diff --git a/src/handlers/cloverCoverageHandler.ts b/src/handlers/cloverCoverageHandler.ts
index 540ab7a..1711131 100644
--- a/src/handlers/cloverCoverageHandler.ts
+++ b/src/handlers/cloverCoverageHandler.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ export class CloverCoverageHandler implements CoverageHandler {
   }
 
   public finalize(): CloverCoverageObject {
+    if (this.coverageObj.coverage?.project?.file) {
+      this.coverageObj.coverage.project.file.sort((a, b) =>
+        a['@path'].localeCompare(b['@path'])
+      );
+    }
     return this.coverageObj;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/handlers/coberturaCoverageHandler.ts b/src/handlers/coberturaCoverageHandler.ts
index 07a687f..0afa55a 100644
--- a/src/handlers/coberturaCoverageHandler.ts
+++ b/src/handlers/coberturaCoverageHandler.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,18 @@ export class CoberturaCoverageHandler implements CoverageHandler {
   }
 
   public finalize(): CoberturaCoverageObject {
+    if (this.coverageObj.coverage?.packages?.package) {
+      this.coverageObj.coverage.packages.package.sort((a, b) =>
+        a['@name'].localeCompare(b['@name'])
+      );
+      for (const pkg of this.coverageObj.coverage.packages.package) {
+        if (pkg.classes?.class) {
+          pkg.classes.class.sort((a, b) =>
+            a['@filename'].localeCompare(b['@filename'])
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    }
     return this.coverageObj;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/handlers/lcovCoverageHandler.ts b/src/handlers/lcovCoverageHandler.ts
index 5d037b0..bd79c93 100644
--- a/src/handlers/lcovCoverageHandler.ts
+++ b/src/handlers/lcovCoverageHandler.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ export class LcovCoverageHandler implements CoverageHandler {
   }
 
   public finalize(): LcovCoverageObject {
+    if ('files' in this.coverageObj && Array.isArray(this.coverageObj.files)) {
+      this.coverageObj.files.sort((a, b) =>
+        a.sourceFile.localeCompare(b.sourceFile)
+      );
+    }
     return this.coverageObj;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/handlers/sonarCoverageHandler.ts b/src/handlers/sonarCoverageHandler.ts
index aac2596..990f261 100644
--- a/src/handlers/sonarCoverageHandler.ts
+++ b/src/handlers/sonarCoverageHandler.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ export class SonarCoverageHandler implements CoverageHandler {
   }
 
   public finalize(): SonarCoverageObject {
+    if (this.coverageObj.coverage?.file) {
+      this.coverageObj.coverage.file.sort((a, b) =>
+        a['@path'].localeCompare(b['@path'])
+      );
+    }
     return this.coverageObj;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/helpers/generateReport.ts b/src/helpers/generateReport.ts
index fdf33bb..da5b686 100644
--- a/src/helpers/generateReport.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/generateReport.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ export function generateReport(
   if (format === 'lcovonly') {
     if ('files' in coverageObj) {
       let lcovOutput = '';
-      coverageObj.files.sort((a, b) => a.sourceFile.localeCompare(b.sourceFile));
       for (const file of coverageObj.files) {
         lcovOutput += `TN:\nSF:${file.sourceFile}\n`;
         lcovOutput += 'FNF:0\nFNH:0\n';
@@ -29,9 +28,6 @@ export function generateReport(
   }
 
   const isHeadless = format === 'cobertura' || format === 'clover';
-  if ('files' in coverageObj) {
-    coverageObj.files.sort((a, b) => a.sourceFile.localeCompare(b.sourceFile));
-  }
   let xml = create(coverageObj).end({ prettyPrint: true, indent: '  ', headless: isHeadless });
 
   if (format === 'cobertura') {