diff --git a/web/app/components/workflow/hooks/use-inspect-vars-crud.ts b/web/app/components/workflow/hooks/use-inspect-vars-crud.ts
index e4daaf8220..7dca11d3ed 100644
--- a/web/app/components/workflow/hooks/use-inspect-vars-crud.ts
+++ b/web/app/components/workflow/hooks/use-inspect-vars-crud.ts
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ const useInspectVarsCrud = () => {
           }
           else {
             draft[index].vars = payload
+            // put the node to the top
+            draft.unshift(draft.splice(index, 1)[0])
           }
         }
     })