diff --git a/tests/test_examples.py b/tests/test_examples.py
index 6818e7a5..99e3d090 100644
--- a/tests/test_examples.py
+++ b/tests/test_examples.py
@@ -206,10 +206,10 @@ def test_alias_unzip_to_otherfile(self):
                                                          unzip="unzip_here")
                 assert os.path.exists(local_path)
                 # assert os.path.exists((os.path.splitext(local_path))[0])
-                files = os.listdir(td)
+                files = sorted(os.listdir(td))
                 assert len(files) == 2
-                assert files[0] == "unzip_here.zip"
-                assert files[1] == "unzip_here"
+                assert files[0] == "unzip_here"
+                assert files[1] == "unzip_here.zip"
                 extracted = sorted(os.listdir(files[1]))
                 assert extracted[0] == "A.dat"
                 assert extracted[1] == "B.dat"