diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/comment-template/index.php b/packages/block-library/src/comment-template/index.php
index 2843c56a38adc1..5684374843d323 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/comment-template/index.php
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/comment-template/index.php
@@ -24,10 +24,33 @@ function render_block_core_comment_template( $attributes, $content, $block ) {
 		return '';
 	}
 
-	$number = $block->context['queryPerPage'];
+	$per_page = $block->context['queryPerPage'];
 
-	// Get an array of comments for the current post.
-	$comments = get_approved_comments( $post_id, array( 'number' => $number ) );
+	$page = (int) get_query_var( 'cpage' );
+
+	$comment_args = array(
+		'number'  => $per_page,
+		'orderby' => 'comment_date_gmt',
+		'order'   => 'ASC',
+		'status'  => 'approve',
+		'post_id' => $post_id,
+		'offset'  => 0,
+		'parent'  => 0, // Only show top-level comments. Needs to be updated with responses.
+	);
+
+	if ( $page ) {
+		$comment_args['offset'] = ( $page - 1 ) * $per_page;
+	} else {
+		$top_level_args         = array(
+			'post_id' => $post_id,
+			'count'   => true,
+			'parent'  => 0,
+		);
+		$top_level_count        = get_comments( $top_level_args );
+		$comment_args['offset'] = ( ceil( $top_level_count / $per_page ) - 1 ) * $per_page;
+	}
+
+	$comments = get_comments( $comment_args );
 
 	if ( count( $comments ) === 0 ) {
 		return '';