diff --git a/avm/res/compute/virtual-machine/tests/unit/avm.core.team.tests.ps1 b/avm/res/compute/virtual-machine/tests/unit/avm.core.team.tests.ps1
index 15532c48ed..a6229b35e4 100644
--- a/avm/res/compute/virtual-machine/tests/unit/avm.core.team.tests.ps1
+++ b/avm/res/compute/virtual-machine/tests/unit/avm.core.team.tests.ps1
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ BeforeAll {
   . (Join-Path $RepoRootPath 'avm' 'utilities' 'pipelines' 'sharedScripts' 'helper' 'Get-IsParameterRequired.ps1')
 
   if ($moduleFolderPaths.Count -gt 1) {
-    $topLevelModuleTemplatePath = $moduleFolderPaths | Sort-Object | Select-Object -First 1
+    $topLevelModuleTemplatePath = $moduleFolderPaths | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' | Select-Object -First 1
   } else {
     $topLevelModuleTemplatePath = $moduleFolderPaths
   }
diff --git a/avm/res/network/nat-gateway/tests/unit/avm.core.team.tests.ps1 b/avm/res/network/nat-gateway/tests/unit/avm.core.team.tests.ps1
index ee6d4dc083..eb8c8928b0 100644
--- a/avm/res/network/nat-gateway/tests/unit/avm.core.team.tests.ps1
+++ b/avm/res/network/nat-gateway/tests/unit/avm.core.team.tests.ps1
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ BeforeAll {
   . (Join-Path $RepoRootPath 'avm' 'utilities' 'pipelines' 'sharedScripts' 'helper' 'Get-IsParameterRequired.ps1')
 
   if ($moduleFolderPaths.Count -gt 1) {
-    $topLevelModuleTemplatePath = $moduleFolderPaths | Sort-Object | Select-Object -First 1
+    $topLevelModuleTemplatePath = $moduleFolderPaths | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' | Select-Object -First 1
   } else {
     $topLevelModuleTemplatePath = $moduleFolderPaths
   }
diff --git a/avm/utilities/pipelines/e2eValidation/resourceRemoval/Initialize-DeploymentRemoval.ps1 b/avm/utilities/pipelines/e2eValidation/resourceRemoval/Initialize-DeploymentRemoval.ps1
index 2ceed9e64b..d5d4c20503 100644
--- a/avm/utilities/pipelines/e2eValidation/resourceRemoval/Initialize-DeploymentRemoval.ps1
+++ b/avm/utilities/pipelines/e2eValidation/resourceRemoval/Initialize-DeploymentRemoval.ps1
@@ -134,11 +134,11 @@ function Initialize-DeploymentRemoval {
         if ($PurgeTestResources) {
             # Resources
             $filteredResourceIds = (Get-AzResource).ResourceId | Where-Object { $_ -like '*dep-*' }
-            $ResourceIds += ($filteredResourceIds | Sort-Object -Unique)
+            $ResourceIds += ($filteredResourceIds | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Unique)
 
             # Resource groups
             $filteredResourceGroupIds = (Get-AzResourceGroup).ResourceId | Where-Object { $_ -like '*dep-*' }
-            $ResourceIds += ($filteredResourceGroupIds | Sort-Object -Unique)
+            $ResourceIds += ($filteredResourceGroupIds | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Unique)
         }
 
