diff --git a/docs/docs/stock/index.md b/docs/docs/stock/index.md
index d3c544a3c8..83ec1e5f78 100644
--- a/docs/docs/stock/index.md
+++ b/docs/docs/stock/index.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Each *Stock Item* is linked to the following information:
 
 **Last Updated** - Date that the stock quantity was last updated
 
-**Last Stocktake** - Date of most recent stocktake (count) of this item
+**Last Stocktake** - Date that this stock item was last counted
 
 **Status** - Status of this stock item
 
diff --git a/src/backend/InvenTree/machine/api.py b/src/backend/InvenTree/machine/api.py
index 24342cc3f9..76d9d80be3 100644
--- a/src/backend/InvenTree/machine/api.py
+++ b/src/backend/InvenTree/machine/api.py
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ class MachineSettingList(APIView):
             )
             all_settings.extend(list(settings_dict.values()))
 
+        # Sort settings by the 'key' field before returning,
+        # to ensure a deterministic order in the API response
+        all_settings = sorted(all_settings, key=lambda x: x.key)
+
         results = MachineSerializers.MachineSettingSerializer(
             all_settings, many=True
         ).data
diff --git a/src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/api.py b/src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/api.py
index 91580062b3..b87bcdd070 100644
--- a/src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/api.py
+++ b/src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/api.py
@@ -380,8 +380,12 @@ class PluginAllSettingList(APIView):
             settings_definition=settings, plugin=plugin.plugin_config()
         )
 
+        # Sort settings by the 'key' field before returning,
+        # to ensure a deterministic order in the API response
+        settings_values = sorted(settings_dict.values(), key=lambda x: x.key)
+
         results = PluginSerializers.PluginSettingSerializer(
-            list(settings_dict.values()), many=True
+            settings_values, many=True
         ).data
         return Response(results)
 
@@ -444,8 +448,12 @@ class PluginUserSettingList(APIView):
             user=request.user,
         )
 
+        # Sort settings by the 'key' field before returning,
+        # to ensure a deterministic order in the API response
+        settings_values = sorted(settings_dict.values(), key=lambda x: x.key)
+
         results = PluginSerializers.PluginUserSettingSerializer(
-            list(settings_dict.values()), many=True
+            settings_values, many=True
         ).data
         return Response(results)