diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a3ed95d..5ca1a3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ nytprof.out
 *.bs
 /_eumm/
 .DS_Store
+/local/
+cpanfile.snapshot
diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c34f9e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Changes
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Revision history for Perl extension graphql-perl
+
+{{$NEXT}}
+
+    - original version
+
diff --git a/lib/GraphQL/Util.pm b/lib/GraphQL/Util.pm
index eb96ea4..25dfc95 100644
--- a/lib/GraphQL/Util.pm
+++ b/lib/GraphQL/Util.pm
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ sub stringify {
     return
         ref($value)
         && $value == NULLISH ? 'null'
-        : ref($value)        ? encode_json($value)
+        : ref($value)        ? JSON->new->canonical(1)->encode($value)
         :                      qq'"$value"';
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/GraphQL/Validator/Rule/FieldsOnCorrectType.pm b/lib/GraphQL/Validator/Rule/FieldsOnCorrectType.pm
index f4abf1c..9acc870 100644
--- a/lib/GraphQL/Validator/Rule/FieldsOnCorrectType.pm
+++ b/lib/GraphQL/Validator/Rule/FieldsOnCorrectType.pm
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ sub undefined_field_message {
     my $message = qq`Cannot query field "$field_name" on type "${ stringify_type($type) }".`;
 
     if ($suggested_type_names && @$suggested_type_names) {
-        my $suggestions = quoted_or_list($suggested_type_names);
+        my $suggestions = quoted_or_list([sort @$suggested_type_names]);
         $message .= " Did you mean to use an inline fragment on $suggestions?";
     }
     elsif ($suggested_field_names && @$suggested_field_names) {
diff --git a/minil.toml b/minil.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86162c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/minil.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+name = "GraphQL"
+
+# badges = ["travis"]
+module_maker="ModuleBuildTiny"
+
diff --git a/t/graphql/execute-resolve.t b/t/graphql/execute-resolve.t
index fb51f15..cd1451e 100644
--- a/t/graphql/execute-resolve.t
+++ b/t/graphql/execute-resolve.t
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ use warnings;
 
 use Test::More;
 use Test::Deep;
-use JSON qw/encode_json/;
 
-use GraphQL qw/graphql :types/;
+use GraphQL qw/:types/;
 use GraphQL::Language::Parser qw/parse/;
-use GraphQL::Execute qw/execute/;
+
+use lib "t/lib";
+use test_helper qw/graphql execute encode_json/;
 
 sub testSchema {
     my $testField = shift;
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ subtest 'uses provided resolve function' => sub {
     };
 
     is_deeply graphql($schema, '{ test(aInt: -123, aStr: "String!") }', 'Source!'), {
-        data => { test => '["Source!",{"aStr":"String!","aInt":-123}]' }
+        data => { test => '["Source!",{"aInt":-123,"aStr":"String!"}]' }
     };
 };
 
diff --git a/t/graphql/execute-variables.t b/t/graphql/execute-variables.t
index 5659367..d15a6fa 100644
--- a/t/graphql/execute-variables.t
+++ b/t/graphql/execute-variables.t
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@ use warnings;
 use DDP;
 use Test::More;
 use Test::Deep;
-use JSON qw/encode_json/;
 
-use GraphQL qw/graphql :types/;
+use GraphQL qw/:types/;
 use GraphQL::Nullish qw/NULLISH/;
 use GraphQL::Language::Parser qw/parse/;
-use GraphQL::Execute qw/execute/;
 use GraphQL::Util qw/stringify/;
 
+use lib "t/lib";
+use test_helper qw/graphql execute encode_json/;
+
 my $TestComplexScalar = GraphQLScalarType(
     name => 'ComplexScalar',
     serialize => sub {
@@ -362,10 +363,13 @@ EOQ
             # NOTE: Flunky because of unordered hashes
             cmp_deeply $e, noclass(superhashof({
                 locations => [{ line => 2, column => 19 }],
-                message => qq'Variable "\$input" got invalid value ${ \encode_json($params->{input}) }.'
-                    . qq'\nIn field "nb": Expected "String!", found null.'
-                    . qq'\nIn field "na": In field "c": Expected "String!", found null.'
             }));
+
+            my $err_msgs = [sort split("\n", $e->{message})];
+            is_deeply $err_msgs, [qq'In field "na": In field "c": Expected "String!", found null.',
+                qq'In field "nb": Expected "String!", found null.',
+                qq'Variable "\$input" got invalid value ${ \encode_json($params->{input}) }.'];
+
         };
 
         subtest 'errors on addition of unknown input field' => sub {
diff --git a/t/graphql/type.t b/t/graphql/type.t
index 0a6d855..8b5f14b 100644
--- a/t/graphql/type.t
+++ b/t/graphql/type.t
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ subtest 'defines an enum type with a value of `null` and `undefined`' => sub {
         },
     );
 
