diff --git a/.github/workflows/dart.yml b/.github/workflows/dart.yml
index c5f512fb..5d3681b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dart.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dart.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Created with package:mono_repo v6.5.5
+# Created with package:mono_repo v6.5.6
 name: Dart CI
 on:
   push:
diff --git a/mono_repo/CHANGELOG.md b/mono_repo/CHANGELOG.md
index da5e3c4f..cb254769 100644
--- a/mono_repo/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/mono_repo/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 6.5.6
+
+- Restore the previous ordering behavior for jobs by using a secondary sort
+  based on the insertion order (this matches the listed configuration order).
+
 ## 6.5.5
 
 - Add the pub package topics `tool` and `repository-management`.
diff --git a/mono_repo/lib/src/ci_shared.dart b/mono_repo/lib/src/ci_shared.dart
index 6366368d..968d70c6 100644
--- a/mono_repo/lib/src/ci_shared.dart
+++ b/mono_repo/lib/src/ci_shared.dart
@@ -246,28 +246,38 @@ List<String> calculateOrderedStages(
     );
   }
 
-  // Running strongly connected components lets us detect cycles (which aren't
-  // allowed), and gives us the reverse order of what we ultimately want.
-  final components = stronglyConnectedComponents(edges.keys, (n) => edges[n]!);
-  for (var component in components) {
-    if (component.length > 1) {
-      final items = component.map((e) => '`$e`').join(', ');
-      throw UserException(
-        'Not all packages agree on `stages` ordering, found '
-        'a cycle between the following stages: $items.',
-      );
-    }
+  final List<String> components;
+  try {
+    // Build up a map of the keys to their index in `edges.keys`, which we use
+    // as a secondary sort. This is an intuitive secondary sort order as it
+    // follows the order given in configuration files.
+    final keys = edges.keys.toList();
+    final edgeIndexes = {
+      for (var i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) keys[i]: i,
+    };
+
+    // Orders by dependencies first, and detect cycles (which aren't allowed).
+    // Our edges here are actually reverse edges already, so a topological sort
+    // gives us the right thing.
+    components = topologicalSort(
+      keys,
+      (n) => edges[n]!,
+      secondarySort: (a, b) => edgeIndexes[b]!.compareTo(edgeIndexes[a]!),
+    );
+  } on CycleException<String> catch (e) {
+    final items = e.cycle.map((e) => '`$e`').join(', ');
+    throw UserException(
+      'Not all packages agree on `stages` ordering, found '
+      'a cycle between the following stages: $items.',
+    );
   }
 
-  final orderedStages =
-      components.map((c) => c.first).toList().reversed.toList();
-
   if (rootConfig.monoConfig.selfValidateStage != null &&
-      !orderedStages.contains(rootConfig.monoConfig.selfValidateStage)) {
-    orderedStages.insert(0, rootConfig.monoConfig.selfValidateStage!);
+      !components.contains(rootConfig.monoConfig.selfValidateStage)) {
+    components.insert(0, rootConfig.monoConfig.selfValidateStage!);
   }
 
-  return orderedStages;
+  return components;
 }
 
 List<Task> _travisTasks(Iterable<PackageConfig> configs) =>
diff --git a/mono_repo/lib/src/version.dart b/mono_repo/lib/src/version.dart
index 7033cdb3..9050f6d6 100644
--- a/mono_repo/lib/src/version.dart
+++ b/mono_repo/lib/src/version.dart
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 // Generated code. Do not modify.
-const packageVersion = '6.5.5';
+const packageVersion = '6.5.6';
diff --git a/mono_repo/pubspec.yaml b/mono_repo/pubspec.yaml
index 77064e7e..b658a3ba 100644
--- a/mono_repo/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/mono_repo/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: mono_repo
 description: >-
   CLI tools to make it easier to manage a single source repository containing
   multiple Dart packages.
-version: 6.5.5
+version: 6.5.6
 repository: https://github.com/google/mono_repo.dart
 topics:
  - tool
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dependencies:
   args: ^2.0.0
   checked_yaml: ^2.0.0
   collection: ^1.14.3
-  graphs: ^2.0.0
+  graphs: ^2.2.0
   io: ^1.0.0
   json_annotation: ^4.8.0
   meta: ^1.0.0
diff --git a/tool/ci.sh b/tool/ci.sh
index 29b9e436..0c226d03 100755
--- a/tool/ci.sh
+++ b/tool/ci.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Created with package:mono_repo v6.5.5
+# Created with package:mono_repo v6.5.6
 
 # Support built in commands on windows out of the box.
 # When it is a flutter repo (check the pubspec.yaml for "sdk: flutter")