diff --git a/accounts/abi/abigen/bindv2.go b/accounts/abi/abigen/bindv2.go
index ef4b769bb4..223c8879d8 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/abigen/bindv2.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/abigen/bindv2.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
 	"slices"
-	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 	"unicode"
@@ -280,7 +279,7 @@ func iterSorted[V any](inp map[string]V, onItem func(string, V) error) error {
 	for key := range inp {
 		sortedKeys = append(sortedKeys, key)
 	}
-	sort.Strings(sortedKeys)
+	slices.Sort(sortedKeys)
 
 	for _, key := range sortedKeys {
 		if err := onItem(key, inp[key]); err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/devp2p/nodesetcmd.go b/cmd/devp2p/nodesetcmd.go
index d7725fadb1..f0154aaac8 100644
--- a/cmd/devp2p/nodesetcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/nodesetcmd.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/netip"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func showAttributeCounts(ns nodeSet) {
 			maxlength = len(key)
 		}
 	}
-	sort.Strings(keys)
+	slices.Sort(keys)
 	fmt.Println("ENR attribute counts:")
 	for _, key := range keys {
 		fmt.Printf("%s%s: %d\n", strings.Repeat(" ", maxlength-len(key)+1), key, attrcount[key])
diff --git a/console/console.go b/console/console.go
index b5c77bd78f..47f996ab14 100644
--- a/console/console.go
+++ b/console/console.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ func (c *Console) Welcome() {
 		for api, version := range apis {
 			modules = append(modules, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", api, version))
 		}
-		sort.Strings(modules)
+		slices.Sort(modules)
 		message += " modules: " + strings.Join(modules, " ") + "\n"
 	}
 	message += "\nTo exit, press ctrl-d or type exit"
diff --git a/core/stateless/stats.go b/core/stateless/stats.go
index 94f5587f99..072424667e 100644
--- a/core/stateless/stats.go
+++ b/core/stateless/stats.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"maps"
 	"slices"
-	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ func NewWitnessStats() *WitnessStats {
 func (s *WitnessStats) Add(nodes map[string][]byte, owner common.Hash) {
 	// Extract paths from the nodes map
 	paths := slices.Collect(maps.Keys(nodes))
-	sort.Strings(paths)
+	slices.Sort(paths)
 
 	for i, path := range paths {
 		// If current path is a prefix of the next path, it's not a leaf.
diff --git a/core/vm/eips.go b/core/vm/eips.go
index d7ed18648e..7d7b790849 100644
--- a/core/vm/eips.go
+++ b/core/vm/eips.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package vm
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/tracing"
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func ActivateableEips() []string {
 	for k := range activators {
 		nums = append(nums, fmt.Sprintf("%d", k))
 	}
-	sort.Strings(nums)
+	slices.Sort(nums)
 	return nums
 }
 
diff --git a/eth/fetcher/tx_fetcher.go b/eth/fetcher/tx_fetcher.go
index d919ac8a5f..3c9e9fa234 100644
--- a/eth/fetcher/tx_fetcher.go
+++ b/eth/fetcher/tx_fetcher.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	mrand "math/rand"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"time"
 
@@ -975,7 +976,7 @@ func (f *TxFetcher) forEachPeer(peers map[string]struct{}, do func(peer string))
 	for peer := range peers {
 		list = append(list, peer)
 	}
-	sort.Strings(list)
+	slices.Sort(list)
 	rotateStrings(list, f.rand.Intn(len(list)))
 	for _, peer := range list {
 		do(peer)
diff --git a/ethdb/dbtest/testsuite.go b/ethdb/dbtest/testsuite.go
index 862ddabb6a..ff552e2395 100644
--- a/ethdb/dbtest/testsuite.go
+++ b/ethdb/dbtest/testsuite.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"slices"
-	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ func TestDatabaseSuite(t *testing.T, New func() ethdb.KeyValueStore) {
 		defer db.Close()
 
