diff --git a/.changeset/fair-paws-flash.md b/.changeset/fair-paws-flash.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9a7b1827e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fair-paws-flash.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-azure': patch
+---
+
+Improve consistency of results from the `AzureDevOpsEntityProvider`.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/lib/azure.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/lib/azure.test.ts
index a6e5fb00c1..493f0dda51 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/lib/azure.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/lib/azure.test.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ describe('azure', () => {
             expect(req.headers.get('Authorization')).toBe('Basic OkFCQw==');
             expect(req.body).toEqual({
               searchText: 'path:/catalog-info.yaml repo:* proj:engineering',
+              $orderBy: [
+                {
+                  field: 'path',
+                  sortOrder: 'ASC',
+                },
+              ],
               $skip: 0,
               $top: 1000,
             });
@@ -122,6 +128,12 @@ describe('azure', () => {
           expect(req.headers.get('Authorization')).toBe('Basic OkFCQw==');
           expect(req.body).toEqual({
             searchText: 'path:/catalog-info.yaml repo:* proj:engineering',
+            $orderBy: [
+              {
+                field: 'path',
+                sortOrder: 'ASC',
+              },
+            ],
             $skip: 0,
             $top: 1000,
           });
@@ -171,6 +183,12 @@ describe('azure', () => {
           expect(req.body).toEqual({
             searchText:
               'path:/catalog-info.yaml repo:backstage proj:engineering',
+            $orderBy: [
+              {
+                field: 'path',
+                sortOrder: 'ASC',
+              },
+            ],
             $skip: 0,
             $top: 1000,
           });
@@ -220,6 +238,12 @@ describe('azure', () => {
           expect(req.headers.get('Authorization')).toBe('Basic OkFCQw==');
           expect(req.body).toEqual({
             searchText: 'path:/catalog-info.yaml repo:* proj:engineering',
+            $orderBy: [
+              {
+                field: 'path',
+                sortOrder: 'ASC',
+              },
+            ],
             $skip: 0,
             $top: 1000,
           });
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/lib/azure.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/lib/azure.ts
index fc31c7855b..c8ff8dd739 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/lib/azure.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/src/lib/azure.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ export async function codeSearch(
       method: 'POST',
       body: JSON.stringify({
         searchText: `path:${path} repo:${repo || '*'} proj:${project || '*'}`,
+        $orderBy: [
+          {
+            field: 'path',
+            sortOrder: 'ASC',
+          },
+        ],
         $skip: items.length,
         $top: PAGE_SIZE,
       }),