diff --git a/crates/milli/src/update/new/extract/cache.rs b/crates/milli/src/update/new/extract/cache.rs
index be077d142..658a3127c 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/update/new/extract/cache.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/update/new/extract/cache.rs
@@ -466,12 +466,13 @@ pub fn transpose_and_freeze_caches<'a, 'extractor>(
     Ok(bucket_caches)
 }
 
-/// Merges the caches that must be all associated to the same bucket.
+/// Merges the caches that must be all associated to the same bucket
+/// but make sure to sort the different buckets before performing the merges.
 ///
 /// # Panics
 ///
 /// - If the bucket IDs in these frozen caches are not exactly the same.
-pub fn merge_caches<F>(frozen: Vec<FrozenCache>, mut f: F) -> Result<()>
+pub fn merge_caches_sorted<F>(frozen: Vec<FrozenCache>, mut f: F) -> Result<()>
 where
     F: for<'a> FnMut(&'a [u8], DelAddRoaringBitmap) -> Result<()>,
 {
@@ -543,12 +544,12 @@ where
 
     // Then manage the content on the HashMap entries that weren't taken (mem::take).
     while let Some(mut map) = maps.pop() {
-        for (key, bbbul) in map.iter_mut() {
-            // Make sure we don't try to work with entries already managed by the spilled
-            if bbbul.is_empty() {
-                continue;
-            }
+        // Make sure we don't try to work with entries already managed by the spilled
+        let mut ordered_entries: Vec<_> =
+            map.iter_mut().filter(|(_, bbbul)| !bbbul.is_empty()).collect();
+        ordered_entries.sort_unstable_by_key(|(key, _)| *key);
 
+        for (key, bbbul) in ordered_entries {
             let mut output = DelAddRoaringBitmap::empty();
             output.union_and_clear_bbbul(bbbul);
 
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/update/new/extract/mod.rs b/crates/milli/src/update/new/extract/mod.rs
index e67f70db1..0bdf31635 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/update/new/extract/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/update/new/extract/mod.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ mod searchable;
 mod vectors;
 
 use bumpalo::Bump;
-pub use cache::{merge_caches, transpose_and_freeze_caches, BalancedCaches, DelAddRoaringBitmap};
+pub use cache::{
+    merge_caches_sorted, transpose_and_freeze_caches, BalancedCaches, DelAddRoaringBitmap,
+};
 pub use documents::*;
 pub use faceted::*;
 pub use geo::*;
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/update/new/merger.rs b/crates/milli/src/update/new/merger.rs
index 512e094fb..9728f99d6 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/update/new/merger.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/update/new/merger.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ use roaring::RoaringBitmap;
 
 use super::channel::*;
 use super::extract::{
-    merge_caches, transpose_and_freeze_caches, BalancedCaches, DelAddRoaringBitmap, FacetKind,
-    GeoExtractorData,
+    merge_caches_sorted, transpose_and_freeze_caches, BalancedCaches, DelAddRoaringBitmap,
+    FacetKind, GeoExtractorData,
 };
 use crate::{CboRoaringBitmapCodec, FieldId, GeoPoint, Index, InternalError, Result};
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ where
         if must_stop_processing() {
             return Err(InternalError::AbortedIndexation.into());
         }
-        merge_caches(frozen, |key, DelAddRoaringBitmap { del, add }| {
+        merge_caches_sorted(frozen, |key, DelAddRoaringBitmap { del, add }| {
             let current = database.get(&rtxn, key)?;
             match merge_cbo_bitmaps(current, del, add)? {
                 Operation::Write(bitmap) => {
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ pub fn merge_and_send_facet_docids<'extractor>(
         .map(|frozen| {
             let mut facet_field_ids_delta = FacetFieldIdsDelta::default();
             let rtxn = index.read_txn()?;
-            merge_caches(frozen, |key, DelAddRoaringBitmap { del, add }| {
+            merge_caches_sorted(frozen, |key, DelAddRoaringBitmap { del, add }| {
                 let current = database.get_cbo_roaring_bytes_value(&rtxn, key)?;
                 match merge_cbo_bitmaps(current, del, add)? {
                     Operation::Write(bitmap) => {
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/update/new/word_fst_builder.rs b/crates/milli/src/update/new/word_fst_builder.rs
index 6bc72d91d..a9a5222be 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/update/new/word_fst_builder.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/update/new/word_fst_builder.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::collections::BTreeSet;
 use std::io::BufWriter;
 
