diff --git a/.yarn/versions/68e485e1.yml b/.yarn/versions/68e485e1.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2b96cce23620
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yarn/versions/68e485e1.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+releases:
+  "@yarnpkg/cli": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-constraints": patch
+
+declined:
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-compat"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-dlx"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-essentials"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-init"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-interactive-tools"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-nm"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-npm-cli"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-pack"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-patch"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-pnp"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-pnpm"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-stage"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-typescript"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-version"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-workspace-tools"
+  - "@yarnpkg/builder"
+  - "@yarnpkg/core"
+  - "@yarnpkg/doctor"
diff --git a/packages/acceptance-tests/pkg-tests-specs/sources/commands/constraints.test.ts b/packages/acceptance-tests/pkg-tests-specs/sources/commands/constraints.test.ts
index 2d395fac0c4a..5fe8d7692f40 100644
--- a/packages/acceptance-tests/pkg-tests-specs/sources/commands/constraints.test.ts
+++ b/packages/acceptance-tests/pkg-tests-specs/sources/commands/constraints.test.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,39 @@ describe(`Commands`, () => {
       await expect(run(`constraints`)).rejects.toThrow(/This should fail/);
     }));
 
+    it(`shouldn't report errors when comparing identical objects`, makeTemporaryEnv({
+      foo: {
+        ok: true,
+      },
+    }, async ({path, run, source}) => {
+      await run(`install`);
+
+      await writeFile(ppath.join(path, `yarn.config.cjs`), `
+        exports.constraints = ({Yarn}) => {
+          Yarn.workspace().set('foo', {ok: true});
+        };
+      `);
+
+      await run(`constraints`);
+    }));
+
+    it(`should report an error when comparing objects with different key ordering`, makeTemporaryEnv({
+      foo: {
+        b: true,
+        a: true,
+      },
+    }, async ({path, run, source}) => {
+      await run(`install`);
+
+      await writeFile(ppath.join(path, `yarn.config.cjs`), `
+        exports.constraints = ({Yarn}) => {
+          Yarn.workspace().set('foo', {a: true, b: true});
+        };
+      `);
+
+      await expect(run(`constraints`)).rejects.toThrow(`Invalid field foo; expected { a: true, b: true }, found { b: true, a: true }`);
+    }));
+
     for (const [environmentDescription, environment] of Object.entries(environments)) {
       for (const [scriptDescription, scripts] of Object.entries(constraints)) {
         for (const [scriptType, script] of Object.entries(scripts)) {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-constraints/sources/constraintUtils.ts b/packages/plugin-constraints/sources/constraintUtils.ts
index 9feb310a637f..e25067efeb3e 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-constraints/sources/constraintUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-constraints/sources/constraintUtils.ts
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ export function applyEngineReport(project: Project, {manifestUpdates, reportedEr
         const [[newValue]] = newValues;
 
         const currentValue = get(manifest, fieldPath);
-        if (currentValue === newValue)
+        if (JSON.stringify(currentValue) === JSON.stringify(newValue))
           continue;
 
         if (!fix) {