diff --git a/packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md
index 2f06311b1..4a498cd60 100644
--- a/packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [@stoplight/spectral-cli-v6.4.0](https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral/compare/@stoplight/spectral-cli-v6.3.0...@stoplight/spectral-cli-v6.4.0) (2022-05-12)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **cli:** sort linting results alphabetically ([#2147](https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral/issues/2147)) ([84d48cf](https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral/commit/84d48cf5e02780f0cbb9ae9074c03a618c2bc462))
+
 # [@stoplight/spectral-cli-v6.3.0](https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral/compare/@stoplight/spectral-cli-v6.2.1...@stoplight/spectral-cli-v6.3.0) (2022-03-03)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index c3b86ebb8..74821dd38 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@stoplight/spectral-cli",
-  "version": "6.3.0",
+  "version": "6.4.0",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral/issues",
   "author": "Stoplight <support@stoplight.io>",
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/__fixtures__/invalid-stoplight-info-document.json b/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/__fixtures__/invalid-stoplight-info-document.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a71c21b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/__fixtures__/invalid-stoplight-info-document.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "info": {
+    "title": "no stoplight :("
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/linter.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/linter.test.ts
index 84ed44522..edcda750e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/linter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/services/__tests__/linter.test.ts
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ describe('Linter service', () => {
 
   it('given a list of files is provided, outputs issues for each file', () => {
     const documents = [
+      join(__dirname, `./__fixtures__/invalid-stoplight-info-document.json`),
       join(__dirname, `./__fixtures__/missing-stoplight-info-document.json`),
-      join(__dirname, `./__fixtures__/missing-stoplight-info-document-copy.json`),
     ];
 
     return expect(run(['lint', ...documents].join(' '))).resolves.toEqual([
@@ -142,6 +142,29 @@ describe('Linter service', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it('sorts linting results in an alphabetical order', () => {
+    const documents = [
+      join(__dirname, `./__fixtures__/missing-stoplight-info-document.json`),
+      join(__dirname, `./__fixtures__/openapi-3.0-valid.yaml`),
+      join(__dirname, `./__fixtures__/invalid-stoplight-info-document.json`),
+    ];
+
+    return expect(run(['lint', ...documents].join(' '))).resolves.toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        code: 'info-matches-stoplight',
+        source: join(__dirname, `./__fixtures__/invalid-stoplight-info-document.json`),
+      }),
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        code: 'info-matches-stoplight',
+        source: join(__dirname, `./__fixtures__/missing-stoplight-info-document.json`),
+      }),
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        code: 'info-matches-stoplight',
+        source: join(__dirname, `./__fixtures__/openapi-3.0-valid.yaml`),
+      }),
+    ]);
+  });
+
   describe('when glob is provided', () => {
     const documents = join(__dirname, `./__fixtures__/missing-stoplight-info*.json`);
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/services/linter/utils/listFiles.ts b/packages/cli/src/services/linter/utils/listFiles.ts
index 2edd01730..8049b2462 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/services/linter/utils/listFiles.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/services/linter/utils/listFiles.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ async function match(pattern: fg.Pattern | fg.Pattern[]): Promise<string[]> {
   return (await fg(pattern, GLOB_OPTIONS)).map(normalize);
 }
 
+const compareString = (a: string, b: string): number => a.localeCompare(b);
+
 export async function listFiles(patterns: string[], ignoreUnmatchedGlobs: boolean): Promise<[string[], string[]]> {
   const { files, urls } = patterns.reduce<{
     files: string[];
@@ -49,5 +51,5 @@ export async function listFiles(patterns: string[], ignoreUnmatchedGlobs: boolea
     );
   }
 