 use fst::{Set, SetBuilder, Streamer};
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ pub struct PrefixData {
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct PrefixDelta {
-    pub modified: HashSet<Prefix>,
-    pub deleted: HashSet<Prefix>,
+    pub modified: BTreeSet<Prefix>,
+    pub deleted: BTreeSet<Prefix>,
 }
 
 struct PrefixFstBuilder {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ struct PrefixFstBuilder {
     prefix_fst_builders: Vec<SetBuilder<Vec<u8>>>,
     current_prefix: Vec<Prefix>,
     current_prefix_count: Vec<usize>,
-    modified_prefixes: HashSet<Prefix>,
+    modified_prefixes: BTreeSet<Prefix>,
     current_prefix_is_modified: Vec<bool>,
 }
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ impl PrefixFstBuilder {
             prefix_fst_builders,
             current_prefix: vec![Prefix::new(); max_prefix_length],
             current_prefix_count: vec![0; max_prefix_length],
-            modified_prefixes: HashSet::new(),
+            modified_prefixes: BTreeSet::new(),
             current_prefix_is_modified: vec![false; max_prefix_length],
         })
     }
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ impl PrefixFstBuilder {
         let prefix_fst_mmap = unsafe { Mmap::map(&prefix_fst_file)? };
         let new_prefix_fst = Set::new(&prefix_fst_mmap)?;
         let old_prefix_fst = index.words_prefixes_fst(rtxn)?;
-        let mut deleted_prefixes = HashSet::new();
+        let mut deleted_prefixes = BTreeSet::new();
         {
             let mut deleted_prefixes_stream = old_prefix_fst.op().add(&new_prefix_fst).difference();
             while let Some(prefix) = deleted_prefixes_stream.next() {
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/update/new/words_prefix_docids.rs b/crates/milli/src/update/new/words_prefix_docids.rs
index 7e56beeae..bf64049c3 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/update/new/words_prefix_docids.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/update/new/words_prefix_docids.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::cell::RefCell;
-use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::collections::BTreeSet;
 use std::io::{BufReader, BufWriter, Read, Seek, Write};
 
 use hashbrown::HashMap;
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ impl WordPrefixDocids {
     fn execute(
         self,
         wtxn: &mut heed::RwTxn,
-        prefix_to_compute: &HashSet<Prefix>,
-        prefix_to_delete: &HashSet<Prefix>,
+        prefix_to_compute: &BTreeSet<Prefix>,
+        prefix_to_delete: &BTreeSet<Prefix>,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         delete_prefixes(wtxn, &self.prefix_database, prefix_to_delete)?;
         self.recompute_modified_prefixes(wtxn, prefix_to_compute)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ impl WordPrefixDocids {
     fn recompute_modified_prefixes(
         &self,
         wtxn: &mut RwTxn,
-        prefixes: &HashSet<Prefix>,
+        prefixes: &BTreeSet<Prefix>,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         // We fetch the docids associated to the newly added word prefix fst only.
         // And collect the CboRoaringBitmaps pointers in an HashMap.
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ impl<'a, 'rtxn> FrozenPrefixBitmaps<'a, 'rtxn> {
     pub fn from_prefixes(
         database: Database<Bytes, CboRoaringBitmapCodec>,
         rtxn: &'rtxn RoTxn,
-        prefixes: &'a HashSet<Prefix>,
+        prefixes: &'a BTreeSet<Prefix>,
     ) -> heed::Result<Self> {
         let database = database.remap_data_type::<Bytes>();
 
