diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/bean/override/OverrideMetadata.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/bean/override/OverrideMetadata.java
index 2c68fef4106f..4b7da916084e 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/bean/override/OverrideMetadata.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/bean/override/OverrideMetadata.java
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
@@ -61,6 +64,8 @@ public abstract class OverrideMetadata {
 
 	private final Field field;
 
+	private final Set<Annotation> fieldAnnotations;
+
 	private final ResolvableType beanType;
 
 	@Nullable
@@ -73,6 +78,7 @@ protected OverrideMetadata(Field field, ResolvableType beanType, @Nullable Strin
 			BeanOverrideStrategy strategy) {
 
 		this.field = field;
+		this.fieldAnnotations = annotationSet(field);
 		this.beanType = beanType;
 		this.beanName = beanName;
 		this.strategy = strategy;
@@ -183,16 +189,17 @@ public boolean equals(Object other) {
 		if (this.beanName != null) {
 			return true;
 		}
-		// by type lookup
-		return Objects.equals(this.field.getName(), that.field.getName()) &&
-				Arrays.equals(this.field.getAnnotations(), that.field.getAnnotations());
+
+		// by-type lookup
+		return (Objects.equals(this.field.getName(), that.field.getName()) &&
+				this.fieldAnnotations.equals(that.fieldAnnotations));
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public int hashCode() {
 		int hash = Objects.hash(getClass(), this.beanType.getType(), this.beanName, this.strategy);
 		return (this.beanName != null ? hash : hash +
-				Objects.hash(this.field.getName(), Arrays.hashCode(this.field.getAnnotations())));
+				Objects.hash(this.field.getName(), this.fieldAnnotations));
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -205,4 +212,9 @@ public String toString() {
 				.toString();
 	}
 
+	private static Set<Annotation> annotationSet(Field field) {
+		Annotation[] annotations = field.getAnnotations();
+		return (annotations.length != 0 ? new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(annotations)) : Collections.emptySet());
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/bean/override/BeanOverrideContextCustomizerTests.java b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/bean/override/BeanOverrideContextCustomizerTests.java
index f518d08ea583..a4a06d3021fc 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/bean/override/BeanOverrideContextCustomizerTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/bean/override/BeanOverrideContextCustomizerTests.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.test.context.bean.override;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -26,9 +25,9 @@
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
+import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 
 /**
  * Tests for {@link BeanOverrideContextCustomizer}.
@@ -72,7 +71,8 @@ private static class DummyOverrideMetadata extends OverrideMetadata {
 		private final String key;
 
 		public DummyOverrideMetadata(String key) {
-			super(mock(Field.class), ResolvableType.forClass(Object.class), null, BeanOverrideStrategy.REPLACE_DEFINITION);
+			super(ReflectionUtils.findField(DummyOverrideMetadata.class, "key"),
+					ResolvableType.forClass(Object.class), null, BeanOverrideStrategy.REPLACE_DEFINITION);
 			this.key = key;
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/bean/override/OverrideMetadataTests.java b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/bean/override/OverrideMetadataTests.java
index a818a292d243..79071b5e45d2 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/bean/override/OverrideMetadataTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/bean/override/OverrideMetadataTests.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
  *
  * @author Simon Baslé
  * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ * @author Sam Brannen
  * @since 6.2
  */
 class OverrideMetadataTests {
@@ -143,6 +145,20 @@ void isEqualToWithSameMetadataAndSameQualifierValues() {
 		assertThat(metadata).hasSameHashCodeAs(metadata2);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void isEqualToWithSameMetadataAndSameQualifierValuesButWithAnnotationsDeclaredInDifferentOrder() {
+		Field field1 = field(ConfigA.class, "qualifiedDummyBean");
+		Field field2 = field(ConfigB.class, "qualifiedDummyBean");
+
+		// Prerequisite
+		assertThat(Arrays.equals(field1.getAnnotations(), field2.getAnnotations())).isFalse();
+
+		OverrideMetadata metadata1 = createMetadata(field1);
+		OverrideMetadata metadata2 = createMetadata(field2);
+		assertThat(metadata1).isEqualTo(metadata2);
+		assertThat(metadata1).hasSameHashCodeAs(metadata2);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void isNotEqualToWithSameMetadataAndDifferentQualifierValues() {
 		OverrideMetadata metadata = createMetadata(field(ConfigA.class, "directQualifier"));
@@ -241,6 +257,10 @@ static class ConfigA {
 
 		@CustomQualifier
 		ExampleService customQualifier;
+
+		@DummyBean
+		@Qualifier("test")
+		ExampleService qualifiedDummyBean;
 	}
 
 	static class ConfigB {
@@ -251,6 +271,10 @@ static class ConfigB {
 
 		@Qualifier("test")
 		ExampleService directQualifier;
+
+		@Qualifier("test")
+		@DummyBean
+		ExampleService qualifiedDummyBean;
 	}
 
 	@Target(ElementType.FIELD)