diff --git a/packages/dynamoose/lib/utils/dynamoose/index_changes.ts b/packages/dynamoose/lib/utils/dynamoose/index_changes.ts
index 419492d70..b9ce4a3be 100644
--- a/packages/dynamoose/lib/utils/dynamoose/index_changes.ts
+++ b/packages/dynamoose/lib/utils/dynamoose/index_changes.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ const index_changes = async (table: Table, existingIndexes = []): Promise<(Model
 		identicalProperties.pop();
 	}
 
+	const sanitizeIndex = (index: IndexItem) => {
+		if (Array.isArray(index.Projection.NonKeyAttributes)) {
+			index.Projection.NonKeyAttributes.sort();
+		}
+		return index;
+	};
+
 	const deleteIndexes: ModelIndexDeleteChange[] = existingIndexes.filter((index) => {
 		const cleanedIndex = deep_copy(index);
 		obj.entries(cleanedIndex).forEach(([key, value]) => {
@@ -42,7 +49,10 @@ const index_changes = async (table: Table, existingIndexes = []): Promise<(Model
 			}
 		});
 
-		return !(expectedIndexes.GlobalSecondaryIndexes || []).find((searchIndex) => obj.equals(obj.pick(cleanedIndex, identicalProperties), obj.pick(searchIndex as any, identicalProperties)));
+		return !(expectedIndexes.GlobalSecondaryIndexes || []).find((searchIndex) => obj.equals(
+			sanitizeIndex(obj.pick(cleanedIndex, identicalProperties) as any),
+			sanitizeIndex(obj.pick(searchIndex as any, identicalProperties) as any)
+		));
 	}).map((index) => ({"name": index.IndexName as string, "type": TableIndexChangeType.delete}));
 	output.push(...deleteIndexes);
 
diff --git a/packages/dynamoose/test/utils/dynamoose/index_changes.js b/packages/dynamoose/test/utils/dynamoose/index_changes.js
index b23004b7c..03ec24642 100644
--- a/packages/dynamoose/test/utils/dynamoose/index_changes.js
+++ b/packages/dynamoose/test/utils/dynamoose/index_changes.js
@@ -215,6 +215,87 @@ describe("utils.dynamoose.index_changes", () => {
 			],
 			"schema": {"id": String, "data": {"type": String, "index": {"name": "data-index-1", "type": "global", "project": true}}},
 			"output": []
+		},
+		{
+			"input": [],
+			"schema": {"id": String, "data1": {"type": String, "index": {"type": "global", "project": ["data2"]}}, "data2": String, "data3": String},
+			"output": [{
+				"spec": {
+					"IndexName": "data1GlobalIndex",
+					"KeySchema": [
+						{
+							"AttributeName": "data1",
+							"KeyType": "HASH"
+						}
+					],
+					"Projection": {
+						"NonKeyAttributes": ["data2"],
+						"ProjectionType": "INCLUDE"
+					},
+					"ProvisionedThroughput": {
+						"ReadCapacityUnits": 1,
+						"WriteCapacityUnits": 1
+					}
+				},
+				"type": "add"
+			}]
+		},
+		{
+			"input": [
+				{
+					"IndexName": "data-index-1",
+					"KeySchema": [
+						{
+							"AttributeName": "data1",
+							"KeyType": "HASH"
+						}
+					],
+					"Projection": {
+						"NonKeyAttributes": ["data2", "data3"], // order not same as schema definition
+						"ProjectionType": "INCLUDE"
+					},
+					"IndexStatus": "ACTIVE",
+					"ProvisionedThroughput": {
+						"ReadCapacityUnits": 1,
+						"WriteCapacityUnits": 1
+					},
+					"IndexSizeBytes": 0,
+					"ItemCount": 0,
+					"IndexArn": "arn:aws:dynamodb:ddblocal:000000000000:table/User/index/data-index-1"
+				}
+			],
+			"schema": {"id": String, "data1": {"type": String, "index": {"name": "data-index-1", "type": "global", "project": ["data3", "data2"]}}, "data2": String, "data3": String},
+			"output": []
+		},
+		{
+			"input": [
+				{
+					"IndexName": "data-index-1",
+					"KeySchema": [
+						{
+							"AttributeName": "data1",
+							"KeyType": "HASH"
+						}
+					],
+					"Projection": {
+						"NonKeyAttributes": ["data2"],
+						"ProjectionType": "INCLUDE"
+					},
+					"IndexStatus": "ACTIVE",
+					"ProvisionedThroughput": {
+						"ReadCapacityUnits": 1,
+						"WriteCapacityUnits": 1
+					},
+					"IndexSizeBytes": 0,
+					"ItemCount": 0,
+					"IndexArn": "arn:aws:dynamodb:ddblocal:000000000000:table/User/index/data-index-1"
+				}
+			],
+			"schema": {"id": String, "data1": {"type": String, "index": {"name": "data-index-1", "type": "global", "project": ["data3", "data2"]}}, "data2": String, "data3": String},
+			"output": [{
+				"name": "data-index-1",
+				"type": "delete"
+			}]
 		}
 	];