         # Invoke removal
diff --git a/avm/utilities/pipelines/e2eValidation/resourceRemoval/helper/Get-ResourceIdsAsFormattedObjectList.ps1 b/avm/utilities/pipelines/e2eValidation/resourceRemoval/helper/Get-ResourceIdsAsFormattedObjectList.ps1
index 69f83360eb..731b62ee33 100644
--- a/avm/utilities/pipelines/e2eValidation/resourceRemoval/helper/Get-ResourceIdsAsFormattedObjectList.ps1
+++ b/avm/utilities/pipelines/e2eValidation/resourceRemoval/helper/Get-ResourceIdsAsFormattedObjectList.ps1
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function Get-ResourceIdsAsFormattedObjectList {
                         $allResourceGroupResources = Get-AzResource -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name '*'
                     }
                     $expandedResources = $allResourceGroupResources | Where-Object { $_.ResourceId.startswith($resourceId) }
-                    $expandedResources = $expandedResources | Sort-Object -Descending -Property { $_.ResourceId.Split('/').Count }
+                    $expandedResources = $expandedResources | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Descending -Property { $_.ResourceId.Split('/').Count }
                     foreach ($resource in $expandedResources) {
                         $formattedResources += @{
                             resourceId = $resource.ResourceId
diff --git a/avm/utilities/pipelines/e2eValidation/resourceRemoval/helper/Remove-Deployment.ps1 b/avm/utilities/pipelines/e2eValidation/resourceRemoval/helper/Remove-Deployment.ps1
index fdea2ed239..00a0d50676 100644
--- a/avm/utilities/pipelines/e2eValidation/resourceRemoval/helper/Remove-Deployment.ps1
+++ b/avm/utilities/pipelines/e2eValidation/resourceRemoval/helper/Remove-Deployment.ps1
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ function Remove-Deployment {
 
         # Pre-Filter & order items
         # ========================
-        $rawTargetResourceIdsToRemove = $deployedTargetResources | Sort-Object -Property { $_.Split('/').Count } -Descending | Select-Object -Unique
+        $rawTargetResourceIdsToRemove = $deployedTargetResources | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Property { $_.Split('/').Count } -Descending | Select-Object -Unique
         Write-Verbose ('Total number of deployment target resources after pre-filtering (duplicates) & ordering items [{0}]' -f $rawTargetResourceIdsToRemove.Count) -Verbose
 
         # Format items
diff --git a/avm/utilities/pipelines/platform/Invoke-AvmJsonModuleIndexGeneration.ps1 b/avm/utilities/pipelines/platform/Invoke-AvmJsonModuleIndexGeneration.ps1
index 2704177b8e..b48b67f864 100644
--- a/avm/utilities/pipelines/platform/Invoke-AvmJsonModuleIndexGeneration.ps1
+++ b/avm/utilities/pipelines/platform/Invoke-AvmJsonModuleIndexGeneration.ps1
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ function Invoke-AvmJsonModuleIndexGeneration {
             Write-Error "Error message: $($_.Exception.Message)"
             continue
           }
-          $tags = $tagListResponse.tags | Sort-Object
+          $tags = $tagListResponse.tags | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US'
 
           $properties = [ordered]@{}
           foreach ($tag in $tags) {
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ function Invoke-AvmJsonModuleIndexGeneration {
       } else {
         # If the module exists, merge the tags and properties
         $mergedModule = $initialMergeOfJsonFilesData[$module.moduleName]
-        $mergedModule.tags = @(($mergedModule.tags + $module.tags) | Sort-Object -Unique)
+        $mergedModule.tags = @(($mergedModule.tags + $module.tags) | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Unique)
 
         # Merge properties
         foreach ($property in $module.properties.PSObject.Properties) {
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ function Invoke-AvmJsonModuleIndexGeneration {
     $mergedModuleIndexData = $initialMergeOfJsonFilesData.Values
 
     # Sort the modules by their names
-    $sortedMergedModuleIndexData = $mergedModuleIndexData | Sort-Object moduleName
+    $sortedMergedModuleIndexData = $mergedModuleIndexData | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Property 'moduleName'
 
     Write-Verbose "Convert mergedModuleIndexData variable to JSON and save as 'moduleIndex.json'" -Verbose
     $sortedMergedModuleIndexData | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10 | Out-File -FilePath $moduleIndexJsonFilePath
diff --git a/avm/utilities/pipelines/publish/helper/Get-ModulesToPublish.ps1 b/avm/utilities/pipelines/publish/helper/Get-ModulesToPublish.ps1
index 0ba3ef62cf..e7f2ca0471 100644
--- a/avm/utilities/pipelines/publish/helper/Get-ModulesToPublish.ps1
+++ b/avm/utilities/pipelines/publish/helper/Get-ModulesToPublish.ps1
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function Get-TemplateFileToPublish {
 
