diff --git a/web/src/components/FOI/Home/Redlining.js b/web/src/components/FOI/Home/Redlining.js
index 2fd39590e..72fdd0e66 100644
--- a/web/src/components/FOI/Home/Redlining.js
+++ b/web/src/components/FOI/Home/Redlining.js
@@ -1428,6 +1428,9 @@ const Redlining = React.forwardRef(
       let username = docViewer?.getAnnotationManager()?.getCurrentUser();
       for (const entry in annotData) {
         let xml = parser.parseFromString(annotData[entry]);
+        // import redactions first, free text later, so translucent redaction won't cover free text
+        let xmlAnnotsChildren_redaction = [];
+        let xmlAnnotsChildren_others = [];
         for (let annot of xml.getElementsByTagName("annots")[0].children) {
           let txt = domParser.parseFromString(
             annot.getElementsByTagName("trn-custom-data")[0].attributes.bytes,
@@ -1441,6 +1444,12 @@ const Redlining = React.forwardRef(
               (p) => p.pageNo - 1 === Number(originalPageNo)
             )?.stitchedPageNo - 1
           )?.toString();
+          if(annot.attributes.subject === "Redact") {
+            xmlAnnotsChildren_redaction.push(annot);
+          } else {
+            xmlAnnotsChildren_others.push(annot);
+          }
+          xml.getElementsByTagName("annots")[0].children = [...xmlAnnotsChildren_redaction, ...xmlAnnotsChildren_others];
         }
         xml = parser.toString(xml);
         const _annotations = await annotManager.importAnnotations(xml);