diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/internal/LifecycleDependencyResolver.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/internal/LifecycleDependencyResolver.java
index 699d70477e..973b798c61 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/internal/LifecycleDependencyResolver.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/internal/LifecycleDependencyResolver.java
@@ -90,7 +90,11 @@ public class LifecycleDependencyResolver {
 
     public static List<MavenProject> getProjects(MavenProject project, MavenSession session, boolean aggregator) {
         if (aggregator && project.getCollectedProjects() != null) {
-            return getProjectAndSubModules(project).collect(Collectors.toList());
+            List<MavenProject> projectAndSubmodules =
+                    getProjectAndSubModules(project).collect(Collectors.toList()); // not sorted but what we need
+            return session.getProjects().stream() // sorted all
+                    .filter(projectAndSubmodules::contains)
+                    .collect(Collectors.toList()); // sorted and filtered to what we need
         } else {
             return Collections.singletonList(project);
         }
@@ -99,7 +103,10 @@ public class LifecycleDependencyResolver {
     private static Stream<MavenProject> getProjectAndSubModules(MavenProject project) {
         return Stream.concat(
                 Stream.of(project),
-                project.getCollectedProjects().stream().flatMap(LifecycleDependencyResolver::getProjectAndSubModules));
+                project.getCollectedProjects() == null
+                        ? Stream.empty()
+                        : project.getCollectedProjects().stream()
+                                .flatMap(LifecycleDependencyResolver::getProjectAndSubModules));
     }
 
     public void resolveProjectDependencies(