Aleksandr B. ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=557058%... ) *commented* on HHH-16856 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16856?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNGIxZW... ) Re: Hibernate incorrectly does regular JOIN instead of LEFT JOIN when moving from Spring Boot 3.1.0 to 3.1.1 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16856?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNGIxZW... ) This is absolutely not a hibernate relative bug. I’d say that this is not a bug at all. Spring Data (starting from 3.x) parses your @Query string and generates a new query. When you create PageRequest you should use aliases from the the query: r.name instead of role.name : Order order = new Order(ASC, "r.name"); In your case, spring data sees, that “left join” is absolutely useless and removes it from the query. Then spring data adds a new inner join with Role to satisfy your Sort request. ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16856#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Add Comment ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16856#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Get Jira notifications on your phone! Download the Jira Cloud app for Android ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atlassian.android.jira.... ) or iOS ( https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1006972087?pt=696495&ct=Em... ) This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v1001.0.0-SNAPSHOT#100227- sha1:3bc807d )