diff --git a/Gems/GraphModel/Code/Include/GraphModel/Model/Common.h b/Gems/GraphModel/Code/Include/GraphModel/Model/Common.h
index 17ce8e8471..ec5901a4b5 100644
--- a/Gems/GraphModel/Code/Include/GraphModel/Model/Common.h
+++ b/Gems/GraphModel/Code/Include/GraphModel/Model/Common.h
@@ -66,6 +66,6 @@ namespace GraphModel
     using ModuleGraphManagerPtr = AZStd::shared_ptr<ModuleGraphManager>;
     using ConstModuleGraphManagerPtr = AZStd::shared_ptr<const ModuleGraphManager>;
 
-    static const AZ::u32 DefaultWrappedNodeLayoutOrder = -1;
+    static const AZ::u32 DefaultWrappedNodeLayoutOrder = std::numeric_limits<AZ::u32>::max();
 
 } // namespace GraphModel