diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/secret-approval-request/secret-approval-request-dal.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/secret-approval-request/secret-approval-request-dal.ts
index 49f31bdf6..3d62b1ccf 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/services/secret-approval-request/secret-approval-request-dal.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/secret-approval-request/secret-approval-request-dal.ts
@@ -653,14 +653,15 @@ export const secretApprovalRequestDALFactory = (db: TDbClient) => {
           db.ref("firstName").withSchema("committerUser").as("committerUserFirstName"),
           db.ref("lastName").withSchema("committerUser").as("committerUserLastName")
         )
-        .distinctOn(`${TableName.SecretApprovalRequest}.id`)
         .as("inner");
 
-      const query = (tx || db)
-        .select("*")
+      const countQuery = (await (tx || db)
         .select(db.raw("count(*) OVER() as total_count"))
-        .from(innerQuery)
-        .orderBy("createdAt", "desc") as typeof innerQuery;
+        .from(innerQuery.clone().distinctOn(`${TableName.SecretApprovalRequest}.id`))) as Array<{
+        total_count: number;
+      }>;
+
+      const query = (tx || db).select("*").from(innerQuery).orderBy("createdAt", "desc") as typeof innerQuery;
 
       if (search) {
         void query.where((qb) => {
@@ -686,8 +687,7 @@ export const secretApprovalRequestDALFactory = (db: TDbClient) => {
         .where("w.rank", ">=", rankOffset)
         .andWhere("w.rank", "<", rankOffset + limit);
 
-      // @ts-expect-error knex does not infer
-      const totalCount = Number(docs[0]?.total_count || 0);
+      const totalCount = Number(countQuery[0]?.total_count || 0);
 
       const formattedDoc = sqlNestRelationships({
         data: docs,
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/secret-manager/SecretApprovalsPage/components/SecretApprovalRequest/components/SecretApprovalRequestChanges.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/secret-manager/SecretApprovalsPage/components/SecretApprovalRequest/components/SecretApprovalRequestChanges.tsx
index 0f2b00299..4df5aae86 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/secret-manager/SecretApprovalsPage/components/SecretApprovalRequest/components/SecretApprovalRequestChanges.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/secret-manager/SecretApprovalsPage/components/SecretApprovalRequest/components/SecretApprovalRequestChanges.tsx
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ export const SecretApprovalRequestChanges = ({
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col space-x-6 lg:flex-row">
       <div className="flex-1 lg:max-w-[calc(100%-17rem)]">
-        <div className="sticky top-0 z-20 flex items-center space-x-4 bg-bunker-800 pb-6 pt-2">
+        <div className="sticky -top-8 z-20 flex items-center space-x-4 bg-bunker-800 pb-6 pt-2">
           <IconButton variant="outline_bg" ariaLabel="go-back" onClick={onGoBack}>
             <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faArrowLeft} />
           </IconButton>