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ impl WordPrefixIntegerDocids {
     fn execute(
         self,
         wtxn: &mut heed::RwTxn,
-        prefix_to_compute: &HashSet<Prefix>,
-        prefix_to_delete: &HashSet<Prefix>,
+        prefix_to_compute: &BTreeSet<Prefix>,
+        prefix_to_delete: &BTreeSet<Prefix>,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         delete_prefixes(wtxn, &self.prefix_database, prefix_to_delete)?;
         self.recompute_modified_prefixes(wtxn, prefix_to_compute)
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ impl WordPrefixIntegerDocids {
     fn recompute_modified_prefixes(
         &self,
         wtxn: &mut RwTxn,
-        prefixes: &HashSet<Prefix>,
+        prefixes: &BTreeSet<Prefix>,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         // We fetch the docids associated to the newly added word prefix fst only.
         // And collect the CboRoaringBitmaps pointers in an HashMap.
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ impl<'a, 'rtxn> FrozenPrefixIntegerBitmaps<'a, 'rtxn> {
     pub fn from_prefixes(
         database: Database<Bytes, CboRoaringBitmapCodec>,
         rtxn: &'rtxn RoTxn,
-        prefixes: &'a HashSet<Prefix>,
+        prefixes: &'a BTreeSet<Prefix>,
     ) -> heed::Result<Self> {
         let database = database.remap_data_type::<Bytes>();
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ unsafe impl<'a, 'rtxn> Sync for FrozenPrefixIntegerBitmaps<'a, 'rtxn> {}
 fn delete_prefixes(
     wtxn: &mut RwTxn,
     prefix_database: &Database<Bytes, CboRoaringBitmapCodec>,
-    prefixes: &HashSet<Prefix>,
+    prefixes: &BTreeSet<Prefix>,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     // We remove all the entries that are no more required in this word prefix docids database.
     for prefix in prefixes {
@@ -309,8 +309,8 @@ fn delete_prefixes(
 pub fn compute_word_prefix_docids(
     wtxn: &mut RwTxn,
     index: &Index,
-    prefix_to_compute: &HashSet<Prefix>,
-    prefix_to_delete: &HashSet<Prefix>,
+    prefix_to_compute: &BTreeSet<Prefix>,
+    prefix_to_delete: &BTreeSet<Prefix>,
     grenad_parameters: GrenadParameters,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     WordPrefixDocids::new(
@@ -325,8 +325,8 @@ pub fn compute_word_prefix_docids(
 pub fn compute_exact_word_prefix_docids(
     wtxn: &mut RwTxn,
     index: &Index,
-    prefix_to_compute: &HashSet<Prefix>,
-    prefix_to_delete: &HashSet<Prefix>,
+    prefix_to_compute: &BTreeSet<Prefix>,
+    prefix_to_delete: &BTreeSet<Prefix>,
     grenad_parameters: GrenadParameters,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     WordPrefixDocids::new(
@@ -341,8 +341,8 @@ pub fn compute_exact_word_prefix_docids(
 pub fn compute_word_prefix_fid_docids(
     wtxn: &mut RwTxn,
     index: &Index,
-    prefix_to_compute: &HashSet<Prefix>,
-    prefix_to_delete: &HashSet<Prefix>,
+    prefix_to_compute: &BTreeSet<Prefix>,
+    prefix_to_delete: &BTreeSet<Prefix>,
     grenad_parameters: GrenadParameters,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     WordPrefixIntegerDocids::new(
@@ -357,8 +357,8 @@ pub fn compute_word_prefix_fid_docids(
 pub fn compute_word_prefix_position_docids(
     wtxn: &mut RwTxn,
     index: &Index,
-    prefix_to_compute: &HashSet<Prefix>,
-    prefix_to_delete: &HashSet<Prefix>,
+    prefix_to_compute: &BTreeSet<Prefix>,
+    prefix_to_delete: &BTreeSet<Prefix>,
     grenad_parameters: GrenadParameters,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     WordPrefixIntegerDocids::new(