diff --git a/packages/dmn-marshaller/tests/xsdSequence.test.ts b/packages/dmn-marshaller/tests/xsdSequence.test.ts
index ca831d5ffad..c2aefe113b9 100644
--- a/packages/dmn-marshaller/tests/xsdSequence.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dmn-marshaller/tests/xsdSequence.test.ts
@@ -19,15 +19,68 @@
 
 import * as fs from "fs";
 import * as path from "path";
-import { getMarshaller } from "@kie-tools/dmn-marshaller";
+import { DmnLatestModel, getMarshaller } from "@kie-tools/dmn-marshaller";
 
-const files = [
-  { path: "../tests-data--manual/other/decisionAndInput.dmn" },
-  { path: "../tests-data--manual/other/decisionAndInput_wrongSequenceOrder.dmn" },
-];
+describe("build produces elements respecting the hierarchy of the element type", () => {
+  test("businessKnowledgeSource element", () => {
+    const json: DmnLatestModel = {
+      definitions: {
+        "@_name": "myDmn",
+        "@_namespace": "myDmnNamespace",
+        drgElement: [
+          {
+            __$$element: "businessKnowledgeModel",
+            authorityRequirement: [],
+            "@_name": "myBkm",
+            encapsulatedLogic: {
+              expression: {
+                __$$element: "literalExpression",
+                text: { __$$text: "myBkm literal expression" },
+                extensionElements: {},
+              },
+            },
+            variable: {
+              "@_name": "myBkm var",
+              extensionElements: {},
+              description: { __$$text: "myBkm var description" },
+            },
+            extensionElements: {},
+            description: { __$$text: "myBkm description" },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    };
+    expect(
+      getMarshaller(
+        `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><definitions name="" namespace="" xmlns="https://www.omg.org/spec/DMN/20230324/MODEL/"/>`,
+        { upgradeTo: "latest" }
+      ).builder.build(json)
+    ).toStrictEqual(`<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<definitions name="myDmn" namespace="myDmnNamespace" xmlns="https://www.omg.org/spec/DMN/20230324/MODEL/" xmlns:dmndi="https://www.omg.org/spec/DMN/20230324/DMNDI/" xmlns:dc="http://www.omg.org/spec/DMN/20180521/DC/" xmlns:di="http://www.omg.org/spec/DMN/20180521/DI/" xmlns:kie="https://kie.org/dmn/extensions/1.0">
+  <businessKnowledgeModel name="myBkm">
+    <description>myBkm description</description>
+    <extensionElements />
+    <variable name="myBkm var">
+      <description>myBkm var description</description>
+      <extensionElements />
+    </variable>
+    <encapsulatedLogic>
+      <literalExpression>
+        <extensionElements />
+        <text>myBkm literal expression</text>
+      </literalExpression>
+    </encapsulatedLogic>
+  </businessKnowledgeModel>
+</definitions>
+`);
+  });
+});
 
 describe("build always produces elements in the same order", () => {
-  for (const file of files) {
+  for (const file of [
+    { path: "../tests-data--manual/other/decisionAndInput.dmn" },
+    { path: "../tests-data--manual/other/decisionAndInput_wrongSequenceOrder.dmn" },
+  ]) {
     test(path.basename(file.path), () => {
       const xml = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, file.path), "utf-8");
       const marshaller = getMarshaller(xml, { upgradeTo: "1.5" });
diff --git a/packages/xml-parser-ts-codegen/src/codegen.ts b/packages/xml-parser-ts-codegen/src/codegen.ts
index eb349425f85..c5054aebc12 100644
--- a/packages/xml-parser-ts-codegen/src/codegen.ts
+++ b/packages/xml-parser-ts-codegen/src/codegen.ts
@@ -575,7 +575,10 @@ function getMetaProperties(
   ct: XptcComplexType,
   metaTypeName: string
 ): { anonymousTypes: XptcMetaType[]; needsExtensionType: boolean; metaProperties: XptcMetaTypeProperty[] } {
-  const metaProperties: XptcMetaTypeProperty[] = [];
+  /** Accumulates all properties of this complex type (ct). Attributes and elements. */
+  let ctMetaProperties: XptcMetaTypeProperty[] = [];
+
+  /** Accumulates all anonymous types instantiated on this complex type's hierarchy */
   const anonymousTypes: XptcMetaType[] = [];
 
   const immediateParentType = ct.childOf
@@ -587,6 +590,7 @@ function getMetaProperties(
   let needsExtensionType = ct.needsExtensionType;
 
   while (curParentCt) {
+    const curParentCtMetaProperties: XptcMetaTypeProperty[] = [];
     if (curParentCt?.type === "complex") {
       const curParentCtMetaTypeName = getTsNameFromNamedType(
         curParentCt.declaredAtRelativeLocation,
@@ -608,7 +612,7 @@ function getMetaProperties(
           throw new Error(`Can't resolve local type ref ${a.localTypeRef}`);
         }
 
