key=${this.proxyKey}` : ''}&sort=merged_at&direction=desc`, {
+        const pullsResponse = (await this.request(`GET /repos/:owner/:repo/pulls?state=closed&per_page=${perPage}${this.proxyKey ? `&key=${this.proxyKey}` : ''}&sort=updated&direction=desc`, {
             owner: this.owner,
             repo: this.repo,
         }));
@@ -47505,7 +47505,7 @@ function errSerializer (err) {
 
   err[seen] = undefined // tag to prevent re-looking at this
   const _err = Object.create(pinoErrProto)
-  _err.type = toString.call(err.constructor) === '[object Object]'
+  _err.type = toString.call(err.constructor) === '[object Function]'
     ? err.constructor.name
     : err.name
   _err.message = err.message