diff --git a/internal/provider/resource_tsuru_app.go b/internal/provider/resource_tsuru_app.go
index 3603a9d..8c6b936 100644
--- a/internal/provider/resource_tsuru_app.go
+++ b/internal/provider/resource_tsuru_app.go
@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@ func resourceTsuruApplicationCreate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData,
 	if m, ok := d.GetOk("process"); ok {
 		processes := processesFromResourceData(m)
 		if processes != nil {
+			err := validateProcessesOrder(processes)
+			if err != nil {
+				return diag.FromErr(err)
+			}
 			app.Processes = processes
 		}
 	}
@@ -306,6 +310,10 @@ func resourceTsuruApplicationUpdate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData,
 		if newProcesses == nil {
 			newProcesses = []tsuru_client.AppProcess{}
 		}
+		err := validateProcessesOrder(newProcesses)
+		if err != nil {
+			return diag.FromErr(err)
+		}
 
 		app.Processes = markRemovedProcessAsDefaultPlan(oldProcesses, newProcesses)
 	}
@@ -334,6 +342,15 @@ func resourceTsuruApplicationUpdate(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData,
 	return resourceTsuruApplicationRead(ctx, d, meta)
 }
 
+func validateProcessesOrder(processes []tsuru_client.AppProcess) error {
+	for i := 1; i < len(processes); i++ {
+		if processes[i-1].Name > processes[i].Name {
+			return errors.Errorf("please, sort app processes alphabetically")
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func resourceTsuruApplicationRead(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) diag.Diagnostics {
 	provider := meta.(*tsuruProvider)
 	name := d.Id()
diff --git a/internal/provider/resource_tsuru_app_test.go b/internal/provider/resource_tsuru_app_test.go
index bb54924..ac7a887 100644
--- a/internal/provider/resource_tsuru_app_test.go
+++ b/internal/provider/resource_tsuru_app_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
+	"regexp"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/resource"
@@ -261,6 +262,10 @@ func TestAccResourceTsuruApp(t *testing.T) {
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "tags.0", "tagA"),
 				),
 			},
+			{
+				Config:      testAccResourceTsuruApp_invalidProcessOrder(),
+				ExpectError: regexp.MustCompile("please, sort app processes alphabetically"),
+			},
 		},
 	})
 }
@@ -358,3 +363,43 @@ func testAccResourceTsuruApp_metadataAfterUpdate() string {
 	}
 `
 }
+
+func testAccResourceTsuruApp_invalidProcessOrder() string {
+	return `
+	resource "tsuru_app" "app" {
+		name = "app01"
+		description = "my app description"
+		platform = "python"
+		plan = "c2m4"
+		team_owner = "my-team"
+		pool = "prod"
+		tags = ["tagA", "tagB"]
+
+		process {
+			name = "worker"
+			
+			metadata {
+				labels = {
+					"workerlabel" = "value"
+				}
+				annotations = {
+					"workerannotation" = "nice"
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		process {
+			name = "web"
+			plan = "c2m2"
+			metadata {
+				labels = {
+					"weblabel" = "value"
+				}
+				annotations = {
+					"webannotation" = "nice"
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+    `
+}