diff --git a/apis/v1alpha1/ack-generate-metadata.yaml b/apis/v1alpha1/ack-generate-metadata.yaml
index ac0af02..02cb01b 100755
--- a/apis/v1alpha1/ack-generate-metadata.yaml
+++ b/apis/v1alpha1/ack-generate-metadata.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ack_generate_info:
-  build_date: "2025-02-20T18:30:53Z"
-  build_hash: a326346bd3a6973254d247c9ab2dc76790c36241
+  build_date: "2025-03-14T20:44:04Z"
+  build_hash: 0ab258c51775fd52af32e649da00d57373b20869
   go_version: go1.24.0
-  version: v0.43.2
+  version: v0.43.2-6-g0ab258c
 api_directory_checksum: 2627dc306e3a83c86c04050c6c4336451459e728
 api_version: v1alpha1
 aws_sdk_go_version: v1.32.6
diff --git a/pkg/resource/queue/delta.go b/pkg/resource/queue/delta.go
index fe3ee67..7504614 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/queue/delta.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/queue/delta.go
@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ func newResourceDelta(
 			delta.Add("Spec.SQSManagedSSEEnabled", a.ko.Spec.SQSManagedSSEEnabled, b.ko.Spec.SQSManagedSSEEnabled)
 		}
 	}
-	if !ackcompare.MapStringStringEqual(ToACKTags(a.ko.Spec.Tags), ToACKTags(b.ko.Spec.Tags)) {
+	desiredACKTags, _ := convertToOrderedACKTags(a.ko.Spec.Tags)
+	latestACKTags, _ := convertToOrderedACKTags(b.ko.Spec.Tags)
+	if !ackcompare.MapStringStringEqual(desiredACKTags, latestACKTags) {
 		delta.Add("Spec.Tags", a.ko.Spec.Tags, b.ko.Spec.Tags)
 	}
 	if ackcompare.HasNilDifference(a.ko.Spec.VisibilityTimeout, b.ko.Spec.VisibilityTimeout) {
diff --git a/pkg/resource/queue/manager.go b/pkg/resource/queue/manager.go
index dff6544..4d32aa6 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/queue/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/queue/manager.go
@@ -324,9 +324,9 @@ func (rm *resourceManager) EnsureTags(
 	defaultTags := ackrt.GetDefaultTags(&rm.cfg, r.ko, md)
 	var existingTags map[string]*string
 	existingTags = r.ko.Spec.Tags
-	resourceTags := ToACKTags(existingTags)
+	resourceTags, keyOrder := convertToOrderedACKTags(existingTags)
 	tags := acktags.Merge(resourceTags, defaultTags)
-	r.ko.Spec.Tags = FromACKTags(tags)
+	r.ko.Spec.Tags = fromACKTags(tags, keyOrder)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -343,9 +343,9 @@ func (rm *resourceManager) FilterSystemTags(res acktypes.AWSResource) {
 	}
 	var existingTags map[string]*string
 	existingTags = r.ko.Spec.Tags
-	resourceTags := ToACKTags(existingTags)
+	resourceTags, tagKeyOrder := convertToOrderedACKTags(existingTags)
 	ignoreSystemTags(resourceTags)
-	r.ko.Spec.Tags = FromACKTags(resourceTags)
+	r.ko.Spec.Tags = fromACKTags(resourceTags, tagKeyOrder)
 }
 
 // mirrorAWSTags ensures that AWS tags are included in the desired resource
@@ -367,10 +367,10 @@ func mirrorAWSTags(a *resource, b *resource) {
 	var existingDesiredTags map[string]*string
 	existingDesiredTags = a.ko.Spec.Tags
 	existingLatestTags = b.ko.Spec.Tags
-	desiredTags := ToACKTags(existingDesiredTags)
-	latestTags := ToACKTags(existingLatestTags)
+	desiredTags, desiredTagKeyOrder := convertToOrderedACKTags(existingDesiredTags)
+	latestTags, _ := convertToOrderedACKTags(existingLatestTags)
 	syncAWSTags(desiredTags, latestTags)
-	a.ko.Spec.Tags = FromACKTags(desiredTags)
+	a.ko.Spec.Tags = fromACKTags(desiredTags, desiredTagKeyOrder)
 }
 
 // newResourceManager returns a new struct implementing
diff --git a/pkg/resource/queue/sdk.go b/pkg/resource/queue/sdk.go
index b89f95a..d4761c8 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/queue/sdk.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/queue/sdk.go
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func (rm *resourceManager) sdkFind(
 	if tags, err := rm.getTags(ctx, r); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	} else {
-		ko.Spec.Tags = FromACKTags(tags)
+		ko.Spec.Tags = fromACKTags(tags, nil)
 	}
 
 	return &resource{ko}, nil
diff --git a/pkg/resource/queue/tags.go b/pkg/resource/queue/tags.go
index a3990ba..c07139d 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/queue/tags.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/queue/tags.go
@@ -30,15 +30,17 @@ var (
 	ACKSystemTags = []string{"services.k8s.aws/namespace", "services.k8s.aws/controller-version"}
 )
 
-// ToACKTags converts the tags parameter into 'acktags.Tags' shape.
+// convertToOrderedACKTags converts the tags parameter into 'acktags.Tags' shape.
 // This method helps in creating the hub(acktags.Tags) for merging
-// default controller tags with existing resource tags.
-func ToACKTags(tags map[string]*string) acktags.Tags {
+// default controller tags with existing resource tags. It also returns a slice
+// of keys maintaining the original key Order when the tags are a list
+func convertToOrderedACKTags(tags map[string]*string) (acktags.Tags, []string) {
 	result := acktags.NewTags()
-	if tags == nil || len(tags) == 0 {
-		return result
-	}
+	keyOrder := []string{}
 
+	if len(tags) == 0 {
+		return result, keyOrder
+	}
 	for k, v := range tags {
 		if v == nil {
 			result[k] = ""
@@ -47,18 +49,21 @@ func ToACKTags(tags map[string]*string) acktags.Tags {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return result
+	return result, keyOrder
 }
 
-// FromACKTags converts the tags parameter into map[string]*string shape.
+// fromACKTags converts the tags parameter into map[string]*string shape.
 // This method helps in setting the tags back inside AWSResource after merging
-// default controller tags with existing resource tags.
-func FromACKTags(tags acktags.Tags) map[string]*string {
+// default controller tags with existing resource tags. When a list,
+// it maintains the order from original
+func fromACKTags(tags acktags.Tags, keyOrder []string) map[string]*string {
 	result := map[string]*string{}
+
+	_ = keyOrder
 	for k, v := range tags {
-		vCopy := v
-		result[k] = &vCopy
+		result[k] = &v
 	}
+
 	return result
 }
 
diff --git a/templates/hooks/queue/sdk_get_attributes_post_set_output.go.tpl b/templates/hooks/queue/sdk_get_attributes_post_set_output.go.tpl
index a97dc70..4d205d5 100644
--- a/templates/hooks/queue/sdk_get_attributes_post_set_output.go.tpl
+++ b/templates/hooks/queue/sdk_get_attributes_post_set_output.go.tpl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 	if tags, err := rm.getTags(ctx, r); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	} else {
-		ko.Spec.Tags = FromACKTags(tags)
+		ko.Spec.Tags = fromACKTags(tags, nil)
 	}