diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/service/SchemaRegistryService.java b/server/src/main/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/service/SchemaRegistryService.java
index 3d931e1f2..016c5fb69 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/service/SchemaRegistryService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/service/SchemaRegistryService.java
@@ -860,7 +860,8 @@ private SchemaInfo normalizeSchemaBinary(SchemaInfo schemaInfo) {
                     // in alphabetical order. This ensures that identical schemas with different order of fields are 
                     // treated to be equal. 
                     JsonNode jsonNode = OBJECT_MAPPER.readTree(schemaString);
-                    schemaBinary = ByteBuffer.wrap(OBJECT_MAPPER.writeValueAsString(jsonNode).getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8));
+                    Object obj = OBJECT_MAPPER.treeToValue(jsonNode, Object.class);
+                    schemaBinary = ByteBuffer.wrap(OBJECT_MAPPER.writeValueAsString(obj).getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8));
                     break;
                 case Any:
                     break;
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/service/SchemaRegistryServiceTest.java b/server/src/test/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/service/SchemaRegistryServiceTest.java
index 72aff3432..be4c720f9 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/service/SchemaRegistryServiceTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/io/pravega/schemaregistry/service/SchemaRegistryServiceTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  */
 package io.pravega.schemaregistry.service;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import io.pravega.common.Exceptions;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
 import io.pravega.schemaregistry.storage.ContinuationToken;
 import io.pravega.schemaregistry.storage.Etag;
 import io.pravega.schemaregistry.storage.SchemaStore;
+import io.pravega.schemaregistry.storage.SchemaStoreFactory;
 import io.pravega.schemaregistry.storage.StoreExceptions;
 import io.pravega.schemaregistry.storage.impl.group.InMemoryGroupTable;
 import io.pravega.test.common.AssertExtensions;
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
@@ -645,4 +648,58 @@ public void testDeleteUsingTypeAndVersion() {
                 () -> service.deleteSchema(null, groupName, schemaName, version).join(),
                 e -> e instanceof RuntimeException);
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testSchemaNormalization() {
+        SchemaStore schemaStore = SchemaStoreFactory.createInMemoryStore(executor);
+        SchemaRegistryService service = new SchemaRegistryService(schemaStore, executor);
+        String namespace = "n";
+        String group = "g";
+        service.createGroup(namespace, group,
+                GroupProperties.builder().allowMultipleTypes(false).properties(ImmutableMap.<String, String>builder().build())
+                               .serializationFormat(SerializationFormat.Json)
+                               .compatibility(Compatibility.allowAny()).build()).join();
+        
+        String jsonSchemaString = "{" +
+                "\"title\": \"Person\", " +
+                "\"type\": \"object\", " +
+                "\"properties\": { " +
+                "\"name\": {" +
+                "\"type\": \"string\"" +
+                "}," +
+                "\"age\": {" +
+                "\"type\": \"integer\", \"minimum\": 0" +
+                "}" +
+                "}" +
+                "}";
+        String jsonSchemaString2 = "{" +
+                "\"title\": \"Person\", " +
+                "\"type\": \"object\", " +
+                "\"properties\": { " +
+                "\"age\": {" +
+                "\"type\": \"integer\", \"minimum\": 0" +
+                "}," +
+                "\"name\": {" +
+                "\"type\": \"string\"" +
+                "}" +
+                "}" +
+                "}";
+        SchemaInfo original = SchemaInfo.builder().type("person").serializationFormat(SerializationFormat.Json)
+                                      .schemaData(ByteBuffer.wrap(jsonSchemaString.getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8)))
+                                      .properties(ImmutableMap.of()).build();
+        VersionInfo v = service.addSchema(namespace, group, original).join();
+        SchemaInfo schema = service.getSchema(namespace, group, v.getId()).join();
+        assertEquals(schema, original);
+
+        // check with different order
+        SchemaInfo secondOrder = SchemaInfo.builder().type("person").serializationFormat(SerializationFormat.Json)
+                                          .schemaData(ByteBuffer.wrap(jsonSchemaString2.getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8)))
+                                          .properties(ImmutableMap.of()).build();
+        VersionInfo v2 = service.addSchema(namespace, group, secondOrder).join();
+        // add should have been idempotent
+        assertEquals(v2, v);
+
+        schema = service.getSchema(namespace, group, v.getId()).join();
+        assertNotEquals(schema, secondOrder);
+    }
 }
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