diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/runner/Runner.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/runner/Runner.java
index 1f7d924ab..5eef32266 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/runner/Runner.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/runner/Runner.java
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ private Flowable<Event> runAgentWithFreshSession(
         contextWithUpdatedSession
             .agent()
             .runAsync(contextWithUpdatedSession)
-            .flatMap(
+            .concatMap(
                 agentEvent ->
                     this.sessionService
                         .appendEvent(updatedSession, agentEvent)
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/google/adk/runner/RunnerTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/google/adk/runner/RunnerTest.java
index a3e21cb73..efd565c16 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/google/adk/runner/RunnerTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/google/adk/runner/RunnerTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 import static java.util.Arrays.stream;
+import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.CALLS_REAL_METHODS;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
+import com.google.adk.agents.BaseAgent;
 import com.google.adk.agents.InvocationContext;
 import com.google.adk.agents.LiveRequestQueue;
 import com.google.adk.agents.LlmAgent;
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@
 import com.google.adk.flows.llmflows.Functions;
 import com.google.adk.models.LlmResponse;
 import com.google.adk.plugins.BasePlugin;
+import com.google.adk.sessions.BaseSessionService;
 import com.google.adk.sessions.Session;
 import com.google.adk.sessions.SessionKey;
 import com.google.adk.summarizer.EventsCompactionConfig;
@@ -851,6 +854,45 @@ public void beforeRunCallback_withStateDelta_seesMergedState() {
     assertThat(sessionInCallback.state()).containsEntry("number", 123);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void runAsync_ensureEventsAreAppendedInOrder() throws Exception {
+    Event event1 = TestUtils.createEvent("1");
+    Event event2 = TestUtils.createEvent("2");
+    BaseAgent mockAgent = TestUtils.createSubAgent("test agent", event1, event2);
+
+    BaseSessionService mockSessionService = mock(BaseSessionService.class);
+
+    when(mockSessionService.getSession(any(), any(), any(), any())).thenReturn(Maybe.just(session));
+    when(mockSessionService.appendEvent(any(), any()))
+        .thenAnswer(
+            invocation -> {
+              Event eventArg = invocation.getArgument(1);
+              Single<Event> result = Single.just(eventArg);
+              if (eventArg.id().equals("1")) {
+                // Artificially delay the first event to ensure it is appended first.
+                return result.delay(100, MILLISECONDS);
+              }
+              return result;
+            });
+
+    Runner mockRunner =
+        Runner.builder()
+            .agent(mockAgent)
+            .appName("test")
+            .sessionService(mockSessionService)
+            .build();
+
+    List<Event> results =
+        mockRunner
+            .runAsync("user", session.id(), createContent("user message"))
+            .toList()
+            .blockingGet();
+
+    assertThat(simplifyEvents(results))
+        .containsExactly("author: content for event 1", "author: content for event 2")
+        .inOrder();
+  }
+
   private Content createContent(String text) {
     return Content.builder().parts(Part.builder().text(text).build()).build();
   }