diff --git a/observability-lib/api/notification-policy.go b/observability-lib/api/notification-policy.go
index 61c24ad97..5792c1a8c 100644
--- a/observability-lib/api/notification-policy.go
+++ b/observability-lib/api/notification-policy.go
@@ -8,11 +8,32 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-foundation-sdk/go/alerting"
 )
 
+func objectMatchersEqual(a alerting.ObjectMatchers, b alerting.ObjectMatchers) bool {
+	if len(a) != len(b) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for i := range a {
+		foundMatch := false
+		for j := range b {
+			if reflect.DeepEqual(a[i], b[j]) {
+				foundMatch = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !foundMatch {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
 func policyExist(parent alerting.NotificationPolicy, newNotificationPolicy alerting.NotificationPolicy) bool {
 	for _, notificationPolicy := range parent.Routes {
 		matchersEqual := false
 		if notificationPolicy.ObjectMatchers != nil {
-			matchersEqual = reflect.DeepEqual(notificationPolicy.ObjectMatchers, newNotificationPolicy.ObjectMatchers)
+			matchersEqual = objectMatchersEqual(*notificationPolicy.ObjectMatchers, *newNotificationPolicy.ObjectMatchers)
 		}
 		receiversEqual := reflect.DeepEqual(notificationPolicy.Receiver, newNotificationPolicy.Receiver)
 		if matchersEqual && receiversEqual {
diff --git a/observability-lib/api/notification-policy_test.go b/observability-lib/api/notification-policy_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16ead9063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/observability-lib/api/notification-policy_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-foundation-sdk/go/alerting"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestObjectMatchersEqual(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("returns true if the two object matchers are equal", func(t *testing.T) {
+		a := alerting.ObjectMatchers{{"team", "=", "chainlink"}}
+		b := alerting.ObjectMatchers{{"team", "=", "chainlink"}}
+
+		result := objectMatchersEqual(a, b)
+		require.True(t, result)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("returns true if the two object matchers with multiple matches are equal", func(t *testing.T) {
+		a := alerting.ObjectMatchers{
+			{"team", "=", "chainlink"},
+			{"severity", "=", "critical"},
+		}
+		b := alerting.ObjectMatchers{
+			{"severity", "=", "critical"},
+			{"team", "=", "chainlink"},
+		}
+
+		result := objectMatchersEqual(a, b)
+		require.True(t, result)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("returns false if the two object matchers with multiple matches are different", func(t *testing.T) {
+		a := alerting.ObjectMatchers{
+			{"team", "=", "chainlink"},
+			{"severity", "=", "critical"},
+		}
+		b := alerting.ObjectMatchers{
+			{"severity", "=", "warning"},
+			{"team", "=", "chainlink"},
+		}
+
+		result := objectMatchersEqual(a, b)
+		require.False(t, result)
+	})
+}