diff --git a/scripts/create_release_jobs.py b/scripts/create_release_jobs.py
index 8ebc829..7f56b4a 100755
--- a/scripts/create_release_jobs.py
+++ b/scripts/create_release_jobs.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def doit(repo_map, package_names_by_url, distros, fqdn, jobs_graph, rosdistro, c
     # We take the intersection of repo-specific targets with default
     # targets.
     results = {}
-    for short_package_name, r in repo_map['repositories'].items():
+    for short_package_name, r in sorted(repo_map['repositories'].items()):
         if 'url' not in r:
             print('"url" key missing for repository "%s"; skipping' % r)
             continue
diff --git a/src/buildfarm/release_jobs.py b/src/buildfarm/release_jobs.py
index c085b3e..d23b361 100755
--- a/src/buildfarm/release_jobs.py
+++ b/src/buildfarm/release_jobs.py
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ def doit(release_uri, package, distros, fqdn, job_graph, rosdistro, short_packag
     jobs = [source_job] + binary_jobs
     successful_jobs = []
     failed_jobs = []
-    for job_name, config in sorted(jobs):
+    for job_name, config in jobs:
         if commit:
             if create_jenkins_job(job_name, config, jenkins_instance):
                 successful_jobs.append(job_name)