diff --git a/src/Speckle.Sdk/Serialisation/Utilities/ClosureParser.cs b/src/Speckle.Sdk/Serialisation/Utilities/ClosureParser.cs
index 3d33abcb..78dbce11 100644
--- a/src/Speckle.Sdk/Serialisation/Utilities/ClosureParser.cs
+++ b/src/Speckle.Sdk/Serialisation/Utilities/ClosureParser.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ namespace Speckle.Sdk.Serialisation.Utilities;
 
 public static class ClosureParser
 {
-  public static IReadOnlyList<(string, int)> GetClosures(string json, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+  public static IReadOnlyList<(string, int)> GetClosures(string json, CancellationToken cancellationToken) =>
+    GetClosuresPrivate(json, cancellationToken);
+
+  private static List<(string, int)> GetClosuresPrivate(string json, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   {
     try
     {
@@ -31,10 +34,17 @@ public static class ClosureParser
     return [];
   }
 
+  public static IReadOnlyList<(string, int)> GetClosuresSorted(string json, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+  {
+    var closures = GetClosuresPrivate(json, cancellationToken);
+    closures.Sort((a, b) => b.Item2.CompareTo(a.Item2));
+    return closures;
+  }
+
   public static IEnumerable<string> GetChildrenIds(string json, CancellationToken cancellationToken) =>
     GetClosures(json, cancellationToken).Select(x => x.Item1);
 