   $TemplateFilesToPublish = $relevantPaths | ForEach-Object {
     Find-TemplateFile -Path $_ -Verbose
-  } | Sort-Object -Unique -Descending
+  } | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Unique -Descending
 
   if ($TemplateFilesToPublish.Count -eq 0) {
     Write-Verbose 'No template file found in the modified module.' -Verbose
diff --git a/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/Add-YamlListToFile.ps1 b/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/Add-YamlListToFile.ps1
index b81cec6cad..4a7732c651 100644
--- a/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/Add-YamlListToFile.ps1
+++ b/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/Add-YamlListToFile.ps1
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function Add-YamlListToFile {
             throw "No key-value pairs found in List: $ListName"
         }
         # Process key value pairs in the list
-        foreach ($Key in ($KeyValuePair.Keys.split(' ') | Sort-Object)) {
+        foreach ($Key in ($KeyValuePair.Keys.split(' ') | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US')) {
             Write-Verbose ('Setting environment variable [{0}] with value [{1}]' -f $Key, $KeyValuePair[$Key]) -Verbose
             Write-Output "$Key=$($KeyValuePair[$Key])" | Out-File -FilePath $OutputFilePath -Encoding 'utf-8' -Append
         }
diff --git a/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/Set-EnvironmentOnAgent.ps1 b/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/Set-EnvironmentOnAgent.ps1
index 12de5cec07..bcfb7253ab 100644
--- a/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/Set-EnvironmentOnAgent.ps1
+++ b/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/Set-EnvironmentOnAgent.ps1
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function Install-CustomModule {
                 $alreadyInstalled = $alreadyInstalled | Where-Object { $_.Version -eq $Module.Version }
             } else {
                 # Get latest in case of multiple
-                $alreadyInstalled = ($alreadyInstalled | Sort-Object -Property Version -Descending)[0]
+                $alreadyInstalled = ($alreadyInstalled | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Property 'Version' -Descending)[0]
             }
             Write-Verbose ('Module [{0}] already installed with version [{1}]' -f $alreadyInstalled.Name, $alreadyInstalled.Version) -Verbose
             continue
diff --git a/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/Set-ModuleReadMe.ps1 b/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/Set-ModuleReadMe.ps1
index 43ee7b2dd7..83c923f601 100644
--- a/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/Set-ModuleReadMe.ps1
+++ b/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/Set-ModuleReadMe.ps1
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ function Set-ResourceTypesSection {
 
     $RelevantResourceTypeObjects = Get-NestedResourceList $TemplateFileContent | Where-Object {
         $_.type -notin $ResourceTypesToExclude -and $_
-    } | Select-Object 'Type', 'ApiVersion' -Unique | Sort-Object Type -Culture 'en-US'
+    } | Select-Object 'Type', 'ApiVersion' -Unique | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Property 'Type'
 
     $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
     $VerbosePreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
@@ -277,9 +277,9 @@ function Set-DefinitionSection {
         # Filter to relevant items
         if (-not $Properties) {
             # Top-level invocation
-            [array] $categoryParameters = $TemplateFileContent.parameters.Values | Where-Object { $_.metadata.description -like "$category. *" } | Sort-Object -Property 'Name' -Culture 'en-US'
+            [array] $categoryParameters = $TemplateFileContent.parameters.Values | Where-Object { $_.metadata.description -like "$category. *" } | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Property 'Name'
         } else {
-            $categoryParameters = $Properties.Values | Where-Object { $_.metadata.description -like "$category. *" } | Sort-Object -Property 'Name' -Culture 'en-US'
+            $categoryParameters = $Properties.Values | Where-Object { $_.metadata.description -like "$category. *" } | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Property 'Name'
         }
 
