diff --git a/src/pyosmeta/parse_issues.py b/src/pyosmeta/parse_issues.py
index f05d250..808d974 100644
--- a/src/pyosmeta/parse_issues.py
+++ b/src/pyosmeta/parse_issues.py
@@ -274,11 +274,13 @@ def clean_categories(cls, categories: list[str]) -> list[str]:
         """Make sure each category in the list is a valid value.
 
         Valid pyos software categories are:
-            citation-management-bibliometrics, data-retrieval,
-            data-extraction, data-processing-munging, data-deposition",
+            citation-management-bibliometrics, data-deposition,
+            data-extraction, data-processing-munging, data-retrieval,
             data-validation-testing, data-visualization-analysis,
-            workflow-automation-versioning, database-interoperability,
-            scientific-software-wrappers, geospatial, education
+            database-interoperability, education,
+            geospatial, scientific-software-wrappers,
+            workflow-automation-versioning
+
 
         Parameters
         ----------
@@ -293,8 +295,8 @@ def clean_categories(cls, categories: list[str]) -> list[str]:
 
         valid_categories = {
             "data-processing": "data-processing-munging",
-            "scientific-software": "scientific-software-wrapper",
             "data-validation": "data-validation-testing",
+            "scientific-software": "scientific-software-wrapper",
         }
 
         cleaned_cats = []