diff --git a/common/json-schema-to-grammar.cpp b/common/json-schema-to-grammar.cpp
index dc6d30ef1..f344e8bc9 100644
--- a/common/json-schema-to-grammar.cpp
+++ b/common/json-schema-to-grammar.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <unordered_set>
 #include <vector>
 
-using json = nlohmann::json;
+using json = nlohmann::ordered_json;
 
 const std::string SPACE_RULE = "\" \"?";
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ private:
     std::function<json(const std::string &)> _fetch_json;
     bool _dotall;
     std::map<std::string, std::string> _rules;
-    std::unordered_map<std::string, nlohmann::json> _refs;
+    std::unordered_map<std::string, json> _refs;
     std::unordered_set<std::string> _refs_being_resolved;
     std::vector<std::string> _errors;
     std::vector<std::string> _warnings;
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ public:
         _rules["space"] = SPACE_RULE;
     }
 
-    void resolve_refs(nlohmann::json & schema, const std::string & url) {
+    void resolve_refs(json & schema, const std::string & url) {
         /*
         * Resolves all $ref fields in the given schema, fetching any remote schemas,
         * replacing each $ref with absolute reference URL and populates _refs with the
diff --git a/common/json-schema-to-grammar.h b/common/json-schema-to-grammar.h
index 2e4c6ade3..e1abed303 100644
--- a/common/json-schema-to-grammar.h
+++ b/common/json-schema-to-grammar.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "json.hpp"
 
-std::string json_schema_to_grammar(const nlohmann::json& schema);
+std::string json_schema_to_grammar(const nlohmann::ordered_json& schema);
diff --git a/examples/server/server.cpp b/examples/server/server.cpp
index cf075d6c4..a5c3078e6 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/server.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <memory>
 
-using json = nlohmann::json;
+using json = nlohmann::ordered_json;
 
 bool server_verbose = false;
 bool server_log_json = true;
diff --git a/examples/server/utils.hpp b/examples/server/utils.hpp
index ff146893d..d7eef556a 100644
--- a/examples/server/utils.hpp
+++ b/examples/server/utils.hpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #define DEFAULT_OAICOMPAT_MODEL "gpt-3.5-turbo-0613"
 
-using json = nlohmann::json;
+using json = nlohmann::ordered_json;
 
 // https://community.openai.com/t/openai-chat-list-of-error-codes-and-types/357791/11
 enum error_type {
diff --git a/tests/test-json-schema-to-grammar.cpp b/tests/test-json-schema-to-grammar.cpp
index 3c40e7563..ff7f0378f 100755
--- a/tests/test-json-schema-to-grammar.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-json-schema-to-grammar.cpp
@@ -378,20 +378,18 @@ static void test_all(const std::string & lang, std::function<void(const TestCase
 
     test({
         SUCCESS,
-        "required props",
+        "required props in original order",
         R"""({
             "type": "object",
             "properties": {
-                "a": {
-                "type": "string"
-                },
-                "b": {
-                "type": "string"
-                }
+                "b": {"type": "string"},
+                "c": {"type": "string"},
+                "a": {"type": "string"}
             },
             "required": [
                 "a",
-                "b"
+                "b",
+                "c"
             ],
             "additionalProperties": false,
             "definitions": {}
@@ -399,7 +397,8 @@ static void test_all(const std::string & lang, std::function<void(const TestCase
         R"""(
             a-kv ::= "\"a\"" space ":" space string
             b-kv ::= "\"b\"" space ":" space string
-            root ::= "{" space a-kv "," space b-kv "}" space
+            c-kv ::= "\"c\"" space ":" space string
+            root ::= "{" space b-kv "," space c-kv "," space a-kv "}" space
             space ::= " "?
             string ::=  "\"" (
                     [^"\\] |
@@ -458,13 +457,13 @@ static void test_all(const std::string & lang, std::function<void(const TestCase
 
     test({
         SUCCESS,
-        "required + optional props",
+        "required + optional props each in original order",
         R"""({
             "properties": {
-                "a": {"type": "string"},
                 "b": {"type": "string"},
-                "c": {"type": "string"},
-                "d": {"type": "string"}
+                "a": {"type": "string"},
+                "d": {"type": "string"},
+                "c": {"type": "string"}
             },
             "required": ["a", "b"],
             "additionalProperties": false
@@ -473,9 +472,9 @@ static void test_all(const std::string & lang, std::function<void(const TestCase
             a-kv ::= "\"a\"" space ":" space string
             b-kv ::= "\"b\"" space ":" space string
             c-kv ::= "\"c\"" space ":" space string
-            c-rest ::= ( "," space d-kv )?
             d-kv ::= "\"d\"" space ":" space string
-            root ::= "{" space a-kv "," space b-kv ( "," space ( c-kv c-rest | d-kv ) )? "}" space
+            d-rest ::= ( "," space c-kv )?
+            root ::= "{" space b-kv "," space a-kv ( "," space ( d-kv d-rest | c-kv ) )? "}" space
             space ::= " "?
             string ::=  "\"" (
                     [^"\\] |
@@ -796,7 +795,7 @@ static void test_all(const std::string & lang, std::function<void(const TestCase
 int main() {
     test_all("C++", [](const TestCase & tc) {
         try {
-            tc.verify(json_schema_to_grammar(nlohmann::json::parse(tc.schema)));
+            tc.verify(json_schema_to_grammar(nlohmann::ordered_json::parse(tc.schema)));
             tc.verify_status(SUCCESS);
         } catch (const std::runtime_error & ex) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Error: %s\n", ex.what());