diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/org/scalasteward/core/buildtool/gradle/gradleParser.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/org/scalasteward/core/buildtool/gradle/gradleParser.scala
index 130798ce1..89dd81f70 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/org/scalasteward/core/buildtool/gradle/gradleParser.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/org/scalasteward/core/buildtool/gradle/gradleParser.scala
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.scalasteward.core.buildtool.gradle
 
+import cats.implicits.*
 import org.scalasteward.core.data.{ArtifactId, Dependency, GroupId, Version}
 import org.tomlj.{Toml, TomlTable}
 import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters.*
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ object gradleParser {
         case _            => None
       }
       .toList
-      .sortBy(d => (d.groupId.value, d.artifactId.name, d.version.value))
+      .sorted
 
   private def parseDependency(lib: TomlTable, versions: TomlTable): Option[Dependency] =
     parseVersion(lib, versions).flatMap { version =>
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/buildtool/gradle/GradleAlgTest.scala b/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/buildtool/gradle/GradleAlgTest.scala
index ce50468ce..af4f5accf 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/buildtool/gradle/GradleAlgTest.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/test/scala/org/scalasteward/core/buildtool/gradle/GradleAlgTest.scala
@@ -22,14 +22,11 @@ class GradleAlgTest extends CatsEffectSuite {
            |""".stripMargin
     )
     val obtained = initial.flatMap(gradleAlg.getDependencies(buildRoot).runA)
+    val kotlinJvm =
+      "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm".g % "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm.gradle.plugin".a % "2.1.20-Beta1"
     val expected = List(
       List("org.tomlj".g % "tomlj".a % "1.1.1").withMavenCentral,
-      Scope(
-        List(
-          "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm".g % "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm.gradle.plugin".a % "2.1.20-Beta1"
-        ),
-        List(GradleAlg.pluginsResolver)
-      )
+      Scope(List(kotlinJvm), List(GradleAlg.pluginsResolver))
     )
     assertIO(obtained, expected)
   }