diff --git a/plugin/evm/atomic_tx_repository.go b/plugin/evm/atomic_tx_repository.go
index 6bb863d5a6..ef2cf0c601 100644
--- a/plugin/evm/atomic_tx_repository.go
+++ b/plugin/evm/atomic_tx_repository.go
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"sort"
 	"time"
 
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
+
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 
@@ -272,7 +273,9 @@ func (a *atomicTxRepository) write(height uint64, txs []*Tx, bonus bool) error {
 		// with txs initialized from the txID index.
 		copyTxs := make([]*Tx, len(txs))
 		copy(copyTxs, txs)
-		sort.Slice(copyTxs, func(i, j int) bool { return copyTxs[i].ID().Hex() < copyTxs[j].ID().Hex() })
+		slices.SortFunc(copyTxs, func(i, j *Tx) bool {
+			return i.Less(j)
+		})
 		txs = copyTxs
 	}
 	heightBytes := make([]byte, wrappers.LongLen)
@@ -452,6 +455,6 @@ func getAtomicRepositoryRepairHeights(bonusBlocks map[uint64]ids.ID, canonicalBl
 			repairHeights = append(repairHeights, height)
 		}
 	}
-	sort.Slice(repairHeights, func(i, j int) bool { return repairHeights[i] < repairHeights[j] })
+	slices.Sort(repairHeights)
 	return repairHeights
 }
diff --git a/plugin/evm/atomic_tx_repository_test.go b/plugin/evm/atomic_tx_repository_test.go
index 614d9c9e94..b17b93d0ba 100644
--- a/plugin/evm/atomic_tx_repository_test.go
+++ b/plugin/evm/atomic_tx_repository_test.go
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ package evm
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"fmt"
-	"sort"
 	"testing"
 
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
+
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/chains/atomic"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/database"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/database/prefixdb"
@@ -98,17 +99,14 @@ func writeTxs(t testing.TB, repo AtomicTxRepository, fromHeight uint64, toHeight
 // verifyTxs asserts [repo] can find all txs in [txMap] by height and txID
 func verifyTxs(t testing.TB, repo AtomicTxRepository, txMap map[uint64][]*Tx) {
 	// We should be able to fetch indexed txs by height:
-	getComparator := func(txs []*Tx) func(int, int) bool {
-		return func(i, j int) bool {
-			return txs[i].ID().Hex() < txs[j].ID().Hex()
-		}
-	}
 	for height, expectedTxs := range txMap {
 		txs, err := repo.GetByHeight(height)
 		assert.NoErrorf(t, err, "unexpected error on GetByHeight at height=%d", height)
 		assert.Lenf(t, txs, len(expectedTxs), "wrong len of txs at height=%d", height)
 		// txs should be stored in order of txID
-		sort.Slice(expectedTxs, getComparator(expectedTxs))
+		slices.SortFunc(expectedTxs, func(i, j *Tx) bool {
+			return i.Less(j)
+		})
 
 		txIDs := set.Set[ids.ID]{}
 		for i := 0; i < len(txs); i++ {
diff --git a/plugin/evm/tx.go b/plugin/evm/tx.go
index 825d9d81e3..89d43ed43e 100644
--- a/plugin/evm/tx.go
+++ b/plugin/evm/tx.go
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"math/big"
 	"sort"
 
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
+
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 
 	"github.com/ava-labs/coreth/core/state"
@@ -141,6 +143,10 @@ type Tx struct {
 	Creds []verify.Verifiable `serialize:"true" json:"credentials"`
 }
 
+func (tx *Tx) Less(other *Tx) bool {
+	return tx.ID().Hex() < other.ID().Hex()
+}
+
 // Sign this transaction with the provided signers
 func (tx *Tx) Sign(c codec.Manager, signers [][]*secp256k1.PrivateKey) error {
 	unsignedBytes, err := c.Marshal(codecVersion, &tx.UnsignedAtomicTx)
@@ -261,7 +267,9 @@ func mergeAtomicOps(txs []*Tx) (map[ids.ID]*atomic.Requests, error) {
 		// with txs initialized from the txID index.
 		copyTxs := make([]*Tx, len(txs))
 		copy(copyTxs, txs)
-		sort.Slice(copyTxs, func(i, j int) bool { return copyTxs[i].ID().Hex() < copyTxs[j].ID().Hex() })
+		slices.SortFunc(copyTxs, func(i, j *Tx) bool {
+			return i.Less(j)
+		})
 		txs = copyTxs
 	}
 	output := make(map[ids.ID]*atomic.Requests)
diff --git a/plugin/evm/vm_test.go b/plugin/evm/vm_test.go
index d5db4829f6..2587aa5e8b 100644
--- a/plugin/evm/vm_test.go
+++ b/plugin/evm/vm_test.go
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ import (
 	"math/big"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
+
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
@@ -4027,8 +4028,7 @@ func TestExtraStateChangeAtomicGasLimitExceeded(t *testing.T) {
 func TestGetAtomicRepositoryRepairHeights(t *testing.T) {
 	mainnetHeights := getAtomicRepositoryRepairHeights(bonusBlockMainnetHeights, canonicalBlockMainnetHeights)
 	assert.Len(t, mainnetHeights, 76)
-	sorted := sort.SliceIsSorted(mainnetHeights, func(i, j int) bool { return mainnetHeights[i] < mainnetHeights[j] })
-	assert.True(t, sorted)
+	assert.True(t, slices.IsSorted(mainnetHeights))
 }
 
 func TestSkipChainConfigCheckCompatible(t *testing.T) {