diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/AbstractShellCommand.java b/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/AbstractShellCommand.java
index 444631e..f83c5fa 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/AbstractShellCommand.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/AbstractShellCommand.java
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@
      */
     public static String annotations(Annotations annotations) {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-        for (String key : annotations.keys()) {
+        Set<String> keys = new TreeSet<>(annotations.keys());
+        for (String key : keys) {
             sb.append(", ").append(key).append('=').append(annotations.value(key));
         }
         return sb.toString();