diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 048c1aa5..9fe80d63 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fix unsafe concurrent producer map access in client. [PR #1236](https://github.com/riverqueue/river/pull/1236).
+- Fix bug in `sqltemplate` cached path in order in which named args are passed to a query (previously, the order was unstable). [PR #1243](https://github.com/riverqueue/river/pull/1243).
 
 ## [0.35.1] - 2026-04-26
 
diff --git a/rivershared/sqlctemplate/sqlc_template.go b/rivershared/sqlctemplate/sqlc_template.go
index 88c02edb..1151b7d1 100644
--- a/rivershared/sqlctemplate/sqlc_template.go
+++ b/rivershared/sqlctemplate/sqlc_template.go
@@ -156,7 +156,14 @@ func (r *Replacer) RunSafely(ctx context.Context, argPlaceholder, sql string, ar
 		// If all input templates were stable, the finished SQL will have been cached.
 		if cachedSQLOK {
 			if len(container.NamedArgs) > 0 {
-				args = append(args, maputil.Values(container.NamedArgs)...)
+				// Named args must be appended in sorted order to match the
+				// placeholder positions baked into the cached SQL during
+				// RunSafely's cache miss path.
+				sortedNamedArgs := maputil.Keys(container.NamedArgs)
+				slices.Sort(sortedNamedArgs)
+				for _, name := range sortedNamedArgs {
+					args = append(args, container.NamedArgs[name])
+				}
 			}
 			return cachedSQL, args, nil
 		}