diff --git a/exec/build-commands/package.json b/exec/build-commands/package.json
index 960f840b6a..c79fe47bb5 100644
--- a/exec/build-commands/package.json
+++ b/exec/build-commands/package.json
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     "@pnpm/plugin-commands-rebuild": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/prepare-temp-dir": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/read-project-manifest": "workspace:*",
+    "@pnpm/util.lex-comparator": "catalog:",
     "chalk": "catalog:",
     "enquirer": "catalog:",
     "render-help": "catalog:"
diff --git a/exec/build-commands/src/approveBuilds.ts b/exec/build-commands/src/approveBuilds.ts
index 18a367601e..32947f6ed6 100644
--- a/exec/build-commands/src/approveBuilds.ts
+++ b/exec/build-commands/src/approveBuilds.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { type Config } from '@pnpm/config'
 import { globalInfo } from '@pnpm/logger'
 import { readProjectManifest } from '@pnpm/read-project-manifest'
+import { lexCompare } from '@pnpm/util.lex-comparator'
 import renderHelp from 'render-help'
 import { prompt } from 'enquirer'
 import chalk from 'chalk'
@@ -132,5 +133,5 @@ Do you approve?`,
 }
 
 function sortUniqueStrings (array: string[]): string[] {
-  return Array.from(new Set(array)).sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b))
+  return Array.from(new Set(array)).sort(lexCompare)
 }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index a048c90b71..b3e169550c 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -2096,6 +2096,9 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/read-project-manifest':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../pkg-manifest/read-project-manifest
+      '@pnpm/util.lex-comparator':
+        specifier: 'catalog:'
+        version: 3.0.0
       chalk:
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 4.1.2