diff --git a/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ParatextBackupTermsCorpus.cs b/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ParatextBackupTermsCorpus.cs
index 46fbdaf7..2faa5335 100644
--- a/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ParatextBackupTermsCorpus.cs
+++ b/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ParatextBackupTermsCorpus.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ public ParatextBackupTermsCorpus(
                 IEnumerable<(string, IReadOnlyList<string>)> glosses = new ZipParatextProjectTermsParser(
                     archive,
                     settings
-                ).Parse(termCategories, useTermGlosses, chapters);
+                )
+                    .Parse(termCategories, useTermGlosses, chapters)
+                    .OrderBy(g => g.TermId);
+
                 string textId =
                     $"{settings.BiblicalTermsListType}:{settings.BiblicalTermsProjectName}:{settings.BiblicalTermsFileName}";
 
diff --git a/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ParatextProjectTermsParserBase.cs b/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ParatextProjectTermsParserBase.cs
index 0ae235a2..b58ce3c6 100644
--- a/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ParatextProjectTermsParserBase.cs
+++ b/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ParatextProjectTermsParserBase.cs
@@ -168,8 +168,7 @@ protected ParatextProjectTermsParserBase(ParatextProjectSettingsParserBase setti
             {
                 return termsRenderings
                     .Concat(termsGlosses.Where(kvp => !termsRenderings.ContainsKey(kvp.Key)))
-                    .Select(kvp => (kvp.Key, (IReadOnlyList<string>)kvp.Value.ToList()))
-                    .OrderBy(glosses => glosses.Key);
+                    .Select(kvp => (kvp.Key, (IReadOnlyList<string>)kvp.Value.ToList()));
             }
             return new List<(string, IReadOnlyList<string>)>();
         }
diff --git a/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/ParatextProjectTermsParserTests.cs b/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/ParatextProjectTermsParserTests.cs
index 41da90b1..54034b9e 100644
--- a/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/ParatextProjectTermsParserTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SIL.Machine.Tests/Corpora/ParatextProjectTermsParserTests.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public void TestGetKeyTermsFromTermsLocalizations_NoTermRenderings()
         );
         IEnumerable<(string TermId, IReadOnlyList<string> Glosses)> terms = env.GetGlosses();
         Assert.That(terms.Count, Is.EqualTo(5726));
-        Assert.That(string.Join(" ", terms.First().Glosses), Is.EqualTo("Aaron"));
+        Assert.That(string.Join(" ", terms.First().Glosses), Is.EqualTo("Abagtha"));
     }
 
     [Test]
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ public void TestGetKeyTermsFromTermsLocalizations_TermRenderingsExists_PreferLoc
         );
         IReadOnlyList<(string TermId, IReadOnlyList<string> Glosses)> terms = env.GetGlosses().ToList();
         Assert.That(terms.Count, Is.EqualTo(5726));
-        Assert.That(string.Join(" ", terms[1].Glosses), Is.EqualTo("Aaron"));
+        Assert.That(string.Join(" ", terms[1].Glosses), Is.EqualTo("Abagtha"));
+        Assert.That(string.Join(" ", terms[2].Glosses), Is.EqualTo("Abi"));
     }
 
     [Test]