diff --git a/nexus/tools.go b/nexus/tools.go
index 6aae1b3e..16608473 100644
--- a/nexus/tools.go
+++ b/nexus/tools.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package nexus
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"sort"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/schema"
 )
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ func resourceDataStringSlice(d *schema.ResourceData, attribute string) []string
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
 		data[i] = d.Get(fmt.Sprintf("%s.%d", attribute, i)).(string)
 	}
+	sort.Strings(data)
 	return data
 }