         $tableSectionContent += @(
@@ -657,13 +657,13 @@ function Set-CrossReferencesSection {
     $dependencies = $CrossReferencedModuleList[$FullModuleIdentifier]
 
     if ($dependencies.Keys -contains 'localPathReferences' -and $dependencies['localPathReferences']) {
-        foreach ($reference in ($dependencies['localPathReferences'] | Sort-Object)) {
+        foreach ($reference in ($dependencies['localPathReferences'] | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US')) {
             $SectionContent += ("| ``{0}`` | {1} |" -f $reference, 'Local reference')
         }
     }
 
     if ($dependencies.Keys -contains 'remoteReferences' -and $dependencies['remoteReferences']) {
-        foreach ($reference in ($dependencies['remoteReferences'] | Sort-Object)) {
+        foreach ($reference in ($dependencies['remoteReferences'] | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US')) {
             $SectionContent += ("| ``{0}`` | {1} |" -f $reference, 'Remote reference')
         }
     }
@@ -1283,11 +1283,11 @@ function Set-UsageExamplesSection {
         $moduleNameCamelCase = $First.Tolower() + (Get-Culture).TextInfo.ToTitleCase($Rest) -Replace '-'
     }
 
-    $testFilePaths = (Get-ChildItem -Path $ModuleRoot -Recurse -Filter 'main.test.bicep').FullName | Sort-Object
+    $testFilePaths = (Get-ChildItem -Path $ModuleRoot -Recurse -Filter 'main.test.bicep').FullName | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US'
 
     $RequiredParametersList = $TemplateFileContent.parameters.Keys | Where-Object {
         Get-IsParameterRequired -TemplateFileContent $TemplateFileContent -Parameter $TemplateFileContent.parameters[$_]
-    } | Sort-Object
+    } | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US'
 
     ############################
     ##   Process test files   ##
diff --git a/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/helper/ConvertTo-OrderedHashtable.ps1 b/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/helper/ConvertTo-OrderedHashtable.ps1
index cfd446753e..f270726499 100644
--- a/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/helper/ConvertTo-OrderedHashtable.ps1
+++ b/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/helper/ConvertTo-OrderedHashtable.ps1
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function ConvertTo-OrderedHashtable {
         return $JSONObject # E.g. in primitive data types [1,2,3]
     }
 
-    foreach ($currentLevelKey in ($JSONObject.Keys | Sort-Object)) {
+    foreach ($currentLevelKey in ($JSONObject.Keys | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US')) {
 
         if ($null -eq $JSONObject[$currentLevelKey]) {
             # Handle case in which the value is 'null' and hence has no type
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function ConvertTo-OrderedHashtable {
                 foreach ($array in $arrayElements) {
                     if ($array.Count -gt 1) {
                         # Only sort for arrays with more than one item. Otherwise single-item arrays are casted
-                        $array = $array | Sort-Object
+                        $array = $array | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US'
                     }
                     $arrayOutput += , (ConvertTo-OrderedHashtable -JSONInputObject ($array | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 99))
                 }
@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ function ConvertTo-OrderedHashtable {
                 # Case: Primitive data types
                 $primitiveElements = $JSONObject[$currentLevelKey] | Where-Object { $_.GetType().BaseType.Name -notin @('Array', 'Hashtable') } | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 99 | ConvertFrom-Json -AsHashtable -NoEnumerate -Depth 99
                 if ($primitiveElements.Count -gt 1) {
-                    $primitiveElements = $primitiveElements | Sort-Object
+                    $primitiveElements = $primitiveElements | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US'
                 }
                 $arrayOutput += $primitiveElements
 
