diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 54ff265764..6dc2fb0710 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     },
     "scripts": {
         "i18n": "matrix-gen-i18n && yarn i18n:sort && yarn i18n:lint",
-        "i18n:sort": "jq --sort-keys '.' src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json > src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json.tmp && mv src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json.tmp src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json",
+        "i18n:sort": "matrix-sort-i18n src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json",
         "i18n:lint": "prettier --log-level=silent  --write src/i18n/strings/ --ignore-path /dev/null",
         "i18n:diff": "cp src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json src/i18n/strings/en_EN_orig.json && yarn i18n && matrix-compare-i18n-files src/i18n/strings/en_EN_orig.json src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json",
         "mkdirs": "mkdirp packages deploys",