diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixed-20241217-190228.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixed-20241217-190228.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f191069c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixed-20241217-190228.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+kind: Fixed
+body: This adds a sorting of the permissions we get from the commercetools API response, so that it's identical to the one from the plan.
+time: 2024-12-17T19:02:28.854328+01:00
diff --git a/internal/resources/associate_role/resource.go b/internal/resources/associate_role/resource.go
index 6d7029df..4def28a8 100644
--- a/internal/resources/associate_role/resource.go
+++ b/internal/resources/associate_role/resource.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework-validators/stringvalidator"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/resource/schema/booldefault"
 	"regexp"
+	"sort"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework-validators/listvalidator"
@@ -138,6 +139,35 @@ func (*associateRoleResource) Metadata(_ context.Context, req resource.MetadataR
 	resp.TypeName = req.ProviderTypeName + "_associate_role"
 }
 
+func resortPermissions(permissions, plan []platform.Permission) []platform.Permission {
+
+	// Build a map which maps the planned permissions to its index from the array
+	indexMap := make(map[platform.Permission]int)
+	for idx, p := range plan {
+		indexMap[p] = idx
+	}
+
+	// Build a map of the current permissions to the planned index
+	targetMap := make(map[platform.Permission]int)
+	for _, p := range permissions {
+		idx, ok := indexMap[p]
+		if ok {
+			targetMap[p] = idx
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Sort the target permission list by the index from the map
+	targetList := make([]platform.Permission, 0, len(targetMap))
+	for key := range targetMap {
+        targetList = append(targetList, key)
+    }
+    sort.SliceStable(targetList, func(i, j int) bool{
+        return targetMap[targetList[i]] < targetMap[targetList[j]]
+    })
+
+	return targetList
+}
+
 // Create implements resource.Resource.
 func (r *associateRoleResource) Create(ctx context.Context, req resource.CreateRequest, resp *resource.CreateResponse) {
 	var plan AssociateRole
@@ -163,6 +193,8 @@ func (r *associateRoleResource) Create(ctx context.Context, req resource.CreateR
 		return
 	}
 
+	associateRole.Permissions = resortPermissions(associateRole.Permissions, draft.Permissions);
+
 	current := NewAssociateRoleFromNative(associateRole)
 
 	diags = resp.State.Set(ctx, current)
@@ -228,6 +260,8 @@ func (r *associateRoleResource) Read(ctx context.Context, req resource.ReadReque
 		return
 	}
 
+	associateRole.Permissions = resortPermissions(associateRole.Permissions, state.draft().Permissions);
+
 	// Transform the remote platform associate role to the
 	// tf schema matching representation.
 	current := NewAssociateRoleFromNative(associateRole)
@@ -275,6 +309,8 @@ func (r *associateRoleResource) Update(ctx context.Context, req resource.UpdateR
 		return
 	}
 
+	associateRole.Permissions = resortPermissions(associateRole.Permissions, plan.draft().Permissions)
+
 	current := NewAssociateRoleFromNative(associateRole)
 
 	diags = resp.State.Set(ctx, current)
@@ -297,4 +333,4 @@ func (r *associateRoleResource) Configure(_ context.Context, req resource.Config
 // ImportState implements resource.ResourceWithImportState.
 func (*associateRoleResource) ImportState(ctx context.Context, req resource.ImportStateRequest, resp *resource.ImportStateResponse) {
 	resource.ImportStatePassthroughID(ctx, path.Root("id"), req, resp)
-}
+}
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