diff --git a/scene/gui/option_button.cpp b/scene/gui/option_button.cpp
index 1a46921561b..71c14810f6f 100644
--- a/scene/gui/option_button.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/option_button.cpp
@@ -318,8 +318,9 @@ void OptionButton::_bind_methods() {
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("_set_items"), &OptionButton::_set_items);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("_get_items"), &OptionButton::_get_items);
 
-	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "selected"), "_select_int", "get_selected");
 	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::ARRAY, "items", PROPERTY_HINT_NONE, "", PROPERTY_USAGE_NOEDITOR | PROPERTY_USAGE_INTERNAL), "_set_items", "_get_items");
+	// "selected" property must come after "items", otherwise GH-10213 occurs
+	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "selected"), "_select_int", "get_selected");
 	ADD_SIGNAL(MethodInfo("item_selected", PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "ID")));
 }