-  private static IReadOnlyList<(string, int)> ReadObject(JsonTextReader reader, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+  private static List<(string, int)> ReadObject(JsonTextReader reader, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   {
     reader.Read();
     while (reader.TokenType != JsonToken.EndObject)
diff --git a/src/Speckle.Sdk/Serialisation/V2/Receive/ObjectLoader.cs b/src/Speckle.Sdk/Serialisation/V2/Receive/ObjectLoader.cs
index 3ba7c701..0ff0abae 100644
--- a/src/Speckle.Sdk/Serialisation/V2/Receive/ObjectLoader.cs
+++ b/src/Speckle.Sdk/Serialisation/V2/Receive/ObjectLoader.cs
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ public sealed class ObjectLoader(
         if (rootJson != null)
         {
           //assume everything exists as the root is there.
-          var allChildren = ClosureParser.GetChildrenIds(rootJson, cancellationToken).Select(x => new Id(x)).ToList();
+          var allChildren = ClosureParser
+            .GetClosuresSorted(rootJson, cancellationToken)
+            .Select(x => new Id(x.Item1))
+            .ToList();
           //this probably yields away from the Main thread to let host apps update progress
           //in any case, this fixes a Revit only issue for this situation
           await Task.Yield();
diff --git a/tests/Speckle.Sdk.Serialization.Tests/ClosureParserTests.cs b/tests/Speckle.Sdk.Serialization.Tests/ClosureParserTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c5ed367
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Speckle.Sdk.Serialization.Tests/ClosureParserTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+using FluentAssertions;
+using Speckle.Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Speckle.Sdk.Serialisation.Utilities;
+
+namespace Speckle.Sdk.Serialization.Tests;
+
+public class ClosureParserTests
+{
+  [Fact]
+  public void GetClosures_WithValidJson_ReturnsCorrectClosures()
+  {
+    // Arrange
+    var json = @"{""__closure"": {""id1"": 2, ""id2"": 1, ""id3"": 3}}";
+
+    // Act
+    var result = ClosureParser.GetClosures(json, CancellationToken.None);
+
+    // Assert
+    result.Should().HaveCount(3);
+    result.Should().Contain((closure) => closure.Item1 == "id1" && closure.Item2 == 2);
+    result.Should().Contain((closure) => closure.Item1 == "id2" && closure.Item2 == 1);
+    result.Should().Contain((closure) => closure.Item1 == "id3" && closure.Item2 == 3);
+  }
+
+  [Fact]
+  public void GetClosures_WithValidJson_ReturnsUnsorted()
+  {
+    // Arrange
+    var json = @"{""__closure"": {""id1"": 2, ""id2"": 1, ""id3"": 3}}";
+
+    // Act
+    var result = ClosureParser.GetClosures(json, CancellationToken.None);
+
+    // Assert
+    result.Should().HaveCount(3);
+    result[0].Item2.Should().Be(2);
+    result[1].Item2.Should().Be(1);
+    result[2].Item2.Should().Be(3);
+  }
+
+  [Fact]
+  public void GetClosures_WithValidJson_ReturnsSortedByDepthDescending()
+  {
+    // Arrange
+    var json = @"{""__closure"": {""id1"": 2, ""id2"": 1, ""id3"": 3}}";
+
+    // Act
+    var result = ClosureParser.GetClosuresSorted(json, CancellationToken.None);
+
+    // Assert
+    result.Should().HaveCount(3);
+    result[0].Item2.Should().Be(3);
+    result[1].Item2.Should().Be(2);
+    result[2].Item2.Should().Be(1);
+  }
+
+  [Fact]
+  public void GetChildrenIds_WithValidJson_ReturnsCorrectIds()
+  {
+    // Arrange
+    var json = @"{""__closure"": {""id1"": 2, ""id2"": 1, ""id3"": 3}}";
+
+    // Act
+    var result = ClosureParser.GetChildrenIds(json, CancellationToken.None).ToList();
+
+    // Assert
+    result.Should().HaveCount(3);
+    result.Should().Contain("id1");
+    result.Should().Contain("id2");
+    result.Should().Contain("id3");
+  }
+
+  [Fact]
+  public void GetClosures_WithRandomOrderedClosures_ReturnsSortedByDepthDescending()
+  {
+    // Arrange
+    var random = new Random(42); // Fixed seed for reproducibility
+    var idDepthPairs = new List<(string id, int depth)>
+    {
+      ("id1", 5),
+      ("id2", 3),
+      ("id3", 7),
+      ("id4", 1),
+      ("id5", 10),
+      ("id6", 2),
+    };
+
+    // Randomize the order
+    var randomized = idDepthPairs.OrderBy(_ => random.Next()).ToList();
+
+    // Build JSON with randomized order
+    using var stringWriter = new StringWriter();
+    using var jsonWriter = new JsonTextWriter(stringWriter);
+
+    jsonWriter.WriteStartObject();
+    jsonWriter.WritePropertyName("__closure");
+    jsonWriter.WriteStartObject();
+
+    foreach (var pair in randomized)
+    {
+      jsonWriter.WritePropertyName(pair.id);
+      jsonWriter.WriteValue(pair.depth);
+    }
+
+    jsonWriter.WriteEndObject();
+    jsonWriter.WriteEndObject();
+
+    var json = stringWriter.ToString();
+
+    // Act
+    var result = ClosureParser.GetClosuresSorted(json, CancellationToken.None);
+
+    // Assert
+    result.Should().HaveCount(6);
+
+    // Verify sorting is correct (descending by depth)
+    for (int i = 0; i < result.Count - 1; i++)
+    {
+      result[i].Item2.Should().BeGreaterThanOrEqualTo(result[i + 1].Item2);
+    }
+
+    // Verify specific order
+    result[0].Item1.Should().Be("id5"); // depth 10
+    result[1].Item1.Should().Be("id3"); // depth 7
+    result[2].Item1.Should().Be("id1"); // depth 5
+    result[3].Item1.Should().Be("id2"); // depth 3
+    result[4].Item1.Should().Be("id6"); // depth 2
+    result[5].Item1.Should().Be("id4"); // depth 1
+  }
+
+  [Fact]
+  public void GetClosures_WithEmptyJson_ReturnsEmptyList()
+  {
+    // Arrange
+    var json = "{}";
+
+    // Act
+    var result = ClosureParser.GetClosures(json, CancellationToken.None);
+
+    // Assert
+    result.Should().BeEmpty();
+  }
+
+  [Fact]
+  public void GetClosures_WithInvalidJson_ReturnsEmptyList()
+  {
+    // Arrange
+    var json = "invalid json";
+
+    // Act
+    var result = ClosureParser.GetClosures(json, CancellationToken.None);
+
+    // Assert
+    result.Should().BeEmpty();
+  }
+
+  [Fact]
+  public void GetClosures_WithNullJson_ReturnsEmptyList()
+  {
+    // Arrange
+    string json = null!;
+
+    // Act
+    var result = ClosureParser.GetClosures(json, CancellationToken.None);
+
+    // Assert
+    result.Should().BeEmpty();
+  }
+
+  [Fact]
+  public void GetClosures_WithJsonReader_ReturnsCorrectClosures()
+  {
+    // Arrange
+    var json = @"{""id1"": 2, ""id2"": 1, ""id3"": 3}";
+    using var stringReader = new StringReader(json);
+    using var jsonReader = new JsonTextReader(stringReader);
+
+    // Act
+    jsonReader.Read(); // Move to start object
+    var result = ClosureParser.GetClosures(jsonReader, CancellationToken.None);
+
+    // Assert
+    result.Should().HaveCount(3);
+    result.Should().Contain((closure) => closure.Item1 == "id1" && closure.Item2 == 2);
+    result.Should().Contain((closure) => closure.Item1 == "id2" && closure.Item2 == 1);
+    result.Should().Contain((closure) => closure.Item1 == "id3" && closure.Item2 == 3);
+  }
+}