diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_cluster_management.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_cluster_management.out
index 4ba2fc35a..78acc6dc0 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_cluster_management.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_cluster_management.out
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ SELECT create_distributed_table('cluster_management_test_colocated', 'col_1', 'h
 (1 row)
 
 -- Check that colocated shards don't get created for shards that are to be deleted
-SELECT logicalrelid, shardid, shardstate, nodename, nodeport FROM pg_dist_shard_placement NATURAL JOIN pg_dist_shard;
+SELECT logicalrelid, shardid, shardstate, nodename, nodeport FROM pg_dist_shard_placement NATURAL JOIN pg_dist_shard ORDER BY shardstate, shardid;
            logicalrelid            | shardid | shardstate | nodename  | nodeport
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  cluster_management_test           | 1220000 |          1 | localhost |    57637
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_cluster_management.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_cluster_management.sql
index 3a7a38103..303a37a6e 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_cluster_management.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_cluster_management.sql
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ CREATE TABLE cluster_management_test_colocated (col_1 text, col_2 int);
 SELECT create_distributed_table('cluster_management_test_colocated', 'col_1', 'hash', colocate_with=>'cluster_management_test');
 
 -- Check that colocated shards don't get created for shards that are to be deleted
-SELECT logicalrelid, shardid, shardstate, nodename, nodeport FROM pg_dist_shard_placement NATURAL JOIN pg_dist_shard;
+SELECT logicalrelid, shardid, shardstate, nodename, nodeport FROM pg_dist_shard_placement NATURAL JOIN pg_dist_shard ORDER BY shardstate, shardid;
 
 -- try to remove a node with only to be deleted placements and see that removal still fails
 SELECT master_remove_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);