diff --git a/agent/ls.go b/agent/ls.go
index 9e65e26fdd4b0..5c90e5e602540 100644
--- a/agent/ls.go
+++ b/agent/ls.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4/disk"
@@ -103,6 +104,17 @@ func listFiles(query LSRequest) (LSResponse, error) {
 		})
 	}
 
+	// Sort alphabetically: directories then files
+	slices.SortFunc(respContents, func(a, b LSFile) int {
+		if a.IsDir && !b.IsDir {
+			return -1
+		}
+		if !a.IsDir && b.IsDir {
+			return 1
+		}
+		return strings.Compare(a.Name, b.Name)
+	})
+
 	absolutePath := pathToArray(absolutePathString)
 
 	return LSResponse{
diff --git a/agent/ls_internal_test.go b/agent/ls_internal_test.go
index acc4ea2929444..0c4e42f2d0cc9 100644
--- a/agent/ls_internal_test.go
+++ b/agent/ls_internal_test.go
@@ -137,15 +137,16 @@ func TestListFilesSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			require.Equal(t, tmpDir, resp.AbsolutePathString)
-			require.ElementsMatch(t, []LSFile{
+			// Output is sorted
+			require.Equal(t, []LSFile{
 				{
-					Name:               "repos",
-					AbsolutePathString: reposDir,
+					Name:               "Downloads",
+					AbsolutePathString: downloadsDir,
 					IsDir:              true,
 				},
 				{
-					Name:               "Downloads",
-					AbsolutePathString: downloadsDir,
+					Name:               "repos",
+					AbsolutePathString: reposDir,
 					IsDir:              true,
 				},
 				{