diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/alps/Alps.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/alps/Alps.java
index 9596222d..63b7e807 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/alps/Alps.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/alps/Alps.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import org.springframework.hateoas.alps.Descriptor.DescriptorBuilder;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.alps.Doc.DocBuilder;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.alps.Ext.ExtBuilder;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonPropertyOrder;
+
 /**
  * An ALPS document.
  * 
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ import org.springframework.hateoas.alps.Ext.ExtBuilder;
  */
 @Value
 @Builder(builderMethodName = "alps")
+@JsonPropertyOrder({"version", "doc", "descriptors"})
 public class Alps {
 
 	private final String version = "1.0";
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/hateoas/alps/reference.json b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/hateoas/alps/reference.json
index 6875af1c..c68937b0 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/hateoas/alps/reference.json
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/hateoas/alps/reference.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "version" : "1.0",
   "doc" : {
     "href" : "http://example.org/samples/full/doc.html"
   },
@@ -27,6 +28,5 @@
       "href" : "http://alps.io/ext/range",
       "value" : "summary,detail"
     }
-  } ],
-  "version" : "1.0"
+  } ]
 }
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