diff --git a/pkg/recipe/git.go b/pkg/recipe/git.go
index e2f0982d..4b0ffd2a 100644
--- a/pkg/recipe/git.go
+++ b/pkg/recipe/git.go
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"slices"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
 	"coopcloud.tech/abra/pkg/formatter"
 	gitPkg "coopcloud.tech/abra/pkg/git"
 	"coopcloud.tech/abra/pkg/log"
+	"coopcloud.tech/tagcmp"
 	"github.com/distribution/reference"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing"
@@ -345,6 +347,18 @@ func (r Recipe) Tags() ([]string, error) {
 		return tags, err
 	}
 
+	sort.Slice(tags, func(i, j int) bool {
+		version1, err := tagcmp.Parse(tags[i])
+		if err != nil {
+			return false
+		}
+		version2, err := tagcmp.Parse(tags[j])
+		if err != nil {
+			return false
+		}
+		return version1.IsLessThan(version2)
+	})
+
 	log.Debugf("detected %s as tags for recipe %s", strings.Join(tags, ", "), r.Name)
 
 	return tags, nil