diff --git a/e2e-playwright/test-plugins/grafana-extensionstest-app/i18next.config.ts b/e2e-playwright/test-plugins/grafana-extensionstest-app/i18next.config.ts
index 6978b148631..b6ef3417c90 100644
--- a/e2e-playwright/test-plugins/grafana-extensionstest-app/i18next.config.ts
+++ b/e2e-playwright/test-plugins/grafana-extensionstest-app/i18next.config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'i18next-cli';
 import pluginJson from './plugin.json';
 
+const collator = new Intl.Collator('en-US', {
+  sensitivity: 'variant',
+  ignorePunctuation: false,
+  numeric: false,
+});
+
 export default defineConfig({
   locales: pluginJson.languages,
   extract: {
@@ -10,6 +16,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
     functions: ['t', '*.t'],
     transComponents: ['Trans'],
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
-    sort: (a, b) => a.key.localeCompare(b.key, 'en-US'),
+    sort: (a, b) => collator.compare(a.key, b.key),
   },
 });
diff --git a/e2e-playwright/test-plugins/grafana-test-datasource/i18next.config.ts b/e2e-playwright/test-plugins/grafana-test-datasource/i18next.config.ts
index 6978b148631..b6ef3417c90 100644
--- a/e2e-playwright/test-plugins/grafana-test-datasource/i18next.config.ts
+++ b/e2e-playwright/test-plugins/grafana-test-datasource/i18next.config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'i18next-cli';
 import pluginJson from './plugin.json';
 
+const collator = new Intl.Collator('en-US', {
+  sensitivity: 'variant',
+  ignorePunctuation: false,
+  numeric: false,
+});
+
 export default defineConfig({
   locales: pluginJson.languages,
   extract: {
@@ -10,6 +16,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
     functions: ['t', '*.t'],
     transComponents: ['Trans'],
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
-    sort: (a, b) => a.key.localeCompare(b.key, 'en-US'),
+    sort: (a, b) => collator.compare(a.key, b.key),
   },
 });
diff --git a/e2e-playwright/test-plugins/grafana-test-panel/i18next.config.ts b/e2e-playwright/test-plugins/grafana-test-panel/i18next.config.ts
index 6978b148631..b6ef3417c90 100644
--- a/e2e-playwright/test-plugins/grafana-test-panel/i18next.config.ts
+++ b/e2e-playwright/test-plugins/grafana-test-panel/i18next.config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'i18next-cli';
 import pluginJson from './plugin.json';
 
+const collator = new Intl.Collator('en-US', {
+  sensitivity: 'variant',
+  ignorePunctuation: false,
+  numeric: false,
+});
+
 export default defineConfig({
   locales: pluginJson.languages,
   extract: {
@@ -10,6 +16,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
     functions: ['t', '*.t'],
     transComponents: ['Trans'],
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
-    sort: (a, b) => a.key.localeCompare(b.key, 'en-US'),
+    sort: (a, b) => collator.compare(a.key, b.key),
   },
 });
diff --git a/packages/grafana-alerting/i18next.config.ts b/packages/grafana-alerting/i18next.config.ts
index 22fc83fc2a0..e2161ffc84d 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-alerting/i18next.config.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-alerting/i18next.config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'i18next-cli';
 
+const collator = new Intl.Collator('en-US', {
+  sensitivity: 'variant',
+  ignorePunctuation: false,
+  numeric: false,
+});
+
 export default defineConfig({
   locales: ['en-US'], // Only en-US  is updated - Crowdin will PR with other languages
   extract: {
@@ -9,6 +15,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
     functions: ['t', '*.t'],
     transComponents: ['Trans'],
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
-    sort: (a, b) => a.key.localeCompare(b.key, 'en-US'),
+    sort: (a, b) => collator.compare(a.key, b.key),
   },
 });
diff --git a/packages/grafana-prometheus/i18next.config.ts b/packages/grafana-prometheus/i18next.config.ts
index c7a22e2acd2..f62569616f1 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-prometheus/i18next.config.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-prometheus/i18next.config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'i18next-cli';
 
+const collator = new Intl.Collator('en-US', {
+  sensitivity: 'variant',
+  ignorePunctuation: false,
+  numeric: false,
+});
+
 export default defineConfig({
   locales: ['en-US'], // Only en-US  is updated - Crowdin will PR with other languages
   extract: {
@@ -9,6 +15,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
     functions: ['t', '*.t'],
     transComponents: ['Trans'],
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
-    sort: (a, b) => a.key.localeCompare(b.key, 'en-US'),
+    sort: (a, b) => collator.compare(a.key, b.key),
   },
 });
diff --git a/packages/grafana-sql/i18next.config.ts b/packages/grafana-sql/i18next.config.ts
index 12a616eee7d..50bd26c4351 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-sql/i18next.config.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-sql/i18next.config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'i18next-cli';
 
+const collator = new Intl.Collator('en-US', {
+  sensitivity: 'variant',
+  ignorePunctuation: false,
+  numeric: false,
+});
+
 export default defineConfig({
   locales: ['en-US'], // Only en-US  is updated - Crowdin will PR with other languages
   extract: {
@@ -9,6 +15,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
     functions: ['t', '*.t'],
     transComponents: ['Trans'],
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
-    sort: (a, b) => a.key.localeCompare(b.key, 'en-US'),
+    sort: (a, b) => collator.compare(a.key, b.key),
   },
 });
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/i18next.config.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/i18next.config.ts
index d2d90c5085f..d4838ec714a 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/i18next.config.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/azuremonitor/i18next.config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'i18next-cli';
 
+const collator = new Intl.Collator('en-US', {
+  sensitivity: 'variant',
+  ignorePunctuation: false,
+  numeric: false,
+});
+
 export default defineConfig({
   locales: ['en-US'], // Only en-US  is updated - Crowdin will PR with other languages
   extract: {
@@ -9,6 +15,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
     functions: ['t', '*.t'],
     transComponents: ['Trans'],
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
-    sort: (a, b) => a.key.localeCompare(b.key, 'en-US'),
+    sort: (a, b) => collator.compare(a.key, b.key),
   },
 });
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/mssql/i18next.config.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/mssql/i18next.config.ts
index a5816b0c59b..5e38cebbb33 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/mssql/i18next.config.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/mssql/i18next.config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'i18next-cli';
 
+const collator = new Intl.Collator('en-US', {
+  sensitivity: 'variant',
+  ignorePunctuation: false,
+  numeric: false,
+});
+
 export default defineConfig({
   locales: ['en-US'], // Only en-US  is updated - Crowdin will PR with other languages
   extract: {
@@ -9,6 +15,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
     functions: ['t', '*.t'],
     transComponents: ['Trans'],
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
-    sort: (a, b) => a.key.localeCompare(b.key, 'en-US'),
+    sort: (a, b) => collator.compare(a.key, b.key),
   },
 });