diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7fee428e..007941db 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3217,6 +3217,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cyphernet",
  "fastrand",
  "gix-packetline",
+ "indexmap",
  "lexopt",
  "log",
  "mio",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2672ff30..b1c37ea7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ gix-hash = { version = "0.22.1", default-features = false, features = ["sha1"] }
 gix-packetline = { version = "0.21.1", default-features = false }
 human-panic = "2.0.6"
 humantime = "2.3"
+indexmap = { version = "2", default-features = false }
 itertools = "0.14"
 lexopt = "0.3.0"
 libc = "0.2.137"
diff --git a/crates/radicle-node/Cargo.toml b/crates/radicle-node/Cargo.toml
index 3da0f15a..17b0b164 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/radicle-node/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ crossbeam-channel = { workspace = true }
 cyphernet = { workspace = true, features = ["dns", "ed25519", "p2p-ed25519", "noise-framework", "noise_sha2"] }
 fastrand = { workspace = true }
 gix-packetline = { workspace = true, features = ["blocking-io"] }
+indexmap = { workspace = true }
 lexopt = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true, features = ["kv", "std"] }
 mio = { version = "1", features = ["net", "os-poll"] }
diff --git a/crates/radicle-node/src/tests.rs b/crates/radicle-node/src/tests.rs
index 789ad4fd..dd19425f 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-node/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle-node/src/tests.rs
@@ -233,11 +233,11 @@ fn test_inbound_connection() {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_persistent_peer_connect() {
-    use std::collections::HashSet;
+    use indexmap::IndexSet;
 
     let bob = Peer::new("bob", [8, 8, 8, 8]);
     let eve = Peer::new("eve", [9, 9, 9, 9]);
-    let connect = HashSet::<ConnectAddress>::from_iter([
+    let connect = IndexSet::<ConnectAddress>::from_iter([
         (bob.id(), bob.address()).into(),
         (eve.id(), eve.address()).into(),
     ]);
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ fn test_inventory_relay() {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_persistent_peer_reconnect_attempt() {
-    use std::collections::HashSet;
+    use indexmap::IndexSet;
 
     let mut bob = Peer::new("bob", [8, 8, 8, 8]);
     let mut eve = Peer::new("eve", [9, 9, 9, 9]);
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ fn test_persistent_peer_reconnect_attempt() {
         MockStorage::empty(),
         peer::Config {
             config: Config {
-                connect: HashSet::from_iter([
+                connect: IndexSet::from_iter([
                     (bob.id(), bob.address()).into(),
                     (eve.id(), eve.address()).into(),
                 ]),
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ fn test_persistent_peer_reconnect_attempt() {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_persistent_peer_reconnect_success() {
-    use std::collections::HashSet;
+    use indexmap::IndexSet;
 
     let bob = Peer::with_storage("bob", [9, 9, 9, 9], MockStorage::empty());
     let mut alice = Peer::config(
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ fn test_persistent_peer_reconnect_success() {
         MockStorage::empty(),
         peer::Config {
             config: Config {
-                connect: HashSet::from_iter([(bob.id, bob.addr()).into()]),
+                connect: IndexSet::from_iter([(bob.id, bob.addr()).into()]),
                 ..Config::new(node::Alias::new("alice"))
             },
             ..peer::Config::default()
diff --git a/crates/radicle/Cargo.toml b/crates/radicle/Cargo.toml
index d5ee2d54..b94839de 100644
--- a/crates/radicle/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/radicle/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ dunce = { workspace = true }
 fast-glob = { version = "0.3.2" }
 fastrand = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
 git2 = { workspace = true, features = ["vendored-libgit2"] }
-indexmap = { version = "2", features = ["serde"] }
+indexmap = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 log = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
 nonempty = { workspace = true, features = ["serialize"] }
 qcheck = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/radicle/src/node/config.rs b/crates/radicle/src/node/config.rs
index 1cb6492b..34422c5b 100644
--- a/crates/radicle/src/node/config.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle/src/node/config.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::{fmt, net};
 
 use cyphernet::addr::PeerAddr;
+use indexmap::IndexSet;
 use localtime::LocalDuration;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json as json;
@@ -547,7 +547,11 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// Peers to connect to on startup.
     /// Connections to these peers will be maintained.
     #[serde(default)]
-    pub connect: HashSet<ConnectAddress>,
+    #[cfg_attr(
+        feature = "schemars",
+        schemars(with = "std::collections::HashSet<ConnectAddress>")
+    )]
+    pub connect: IndexSet<ConnectAddress>,
     /// Specify the node's public addresses
     #[serde(default)]
     pub external_addresses: Vec<Address>,
@@ -617,7 +621,7 @@ impl Config {
             user_agent: Some(UserAgent::default()),
             peers: PeerConfig::default(),
             listen: vec![],
-            connect: HashSet::default(),
+            connect: IndexSet::default(),
             external_addresses: vec![],
             network: Network::default(),
             proxy: None,