diff --git a/datastore/infrastructure/engines/bigquery/export.py b/datastore/infrastructure/engines/bigquery/export.py
index b166163..21f89e9 100644
--- a/datastore/infrastructure/engines/bigquery/export.py
+++ b/datastore/infrastructure/engines/bigquery/export.py
@@ -127,16 +127,18 @@ async def dump(backend: Any, resource_id: str, fmt: str) -> list[str]:
     prefix = f"{_EXPORT_ROOT}/{resource_id}/{fmt}/{rev}/"
     source = f"`{backend.config.BIGQUERY_PROJECT}.{backend.config.BIGQUERY_DATASET}.{resource_id}`"
 
+    columns = _dump_column_order(table.schema)
+
     async def build_export_sql(uri: str) -> tuple[str, bytes | None]:
         # Schema is already known from get_table — no dry run needed.
         sql = _export_data_sql(
             uri,
             fmt,
-            _export_select_list(table.schema, fmt),
+            _export_select_list(columns, fmt),
             source=source,
             suffix=" ORDER BY `_id`",
         )
-        header = _csv_header_bytes(table.schema, fmt) if fmt in ("csv", "gzip") else None
+        header = _csv_header_bytes(columns, fmt) if fmt in ("csv", "gzip") else None
         return sql, header
 
     return await _prepare_download(
@@ -611,6 +613,19 @@ def _export_data_sql(
     )
 
 
+def _dump_column_order(schema: Any) -> list[Any]:
+    """Table columns in download order: `_updated_at` moved last.
+
+    BigQuery stores the system columns first (`_id`, `_updated_at`,
+    then user fields), but `datastore_search` projects `_updated_at`
+    after the user columns; a whole-table dump follows the same order.
+    """
+    fields = list(schema)
+    return [f for f in fields if f.name != "_updated_at"] + [
+        f for f in fields if f.name == "_updated_at"
+    ]
+
+
 def _export_select_list(schema: Any, fmt: str) -> str:
     """SELECT column list for an export.
 
diff --git a/tests/test_datastore_dump.py b/tests/test_datastore_dump.py
index 9c7d06d..c2a53cf 100644
--- a/tests/test_datastore_dump.py
+++ b/tests/test_datastore_dump.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 from datastore.core.constants import DUMP_PREFIX
 from datastore.infrastructure.engines.bigquery import BigQueryBackend
 from datastore.infrastructure.engines.bigquery.export import (
+    _csv_header_bytes,
+    _dump_column_order,
     _export_select_list,
     _is_export_too_large,
 )
@@ -190,6 +192,28 @@ def test_build_export_select_iso_casts_timestamp_and_datetime() -> None:
     assert "`delivery_day`" in select
 
 
+def test_dump_column_order_moves_updated_at_last() -> None:
+    """Physical order is `_id, _updated_at, <user>`; the dump puts
+    `_updated_at` last, matching `datastore_search`."""
+    schema = [
+        _bq_field("_id", "INT64"),
+        _bq_field("_updated_at", "TIMESTAMP"),
+        _bq_field("auction_id", "INT64"),
+        _bq_field("product_code", "STRING"),
+    ]
+    columns = _dump_column_order(schema)
+    assert [f.name for f in columns] == ["_id", "auction_id", "product_code", "_updated_at"]
+    assert _csv_header_bytes(columns, "csv") == b"_id,auction_id,product_code,_updated_at\n"
+    assert _export_select_list(columns, fmt="csv").endswith(
+        "FORMAT_TIMESTAMP('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S', `_updated_at`, 'UTC') AS `_updated_at`"
+    )
+
+
+def test_dump_column_order_without_updated_at_is_unchanged() -> None:
+    schema = [_bq_field("_id", "INT64"), _bq_field("name", "STRING")]
+    assert [f.name for f in _dump_column_order(schema)] == ["_id", "name"]
+
+
 def test_build_export_select_parquet_returns_star() -> None:
     """Nothing to cast → `*`, no column list."""
     schema = [_bq_field("id", "INT64"), _bq_field("name", "STRING")]