diff --git a/lib/config-xml.js b/lib/config-xml.js
index 67946dd..6a3f45a 100644
--- a/lib/config-xml.js
+++ b/lib/config-xml.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ ConfigXml.loadToJson = function(appDirectory, options) {
   fs.readFile(configXmlPath, { encoding: 'utf8' }, function(err, data) {
     if (err) return d.reject(err);
 
-    xml2js.parseString(data, function(err, configJson) {
+    xml2js.parseString(data, { preserveChildrenOrder: true }, function(err, configJson) {
       if (err) return d.reject(err);
 
       d.resolve(configJson);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3a26ae1..aa2b1d1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     "unzip2": "0.2.5",
     "vinyl-fs": "1.0.0",
     "winston": "^1.0.1",
-    "xml2js": "0.4.4"
+    "xml2js": "0.4.9"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "jasmine-node": "^1.14.5",