diff --git a/chromadb/test/property/test_filtering.py b/chromadb/test/property/test_filtering.py
index 8cdd021a0c5..2826caf12eb 100644
--- a/chromadb/test/property/test_filtering.py
+++ b/chromadb/test/property/test_filtering.py
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ def test_empty_filter(api: ServerAPI) -> None:
     assert res["embeddings"] == [[]]
     assert res["distances"] == [[]]
     assert res["metadatas"] == [[]]
-    assert res["included"] == ["embeddings", "distances", "metadatas"]
+    assert set(res["included"]) == set(["embeddings", "distances", "metadatas"])
 
     res = coll.query(
         query_embeddings=test_query_embeddings,
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ def test_empty_filter(api: ServerAPI) -> None:
     assert res["embeddings"] is None
     assert res["distances"] == [[], []]
     assert res["metadatas"] == [[], []]
-    assert res["included"] == ["metadatas", "documents", "distances"]
+    assert set(res["included"]) == set(["metadatas", "documents", "distances"])
 
 
 def test_boolean_metadata(api: ServerAPI) -> None:
diff --git a/chromadb/test/test_api.py b/chromadb/test/test_api.py
index 5054ceabec4..936dc7e2ed1 100644
--- a/chromadb/test/test_api.py
+++ b/chromadb/test/test_api.py
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ def test_persist_index_loading(api_fixture, request):
     for key in nn.keys():
         if (key in includes) or (key == "ids"):
             assert len(nn[key]) == 1
+        elif key == "included":
+            assert set(nn[key]) == set(includes)
         else:
             assert nn[key] is None
 
@@ -118,6 +120,8 @@ def __call__(self, input):
     for key in nn.keys():
         if (key in includes) or (key == "ids"):
             assert len(nn[key]) == 1
+        elif key == "included":
+            assert set(nn[key]) == set(includes)
         else:
             assert nn[key] is None
 
@@ -146,6 +150,8 @@ def __call__(self, input):
     for key in nn.keys():
         if (key in includes) or (key == "ids"):
             assert len(nn[key]) == 1
+        elif key == "included":
+            assert set(nn[key]) == set(includes)
         else:
             assert nn[key] is None
 
@@ -260,6 +266,8 @@ def test_get_from_db(api):
     for key in records.keys():
         if (key in includes) or (key == "ids"):
             assert len(records[key]) == 2
+        elif key == "included":
+            assert set(records[key]) == set(includes)
         else:
             assert records[key] is None
 
@@ -290,6 +298,8 @@ def test_get_nearest_neighbors(api):
     for key in nn.keys():
         if (key in includes) or (key == "ids"):
             assert len(nn[key]) == 1
+        elif key == "included":
+            assert set(nn[key]) == set(includes)
         else:
             assert nn[key] is None
 
@@ -302,6 +312,8 @@ def test_get_nearest_neighbors(api):
     for key in nn.keys():
         if (key in includes) or (key == "ids"):
             assert len(nn[key]) == 1
+        elif key == "included":
+            assert set(nn[key]) == set(includes)
         else:
             assert nn[key] is None
 
@@ -314,6 +326,8 @@ def test_get_nearest_neighbors(api):
     for key in nn.keys():
         if (key in includes) or (key == "ids"):
             assert len(nn[key]) == 2
+        elif key == "included":
+            assert set(nn[key]) == set(includes)
         else:
             assert nn[key] is None
 
@@ -437,6 +451,8 @@ def test_increment_index_on(api):
     for key in nn.keys():
         if (key in includes) or (key == "ids"):
             assert len(nn[key]) == 1
+        elif key == "included":
+            assert set(nn[key]) == set(includes)
         else:
             assert nn[key] is None
 
@@ -489,6 +505,8 @@ def test_peek(api):
     for key in peek.keys():
         if key in ["embeddings", "documents", "metadatas"] or key == "ids":
             assert len(peek[key]) == 2
+        elif key == "included":
+            assert set(peek[key]) == set(["embeddings", "metadatas", "documents"])
         else:
             assert peek[key] is None
 
@@ -1003,7 +1021,7 @@ def test_query_include(api):
     assert items["embeddings"] is None
     assert items["ids"][0][0] == "id1"
     assert items["metadatas"][0][0]["int_value"] == 1
-    assert items["included"] == include
+    assert set(items["included"]) == set(include)
 
     include = ["embeddings", "documents", "distances"]
     items = collection.query(
@@ -1013,7 +1031,7 @@ def test_query_include(api):
     )
     assert items["metadatas"] is None
     assert items["ids"][0][0] == "id1"
-    assert items["included"] == include
+    assert set(items["included"]) == set(include)
 
     items = collection.query(
         query_embeddings=[[0, 0, 0], [1, 2, 1.2]],
@@ -1039,14 +1057,14 @@ def test_get_include(api):
     assert items["ids"][0] == "id1"
     assert items["metadatas"][0]["int_value"] == 1
     assert items["documents"][0] == "this document is first"
-    assert items["included"] == include
+    assert set(items["included"]) == set(include)
 
     include = ["embeddings", "documents"]
     items = collection.get(include=include)
     assert items["metadatas"] is None
     assert items["ids"][0] == "id1"
     assert approx_equal(items["embeddings"][1][0], 1.2)
-    assert items["included"] == include
+    assert set(items["included"]) == set(include)
 
     items = collection.get(include=[])
     assert items["documents"] is None
@@ -1181,6 +1199,8 @@ def test_persist_index_loading_params(api, request):
     for key in nn.keys():
         if (key in includes) or (key == "ids"):
             assert len(nn[key]) == 1
+        elif key == "included":
+            assert set(nn[key]) == set(includes)
         else:
             assert nn[key] is None
 
@@ -1299,6 +1319,8 @@ def test_get_nearest_neighbors_where_n_results_more_than_element(api):
     for key in results.keys():
         if key in includes or key == "ids":
             assert len(results[key][0]) == 2
+        elif key == "included":
+            assert set(results[key]) == set(includes)
         else:
             assert results[key] is None