diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 3e2c348..16c68a4 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "ITensorFormatter"
 uuid = "b6bf39f1-c9d3-4bad-aad8-593d802f65fd"
-version = "0.2.22"
+version = "0.2.23"
 authors = ["ITensor developers <support@itensor.org> and contributors"]
 
 [workspace]
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ TOML = "1.0.3"
 YAML = "0.4.16"
 julia = "1.10"
 
-
 [apps.itfmt]
 julia_flags = ["--optimize=0"]
 
diff --git a/docs/Project.toml b/docs/Project.toml
index d7aa3bb..db0f858 100644
--- a/docs/Project.toml
+++ b/docs/Project.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 [deps]
 Documenter = "e30172f5-a6a5-5a46-863b-614d45cd2de4"
-Literate = "98b081ad-f1c9-55d3-8b20-4c87d4299306"
 ITensorFormatter = "b6bf39f1-c9d3-4bad-aad8-593d802f65fd"
+Literate = "98b081ad-f1c9-55d3-8b20-4c87d4299306"
 
-[sources]
-ITensorFormatter = {path = ".."}
+[sources.ITensorFormatter]
+path = ".."
 
 [compat]
 Documenter = "1"
-Literate = "2"
 ITensorFormatter = "0.2"
+Literate = "2"
diff --git a/examples/Project.toml b/examples/Project.toml
index 1466b07..897cf16 100644
--- a/examples/Project.toml
+++ b/examples/Project.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [deps]
 ITensorFormatter = "b6bf39f1-c9d3-4bad-aad8-593d802f65fd"
 
-[sources]
-ITensorFormatter = {path = ".."}
+[sources.ITensorFormatter]
+path = ".."
 
 [compat]
 ITensorFormatter = "0.2"
diff --git a/src/format_project_toml.jl b/src/format_project_toml.jl
index 9003893..906ba29 100644
--- a/src/format_project_toml.jl
+++ b/src/format_project_toml.jl
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ end
 function format_project_toml!(path::AbstractString)
     @assert isfile(path) "Expected a file path, got: $path"
     isprojecttoml(path) || return nothing
-    # This calls `strip_compat_trailing_zeros!(path)` internally.
     strip_compat_trailing_zeros!(path)
+    # Always canonicalize ordering/formatting, even if compat did not change.
+    sort_project_toml!(path)
     return nothing
 end
 
@@ -53,6 +54,9 @@ function sort_project_toml!(path::AbstractString)
     for k in scalar_keys
         TOML.print(io, Dict(k => data[k]))
     end
+    sections = String[]
+    scalar_out = strip(String(take!(io)), '\n')
+    !isempty(scalar_out) && push!(sections, scalar_out)
     table_keys = String[]
     seen = Set{String}()
     for k in table_order
@@ -65,10 +69,12 @@ function sort_project_toml!(path::AbstractString)
         is_table(data[k]) && !(k in seen) && push!(table_keys, k)
     end
     for k in table_keys
-        println(io)
-        TOML.print(io, Dict(k => data[k]); sorted = true)
+        table_io = IOBuffer()
+        TOML.print(table_io, Dict(k => data[k]); sorted = true)
+        table_out = strip(String(take!(table_io)), '\n')
+        !isempty(table_out) && push!(sections, table_out)
     end
-    out = String(take!(io))
+    out = join(sections, "\n\n")
     endswith(out, "\n") || (out *= "\n")
     out == raw && return false
     write(path, out)
@@ -103,6 +109,5 @@ function strip_compat_trailing_zeros!(path::AbstractString)
     open(path, "w") do io
         return TOML.print(io, data)
     end
-    sort_project_toml!(path)
     return true
 end
diff --git a/test/test_formatters.jl b/test/test_formatters.jl
index 1f7a7f6..a969e32 100644
--- a/test/test_formatters.jl
+++ b/test/test_formatters.jl
@@ -33,4 +33,20 @@ end
         @test occursin("Julia = \"1.10\"", result)
         @test occursin("Foo = \"1.2, 2\"", result)
     end
+
+    mktempdir() do dir
+        path = joinpath(dir, "Project.toml")
+        write(
+            path,
+            """
+            [deps]
+            Zebra = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001"
+            Alpha = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002"
+            """
+        )
+        format_project_tomls!(path)
+        result = read(path, String)
+        @test !startswith(result, "\n")
+        @test findfirst("Alpha", result) < findfirst("Zebra", result)
+    end
 end