diff --git a/packages/scenes/src/variables/variants/query/QueryVariable.test.tsx b/packages/scenes/src/variables/variants/query/QueryVariable.test.tsx
index 601cebc52..af42f4684 100644
--- a/packages/scenes/src/variables/variants/query/QueryVariable.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/scenes/src/variables/variants/query/QueryVariable.test.tsx
@@ -322,9 +322,9 @@ describe.each(['11.1.2', '11.1.1'])('QueryVariable', (v) => {
       await lastValueFrom(variable.validateAndUpdate());
 
       expect(variable.state.options).toEqual([
-        { label: 'val1', value: 'val1' },
-        { label: 'val2', value: 'val2' },
         { label: 'val11', value: 'val11' },
+        { label: 'val2', value: 'val2' },
+        { label: 'val1', value: 'val1' },
       ]);
     });
 
@@ -339,9 +339,9 @@ describe.each(['11.1.2', '11.1.1'])('QueryVariable', (v) => {
       await lastValueFrom(variable.validateAndUpdate());
 
       expect(variable.state.options).toEqual([
-        { label: 'val11', value: 'val11' },
-        { label: 'val2', value: 'val2' },
         { label: 'val1', value: 'val1' },
+        { label: 'val2', value: 'val2' },
+        { label: 'val11', value: 'val11' },
       ]);
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/scenes/src/variables/variants/query/utils.ts b/packages/scenes/src/variables/variants/query/utils.ts
index 28f40c58b..bfc73c150 100644
--- a/packages/scenes/src/variables/variants/query/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/scenes/src/variables/variants/query/utils.ts
@@ -74,40 +74,11 @@ const getAllMatches = (str: string, regex: RegExp): RegExpExecArray[] => {
   return results;
 };
 
-export const sortVariableValues = (options: any[], sortOrder: VariableSort) => {
+export const sortVariableValues = (options: VariableValueOption[], sortOrder: VariableSort) => {
   if (sortOrder === VariableSort.disabled) {
     return options;
   }
 
-  // @ts-ignore
-  const sortByNumeric = (opt) => {
-    if (!opt.text) {
-      return -1;
-    }
-    const matches = opt.text.match(/.*?(\d+).*/);
-    if (!matches || matches.length < 2) {
-      return -1;
-    } else {
-      return parseInt(matches[1], 10);
-    }
-  };
-
-  // @ts-ignore
-  const sortByNaturalSort = (options) => {
-    //@ts-ignore
-    return options.sort((a, b) => {
-      if (!a.text) {
-        return -1;
-      }
-
-      if (!b.text) {
-        return 1;
-      }
-
-      return a.text.localeCompare(b.text, undefined, { numeric: true });
-    });
-  };
-
   switch (sortOrder) {
     case VariableSort.alphabeticalAsc:
       options = sortBy(options, 'label');
@@ -146,3 +117,23 @@ export const sortVariableValues = (options: any[], sortOrder: VariableSort) => {
   }
   return options;
 };
+
+function sortByNumeric(opt: VariableValueOption) {
+  if (!opt.label) {
+    return -1;
+  }
+  const matches = opt.label.match(/.*?(\d+).*/);
+  if (!matches || matches.length < 2) {
+    return -1;
+  } else {
+    return parseInt(matches[1], 10);
+  }
+}
+
+const collator = new Intl.Collator(undefined, { sensitivity: 'accent', numeric: true });
+
+function sortByNaturalSort(options: VariableValueOption[]) {
+  return options.slice().sort((a, b) => {
+    return collator.compare(a.label, b.label);
+  });
+}