diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/meta/ZkLedgerUnderreplicationManager.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/meta/ZkLedgerUnderreplicationManager.java
index 4118e191319..31a84c66bb0 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/meta/ZkLedgerUnderreplicationManager.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/meta/ZkLedgerUnderreplicationManager.java
@@ -567,7 +567,18 @@ private long getLedgerToRereplicateFromHierarchy(String parent, long depth)
             return -1;
         }
 
-        Collections.shuffle(children);
+        if (depth == 3) {
+            // Avoid workers wanting to get the same ledger lock.
+            Collections.shuffle(children);
+        } else {
+            // Sort children in descending order for depths 0-2 to prioritize larger ledger IDs
+            // The hierarchical path is built based on hexadecimal representation of ledger IDs
+            // Larger ledger IDs will appear first in hexadecimal string comparison
+            // By using reverse order sorting, we ensure that paths containing larger ledger IDs
+            // are visited first during directory traversal, implementing the business requirement
+            // of "larger ledger IDs should be processed first"
+            Collections.sort(children, Collections.reverseOrder());
+        }
 
         while (children.size() > 0) {
             String tryChild = children.get(0);
diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/replication/TestLedgerUnderreplicationManager.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/replication/TestLedgerUnderreplicationManager.java
index 3e418226e61..d9f515365f2 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/replication/TestLedgerUnderreplicationManager.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/replication/TestLedgerUnderreplicationManager.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import lombok.Cleanup;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.conf.ServerConfiguration;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.conf.TestBKConfiguration;
@@ -171,6 +173,54 @@ public Long call() {
             });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test that larger ledgerIds are processed first when getting ledgers to replicate.
+     * This verifies the sorting behavior in getLedgerToReplicateFromHierarchy.
+     * Specifically tests the Collections.sort(children, Collections.reverseOrder()) at line 564.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testLargerLedgerIdProcessedFirst() throws Exception {
+        // 4294950639 (0xffffbeefL): /ledgers/0000/0000/ffff/beef/urL4294950639
+        // 4207853295 (0xdeadbeefL): /ledgers/0000/0000/dead/beef/urL4207853295
+        // 3735928559 (0xbeefcafeL): /ledgers/0000/0000/beef/cafe/urL3735928559
+        // 3203386110 (0xfacebeefL): /ledgers/0000/0000/face/beef/urL3203386110
+        Set<Long> testLedgers = new HashSet<>();
+        testLedgers.add(0xffffbeefL);
+        testLedgers.add(0xdeadbeefL);
+        testLedgers.add(0xbeefcafeL);
+        testLedgers.add(0xfacebeefL);
+
+        String missingReplica = "localhost:3181";
+
+        @Cleanup
+        LedgerUnderreplicationManager manager = lmf1.newLedgerUnderreplicationManager();
+
+        for (Long ledgerId : testLedgers) {
+            manager.markLedgerUnderreplicated(ledgerId, missingReplica);
+        }
+
+        List<Long> processedLedgers = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < testLedgers.size(); i++) {
+            Future<Long> future = getLedgerToReplicate(manager);
+            Long ledgerId = future.get(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+            processedLedgers.add(ledgerId);
+        }
+
+        List<Long> expectedLedgers = new ArrayList<>(testLedgers)
+                .stream().sorted(Collections.reverseOrder()).collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        assertEquals("Should have processed all test ledgers", expectedLedgers, processedLedgers);
+        for (Long ledgerId : processedLedgers) {
+            assertTrue("Processed ledger should be in test set", testLedgers.contains(ledgerId));
+        }
+
+        Long firstProcessed = processedLedgers.get(0);
+        Long expectedFirst = 0xffffbeefL;
+
+        assertEquals("Larger ledger ID should be processed first", expectedFirst, firstProcessed);
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Test basic interactions with the ledger underreplication
      * manager.
@@ -675,8 +725,8 @@ public void testHierarchyCleanup() throws Exception {
         final LedgerUnderreplicationManager replicaMgr = lmf1
             .newLedgerUnderreplicationManager();
         // 4 ledgers, 2 in the same hierarchy
-        long[] ledgers = { 0x00000000deadbeefL, 0x00000000deadbeeeL,
-                           0x00000000beefcafeL, 0x00000000cafed00dL };
+        long[] ledgers = {0x00000000beefcafeL, 0x00000000cafed00dL,
+                          0x00000000deadbeeeL, 0x00000000deadbeefL};
 
         for (long l : ledgers) {
             replicaMgr.markLedgerUnderreplicated(l, "localhost:3181");