diff --git a/app/assets/database/queries/asset_reference.py b/app/assets/database/queries/asset_reference.py
index cab824edf..3735d0ba8 100644
--- a/app/assets/database/queries/asset_reference.py
+++ b/app/assets/database/queries/asset_reference.py
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ def list_references_page(
             select(AssetReferenceTag.asset_reference_id, Tag.name)
             .join(Tag, Tag.name == AssetReferenceTag.tag_name)
             .where(AssetReferenceTag.asset_reference_id.in_(id_list))
-            .order_by(AssetReferenceTag.added_at)
+            .order_by(AssetReferenceTag.tag_name.asc())
         )
         for ref_id, tag_name in rows.all():
             tag_map[ref_id].append(tag_name)
diff --git a/app/assets/database/queries/tags.py b/app/assets/database/queries/tags.py
index fbca80743..2074a93f6 100644
--- a/app/assets/database/queries/tags.py
+++ b/app/assets/database/queries/tags.py
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ def get_reference_tags(session: Session, reference_id: str) -> list[str]:
         tag_name
         for (tag_name,) in (
             session.execute(
-                select(AssetReferenceTag.tag_name).where(
-                    AssetReferenceTag.asset_reference_id == reference_id
-                )
+                select(AssetReferenceTag.tag_name)
+                .where(AssetReferenceTag.asset_reference_id == reference_id)
+                .order_by(AssetReferenceTag.tag_name.asc())
             )
         ).all()
     ]
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def set_reference_tags(
         )
         session.flush()
 
-    return SetTagsResult(added=to_add, removed=to_remove, total=desired)
+    return SetTagsResult(added=sorted(to_add), removed=sorted(to_remove), total=sorted(desired))
 
 
 def add_tags_to_reference(
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ def list_tag_counts_for_filtered_assets(
         )
         .where(AssetReferenceTag.asset_reference_id.in_(select(ref_sq.c.id)))
         .group_by(AssetReferenceTag.tag_name)
-        .order_by(func.count(AssetReferenceTag.asset_reference_id).desc())
+        .order_by(func.count(AssetReferenceTag.asset_reference_id).desc(), AssetReferenceTag.tag_name.asc())
         .limit(limit)
     )