diff --git a/apa-annotated-bibliography.csl b/apa-annotated-bibliography.csl
index dc6cb4fc675..ed5c3d9c543 100644
--- a/apa-annotated-bibliography.csl
+++ b/apa-annotated-bibliography.csl
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@
   </macro>
   <citation et-al-min="3" et-al-use-first="1" disambiguate-add-year-suffix="true" disambiguate-add-names="true" disambiguate-add-givenname="true" collapse="year" givenname-disambiguation-rule="primary-name">
     <sort>
-      <key macro="author-bib" names-min="21" names-use-first="19"/>
+      <key macro="author-bib" names-min="3" names-use-first="1"/>
       <key macro="date-sort-group"/>
       <key macro="date-sort-date" sort="ascending"/>
       <key variable="status"/>
diff --git a/apa-no-ampersand.csl b/apa-no-ampersand.csl
index 535eebd88ed..bb016d9b8a8 100644
--- a/apa-no-ampersand.csl
+++ b/apa-no-ampersand.csl
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@
   </macro>
   <citation et-al-min="3" et-al-use-first="1" disambiguate-add-year-suffix="true" disambiguate-add-names="true" disambiguate-add-givenname="true" collapse="year" givenname-disambiguation-rule="primary-name">
     <sort>
-      <key macro="author-bib" names-min="21" names-use-first="19"/>
+      <key macro="author-bib" names-min="3" names-use-first="1"/>
       <key macro="date-sort-group"/>
       <key macro="date-sort-date" sort="ascending"/>
       <key variable="status"/>
diff --git a/apa-single-spaced.csl b/apa-single-spaced.csl
index 613b3d02b85..fa91ad92275 100644
--- a/apa-single-spaced.csl
+++ b/apa-single-spaced.csl
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@
   </macro>
   <citation et-al-min="3" et-al-use-first="1" disambiguate-add-year-suffix="true" disambiguate-add-names="true" disambiguate-add-givenname="true" collapse="year" givenname-disambiguation-rule="primary-name">
     <sort>
-      <key macro="author-bib" names-min="21" names-use-first="19"/>
+      <key macro="author-bib" names-min="3" names-use-first="1"/>
       <key macro="date-sort-group"/>
       <key macro="date-sort-date" sort="ascending"/>
       <key variable="status"/>
diff --git a/apa-with-abstract.csl b/apa-with-abstract.csl
index 235dd3ded2b..8d26a51c66b 100644
--- a/apa-with-abstract.csl
+++ b/apa-with-abstract.csl
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@
   </macro>
   <citation et-al-min="3" et-al-use-first="1" disambiguate-add-year-suffix="true" disambiguate-add-names="true" disambiguate-add-givenname="true" collapse="year" givenname-disambiguation-rule="primary-name">
     <sort>
-      <key macro="author-bib" names-min="21" names-use-first="19"/>
+      <key macro="author-bib" names-min="3" names-use-first="1"/>
       <key macro="date-sort-group"/>
       <key macro="date-sort-date" sort="ascending"/>
       <key variable="status"/>
diff --git a/apa.csl b/apa.csl
index 56437365a9e..f368c3c8c43 100644
--- a/apa.csl
+++ b/apa.csl
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@
   </macro>
   <citation et-al-min="3" et-al-use-first="1" disambiguate-add-year-suffix="true" disambiguate-add-names="true" disambiguate-add-givenname="true" collapse="year" givenname-disambiguation-rule="primary-name">
     <sort>
-      <key macro="author-bib" names-min="21" names-use-first="19"/>
+      <key macro="author-bib" names-min="3" names-use-first="1"/>
       <key macro="date-sort-group"/>
       <key macro="date-sort-date" sort="ascending"/>
       <key variable="status"/>