diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ApplicationContextInitializationCodeGenerator.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ApplicationContextInitializationCodeGenerator.java
index 460a1a46be1..e49772d2d3c 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ApplicationContextInitializationCodeGenerator.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ApplicationContextInitializationCodeGenerator.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextInitializer;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ContextAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver;
 import org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAwareOrderComparator;
 import org.springframework.javapoet.CodeBlock;
 import org.springframework.javapoet.MethodSpec;
 import org.springframework.javapoet.ParameterizedTypeName;
@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@ class ApplicationContextInitializationCodeGenerator implements BeanFactoryInitia
 				APPLICATION_CONTEXT_VARIABLE);
 		builder.addStatement("$L.setAutowireCandidateResolver(new $T())",
 				BEAN_FACTORY_VARIABLE, ContextAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver.class);
+		builder.addStatement("$L.setDependencyComparator($T.INSTANCE)",
+				BEAN_FACTORY_VARIABLE, AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.class);
 		for (MethodReference initializer : this.initializers) {
 			builder.addStatement(initializer.toInvokeCodeBlock(CodeBlock.of(BEAN_FACTORY_VARIABLE)));
 		}
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ApplicationContextAotGeneratorTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ApplicationContextAotGeneratorTests.java
index 34f601e0325..a85c2d80db7 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ApplicationContextAotGeneratorTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ApplicationContextAotGeneratorTests.java
@@ -141,8 +141,9 @@ class ApplicationContextAotGeneratorTests {
 		testCompiledResult(applicationContext, (initializer, compiled) -> {
 			GenericApplicationContext freshApplicationContext = toFreshApplicationContext(initializer);
 			assertThat(freshApplicationContext.getBeanDefinitionNames()).isEmpty();
-			assertThat(compiled.getSourceFile()).contains(
-					"beanFactory.setAutowireCandidateResolver(new ContextAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver())");
+			assertThat(compiled.getSourceFile())
+					.contains("beanFactory.setAutowireCandidateResolver(new ContextAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver())")
+					.contains("beanFactory.setDependencyComparator(AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.INSTANCE)");
 		});
 	}