-  return [[...urls, ...filesFound], fileSearchWithoutResult]; // let's normalize OS paths produced by fast-glob to have consistent paths across all platforms
+  return [[...urls, ...filesFound].sort(compareString), fileSearchWithoutResult]; // let's normalize OS paths produced by fast-glob to have consistent paths across all platforms
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 8c51d8f84..566350b39 100644
--- a/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [@stoplight/spectral-core-v1.12.2](https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral/compare/@stoplight/spectral-core-v1.12.1...@stoplight/spectral-core-v1.12.2) (2022-05-18)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **core:** bump nimma from 0.2.0 to 0.2.1 ([#2157](https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral/issues/2157)) ([4d5ebeb](https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral/commit/4d5ebebb65cb8f6c44faa5b629311f5b25dd6bfe))
+
 # [@stoplight/spectral-core-v1.12.1](https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral/compare/@stoplight/spectral-core-v1.12.0...@stoplight/spectral-core-v1.12.1) (2022-04-29)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 0e22bd94f..b02c2a68b 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@stoplight/spectral-core",
-  "version": "1.12.1",
+  "version": "1.12.2",
   "sideEffects": false,
   "homepage": "https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral/issues",
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@stoplight/better-ajv-errors": "1.0.1",
-    "@stoplight/json": "~3.17.1",
+    "@stoplight/json": "~3.18.1",
     "@stoplight/lifecycle": "2.3.2",
     "@stoplight/path": "1.3.2",
     "@stoplight/spectral-parsers": "^1.0.0",
     "@stoplight/spectral-ref-resolver": "^1.0.0",
     "@stoplight/spectral-runtime": "^1.0.0",
-    "@stoplight/types": "13.0.0",
+    "@stoplight/types": "13.1.0",
     "@types/json-schema": "^7.0.7",
     "ajv": "^8.6.0",
     "ajv-errors": "~3.0.0",
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "lodash": "~4.17.21",
     "lodash.topath": "^4.5.2",
     "minimatch": "3.0.4",
-    "nimma": "0.2.0",
+    "nimma": "0.2.1",
     "pony-cause": "^1.0.0",
     "simple-eval": "1.0.0",
     "tslib": "^2.3.0"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 87c74c58d..9ad33328b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2298,7 +2298,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@stoplight/json@npm:3.17.0, @stoplight/json@npm:^3.17.0, @stoplight/json@npm:~3.17.0, @stoplight/json@npm:~3.17.1":
+"@stoplight/json@npm:3.17.0, @stoplight/json@npm:~3.17.0, @stoplight/json@npm:~3.17.1":
   version: 3.17.0
   resolution: "@stoplight/json@npm:3.17.0"
   dependencies:
@@ -2311,6 +2311,19 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@stoplight/json@npm:^3.17.0, @stoplight/json@npm:~3.18.1":
+  version: 3.18.1
+  resolution: "@stoplight/json@npm:3.18.1"
+  dependencies:
+    "@stoplight/ordered-object-literal": ^1.0.2
+    "@stoplight/types": ^13.0.0
+    jsonc-parser: ~2.2.1
+    lodash: ^4.17.21
+    safe-stable-stringify: ^1.1
+  checksum: 9df3e06421541b6d7f0fbec3f928e67f0d46ef8d4cf79986345164551baef727580e85659c6b9658be578eecd253a6eb23dbe04bccf074d251e6b17a5fddf0a8
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@stoplight/lifecycle@npm:2.3.2":
   version: 2.3.2
   resolution: "@stoplight/lifecycle@npm:2.3.2"
@@ -2381,7 +2394,7 @@ __metadata:
   resolution: "@stoplight/spectral-core@workspace:packages/core"
   dependencies:
     "@stoplight/better-ajv-errors": 1.0.1
-    "@stoplight/json": ~3.17.1
+    "@stoplight/json": ~3.18.1
     "@stoplight/lifecycle": 2.3.2
     "@stoplight/path": 1.3.2
     "@stoplight/spectral-formats": "*"
@@ -2389,7 +2402,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@stoplight/spectral-parsers": "*"
     "@stoplight/spectral-ref-resolver": ^1.0.0
     "@stoplight/spectral-runtime": ^1.0.0
-    "@stoplight/types": 13.0.0
+    "@stoplight/types": 13.1.0
     "@stoplight/yaml": ^4.2.2
     "@types/json-schema": ^7.0.7
     "@types/minimatch": ^3.0.5
@@ -2402,7 +2415,7 @@ __metadata:
     lodash: ~4.17.21
     lodash.topath: ^4.5.2
     minimatch: 3.0.4
-    nimma: 0.2.0
+    nimma: 0.2.1
     nock: ^13.1.0
     pony-cause: ^1.0.0
     simple-eval: 1.0.0
@@ -2568,13 +2581,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@stoplight/types@npm:13.0.0":
-  version: 13.0.0
-  resolution: "@stoplight/types@npm:13.0.0"
+"@stoplight/types@npm:13.1.0, @stoplight/types@npm:^13.0.0":
+  version: 13.1.0
+  resolution: "@stoplight/types@npm:13.1.0"
   dependencies:
     "@types/json-schema": ^7.0.4
     utility-types: ^3.10.0
-  checksum: 40a3995fe4f654b9761908eb41b4369d22241220e96aa0f3ace4541c160d995ddd52dee32fa574a87d7ba3f573befc40ca8708712f34e5f815162addb170f7f3
+  checksum: 4caf5374e541a38f905d2e83c81beea8250990fe458fcc299d0acc75bde60d8db17ace2c98afa15ab12014b6f0b536dc8d1d22bc9ce498c60493b9267edab72f
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -9347,9 +9360,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"nimma@npm:0.2.0":
-  version: 0.2.0
-  resolution: "nimma@npm:0.2.0"
+"nimma@npm:0.2.1":
+  version: 0.2.1
+  resolution: "nimma@npm:0.2.1"
   dependencies:
     "@jsep-plugin/regex": ^1.0.1
     "@jsep-plugin/ternary": ^1.0.2
@@ -9362,7 +9375,7 @@ __metadata:
       optional: true
     lodash.topath:
       optional: true
-  checksum: ed404ab3aca227a51e924e2b8d7d9ae75695c6c3fbdbaffee9990b42b5491f3c240ef3cdbbaffd1b9c3564bf062c936cb8b921de6b21ce8aa22733a00597fd2d
+  checksum: 5cba1ef3509aca12e33c34fce66cc10ceba23c989b900c26cce39e18685b7036f801924d5a892069c274f875e1616bfdcf4a36fc25400e154f9df252cfc0eb2f
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard