diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
index 0df4b7c2c3..95e0bf8b39 100755
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ def get_epel_release_rel_path(release, epel_next=False):
             if 'Packages' in str(path) and 'x86_64' in str(path):
                 pkg_relpath = os.path.relpath(path,EPELDEST)
     else:
-        for path in Path(RELEASES[release]['repos']['epel']['to'][0]['dest']).rglob('epel-release*noarch*'):
+        for path in sorted(Path(RELEASES[release]['repos']['epel']['to'][0]['dest']).rglob('epel-release*noarch*')):
             if 'Packages' in str(path) and 'x86_64' in str(path):
                 pkg_relpath = os.path.relpath(path,EPELDEST)
     return path, pkg_relpath