 		keys := []string{"1", "2", "3", "4", "6", "10", "11", "12", "20", "21", "22"}
-		sort.Strings(keys) // 1, 10, 11, etc
+		slices.Sort(keys) // 1, 10, 11, etc
 
 		for _, k := range keys {
 			if err := db.Put([]byte(k), nil); err != nil {
@@ -904,7 +903,7 @@ func iterateKeys(it ethdb.Iterator) []string {
 	for it.Next() {
 		keys = append(keys, string(it.Key()))
 	}
-	sort.Strings(keys)
+	slices.Sort(keys)
 	it.Release()
 	return keys
 }
diff --git a/ethdb/memorydb/memorydb.go b/ethdb/memorydb/memorydb.go
index 200ad60245..b7d5eb92bc 100644
--- a/ethdb/memorydb/memorydb.go
+++ b/ethdb/memorydb/memorydb.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ package memorydb
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func (db *Database) NewIterator(prefix []byte, start []byte) ethdb.Iterator {
 		}
 	}
 	// Sort the items and retrieve the associated values
-	sort.Strings(keys)
+	slices.Sort(keys)
 	for _, key := range keys {
 		values = append(values, db.db[key])
 	}
diff --git a/internal/build/file.go b/internal/build/file.go
index 2cd090c42c..7d7a1d03a0 100644
--- a/internal/build/file.go
+++ b/internal/build/file.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@ func DiffHashes(a map[string][32]byte, b map[string][32]byte) []string {
 			updates = append(updates, file)
 		}
 	}
-	sort.Strings(updates)
+	slices.Sort(updates)
 	return updates
 }
diff --git a/internal/flags/helpers.go b/internal/flags/helpers.go
index fc84ae85da..e8822bd3f8 100644
--- a/internal/flags/helpers.go
+++ b/internal/flags/helpers.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/version"
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ func CheckEnvVars(ctx *cli.Context, flags []cli.Flag, prefix string) {
 		}
 	}
 	keyvals := os.Environ()
-	sort.Strings(keyvals)
+	slices.Sort(keyvals)
 
 	for _, keyval := range keyvals {
 		key := strings.Split(keyval, "=")[0]
diff --git a/internal/jsre/completion.go b/internal/jsre/completion.go
index 844a0532fd..f589b5a8f6 100644
--- a/internal/jsre/completion.go
+++ b/internal/jsre/completion.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package jsre
 
 import (
 	"regexp"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/dop251/goja"
@@ -88,6 +88,6 @@ func getCompletions(vm *goja.Runtime, line string) (results []string) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	sort.Strings(results)
+	slices.Sort(results)
 	return results
 }
diff --git a/internal/jsre/pretty.go b/internal/jsre/pretty.go
index bd772b4927..e5eb4680d1 100644
--- a/internal/jsre/pretty.go
+++ b/internal/jsre/pretty.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"reflect"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ func (ctx ppctx) fields(obj *goja.Object) []string {
 		}
 	}
 	iterOwnAndConstructorKeys(ctx.vm, obj, add)
-	sort.Strings(vals)
-	sort.Strings(methods)
+	slices.Sort(vals)
+	slices.Sort(methods)
 	return append(vals, methods...)
 }
 
diff --git a/metrics/prometheus/collector.go b/metrics/prometheus/collector.go
index 31b8c51b65..ec742ea469 100644
--- a/metrics/prometheus/collector.go
+++ b/metrics/prometheus/collector.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package prometheus
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (c *collector) writeGaugeInfo(name string, value metrics.GaugeInfoValue) {
 	for k, v := range value {
 		kvs = append(kvs, fmt.Sprintf("%v=%q", k, v))
 	}
-	sort.Strings(kvs)
+	slices.Sort(kvs)
 	c.buff.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("{%v} 1\n\n", strings.Join(kvs, ", ")))
 }
 
diff --git a/metrics/prometheus/prometheus.go b/metrics/prometheus/prometheus.go
index dbdeae6c7f..0dc90bb5f7 100644
--- a/metrics/prometheus/prometheus.go
+++ b/metrics/prometheus/prometheus.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ package prometheus
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func Handler(reg metrics.Registry) http.Handler {
 		reg.Each(func(name string, i interface{}) {
 			names = append(names, name)
 		})
-		sort.Strings(names)
+		slices.Sort(names)
 
