diff --git a/src/impl/encoded-types/encoded-types.ts b/src/impl/encoded-types/encoded-types.ts
index 6691789..90b680a 100644
--- a/src/impl/encoded-types/encoded-types.ts
+++ b/src/impl/encoded-types/encoded-types.ts
@@ -1314,7 +1314,21 @@ export const getArc4Encoded = (value: DeliberateAny, sourceTypeInfoString?: stri
       name: `Struct<${value.constructor.name}>`,
       genericArgs: Object.fromEntries(Object.keys(value).map((x, i) => [x, genericArgs[i]])),
     }
-    return new Struct(typeInfo, Object.fromEntries(Object.keys(value).map((x, i) => [x, result[i]])))
+    let s = Object.fromEntries(Object.keys(typeInfo.genericArgs).map((x, i) => [x, result[i]]))
+    if (propTypeInfos) {
+      // if source type info is provided, reorder the struct properties to match the expected type schema
+      s = Object.fromEntries(Object.keys(propTypeInfos).map((x) => [x, s[x]]))
+      typeInfo.genericArgs = propTypeInfos
+    } else {
+      // if not, reorder the struct properties alphabetically
+      typeInfo.genericArgs = Object.fromEntries(
+        Object.keys(typeInfo.genericArgs)
+          .sort()
+          .map((key) => [key, typeInfo.genericArgs[key]]),
+      )
+      s = Object.fromEntries(Object.keys(typeInfo.genericArgs).map((key) => [key, s[key]]))
+    }
+    return new Struct(typeInfo, s)
   }
 
   throw new CodeError(`Unsupported type for encoding: ${typeof value}`)
diff --git a/tests/arc4/encode-decode-arc4.algo.spec.ts b/tests/arc4/encode-decode-arc4.algo.spec.ts
index c4971f9..9ee3919 100644
--- a/tests/arc4/encode-decode-arc4.algo.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/arc4/encode-decode-arc4.algo.spec.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ const testData = [
         new Tuple<[Uint<512>, DynamicBytes, Swapped1]>(
           abiUint512,
           abiBytes,
-          new Swapped1({ b: abiUint64, c: abiBool, d: abiString, a: new Tuple<[Uint<64>, Bool, Bool]>(abiUint64, abiBool, abiBool) }),
+          new Swapped1({ a: new Tuple<[Uint<64>, Bool, Bool]>(abiUint64, abiBool, abiBool), b: abiUint64, c: abiBool, d: abiString }),
         ),
       ] as readonly [Tuple<[Bool, Tuple<[Str, Bool]>]>, Tuple<[Uint<64>, Uint<64>]>, Tuple<[Uint<512>, DynamicBytes, Swapped1]>]
     },
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ const testData = [
   },
   {
     nativeValues() {
-      return { b: nativeNumber, c: nativeBool, d: nativeString, a: [nativeNumber, nativeBool, nativeBool] } as {
+      return { a: [nativeNumber, nativeBool, nativeBool], b: nativeNumber, c: nativeBool, d: nativeString } as {
         b: uint64
         c: boolean
         d: string
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ const testData = [
       }
     },
     abiValues() {
-      return { b: abiUint64, c: abiBool, d: abiString, a: new Tuple<[Uint<64>, Bool, Bool]>(abiUint64, abiBool, abiBool) }
+      return { a: new Tuple<[Uint<64>, Bool, Bool]>(abiUint64, abiBool, abiBool), b: abiUint64, c: abiBool, d: abiString }
     },
     arc4Value() {
       return new Swapped1(this.abiValues())
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ describe('decodeArc4', () => {
         ...encodingUtil.utf8ToUint8Array('hello world'),
       ]),
     )
-    const e = { a: new arc4.Uint64(50n), b: new DynamicBytes(asBytes(new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]))) }
+    const e = { b: new DynamicBytes(asBytes(new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]))), a: new arc4.Uint64(50n) }
     const eBytes = asBytes(new Uint8Array([...encodingUtil.bigIntToUint8Array(50n, 8), 0, 10, 0, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]))
     const f = new Address(Bytes.fromHex(`${'00'.repeat(31)}ff`))
     const fBytes = Bytes.fromHex(`${'00'.repeat(31)}ff`)
diff --git a/tests/native-mutable-object.algo.spec.ts b/tests/native-mutable-object.algo.spec.ts
index 3b0228a..0418c02 100644
--- a/tests/native-mutable-object.algo.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/native-mutable-object.algo.spec.ts
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ describe('native mutable object', () => {
         c: arc4.Str
         d: arc4.DynamicBytes
       }> {}
-      const obj: SimpleObj = { a: 1, b: true, c: 'hello', d: Bytes('world') }
+      const obj: SimpleObj = { a: 1, c: 'hello', b: true, d: Bytes('world') }
       const encoded = encodeArc4(obj)
       const interpreted = convertBytes<SimpleObjStruct>(encoded, { strategy: 'unsafe-cast' })
       const decoded = decodeArc4<SimpleObj>(encoded)
@@ -789,4 +789,14 @@ describe('native mutable object', () => {
       assertMatch(decoded, obj)
     })
   })
+
+  describe('clone', () => {
+    it('should work when property order is different', () => {
+      const obj1: NestedObj = { a: 1, b: true, c: 'hello', d: { x: 10, y: 'world', z: true } }
+      const obj2: NestedObj = { d: { x: 10, z: true, y: 'world' }, a: 1, c: 'hello', b: true }
+
+      expect(clone(obj2)).toEqual(obj2)
+      expect(clone(obj1)).toEqual(obj1)
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/tests/references/box.algo.spec.ts b/tests/references/box.algo.spec.ts
index b79e480..3f4b87e 100644
--- a/tests/references/box.algo.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/references/box.algo.spec.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ describe('Box', () => {
       },
     },
     {
-      value: { a: 'hello', b: Bytes('world'), c: true },
+      value: { a: 'hello', c: true, b: Bytes('world') },
       newValue: { a: 'world', b: Bytes('hello'), c: false },
       emptyValue: {},
       withBoxContext: (test: (boxMap: Box<MyObject>) => void) => {
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ describe('Box', () => {
     },
     {
       value: { a: 'hello', b: Bytes('world'), c: true },
-      newValue: { a: 'world', b: Bytes('hello'), c: false },
+      newValue: { a: 'world', c: false, b: Bytes('hello') },
       emptyValue: {},
       withBoxContext: (test: (boxMap: Box<Readonly<MyObject>>) => void) => {
         ctx.txn.createScope([ctx.any.txn.applicationCall()]).execute(() => {