diff --git a/kolibri/core/content/api.py b/kolibri/core/content/api.py
index 20af6070b08..526595dc35a 100644
--- a/kolibri/core/content/api.py
+++ b/kolibri/core/content/api.py
@@ -314,9 +314,13 @@ def get_related_data_maps(self, items, queryset):
 
         tags_map = {}
 
-        for t in models.ContentTag.objects.filter(tagged_content__in=queryset).values(
-            "tag_name",
-            "tagged_content",
+        for t in (
+            models.ContentTag.objects.filter(tagged_content__in=queryset)
+            .values(
+                "tag_name",
+                "tagged_content",
+            )
+            .order_by("tag_name")
         ):
             if t["tagged_content"] not in tags_map:
                 tags_map[t["tagged_content"]] = [t["tag_name"]]
diff --git a/kolibri/core/content/test/test_content_app.py b/kolibri/core/content/test/test_content_app.py
index d79088b69a0..b452af17a98 100644
--- a/kolibri/core/content/test/test_content_app.py
+++ b/kolibri/core/content/test/test_content_app.py
@@ -310,7 +310,11 @@ def _assert_node(self, actual, expected):
                 "rght": expected.rght,
                 "tree_id": expected.tree_id,
                 "ancestors": list(expected.get_ancestors().values("id", "title")),
-                "tags": list(expected.tags.all().values_list("tag_name", flat=True)),
+                "tags": list(
+                    expected.tags.all()
+                    .order_by("tag_name")
+                    .values_list("tag_name", flat=True)
+                ),
                 "assessmentmetadata": assessmentmetadata,
                 "is_leaf": expected.kind != "topic",
                 "files": files,