diff --git a/docs/VictoriaLogs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/VictoriaLogs/CHANGELOG.md
index fe1f4bee4..fc1432e11 100644
--- a/docs/VictoriaLogs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/VictoriaLogs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ according to [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/quicksta
 * FEATURE: add [`block_stats` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#block_stats-pipe) for returning various per-block stats. This pipe is useful for debugging.
 
 * BUGFIX: properly parse structured metadata when ingesting logs with [Loki ingestion protocol](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/data-ingestion/promtail/). The issue has been introduced in [v0.3.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v0.3.0-victorialogs). See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/7431) for the details.
+* BUGFIX: properly sort fields with floating-point numbers by [`sort` pipe](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victorialogs/logsql/#sort-pipe). Previously floating-point numbers could be improperly sorted because they were treated as strings, and [natural sorting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_sort_order) was incorrectly applied to them. For example, `0.123` was treated as bigger than `0.9`.
 
 ## [v0.40.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v0.40.0-victorialogs)
 
diff --git a/lib/logstorage/pipe_sort.go b/lib/logstorage/pipe_sort.go
index 7a0567339..7f9a7e779 100644
--- a/lib/logstorage/pipe_sort.go
+++ b/lib/logstorage/pipe_sort.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/memory"
-	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/stringsutil"
 )
 
 // pipeSort processes '| sort ...' queries.
@@ -738,9 +737,9 @@ func sortBlockLess(shardA *pipeSortProcessorShard, rowIdxA int, shardB *pipeSort
 			continue
 		}
 		if isDesc {
-			return stringsutil.LessNatural(sB, sA)
+			return lessString(sB, sA)
 		}
-		return stringsutil.LessNatural(sA, sB)
+		return lessString(sA, sB)
 	}
 	return false
 }