diff --git a/tests-ng/compare.sh b/tests-ng/compare.sh
index 090358b..ba33d66 100755
--- a/tests-ng/compare.sh
+++ b/tests-ng/compare.sh
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ echo "compare keys"
 src="tests-ng/assets/github.catalog.json"
 src_keys="${tmpd}/src-keys"
 dst_keys="${tmpd}/dst-keys"
-cat "${src}" | jq '.. | keys?' | jq '.[]' > "${src_keys}"
-cat "${catalog}" | jq '.. | keys?' | jq '.[]' > "${dst_keys}"
+cat "${src}" | jq '.. | keys?' | jq '.[]' | sort > "${src_keys}"
+cat "${catalog}" | jq '.. | keys?' | jq '.[]' | sort > "${dst_keys}"
 echo "src:"
 cat "${src_keys}"
 echo "dst:"
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ echo "ok!"
 echo "compare children 1"
 src_keys="${tmpd}/src-child1"
 dst_keys="${tmpd}/dst-child1"
-cat "${src}" | jq '. | select(.type=="top") | .children | .[].name' > "${src_keys}"
-cat "${catalog}" | jq '. | select(.type=="top") | .children | .[].name' > "${dst_keys}"
+cat "${src}" | jq '. | select(.type=="top") | .children | .[].name' | sort > "${src_keys}"
+cat "${catalog}" | jq '. | select(.type=="top") | .children | .[].name' | sort > "${dst_keys}"
 echo "src:"
 cat "${src_keys}"
 echo "dst:"
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ echo "ok!"
 echo "compare children 2"
 src_keys="${tmpd}/src-child2"
 dst_keys="${tmpd}/dst-child2"
-cat "${src}" | jq '. | select(.type=="top") | .children | .[] | select(.name=="github") | .children | .[].name' > "${src_keys}"
-cat "${catalog}" | jq '. | select(.type=="top") | .children | .[] | select(.name=="github") | .children | .[].name' > "${dst_keys}"
+cat "${src}" | jq '. | select(.type=="top") | .children | .[] | select(.name=="github") | .children | .[].name' | sort > "${src_keys}"
+cat "${catalog}" | jq '. | select(.type=="top") | .children | .[] | select(.name=="github") | .children | .[].name' | sort > "${dst_keys}"
 echo "src:"
 cat "${src_keys}"
 echo "dst:"
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ echo "ok!"
 echo "compare children 3"
 src_keys="${tmpd}/src-child3"
 dst_keys="${tmpd}/dst-child3"
-cat "${src}" | jq '. | select(.type=="top") | .children | .[] | select(.name=="github") | .children | .[] | select(.name=="workflows") | .children | .[].name' > "${src_keys}"
-cat "${catalog}" | jq '. | select(.type=="top") | .children | .[] | select(.name=="github") | .children | .[] | select(.name=="workflows") | .children | .[].name' > "${dst_keys}"
+cat "${src}" | jq '. | select(.type=="top") | .children | .[] | select(.name=="github") | .children | .[] | select(.name=="workflows") | .children | .[].name' | sort > "${src_keys}"
+cat "${catalog}" | jq '. | select(.type=="top") | .children | .[] | select(.name=="github") | .children | .[] | select(.name=="workflows") | .children | .[].name' | sort > "${dst_keys}"
 echo "src:"
 cat "${src_keys}"
 echo "dst:"