diff --git a/test/api-acceptance/admin/db_spec.js b/test/api-acceptance/admin/db_spec.js
index c166b47f51..a9ffb5966d 100644
--- a/test/api-acceptance/admin/db_spec.js
+++ b/test/api-acceptance/admin/db_spec.js
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ describe('DB API', function () {
         should.exist(jsonResponse.db);
         jsonResponse.db.should.have.length(1);
 
-        const dataKeys = Object.keys(exportedBodyLatest().db[0].data);
+        const dataKeys = Object.keys(exportedBodyLatest().db[0].data).sort();
 
         // NOTE: using `Object.keys` here instead of `should.have.only.keys` assertion
         //       because when `have.only.keys` fails there's no useful diff
-        Object.keys(jsonResponse.db[0].data).should.eql(dataKeys);
+        Object.keys(jsonResponse.db[0].data).sort().should.be.eql(dataKeys);
     });
 
     it('Can delete all content', async function () {
diff --git a/test/regression/exporter/exporter_spec.js b/test/regression/exporter/exporter_spec.js
index 1669e1ca6d..d386a76efb 100644
--- a/test/regression/exporter/exporter_spec.js
+++ b/test/regression/exporter/exporter_spec.js
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ describe('Exporter', function () {
 
             // NOTE: using `Object.keys` here instead of `should.have.only.keys` assertion
             //       because when `have.only.keys` fails there's no useful diff
-            Object.keys(exportData.data).should.eql(tables);
-            Object.keys(exportData.data).should.containDeep(Object.keys(exportedBodyLatest().db[0].data));
+            Object.keys(exportData.data).sort().should.eql(tables.sort());
+            Object.keys(exportData.data).sort().should.containDeep(Object.keys(exportedBodyLatest().db[0].data));
             exportData.meta.version.should.equal(ghostVersion.full);
 
             // excludes table should contain no data