                 if ($array.Count -gt 1) {
                     # Only sort for arrays with more than one item. Otherwise single-item arrays are casted
-                    $arrayOutput = $arrayOutput | Sort-Object
+                    $arrayOutput = $arrayOutput | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US'
                 }
                 $orderedLevel[$currentLevelKey] = $arrayOutput
             }
diff --git a/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/helper/Get-CrossReferencedModuleList.ps1 b/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/helper/Get-CrossReferencedModuleList.ps1
index 0d34d96f61..f9031b160b 100644
--- a/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/helper/Get-CrossReferencedModuleList.ps1
+++ b/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/helper/Get-CrossReferencedModuleList.ps1
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ function Get-ReferenceObject {
     }
 
     return @{
-        resourceReferences  = $resultSet.resourceReferences | Sort-Object -Unique
-        remoteReferences    = $resultSet.remoteReferences | Sort-Object -Unique
-        localPathReferences = $resultSet.localPathReferences | Sort-Object -Unique
+        resourceReferences  = $resultSet.resourceReferences | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Unique
+        remoteReferences    = $resultSet.remoteReferences | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Unique
+        localPathReferences = $resultSet.localPathReferences | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Unique
     }
 }
 #endregion
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ function Get-CrossReferencedModuleList {
     $moduleTemplatePaths = (Get-ChildItem -Path $path -Recurse -File -Filter '*.bicep').FullName | Where-Object {
         # No files inthe [/utilities/tools/] folder and none in the [/tests/] folder
         $_ -notmatch '.*[\\|\/]tools[\\|\/].*|.*[\\|\/]tests[\\|\/].*'
-    } | Sort-Object
+    } | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US'
     $templateMap = @{}
     foreach ($moduleTemplatePath in $moduleTemplatePaths) {
         $templateMap[$moduleTemplatePath] = Get-Content -Path $moduleTemplatePath
diff --git a/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/helper/Get-SpecsAlignedResourceName.ps1 b/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/helper/Get-SpecsAlignedResourceName.ps1
index 356a552c48..b71fb9d849 100644
--- a/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/helper/Get-SpecsAlignedResourceName.ps1
+++ b/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/helper/Get-SpecsAlignedResourceName.ps1
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ function Get-SpecsAlignedResourceName {
     $rawProviderNamespace, $rawResourceType = $reducedResourceIdentifier -Split '[\/|\\]', 2 # e.g. 'keyvault' & 'vaults/keys'
 
     # Find provider namespace
-    $foundProviderNamespaceMatches = ($specs.Keys | Sort-Object) | Where-Object { $_ -like "Microsoft.$rawProviderNamespace*" }
+    $foundProviderNamespaceMatches = ($specs.Keys | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US') | Where-Object { $_ -like "Microsoft.$rawProviderNamespace*" }
 
     if (-not $foundProviderNamespaceMatches) {
         $providerNamespace = "Microsoft.$rawProviderNamespace"
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ function Get-SpecsAlignedResourceName {
     }
 
     # Find resource type
-    $innerResourceTypes = $specs[$providerNamespace].Keys | Sort-Object
+    $innerResourceTypes = $specs[$providerNamespace].Keys | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US'
 
     $rawResourceTypeElem = $rawResourceType -split '[\/|\\]'
     $reducedResourceTypeElements = $rawResourceTypeElem | ForEach-Object { Get-ReducedWordString -StringToReduce $_ }
diff --git a/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/tokenReplacement/Convert-TokensInFileList.ps1 b/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/tokenReplacement/Convert-TokensInFileList.ps1
index bcae7411d6..806041c122 100644
--- a/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/tokenReplacement/Convert-TokensInFileList.ps1
+++ b/avm/utilities/pipelines/sharedScripts/tokenReplacement/Convert-TokensInFileList.ps1
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function Convert-TokensInFileList {
 
