diff --git a/cli/tools/registry/mod.rs b/cli/tools/registry/mod.rs
index 586115f27d..37bd3616b4 100644
--- a/cli/tools/registry/mod.rs
+++ b/cli/tools/registry/mod.rs
@@ -828,6 +828,16 @@ pub async fn publish(
   }
 
   if publish_flags.dry_run {
+    for (_, package) in prepared_data.package_by_name {
+      log::info!(
+        "{} of {} with files:",
+        colors::green_bold("Simulating publish"),
+        colors::gray(package.display_name()),
+      );
+      for file in &package.tarball.files {
+        log::info!("   {} ({})", file.specifier, human_size(file.size as f64),);
+      }
+    }
     log::warn!("{} Aborting due to --dry-run", colors::yellow("Warning"));
     return Ok(());
   }
diff --git a/cli/tools/registry/tar.rs b/cli/tools/registry/tar.rs
index 2fdb60f633..3dc2616fa0 100644
--- a/cli/tools/registry/tar.rs
+++ b/cli/tools/registry/tar.rs
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ pub fn create_gzipped_tarball(
     write!(&mut hash, "{:02x}", byte).unwrap();
   }
 
+  files.sort_by(|a, b| a.specifier.cmp(&b.specifier));
+
   Ok(PublishableTarball {
     files,
     hash,
diff --git a/tests/testdata/publish/dry_run.out b/tests/testdata/publish/dry_run.out
index 1fa5932945..679aa8f399 100644
--- a/tests/testdata/publish/dry_run.out
+++ b/tests/testdata/publish/dry_run.out
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 Checking for slow types in the public API...
 Check [WILDCARD]
+Simulating publish of @foo/bar@1.0.0 with files:
+   [WILDCARD]deno.json (140B)
+   [WILDCARD]mod.ts (114B)
+   [WILDCARD]std_http.ts (119B)
 Warning Aborting due to --dry-run
diff --git a/tests/testdata/publish/symlink.out b/tests/testdata/publish/symlink.out
index 9524494210..e7fc0c2a20 100644
--- a/tests/testdata/publish/symlink.out
+++ b/tests/testdata/publish/symlink.out
@@ -8,4 +8,7 @@ warning[unsupported-file-type]: unsupported file type 'symlink'
   info: the file was ignored and will not be published
   docs: https://jsr.io/go/unsupported-file-type
 
+Simulating publish of @foo/bar@1.0.0 with files:
+   [WILDCARD]deno.json (87B)
+   [WILDCARD]mod.ts (56B)
 Warning Aborting due to --dry-run