diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/features/teams/member-management/__tests__/MemberGrid.test.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/features/teams/member-management/__tests__/MemberGrid.test.tsx
index 5fa93bd..861d49e 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/features/teams/member-management/__tests__/MemberGrid.test.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/features/teams/member-management/__tests__/MemberGrid.test.tsx
@@ -221,10 +221,10 @@ describe('MemberGrid', () => {
   });
 
   it.each([
-    ['name', 'Names'],
-    ['email', 'Emails'],
-    ['role', 'Roles'],
-  ])('checks the sorting', async (ordering, header_name) => {
+    ['Names', 'user__name'],
+    ['Emails', 'user__email'],
+    ['Roles', 'role'],
+  ])('checks the sorting of %s', async (header_name, ordering) => {
     const mockedData = [
       {
         id: '123',
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/features/teams/member-management/components/MemberGrid.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/features/teams/member-management/components/MemberGrid.tsx
index 3f44dc1..c7db738 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/features/teams/member-management/components/MemberGrid.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/desk/src/features/teams/member-management/components/MemberGrid.tsx
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ type SortModelItem = {
 };
 
 const defaultOrderingMapping: Record<string, string> = {
-  'user.name': 'name',
-  'user.email': 'email',
+  'user.name': 'user__name',
+  'user.email': 'user__email',
   localizedRole: 'role',
 };