diff --git a/doc/release-notes/10969-order-subfields-version-difference.md b/doc/release-notes/10969-order-subfields-version-difference.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3f245ebe069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-notes/10969-order-subfields-version-difference.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Bug Fix:
+In order to facilitate the comparison between the draft version and the published version of a dataset, a sort on subfields has been added (#10969)
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diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DatasetVersionDifference.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DatasetVersionDifference.java
index eca0c84ae84..c32f49e985e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DatasetVersionDifference.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DatasetVersionDifference.java
@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@ public DatasetVersionDifference(DatasetVersion newVersion, DatasetVersion origin
         getReplacedFiles();
         initDatasetFilesDifferencesList();
 
-        //Sort within blocks by datasetfieldtype dispaly order then....
-        //sort via metadatablock order - citation first...
+        //Sort within blocks by datasetfieldtype display order
         for (List<DatasetField[]> blockList : detailDataByBlock) {
             Collections.sort(blockList, (DatasetField[] l1, DatasetField[] l2) -> {
                     DatasetField dsfa = l1[0];  //(DatasetField[]) l1.get(0);
@@ -163,6 +162,17 @@ public DatasetVersionDifference(DatasetVersion newVersion, DatasetVersion origin
                 return Integer.valueOf(a).compareTo(b);
             });
         }
+        //Sort existing compoundValues by datasetfieldtype display order
+        for (List<DatasetField[]> blockList : detailDataByBlock) {
+            for (DatasetField[] dfarr : blockList) {
+                for (DatasetField df : dfarr) {
+                    for (DatasetFieldCompoundValue dfcv : df.getDatasetFieldCompoundValues()) {
+                        Collections.sort(dfcv.getChildDatasetFields(), DatasetField.DisplayOrder);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        //Sort via metadatablock order
         Collections.sort(detailDataByBlock, (List l1, List l2) -> {
                 DatasetField dsfa[] = (DatasetField[]) l1.get(0);
                 DatasetField dsfb[] = (DatasetField[]) l2.get(0);