diff --git a/scripts/modules/bl_i18n_utils/bl_extract_messages.py b/scripts/modules/bl_i18n_utils/bl_extract_messages.py
index 863b5ce2958..9a07914c7c6 100644
--- a/scripts/modules/bl_i18n_utils/bl_extract_messages.py
+++ b/scripts/modules/bl_i18n_utils/bl_extract_messages.py
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ def dump_asset_messages(msgs, reports, settings):
             )
 
             if "sockets" in asset:
-                for socket_name, socket_description in asset["sockets"]:
+                for socket_name, socket_description in sorted(asset["sockets"]):
                     msgsrc = f"Socket name from node group {name}, file {asset_file}"
                     process_msg(
                         msgs, settings.DEFAULT_CONTEXT, socket_name, msgsrc,