diff --git a/secretary.py b/secretary.py
index d2ce915..b586869 100644
--- a/secretary.py
+++ b/secretary.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import re
 import sys
 import logging
 import zipfile
+from collections import OrderedDict
 from xml.dom.minidom import parseString
 from jinja2 import Environment, Undefined
 
@@ -287,6 +288,9 @@ class Renderer(object):
 
     def _unescape_entities(self, xml_text):
         # unescape XML entities gt and lt
+        if sys.version_info >= (2, 7):
+            unescape_rules = OrderedDict()
+
         unescape_rules = {
             r'(?is)({[{|%].*)(>)(.*[%|}]})': r'\1>\3',
             r'(?is)({[{|%].*)(&lt;)(.*[%|}]})': r'\1<\3',
@@ -299,6 +303,9 @@ class Renderer(object):
         return xml_text
 
     def _encode_escape_chars(self, xml_text):
+        if sys.version_info >= (2, 7):
+            encode_rules = OrderedDict()
+            
         encode_rules = {
             '(?i)(<text:(?:[ahp]|ruby-base|span|meta|meta-field)>.*)(\n)(.*</text:(?:[ahp]|ruby-base|span|meta|meta-field)>)': r'\1<text:line-break/>\3',
             '(?i)(<text:(?:[ahp]|ruby-base|span|meta|meta-field)>.*)(\u0009)(.*</text:(?:[ahp]|ruby-base|span|meta|meta-field)>)': r'\1<text:tab>\3',