diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..557c012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: Test
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+    - master
+    - main
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - master
+    - main
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Walk order on ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest ]
+        go-version: [ 1.27 ]
+    steps:
+    - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
+      uses: actions/checkout@v7
+    - uses: actions/setup-go@v7
+      with:
+        go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
+        check-latest: true
+    - name: Run tests
+      run: go test -v ./...
+      shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vulncheck.yml b/.github/workflows/vulncheck.yml
index 7b8dfe8..bc8a3cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vulncheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vulncheck.yml
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: [ 1.19 ]
+        go-version: [ 1.27 ]
     steps:
     - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v7
+    - uses: actions/setup-go@v7
       with:
         go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
         check-latest: true
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2ddfa30..17c67a7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module github.com/minio/filepath
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.27
diff --git a/walk.go b/walk.go
index b66b1b7..0557c22 100644
--- a/walk.go
+++ b/walk.go
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ func Walk(root string, walkFn WalkFunc) error {
 	return walk(root, info, walkFn)
 }
 
+// flatKeySeparator is what a directory name is taken to end in while entries
+// are sorted.
+//
+// An object store sorts `a/b` under `a` because `/` is 0x2F, below every
+// character a sibling name can begin with. os.PathSeparator is that same byte
+// on Unix and 0x5C on Windows, which sits above the digits and the upper case
+// letters: sorting by it there puts a directory after siblings it should come
+// before, which is neither flat key order nor the order an object store lists
+// the same names in.
+const flatKeySeparator = "/"
+
 // byName implements sort.Interface for sorting os.FileInfo list.
 type byName []os.FileInfo
 
@@ -38,12 +49,12 @@ func (f byName) Swap(i, j int) { f[i], f[j] = f[j], f[i] }
 func (f byName) Less(i, j int) bool {
 	n1 := f[i].Name()
 	if f[i].IsDir() {
-		n1 = n1 + string(os.PathSeparator)
+		n1 = n1 + flatKeySeparator
 	}
 
 	n2 := f[j].Name()
 	if f[j].IsDir() {
-		n2 = n2 + string(os.PathSeparator)
+		n2 = n2 + flatKeySeparator
 	}
 
 	return n1 < n2
diff --git a/walk_test.go b/walk_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0095905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/walk_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+// Copyright 2010 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the https://golang.org/LICENSE file.
+
+package filepath
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestWalkIsFlatKeySorted checks the order this package exists to produce:
+//
+//	lexically ordered output treats directories with `/` at the end before
+//	sorting, this is sorting is flat key sorting instead of regular
+//	filesystem sorting of entries.
+//
+// Flat key order is an object store's order. A key `a/b` sorts under `a`
+// because `/` is 0x2F, below every character a sibling name can start with.
+// byName appends os.PathSeparator rather than `/`: the same byte on Unix, and
+// 0x5C on Windows, which sits above the digits and the upper case letters.
+//
+// So one directory and its siblings are ordered differently on Windows, and
+// the walk there is neither flat key sorted nor in the order an object store
+// lists the same names in. The tree below puts a directory among siblings
+// whose first differing byte falls on each side of the two separators:
+//
+//	0x2D  a-1.bin   below `/` and below `\`
+//	0x2F  a/        the directory, where flat key order puts it
+//	0x30  a0.bin    above `/`, below `\`  -- moves on Windows
+//	0x5A  aZ.bin    above `/`, below `\`  -- moves on Windows
+//	0x5C  a\        the directory, where this walk puts it on Windows
+//	0x5F  a_.bin    above both
+//	0x61  aa.bin    above both
+//
+// Every name is reported in slash form, so what is compared here is the order
+// alone and not how a platform spells a path.
+func TestWalkIsFlatKeySorted(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	if err := os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(root, "a"), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for _, name := range []string{
+		"a/inner.bin",
+		"a-1.bin",
+		"a0.bin",
+		"aZ.bin",
+		"a_.bin",
+		"aa.bin",
+	} {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(root, filepath.FromSlash(name)), []byte("x"), 0o600); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	var got []string
+	err := Walk(root, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		rel, e := filepath.Rel(root, path)
+		if e != nil {
+			return e
+		}
+		if rel == "." {
+			return nil
+		}
+		got = append(got, filepath.ToSlash(rel))
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	want := []string{"a-1.bin", "a", "a/inner.bin", "a0.bin", "aZ.bin", "a_.bin", "aa.bin"}
+
+	t.Logf("GOOS=%s, os.PathSeparator=%q (0x%02X)",
+		runtime.GOOS, os.PathSeparator, os.PathSeparator)
+	t.Logf("flat key order: %s", strings.Join(want, "  "))
+	t.Logf("this walk     : %s", strings.Join(got, "  "))
+
+	if strings.Join(got, " ") != strings.Join(want, " ") {
+		t.Errorf("the walk is not flat key sorted on %s\n"+
+			"  want: %s\n"+
+			"  got:  %s\n"+
+			"byName appends os.PathSeparator (%q) where the package comment says `/`, "+
+			"so the directory sorts above every sibling whose next byte is below 0x%02X.",
+			runtime.GOOS, strings.Join(want, "  "), strings.Join(got, "  "),
+			os.PathSeparator, os.PathSeparator)
+	}
+}