diff --git a/influxdb3/tests/cli/api.rs b/influxdb3/tests/cli/api.rs
index f907f5524c8..6e580a70ce7 100644
--- a/influxdb3/tests/cli/api.rs
+++ b/influxdb3/tests/cli/api.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::server::TestServer;
 use anyhow::{Result, bail};
 use assert_cmd::cargo::CommandCargoExt;
+use influxdb3_types::http::FieldType;
 use serde_json::Value;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
@@ -136,6 +137,35 @@ impl CreateTableQuery<'_> {
         self
     }
 
+    pub async fn run_api(self) -> Result<(), influxdb3_client::Error> {
+        let fields = self
+            .fields
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|(name, dt)| {
+                (
+                    name,
+                    match dt.as_ref() {
+                        "utf8" => FieldType::Utf8,
+                        "bool" => FieldType::Bool,
+                        "int64" => FieldType::Int64,
+                        "float64" => FieldType::Float64,
+                        "uint64" => FieldType::UInt64,
+                        _ => panic!("invalid field type"),
+                    },
+                )
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        self.server
+            .api_v3_create_table(
+                self.db_name.as_str(),
+                self.table_name.as_str(),
+                self.tags,
+                fields,
+            )
+            .await
+    }
+
     pub fn run(self) -> Result<String> {
         // Convert tags to comma-separated string for --tags argument
         let tags_arg = self.tags.join(",");
diff --git a/influxdb3/tests/server/mod.rs b/influxdb3/tests/server/mod.rs
index ea198034692..f6a274fe439 100644
--- a/influxdb3/tests/server/mod.rs
+++ b/influxdb3/tests/server/mod.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use assert_cmd::cargo::CommandCargoExt;
 use futures::TryStreamExt;
 use influxdb_iox_client::flightsql::FlightSqlClient;
 use influxdb3_client::Precision;
+use influxdb3_types::http::FieldType;
 use reqwest::header::{HeaderMap, HeaderName, HeaderValue};
 use reqwest::{Certificate, Response, tls::Version};
 use tonic::transport::ClientTlsConfig;
@@ -417,6 +418,27 @@ impl TestServer {
             .await
     }
 
+    pub async fn api_v3_create_table(
+        &self,
+        database: &str,
+        table: &str,
+        tags: Vec<String>,
+        fields: Vec<(String, FieldType)>,
+    ) -> Result<(), influxdb3_client::Error> {
+        let mut client = influxdb3_client::Client::new(
+            self.client_addr(),
+            Some("../testing-certs/rootCA.pem".into()),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        if let Some(token) = &self.auth_token {
+            client = client.with_auth_token(token);
+        }
+
+        client
+            .api_v3_configure_table_create(database, table, tags, fields)
+            .await
+    }
+
     pub async fn api_v3_query_sql_with_header(
         &self,
         params: &[(&str, &str)],
diff --git a/influxdb3/tests/server/query.rs b/influxdb3/tests/server/query.rs
index cf194cba575..0ad63983757 100644
--- a/influxdb3/tests/server/query.rs
+++ b/influxdb3/tests/server/query.rs
@@ -1916,3 +1916,31 @@ async fn api_query_with_default_browser_header() {
         resp
     );
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn api_v3_query_show_tables_ordering() {
+    let server = TestServer::spawn().await;
+
+    let tables = [
+        "xxx",
+        "table_002",
+        "table_009",
+        "table_001",
+        "table_003",
+        "table_006",
+        "aaa",
+    ];
+
+    for table in tables {
+        server.create_table("foo", table).run_api().await.unwrap();
+    }
+
+    let output = server
+        .api_v3_query_sql(&[("db", "foo"), ("format", "pretty"), ("q", "SHOW TABLES")])
+        .await
+        .text()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    insta::assert_snapshot!(output);
+}
diff --git a/influxdb3/tests/server/snapshots/lib__server__query__api_v3_query_show_tables_ordering.snap b/influxdb3/tests/server/snapshots/lib__server__query__api_v3_query_show_tables_ordering.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c834eea952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/influxdb3/tests/server/snapshots/lib__server__query__api_v3_query_show_tables_ordering.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+source: influxdb3/tests/server/query.rs
+expression: output
+---
++---------------+--------------------+----------------------------+------------+
+| table_catalog | table_schema       | table_name                 | table_type |
++---------------+--------------------+----------------------------+------------+
+| public        | iox                | aaa                        | BASE TABLE |
+| public        | iox                | table_001                  | BASE TABLE |
+| public        | iox                | table_002                  | BASE TABLE |
+| public        | iox                | table_003                  | BASE TABLE |
+| public        | iox                | table_006                  | BASE TABLE |
+| public        | iox                | table_009                  | BASE TABLE |
+| public        | iox                | xxx                        | BASE TABLE |
+| public        | system             | distinct_caches            | BASE TABLE |
+| public        | system             | last_caches                | BASE TABLE |
+| public        | system             | parquet_files              | BASE TABLE |
+| public        | system             | processing_engine_logs     | BASE TABLE |
+| public        | system             | processing_engine_triggers | BASE TABLE |
+| public        | system             | queries                    | BASE TABLE |
+| public        | information_schema | tables                     | VIEW       |
+| public        | information_schema | views                      | VIEW       |
+| public        | information_schema | columns                    | VIEW       |
+| public        | information_schema | df_settings                | VIEW       |
+| public        | information_schema | schemata                   | VIEW       |
++---------------+--------------------+----------------------------+------------+
diff --git a/influxdb3_server/src/query_executor/mod.rs b/influxdb3_server/src/query_executor/mod.rs
index f33318d9134..d9e65589087 100644
--- a/influxdb3_server/src/query_executor/mod.rs
+++ b/influxdb3_server/src/query_executor/mod.rs
@@ -639,11 +639,14 @@ impl SchemaProvider for Database {
     }
 
     fn table_names(&self) -> Vec<String> {
-        self.db_schema
+        let mut names = self
+            .db_schema
             .table_names()
             .iter()
             .map(|t| t.to_string())
-            .collect()
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        names.sort();
+        names
     }
 
     async fn table(