diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-java/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/java/JavaMojoDescriptorExtractorTest.java b/maven-plugin-tools-java/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/java/JavaMojoDescriptorExtractorTest.java
index ea0a64f..9400bba 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-java/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/java/JavaMojoDescriptorExtractorTest.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-java/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/java/JavaMojoDescriptorExtractorTest.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.PluginToolsRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.extractor.MojoDescriptorExtractor;
 import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.generator.Generator;
 import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.generator.PluginDescriptorGenerator;
+import org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.util.PluginUtils;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.ComponentDependency;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
 import org.custommonkey.xmlunit.Diff;
@@ -98,8 +99,14 @@ public class JavaMojoDescriptorExtractorTest
 
         List<MojoDescriptor> mojoDescriptors = extractor.execute( request );
 
+        // to ensure order against plugin-expected.xml
+        PluginUtils.sortMojos( mojoDescriptors );
+
         for ( MojoDescriptor mojoDescriptor : mojoDescriptors )
         {
+            // to ensure order against plugin-expected.xml
+            PluginUtils.sortMojoParameters( mojoDescriptor.getParameters() );
+
             request.getPluginDescriptor().addMojo( mojoDescriptor );
         }
 
@@ -130,8 +137,7 @@ public class JavaMojoDescriptorExtractorTest
 
         if ( !diff.identical() )
         {
-            // elements order is not the same on every machine, cause problems with lists...
-            //fail( "generated plugin.xml is not identital as plugin-expected.xml for " + directory + ": " + diff );
+            fail( "generated plugin.xml is not identical as plugin-expected.xml for " + directory + ": " + diff );
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-java/src/test/resources/source/plugin-expected.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-java/src/test/resources/source/plugin-expected.xml
index e432db8..4b13937 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-java/src/test/resources/source/plugin-expected.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-java/src/test/resources/source/plugin-expected.xml
@@ -29,31 +29,6 @@
   <isolatedRealm>false</isolatedRealm>
   <inheritedByDefault>true</inheritedByDefault>
   <mojos>
-    <mojo>
-      <goal>ideaTwo</goal>
-      <description>Create an IDEA project file from a Maven project.</description>
-      <requiresDependencyResolution>compile</requiresDependencyResolution>
-      <requiresDirectInvocation>false</requiresDirectInvocation>
-      <requiresProject>true</requiresProject>
-      <requiresReports>false</requiresReports>
-      <aggregator>false</aggregator>
-      <requiresOnline>false</requiresOnline>
-      <inheritedByDefault>true</inheritedByDefault>
-      <implementation>source.JavaExtractorTestTwo</implementation>
-      <language>java</language>
-      <instantiationStrategy>per-lookup</instantiationStrategy>
-      <executionStrategy>once-per-session</executionStrategy>
-      <threadSafe>false</threadSafe>
-      <parameters>
-        <parameter>
-          <name>project</name>
-          <type>java.lang.String[]</type>
-          <required>true</required>
-          <editable>true</editable>
-          <description>Maven project used to generate IDEA project files.</description>
-        </parameter>
-      </parameters>
-    </mojo>
     <mojo>
       <goal>ideaOne</goal>
       <description>Create an IDEA project file from a Maven project.</description>
@@ -79,6 +54,31 @@
         </parameter>
       </parameters>
     </mojo>
+    <mojo>
+      <goal>ideaTwo</goal>
+      <description>Create an IDEA project file from a Maven project.</description>
+      <requiresDependencyResolution>compile</requiresDependencyResolution>
+      <requiresDirectInvocation>false</requiresDirectInvocation>
+      <requiresProject>true</requiresProject>
+      <requiresReports>false</requiresReports>
+      <aggregator>false</aggregator>
+      <requiresOnline>false</requiresOnline>
+      <inheritedByDefault>true</inheritedByDefault>
+      <implementation>source.JavaExtractorTestTwo</implementation>
+      <language>java</language>
+      <instantiationStrategy>per-lookup</instantiationStrategy>
+      <executionStrategy>once-per-session</executionStrategy>
+      <threadSafe>false</threadSafe>
+      <parameters>
+        <parameter>
+          <name>project</name>
+          <type>java.lang.String[]</type>
+          <required>true</required>
+          <editable>true</editable>
+          <description>Maven project used to generate IDEA project files.</description>
+        </parameter>
+      </parameters>
+    </mojo>
   </mojos>
   <dependencies/>
 </plugin>
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