diff --git a/command/eval_status.go b/command/eval_status.go
index bffe62cb0..4b3f738c7 100644
--- a/command/eval_status.go
+++ b/command/eval_status.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package command
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -382,8 +383,16 @@ func formatPlanAnnotations(desiredTGUpdates map[string]*api.DesiredUpdates, verb
 		}
 	}
 
+	taskGroups := []string{}
+	for tg := range desiredTGUpdates {
+		taskGroups = append(taskGroups, tg)
+	}
+	slices.Sort(taskGroups)
+
 	i := 1
-	for tg, updates := range desiredTGUpdates {
+	for _, tg := range taskGroups {
+		updates := desiredTGUpdates[tg]
+
 		// we always show the first 5 columns
 		annotations[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%s|%d|%d|%d|%d|%d",
 			tg,
diff --git a/command/eval_status_test.go b/command/eval_status_test.go
index 096007f95..582ed6399 100644
--- a/command/eval_status_test.go
+++ b/command/eval_status_test.go
@@ -236,6 +236,6 @@ func TestEvalStatus_FormatPlanAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 
 	out := formatPlanAnnotations(updates, false)
 	must.Eq(t, `Task Group  Ignore  Place  Stop  InPlace  Destructive  Canary  Reconnect
-foo         2       1      0     0        0            1       0
-bar         0       1      3     0        0            0       2`, out)
+bar         0       1      3     0        0            0       2
+foo         2       1      0     0        0            1       0`, out)
 }