diff --git a/takari-lifecycle-plugin/src/main/java/io/takari/maven/plugins/util/PropertiesWriter.java b/takari-lifecycle-plugin/src/main/java/io/takari/maven/plugins/util/PropertiesWriter.java
index 1e14676f..0e3339a8 100644
--- a/takari-lifecycle-plugin/src/main/java/io/takari/maven/plugins/util/PropertiesWriter.java
+++ b/takari-lifecycle-plugin/src/main/java/io/takari/maven/plugins/util/PropertiesWriter.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public static void write(Properties properties, String comment, OutputStream out
         properties.store(sw, comment);
         List<String> lines = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(sw.toString().split("\\R")));
         lines.remove(comment != null ? 1 : 0);
+        lines.sort(String::compareTo); // make lines ordering stable
         BufferedWriter w = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(out, ENCODING));
         for (String line : lines) {
             w.write(line);