diff --git a/crates/events/src/enclave_event/compute_request/zk.rs b/crates/events/src/enclave_event/compute_request/zk.rs
index df65c93fbd..d274bfbcc2 100644
--- a/crates/events/src/enclave_event/compute_request/zk.rs
+++ b/crates/events/src/enclave_event/compute_request/zk.rs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ pub struct ShareEncryptionProofRequest {
 pub struct DkgShareDecryptionProofRequest {
     /// BFV secret key used for decryption (witness — encrypted at rest).
     pub sk_bfv: SensitiveBytes,
-    /// Serialized BFV Ciphertext bytes from H honest parties, flattened as [H * L].
+    /// BFV ciphertexts from H honest parties, flattened [H * L] in ascending party_id order.
     /// Layout: party 0 mod 0, party 0 mod 1, ..., party 1 mod 0, ...
     pub honest_ciphertexts_raw: Vec<ArcBytes>,
     /// Number of honest parties (H).
diff --git a/crates/keyshare/src/threshold_keyshare.rs b/crates/keyshare/src/threshold_keyshare.rs
index 844fedb58a..f1f4f14b3a 100644
--- a/crates/keyshare/src/threshold_keyshare.rs
+++ b/crates/keyshare/src/threshold_keyshare.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ pub struct GenEsiSss {
 #[derive(Message)]
 #[rtype(result = "()")]
 pub struct AllThresholdSharesCollected {
+    /// Threshold shares sorted by ascending `party_id`.
     shares: Vec<Arc<ThresholdShare>>,
     /// Proofs from each sender, ordered by party_id (parallel to shares).
     share_proofs: Vec<ReceivedShareProofs>,
@@ -258,7 +259,9 @@ pub struct ThresholdKeyshareState {
     /// Aggregated public key bytes, captured from PublicKeyAggregated event for C6 proof.
     pub aggregated_pk: Option<ArcBytes>,
     pub expelled_parties: HashSet<u64>,
-    pub honest_parties: Option<HashSet<u64>>,
+    /// Honest party IDs in deterministic ascending order (`BTreeSet` guarantees this).
+    /// Downstream proof circuits index parties by position in this sorted set.
+    pub honest_parties: Option<BTreeSet<u64>>,
     #[serde(default = "default_proof_agg")]
     pub proof_aggregation_enabled: bool,
 }
@@ -1648,7 +1651,15 @@ impl ThresholdKeyshare {
         }
 
         // Store honest party IDs in state (after dimension exclusion)
-        let honest_party_ids: HashSet<u64> = honest_shares.iter().map(|s| s.party_id).collect();
+        let honest_party_ids: BTreeSet<u64> = honest_shares.iter().map(|s| s.party_id).collect();
+
+        // honest_shares inherits sorted order from AllThresholdSharesCollected.
+        debug_assert!(
+            honest_shares
+                .windows(2)
+                .all(|w| w[0].party_id < w[1].party_id),
+            "BUG: honest_shares must be in strictly ascending party_id order"
+        );
 
         let num_honest = honest_shares.len();
         info!(
diff --git a/crates/zk-helpers/src/circuits/dkg/share_decryption/circuit.rs b/crates/zk-helpers/src/circuits/dkg/share_decryption/circuit.rs
index 6c72975ce5..0d934d88e8 100644
--- a/crates/zk-helpers/src/circuits/dkg/share_decryption/circuit.rs
+++ b/crates/zk-helpers/src/circuits/dkg/share_decryption/circuit.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ pub struct ShareDecryptionCircuitData {
     /// DKG secret key used to decrypt (private input).
     pub secret_key: SecretKey,
     /// Ciphertexts from H honest parties: [party_idx][mod_idx] (one ciphertext per party per TRBFV modulus).
+    /// party_idx follows ascending party_id among honest parties
     pub honest_ciphertexts: Vec<Vec<Ciphertext>>,
     /// Which input type (SecretKey or SmudgingNoise) to resolve circuit path.
     pub dkg_input_type: DkgInputType,
diff --git a/crates/zk-helpers/src/circuits/dkg/share_decryption/computation.rs b/crates/zk-helpers/src/circuits/dkg/share_decryption/computation.rs
index 5fa464abe8..fc1eae02a7 100644
--- a/crates/zk-helpers/src/circuits/dkg/share_decryption/computation.rs
+++ b/crates/zk-helpers/src/circuits/dkg/share_decryption/computation.rs
@@ -286,4 +286,41 @@ mod tests {
             sample.honest_ciphertexts.len()
         );
     }
+
+    /// Verify expected_commitments[i][j] matches direct commitment computation
+    /// for honest_ciphertexts[i][j], proving row ordering is consistent.
+    #[test]
+    fn test_commitment_ordering_consistency() {
+        let committee = CiphernodesCommitteeSize::Small.values();
+        let preset = BfvPreset::InsecureThreshold512;
+        let sample =
+            ShareDecryptionCircuitData::generate_sample(preset, committee, DkgInputType::SecretKey)
+                .unwrap();
+
+        let (threshold_params, dkg_params) = build_pair_for_preset(preset).unwrap();
+        let threshold_l = threshold_params.moduli().len();
+        let msg_bit = calculate_bit_width(BigInt::from(dkg_params.plaintext()));
+
+        let inputs = Inputs::compute(preset, &sample).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            inputs.expected_commitments.len(),
+            sample.honest_ciphertexts.len()
+        );
+
+        for (party_idx, party_cts) in sample.honest_ciphertexts.iter().enumerate() {
+            for mod_idx in 0..threshold_l {
+                let decrypted_pt = sample.secret_key.try_decrypt(&party_cts[mod_idx]).unwrap();
+                let share_coeffs = decrypted_pt.value.deref().to_vec();
+                let direct_commitment = compute_share_encryption_commitment_from_message(
+                    &Polynomial::from_u64_vector(share_coeffs),
+                    msg_bit,
+                );
+                assert_eq!(
+                    inputs.expected_commitments[party_idx][mod_idx], direct_commitment,
+                    "expected_commitments[{}][{}] doesn't match direct computation",
+                    party_idx, mod_idx
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }