diff --git a/runtime/v2/manager.go b/runtime/v2/manager.go
index d6c015b3057d..7b8d555f21df 100644
--- a/runtime/v2/manager.go
+++ b/runtime/v2/manager.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func NewModuleManager[T transaction.Tx](
 	modules map[string]appmodulev2.AppModule,
 ) *MM[T] {
 	// good defaults for the module manager order
-	modulesName := slices.Collect(maps.Keys(modules))
+	modulesName := slices.Sorted(maps.Keys(modules))
 	if len(config.PreBlockers) == 0 {
 		config.PreBlockers = modulesName
 	}