diff --git a/.changeset/wise-news-fly.md b/.changeset/wise-news-fly.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dfaaad4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wise-news-fly.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"eslint-plugin-astro": patch
+---
+
+fix: preserve whitespace between attributes in sort-attributes rule
diff --git a/src/rules/sort-attributes.ts b/src/rules/sort-attributes.ts
index 26b115a8..956e0419 100644
--- a/src/rules/sort-attributes.ts
+++ b/src/rules/sort-attributes.ts
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ export default createRule("sort-attributes", {
                   return fixer.replaceTextRange(
                     [left.node.range[0], right.node.range[1]],
                     sourceCode.text.slice(...right.node.range) +
+                      " ".repeat(right.node.range[0] - left.node.range[1]) +
                       sourceCode.text.slice(...left.node.range),
                   )
                 },
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/rules/sort-attributes/invalid/alphabetical/test01-output.astro b/tests/fixtures/rules/sort-attributes/invalid/alphabetical/test01-output.astro
index 3e2c256f..22dad620 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/rules/sort-attributes/invalid/alphabetical/test01-output.astro
+++ b/tests/fixtures/rules/sort-attributes/invalid/alphabetical/test01-output.astro
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 ---
 
-<div b="b"c="c" a="a"></div>
+<div b="b" c="c" a="a"></div>
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/rules/sort-attributes/invalid/alphabetical/test02-errors.json b/tests/fixtures/rules/sort-attributes/invalid/alphabetical/test02-errors.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..374bfd06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/rules/sort-attributes/invalid/alphabetical/test02-errors.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[
+  {
+    "message": "Expected \"a\" to come before \"b\".",
+    "line": 5,
+    "column": 6
+  }
+]
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/rules/sort-attributes/invalid/alphabetical/test02-input.astro b/tests/fixtures/rules/sort-attributes/invalid/alphabetical/test02-input.astro
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5fa0b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/rules/sort-attributes/invalid/alphabetical/test02-input.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+
+---
+
+<div b="b" a></div>
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/rules/sort-attributes/invalid/alphabetical/test02-output.astro b/tests/fixtures/rules/sort-attributes/invalid/alphabetical/test02-output.astro
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bcf35a73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/rules/sort-attributes/invalid/alphabetical/test02-output.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+
+---
+
+<div a b="b"></div>
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/rules/sort-attributes/invalid/line-length/test01-output.astro b/tests/fixtures/rules/sort-attributes/invalid/line-length/test01-output.astro
index 0ce47b62..15e7d4c7 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/rules/sort-attributes/invalid/line-length/test01-output.astro
+++ b/tests/fixtures/rules/sort-attributes/invalid/line-length/test01-output.astro
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 ---
 
-<div bb="b"c="c" aaa="a"></div>
+<div bb="b" c="c" aaa="a"></div>