-    is_deeply $EnumTypeWithNullishValue->get_values, [
+    is_deeply [sort {$a->{name} cmp $b->{name}} @{$EnumTypeWithNullishValue->get_values}], [sort {$a->{name} cmp $b->{name}} (
         {
             name               => 'NULL',
             description        => undef,
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ subtest 'defines an enum type with a value of `null` and `undefined`' => sub {
             deprecation_reason => undef,
             value              => 'UNDEFINED', # XXX WAS value: undefined
         },
-    ];
+    )];
 };
 
 subtest 'defines an object type with deprecated field' => sub {
diff --git a/t/graphql/type/introspection.t b/t/graphql/type/introspection.t
index 62f8b04..0126004 100644
--- a/t/graphql/type/introspection.t
+++ b/t/graphql/type/introspection.t
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ subtest 'identifies deprecated fields'=> sub {
       }
 EOQ
 
-    is_deeply graphql($schema, $request), {
+    is_deeply sort_keys( graphql( $schema, $request ), [qw/fields/] ), {
         data => {
             __type => {
                 name => 'TestType',
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ subtest 'respects the includeDeprecated parameter for fields'=> sub {
       }
 EOQ
 
-    is_deeply graphql($schema, $request), {
+    is_deeply sort_keys( graphql( $schema, $request ), [qw/trueFields falseFields omittedFields/] ), {
         data => {
             __type => {
                 name => 'TestType',
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ subtest 'identifies deprecated enum values'=> sub {
       }
 EOQ
 
-    is_deeply  graphql($schema, $request), {
+    is_deeply sort_keys( graphql( $schema, $request ), [qw/enum_values/] ), {
         data => {
             __type => {
                 name => 'TestEnum',
@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ subtest 'respects the includeDeprecated parameter for enum values'=> sub {
       }
 EOQ
 
-    is_deeply graphql($schema, $request), {
+    is_deeply sort_keys( graphql( $schema, $request ), [qw/trueValues falseValues omittedValues/] ), {
         data => {
             __type => {
                 name => 'TestEnum',
@@ -1400,3 +1400,13 @@ EOQ
 };
 
 done_testing;
+
+sub sort_keys {
+    my($result, $keys) = @_;
+
+    foreach my $key (@$keys){
+        $result->{data}->{__type}->{$key} = [sort {$b->{name} cmp $a->{name}} @{$result->{data}->{__type}->{$key}}];
+    }
+
+    return $result;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/t/graphql/validator/rules/fields_on_correct_type.t b/t/graphql/validator/rules/fields_on_correct_type.t
index 5f3d10f..00016ba 100644
--- a/t/graphql/validator/rules/fields_on_correct_type.t
+++ b/t/graphql/validator/rules/fields_on_correct_type.t
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ subtest 'Defined on implementors queried on union' => sub {
         name
       }',
       #TODO: NOTE: ORIG [undefined_field( 'name', 'CatOrDog', ['Being', 'Pet', 'Canine', 'Dog', 'Cat'], [], 3, 9)]
-      [undefined_field( 'name', 'CatOrDog', ['Pet', 'Being', 'Canine', 'Dog', 'Cat'], [], 3, 9)]
+      [undefined_field( 'name', 'CatOrDog', [sort ('Pet', 'Being', 'Canine', 'Dog', 'Cat')], [], 3, 9)]
     );
 };
 
diff --git a/t/lib/test_helper.pm b/t/lib/test_helper.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49bc717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/lib/test_helper.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package test_helper;
+
+# this project's tests randomly fail comparisons due to the uncertain ordering of hash keys.
+# test_helper is a shim between the existing tests and GraphQL-Perl as well as JSON to address this issue.
+#
+# the test_helper package wraps 'graphql' and the lower level 'execute' methods
+# so that the response keys can be sorted prior to comparision testing.
+#
+# similarly 'encode_json' is provide so that JSON will sort before encoding.
+#
+# place the following in tests that need sorting support.
+#
+# use lib "t/lib";
+# use test_helper qw/graphql execute encode_json/;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Exporter qw/import/;
+
+use JSON qw//;
+use GraphQL;
+use GraphQL::Execute;
+
+our @ISA       = qw(Exporter);
+our @EXPORT_OK = (
+    qw/
+        graphql
+        execute
+        encode_json
+        /
+);
+
+# enable sorted keys in JSON testing
+my $json = JSON->new->canonical(1);
+
+sub encode_json {
+    $json->encode(shift);
+}
+
+sub graphql {
+    return sort_response( GraphQL::graphql(@_) );
+}
+
+sub execute {
+    return sort_response( GraphQL::Execute::execute(@_) );
+}
+
+sub sort_response {
+    my $resp = shift;
+
+    if (   'HASH' eq ref $resp
+        && defined $resp->{data}
+        && 'HASH' eq ref $resp->{data} )
+    {
+        foreach my $key ( keys %{ $resp->{data} } ) {
+
+      # if data looks like json then lets try to parse and re-encode it sorted
+            if (   $resp->{data}->{$key}
+                && $resp->{data}->{$key} =~ m/^\{[^}]+\}/ )
+            {
+                $resp->{data}->{$key}
+                    = $json->encode( $json->decode( $resp->{data}->{$key} ) );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return $resp;
+}
+
+1;