diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 03c7a387..2c33122d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Tiles v3.5.1
+------
+- Order landcover by kind consistently [#154]
+
 Tiles v3.5.0
 ------
 - Add Daylight Landcover from zooms 0-7. [#154]
diff --git a/app/package-lock.json b/app/package-lock.json
index 4551151f..d66b8918 100644
--- a/app/package-lock.json
+++ b/app/package-lock.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         "ol-mapbox-style": "^12.0.0",
         "ol-pmtiles": "^0.2.0",
         "pixelmatch": "^5.3.0",
-        "pmtiles": "^3.0.4",
+        "pmtiles": "^3.0.5",
         "react": "^18.2.0",
         "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
         "react-dropzone": "^14.2.3",
@@ -2167,9 +2167,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/pmtiles": {
-      "version": "3.0.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pmtiles/-/pmtiles-3.0.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-dqxfYM/b0Y59JEk55piird5gqcRwq9o3yLBV2/l7ecfMPbCt+ccVxtPf5Ox8h/amCyRov+WgnbLLFGp8D5E8Gw==",
+      "version": "3.0.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pmtiles/-/pmtiles-3.0.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-K6NxVvW/vXE3052VZKF2ppyjdyhLx41FidR5yV8L/+El+lcMJpXS0vHBSPFmjdag5zkYv2XGDdq+3VjB2K7l6w==",
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/leaflet": "^1.9.8",
         "fflate": "^0.8.0"
diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index 553f9d35..82a105ee 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "ol-mapbox-style": "^12.0.0",
     "ol-pmtiles": "^0.2.0",
     "pixelmatch": "^5.3.0",
-    "pmtiles": "^3.0.4",
+    "pmtiles": "^3.0.5",
     "react": "^18.2.0",
     "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
     "react-dropzone": "^14.2.3",
diff --git a/tiles/src/main/java/com/protomaps/basemap/Basemap.java b/tiles/src/main/java/com/protomaps/basemap/Basemap.java
index 865b93ba..4032a9e3 100644
--- a/tiles/src/main/java/com/protomaps/basemap/Basemap.java
+++ b/tiles/src/main/java/com/protomaps/basemap/Basemap.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public String description() {
 
   @Override
   public String version() {
-    return "3.5.0";
+    return "3.5.1";
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/tiles/src/main/java/com/protomaps/basemap/layers/Landcover.java b/tiles/src/main/java/com/protomaps/basemap/layers/Landcover.java
index 565e79d7..b9a2f0b3 100644
--- a/tiles/src/main/java/com/protomaps/basemap/layers/Landcover.java
+++ b/tiles/src/main/java/com/protomaps/basemap/layers/Landcover.java
@@ -12,15 +12,23 @@
 public class Landcover implements ForwardingProfile.FeaturePostProcessor {
 
   static final Map<String, String> kindMapping = Map.of("urban", "urban_area", "crop", "farmland", "grass", "grassland",
-    "trees", "forest", "snow", "glacier", "shrub", "scrub", "barren", "barren");
+    "trees", "forest", "snow", "glacier", "shrub", "scrub");
+
+  static final Map<String, Integer> sortKeyMapping =
+    Map.of("barren", 0, "snow", 1, "crop", 2, "shrub", 3, "grass", 4, "trees", 5);
 
   public void processLandcover(SourceFeature sf, FeatureCollector features) {
-    String kind = kindMapping.getOrDefault(sf.getString("class"), "unknown");
+    String daylightClass = sf.getString("class");
+    String kind = kindMapping.getOrDefault(daylightClass, daylightClass);
+
+    // polygons are disjoint and non-overlapping, but order them in archive in consistent way
+    Integer sortKey = sortKeyMapping.getOrDefault(daylightClass, 6);
 
     features.polygon(this.name())
       .setId(FeatureId.create(sf))
       .setAttr("pmap:kind", kind)
       .setZoomRange(0, 7)
+      .setSortKey(sortKey)
       .setMinPixelSize(0.0);
   }
 
diff --git a/tiles/src/test/java/com/protomaps/basemap/layers/LandcoverTest.java b/tiles/src/test/java/com/protomaps/basemap/layers/LandcoverTest.java
index a326bd25..b82df44e 100644
--- a/tiles/src/test/java/com/protomaps/basemap/layers/LandcoverTest.java
+++ b/tiles/src/test/java/com/protomaps/basemap/layers/LandcoverTest.java
@@ -13,17 +13,17 @@ class LandcoverTest extends LayerTest {
 
   @ParameterizedTest
   @CsvSource(value = {
-    "urban,urban_area",
-    "crop,farmland",
-    "grass,grassland",
-    "trees,forest",
-    "snow,glacier",
-    "shrub,scrub",
-    "barren,barren"
+    "urban,urban_area,6",
+    "crop,farmland,2",
+    "grass,grassland,4",
+    "trees,forest,5",
+    "snow,glacier,1",
+    "shrub,scrub,3",
+    "barren,barren,0"
   })
-  void simple(String daylightClassString, String expectedString) {
+  void simple(String daylightClassString, String expectedString, Integer expectedSortKey) {
     assertFeatures(7,
-      List.of(Map.of("pmap:kind", expectedString)),
+      List.of(Map.of("pmap:kind", expectedString, "_sortkey", expectedSortKey)),
       process(SimpleFeature.create(
         newPolygon(0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0),
         new HashMap<>(Map.of("class", daylightClassString)),