   process {
     # Combine All Input Token Types, Remove Duplicates and Only Select entries with on empty values
-    $FilteredTokens = ($Tokens | Sort-Object -Unique).Clone()
+    $FilteredTokens = ($Tokens | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Unique).Clone()
     @($FilteredTokens.Keys) | ForEach-Object {
       if ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($FilteredTokens[$_])) {
         $FilteredTokens.Remove($_)
diff --git a/avm/utilities/pipelines/staticValidation/compliance/Set-PesterGitHubOutput.ps1 b/avm/utilities/pipelines/staticValidation/compliance/Set-PesterGitHubOutput.ps1
index 70e939e949..d28f09fa20 100644
--- a/avm/utilities/pipelines/staticValidation/compliance/Set-PesterGitHubOutput.ps1
+++ b/avm/utilities/pipelines/staticValidation/compliance/Set-PesterGitHubOutput.ps1
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ function Set-PesterGitHubOutput {
       '| Name | Error | Source |',
       '| :-- | :-- | :-- |'
     )
-    foreach ($failedTest in ($failedTests | Sort-Object -Property { $PSItem.ExpandedName })) {
+    foreach ($failedTest in ($failedTests | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Property { $PSItem.ExpandedName })) {
 
       $intermediateNameElements = $failedTest.Path
       $intermediateNameElements[-1] = '**{0}**' -f $failedTest.ExpandedName
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ function Set-PesterGitHubOutput {
       '| Name | Source |',
       '| :-- | :-- |'
     )
-    foreach ($passedTest in ($passedTests | Sort-Object -Property { $PSItem.ExpandedName }) ) {
+    foreach ($passedTest in ($passedTests | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Property { $PSItem.ExpandedName }) ) {
 
       $intermediateNameElements = $passedTest.Path
       $intermediateNameElements[-1] = '**{0}**' -f $passedTest.ExpandedName
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ function Set-PesterGitHubOutput {
       '| Name | Reason | Source |',
       '| :-- | :-- | :-- |'
     )
-    foreach ($skippedTest in ($skippedTests | Sort-Object -Property { $PSItem.ExpandedName }) ) {
+    foreach ($skippedTest in ($skippedTests | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Property { $PSItem.ExpandedName }) ) {
 
       $intermediateNameElements = $skippedTest.Path
       $intermediateNameElements[-1] = '**{0}**' -f $skippedTest.ExpandedName
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ function Set-PesterGitHubOutput {
       '| Name | Warning | Source |',
       '| :-- | :-- | :-- |'
     )
-    foreach ($test in ($testsWithWarnings | Sort-Object -Property { $PSItem.ExpandedName }) ) {
+    foreach ($test in ($testsWithWarnings | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Property { $PSItem.ExpandedName }) ) {
       foreach ($warning in $test.StandardOutput.Warning) {
         $intermediateNameElements = $test.Path
         $intermediateNameElements[-1] = '**{0}**' -f $test.ExpandedName
diff --git a/avm/utilities/pipelines/staticValidation/compliance/module.tests.ps1 b/avm/utilities/pipelines/staticValidation/compliance/module.tests.ps1
index 92e9b154c5..86e8253752 100644
--- a/avm/utilities/pipelines/staticValidation/compliance/module.tests.ps1
+++ b/avm/utilities/pipelines/staticValidation/compliance/module.tests.ps1
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Import-Module (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'helper' 'helper.psm1') -Force
 $pathsToBuild = [System.Collections.ArrayList]@()
 $pathsToBuild += $moduleFolderPaths | ForEach-Object { Join-Path $_ 'main.bicep' }
 foreach ($moduleFolderPath in $moduleFolderPaths) {
-  if ($testFilePaths = ((Get-ChildItem -Path $moduleFolderPath -Recurse -Filter 'main.test.bicep').FullName | Sort-Object)) {
+  if ($testFilePaths = ((Get-ChildItem -Path $moduleFolderPath -Recurse -Filter 'main.test.bicep').FullName | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US')) {
     $pathsToBuild += $testFilePaths
   }
 }
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ Describe 'Module tests' -Tag 'Module' {
         }
 
