diff --git a/influxdb/influxdb08/dataframe_client.py b/influxdb/influxdb08/dataframe_client.py
index 197422a6..c1665b3e 100644
--- a/influxdb/influxdb08/dataframe_client.py
+++ b/influxdb/influxdb08/dataframe_client.py
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ def _to_dataframe(self, json_result, time_precision):
         dataframe = pd.DataFrame(data=json_result['points'],
                                  columns=json_result['columns'])
         if 'sequence_number' in dataframe.keys():
-            dataframe.sort(['time', 'sequence_number'], inplace=True)
+            dataframe.sort_values(['time', 'sequence_number'], inplace=True)
         else:
-            dataframe.sort(['time'], inplace=True)
+            dataframe.sort_values(['time'], inplace=True)
         pandas_time_unit = time_precision
         if time_precision == 'm':
             pandas_time_unit = 'ms'