 		// Aggregate all the metrics into a Prometheus collector
 		c := newCollector()
diff --git a/metrics/registry.go b/metrics/registry.go
index 6070f3d0e9..36bdeb8c7f 100644
--- a/metrics/registry.go
+++ b/metrics/registry.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package metrics
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 )
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (r *orderedRegistry) Each(f func(string, interface{})) {
 	for name := range reg {
 		names = append(names, name)
 	}
-	sort.Strings(names)
+	slices.Sort(names)
 	for _, name := range names {
 		f(name, reg[name])
 	}
diff --git a/node/rpcstack.go b/node/rpcstack.go
index a1cc832f9f..f2c2ce441d 100644
--- a/node/rpcstack.go
+++ b/node/rpcstack.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func (h *httpServer) start() error {
 	for path := range h.handlerNames {
 		paths = append(paths, path)
 	}
-	sort.Strings(paths)
+	slices.Sort(paths)
 	logged := make(map[string]bool, len(paths))
 	for _, path := range paths {
 		name := h.handlerNames[path]
diff --git a/rlp/rlpgen/gen.go b/rlp/rlpgen/gen.go
index 64841b38a0..8e5f40be52 100644
--- a/rlp/rlpgen/gen.go
+++ b/rlp/rlpgen/gen.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"go/format"
 	"go/types"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp/internal/rlpstruct"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/packages"
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func (ctx *genContext) importsList() []string {
 			imp = append(imp, fmt.Sprintf("%s %q", p.alias, path))
 		}
 	}
-	sort.Strings(imp)
+	slices.Sort(imp)
 	return imp
 }
 
diff --git a/signer/core/apitypes/types.go b/signer/core/apitypes/types.go
index 9034e7e9ca..85915afbea 100644
--- a/signer/core/apitypes/types.go
+++ b/signer/core/apitypes/types.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
 	"slices"
-	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -417,7 +416,7 @@ func (typedData *TypedData) EncodeType(primaryType string) hexutil.Bytes {
 	deps := typedData.Dependencies(primaryType, []string{})
 	if len(deps) > 0 {
 		slicedDeps := deps[1:]
-		sort.Strings(slicedDeps)
+		slices.Sort(slicedDeps)
 		deps = append([]string{primaryType}, slicedDeps...)
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/init.go b/tests/init.go
index 705e929ae9..b490679315 100644
--- a/tests/init.go
+++ b/tests/init.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package tests
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 )
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ func AvailableForks() []string {
 	for k := range Forks {
 		availableForks = append(availableForks, k)
 	}
-	sort.Strings(availableForks)
+	slices.Sort(availableForks)
 	return availableForks
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/init_test.go b/tests/init_test.go
index b933c9808c..13c07c0632 100644
--- a/tests/init_test.go
+++ b/tests/init_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ func sortedMapKeys(m reflect.Value) []string {
 	for i, k := range m.MapKeys() {
 		keys[i] = k.String()
 	}
-	sort.Strings(keys)
+	slices.Sort(keys)
 	return keys
 }
 
diff --git a/trie/trie_test.go b/trie/trie_test.go
index b8b8edb33e..e1c886a3b7 100644
--- a/trie/trie_test.go
+++ b/trie/trie_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"math/rand"
 	"reflect"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -1309,7 +1310,7 @@ func printSet(set *trienode.NodeSet) string {
 	for k := range set.Nodes {
 		paths = append(paths, k)
 	}
-	sort.Strings(paths)
+	slices.Sort(paths)
 
 	for _, path := range paths {
 		n := set.Nodes[path]