-        metaProperties.push({
+        curParentCtMetaProperties.push({
           declaredAt: curParentCt.declaredAtRelativeLocation,
           fromType: curParentCtMetaTypeName,
           elem: undefined,
@@ -638,7 +642,7 @@ function getMetaProperties(
             name: anonymousTypeName,
             properties: mp.metaProperties,
           });
-          metaProperties.push({
+          curParentCtMetaProperties.push({
             elem: undefined, // REALLY?
             declaredAt: curParentCt.declaredAtRelativeLocation,
             fromType: curParentCtMetaTypeName,
@@ -655,7 +659,7 @@ function getMetaProperties(
             e.typeName
           );
 
-          metaProperties.push({
+          curParentCtMetaProperties.push({
             declaredAt: curParentCt.declaredAtRelativeLocation,
             fromType: curParentCtMetaTypeName,
             elem: undefined, // REALLY?
@@ -692,7 +696,7 @@ function getMetaProperties(
                 annotation: "Anonymous type from element " + referencedElement.name,
               };
 
-          metaProperties.push({
+          curParentCtMetaProperties.push({
             declaredAt: referencedElement?.declaredAtRelativeLocation,
             fromType: ct.isAnonymous ? "" : curParentCtMetaTypeName,
             name: referencedElement.name,
@@ -725,6 +729,10 @@ function getMetaProperties(
             curParentCt.childOf
           )
         : undefined;
+
+      // Make sure the inheritance order is respected. Elements should be listed always from the most generic to the most specific type.
+      // Since we're iterating upwards in the hierarchy, we need to invert prepend the array with the props we find on each step of the hierarchy.
+      ctMetaProperties = [...curParentCtMetaProperties, ...ctMetaProperties];
       curParentCt = nextParentType ? __NAMED_TYPES_BY_TS_NAME.get(nextParentType.name) : undefined;
     } else if (curParentCt?.type === "simple") {
       throw new Error("Can't have a non-complex type as parent of another.");
@@ -743,7 +751,7 @@ function getMetaProperties(
       a.localTypeRef
     );
 
-    metaProperties.push({
+    ctMetaProperties.push({
       declaredAt: ct.declaredAtRelativeLocation,
       fromType: metaTypeName,
       name: `@_${a.name}`,
@@ -777,7 +785,7 @@ function getMetaProperties(
             annotation: "Anonymous type from element " + referencedElement.name,
           };
 
-      metaProperties.push({
+      ctMetaProperties.push({
         declaredAt: referencedElement?.declaredAtRelativeLocation,
         fromType: ct.isAnonymous ? "" : metaTypeName,
         name: referencedElement.name,
@@ -799,7 +807,7 @@ function getMetaProperties(
       });
     } else if (e.kind === "ofNamedType") {
       const tsType = getTsTypeFromLocalRef(__XSDS, __NAMED_TYPES_BY_TS_NAME, ct.declaredAtRelativeLocation, e.typeName);
-      metaProperties.push({
+      ctMetaProperties.push({
         declaredAt: ct.declaredAtRelativeLocation,
         fromType: metaTypeName,
         name: e.name,
@@ -827,7 +835,7 @@ function getMetaProperties(
         name: anonymousTypeName,
         properties: mp.metaProperties,
       });
-      metaProperties.push({
+      ctMetaProperties.push({
         declaredAt: ct.declaredAtRelativeLocation,
         fromType: metaTypeName,
         name: e.name,
@@ -843,7 +851,7 @@ function getMetaProperties(
 
   if (ct.isSimpleContent && ct.childOf) {
     const t = getTsTypeFromLocalRef(__XSDS, __NAMED_TYPES_BY_TS_NAME, ct.declaredAtRelativeLocation, ct.childOf);
-    metaProperties.push({
+    ctMetaProperties.push({
       declaredAt: ct.declaredAtRelativeLocation,
       fromType: metaTypeName,
       name: `__$$text`,
@@ -860,11 +868,11 @@ function getMetaProperties(
   if (!(ct.type === "complex" && !ct.isAnonymous && ct.isAbstract)) {
     __META_TYPE_MAPPING.set(metaTypeName, {
       name: metaTypeName,
-      properties: [...metaProperties.reduce((acc, p) => acc.set(p.name, p), new Map()).values()], // Removing duplicates.
+      properties: [...ctMetaProperties.reduce((acc, p) => acc.set(p.name, p), new Map()).values()], // Removing duplicates.
     });
   }
 
-  return { metaProperties, needsExtensionType, anonymousTypes };
+  return { metaProperties: ctMetaProperties, needsExtensionType, anonymousTypes };
 }
 
 function getAnonymousMetaTypeName(elementName: string, metaTypeName: string) {