         $incorrectParameters = @()
-        foreach ($parameter in ($templateFileParameters.PSBase.Keys | Sort-Object)) {
+        foreach ($parameter in ($templateFileParameters.PSBase.Keys | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US')) {
           # Parameters in the object are formatted like
           # - tags
           # - customerManagedKey.keyVaultResourceId
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ Describe 'Module tests' -Tag 'Module' {
         }
 
         $incorrectParameters = @()
-        foreach ($parameter in ($templateFileParameters.PSBase.Keys | Sort-Object)) {
+        foreach ($parameter in ($templateFileParameters.PSBase.Keys | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US')) {
           $data = $templateFileParameters.$parameter.metadata.description
           if ($data -notmatch '(?s)^[A-Z][a-zA-Z]+\. .+\.$') {
             $incorrectParameters += $parameter
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ Describe 'Module tests' -Tag 'Module' {
         }
 
         $incorrectParameters = @()
-        foreach ($parameter in ($templateFileParameters.PSBase.Keys | Sort-Object)) {
+        foreach ($parameter in ($templateFileParameters.PSBase.Keys | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US')) {
           $data = $templateFileParameters.$parameter.metadata.description
           switch -regex ($data) {
             '^Conditional. .*' {
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ Describe 'Module tests' -Tag 'Module' {
         )
 
         $incorrectParameters = @()
-        foreach ($parameter in ($templateFileParameters.PSBase.Keys | Sort-Object)) {
+        foreach ($parameter in ($templateFileParameters.PSBase.Keys | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US')) {
           $isRequired = Get-IsParameterRequired -TemplateFileContent $templateFileContent -Parameter $templateFileParameters.$parameter
 
           if (-not $isRequired) {
@@ -1184,12 +1184,12 @@ Describe 'Governance tests' {
 
     # Should be at correct location
     $incorrectLines = @()
-    foreach ($finding in (Compare-Object $listedModules ($listedModules | Sort-Object) -SyncWindow 0)) {
+    foreach ($finding in (Compare-Object $listedModules ($listedModules | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US') -SyncWindow 0)) {
       if ($finding.SideIndicator -eq '<=') {
         $incorrectLines += $finding.InputObject
       }
     }
-    $incorrectLines = $incorrectLines | Sort-Object -Unique
+    $incorrectLines = $incorrectLines | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Unique
 
     $incorrectLines.Count | Should -Be 0 -Because ('the number of modules that are not in the correct alphabetical order in the issue template should be zero ([ref](https://azure.github.io/Azure-Verified-Modules/specs/bicep/#id-bcpnfr15---category-contributionsupport---avm-module-issue-template-file)).</br>However, the following incorrectly located lines were found:</br><pre>{0}</pre>' -f ($incorrectLines -join '</br>'))
   }
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ Describe 'Test file tests' -Tag 'TestTemplate' {
 
     foreach ($moduleFolderPath in $moduleFolderPaths) {
       if (Test-Path (Join-Path $moduleFolderPath 'tests')) {
-        $testFilePaths = (Get-ChildItem -Path $moduleFolderPath -Recurse -Filter 'main.test.bicep').FullName | Sort-Object
+        $testFilePaths = (Get-ChildItem -Path $moduleFolderPath -Recurse -Filter 'main.test.bicep').FullName | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US'
         foreach ($testFilePath in $testFilePaths) {
           $testFileContent = Get-Content $testFilePath
           $resourceTypeIdentifier = ($moduleFolderPath -split '[\/|\\]{1}avm[\/|\\]{1}(res|ptn)[\/|\\]{1}')[2] -replace '\\', '/' # 'avm/res|ptn/<provider>/<resourceType>' would return '<provider>/<resourceType>'
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ Describe 'API version tests' -Tag 'ApiCheck' {
 
