diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 24332bd..856bb48 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <artifactId>api-audit</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
-    <version>3.7.23-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.7.24-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <description>Hygieia Audit Rest API Layer</description>
     <url>https://github.com/Hygieia/${repository.name}</url>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/evaluator/CodeReviewEvaluator.java b/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/evaluator/CodeReviewEvaluator.java
index d477778..7143b7d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/evaluator/CodeReviewEvaluator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/capitalone/dashboard/evaluator/CodeReviewEvaluator.java
@@ -227,11 +227,16 @@ private CodeReviewAuditResponseV2 getPeerReviewResponses(CollectorItem repoItem,
             if (noPR.getCommits().isEmpty()){continue;}
 
             // get the latest commit & filter out merge commit by checking non-matching scmNums
-            noPR.getCommits().sort(Comparator.comparing(Commit::getScmCommitTimestamp).reversed());
+            noPR.getCommits().sort(Comparator.comparing(Commit::getScmCommitTimestamp));
             Commit lastCommit = noPR.getCommits().get(noPR.getCommits().size()-1);
 
+            // refine list of PRs to search through (created after PR and merged before the merge of the noPR)
+            List<GitRequest> refinedPRList = peerReviewed.stream().filter(
+                    pr -> pr.getCreatedAt() >= noPR.getCreatedAt()).filter(
+                    pr -> pr.getMergedAt() <= noPR.getMergedAt()).collect(Collectors.toList());
+
             // iterate through the peerReviewed and their commits to see if the failed PR's commit exists in there
-            for (GitRequest yesPR: peerReviewed.stream().filter(pr -> pr.getCreatedAt() >= noPR.getCreatedAt()).collect(Collectors.toList())) {
+            for (GitRequest yesPR: refinedPRList) {
                 for (Commit commit: yesPR.getCommits()) {
                     if (lastCommit.getScmRevisionNumber().equalsIgnoreCase(commit.getScmRevisionNumber())){