diff --git a/autosklearn/pipeline/components/data_preprocessing/rescaling/quantile_transformer.py b/autosklearn/pipeline/components/data_preprocessing/rescaling/quantile_transformer.py
index 0769f456de..b7206fbaaf 100644
--- a/autosklearn/pipeline/components/data_preprocessing/rescaling/quantile_transformer.py
+++ b/autosklearn/pipeline/components/data_preprocessing/rescaling/quantile_transformer.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def get_hyperparameter_search_space(dataset_properties: Optional[DATASET_PROPERT
             'n_quantiles', lower=10, upper=2000, default_value=1000
         )
         output_distribution = CategoricalHyperparameter(
-            'output_distribution', ['uniform', 'normal']
+            'output_distribution', ['normal', 'uniform']
         )
         cs.add_hyperparameters((n_quantiles, output_distribution))
         return cs