     $nestedResources = Get-NestedResourceList -TemplateFileContent $templateFileContent | Where-Object {
       $_.type -notin @('Microsoft.Resources/deployments') -and $_
-    } | Select-Object 'Type', 'ApiVersion' -Unique | Sort-Object Type
+    } | Select-Object 'Type', 'ApiVersion' -Unique | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Property 'Type'
 
     foreach ($resource in $nestedResources) {
 
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ Describe 'API version tests' -Tag 'ApiCheck' {
       $approvedApiVersions += $resourceTypeApiVersions | Where-Object { $_ -notlike '*-preview' } | Select-Object -Last 5
     }
 
-    $approvedApiVersions = $approvedApiVersions | Sort-Object -Unique -Descending
+    $approvedApiVersions = $approvedApiVersions | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Unique -Descending
 
     if ($approvedApiVersions -notcontains $TargetApi) {
       # Using a warning now instead of an error, as we don't want to block PRs for this.
diff --git a/avm/utilities/pipelines/staticValidation/psrule/Set-PSRuleGitHubOutput.ps1 b/avm/utilities/pipelines/staticValidation/psrule/Set-PSRuleGitHubOutput.ps1
index 15a8561bf2..2bbffee2a1 100644
--- a/avm/utilities/pipelines/staticValidation/psrule/Set-PSRuleGitHubOutput.ps1
+++ b/avm/utilities/pipelines/staticValidation/psrule/Set-PSRuleGitHubOutput.ps1
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ function Set-PSRuleGitHubOutput {
         return ''
     } else {
         $results = Import-Csv -Path $inputFilePath
-        $passedRules += $results | Where-Object { $_.Outcome -EQ 'Pass' } | Sort-Object -Property 'TargetName', 'RuleName' -Unique
-        $failedRules += $results | Where-Object { $_.Outcome -EQ 'Fail' } | Sort-Object -Property 'TargetName', 'RuleName' -Unique
+        $passedRules += $results | Where-Object { $_.Outcome -EQ 'Pass' } | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Property 'TargetName', 'RuleName' -Unique
+        $failedRules += $results | Where-Object { $_.Outcome -EQ 'Fail' } | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Property 'TargetName', 'RuleName' -Unique
 
         ######################
         # Set output content #
diff --git a/avm/utilities/tools/Invoke-WorkflowsForBranch.ps1 b/avm/utilities/tools/Invoke-WorkflowsForBranch.ps1
index 848b9864e6..cde84fa56b 100644
--- a/avm/utilities/tools/Invoke-WorkflowsForBranch.ps1
+++ b/avm/utilities/tools/Invoke-WorkflowsForBranch.ps1
@@ -285,6 +285,6 @@ function Invoke-WorkflowsForBranch {
     if ($gitHubWorkflowBadges.Count -gt 0) {
         Write-Verbose 'GitHub Workflow Badges' -Verbose
         Write-Verbose '======================' -Verbose
-        Write-Verbose ($gitHubWorkflowBadges | Sort-Object | Out-String) -Verbose
+        Write-Verbose ($gitHubWorkflowBadges | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' | Out-String) -Verbose
     }
 }
diff --git a/avm/utilities/tools/Test-ModuleLocally.ps1 b/avm/utilities/tools/Test-ModuleLocally.ps1
index c4595eb892..f29c2c90c1 100644
--- a/avm/utilities/tools/Test-ModuleLocally.ps1
+++ b/avm/utilities/tools/Test-ModuleLocally.ps1
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ function Test-ModuleLocally {
             foreach ($testFilePath in $moduleTestFiles) {
                 $tokenConfiguration.FilePathList += (Get-LocallyReferencedFileList -FilePath $testFilePath)
             }
-            $tokenConfiguration.FilePathList = $tokenConfiguration.FilePathList | Sort-Object -Unique
+            $tokenConfiguration.FilePathList = $tokenConfiguration.FilePathList | Sort-Object -Culture 'en-US' -Unique
 
             # Add other template files as they may contain the 'moduleVersion'
             $tokenConfiguration.FilePathList += (Get-ChildItem -Path $moduleRoot -Recurse -File).FullName | Where-Object { $_ -match '.+(main.json|main.bicep)$' }