diff --git a/src/KubernetesClient/KubernetesYaml.cs b/src/KubernetesClient/KubernetesYaml.cs
index ef5384c7..4891ce5f 100644
--- a/src/KubernetesClient/KubernetesYaml.cs
+++ b/src/KubernetesClient/KubernetesYaml.cs
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ public static string Serialize(object value)
         private static TBuilder WithOverridesFromJsonPropertyAttributes<TBuilder>(this TBuilder builder)
             where TBuilder : BuilderSkeleton<TBuilder>
         {
+            var preferredPropertyOrder = new[] { "ApiVersion", "Kind", "Metadata" };
             // Use VersionInfo from the model namespace as that should be stable.
             // If this is not generated in the future we will get an obvious compiler error.
             var targetNamespace = typeof(VersionInfo).Namespace;
@@ -307,15 +308,39 @@ private static TBuilder WithOverridesFromJsonPropertyAttributes<TBuilder>(this T
             // Map any JsonPropertyAttribute instances to YamlMemberAttribute instances.
             foreach (var type in types)
             {
-                foreach (var property in type.GetProperties())
+                var properties = type.GetProperties()
+                    .OrderBy(property => property.MetadataToken)
+                    .ToArray();
+                var usePreferredOrder = properties.Any(property =>
+                    property.Name == "ApiVersion" ||
+                    property.Name == "Kind");
+                var nextOrder = usePreferredOrder ? preferredPropertyOrder.Length : 0;
+                foreach (var property in properties)
                 {
                     var jsonAttribute = property.GetCustomAttribute<JsonPropertyNameAttribute>();
-                    if (jsonAttribute == null)
+                    if (jsonAttribute == null && !usePreferredOrder)
                     {
                         continue;
                     }
 
-                    var yamlAttribute = new YamlMemberAttribute { Alias = jsonAttribute.Name, ApplyNamingConventions = false };
+                    var yamlAttribute = new YamlMemberAttribute();
+                    if (usePreferredOrder)
+                    {
+                        var order = Array.IndexOf(preferredPropertyOrder, property.Name);
+                        if (order < 0)
+                        {
+                            order = nextOrder++;
+                        }
+
+                        yamlAttribute.Order = order;
+                    }
+
+                    if (jsonAttribute != null)
+                    {
+                        yamlAttribute.Alias = jsonAttribute.Name;
+                        yamlAttribute.ApplyNamingConventions = false;
+                    }
+
                     builder.WithAttributeOverride(type, property.Name, yamlAttribute);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/tests/KubernetesClient.Tests/KubernetesYamlTests.cs b/tests/KubernetesClient.Tests/KubernetesYamlTests.cs
index 95440e9e..501d2d14 100644
--- a/tests/KubernetesClient.Tests/KubernetesYamlTests.cs
+++ b/tests/KubernetesClient.Tests/KubernetesYamlTests.cs
@@ -822,12 +822,12 @@ public void WriteSecret()
         {
             var kManifest = """
 apiVersion: v1
-data:
-  username: YlhrdFlYQnc=
-  password: TXprMU1qZ2tkbVJuTjBwaQ==
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
   name: test-secret
+data:
+  username: YlhrdFlYQnc=
+  password: TXprMU1qZ2tkbVJuTjBwaQ==
 """;
 
             var result = KubernetesYaml.Deserialize<V1Secret>(kManifest, true);
@@ -860,13 +860,13 @@ public void WriteConfigMap()
         {
             var kManifest = """
 apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: test-configmap
 binaryData:
   username: YlhrdFlYQnc=
 data:
   password: Mzk1MjgkdmRnN0pi
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: test-configmap
 """;
 
             var result = KubernetesYaml.Deserialize<V1ConfigMap>(kManifest, true);
@@ -875,6 +875,28 @@ public void WriteConfigMap()
             Assert.Equal(kManifest, yaml);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void WriteConfigMapOrdersTypeMetaFirst()
+        {
+            var configMap = new V1ConfigMap
+            {
+                ApiVersion = "v1",
+                Kind = "ConfigMap",
+                Metadata = new V1ObjectMeta { Name = "my-configmap", NamespaceProperty = "my-namespace" },
+                Data = new Dictionary<string, string> { { "array.json", "value" } },
+            };
+
+            var yaml = KubernetesYaml.Serialize(configMap);
+
+            Assert.Equal(ToLines(@"apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: my-configmap
+  namespace: my-namespace
+data:
+  array.json: value"), ToLines(yaml));
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void DeserializeWithJsonPropertyName()
         {