diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gradle/fetch-deps.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gradle/fetch-deps.nix
index f4485609f65f..304898c0131c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gradle/fetch-deps.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gradle/fetch-deps.nix
@@ -123,10 +123,9 @@ let
 
             fileList = builtins.filter (x: lib.hasPrefix xmlBase x && x != url) (builtins.attrNames finalData);
             jarPomList = map parseArtifactUrl fileList;
-            sortedJarPomList =
-              lib.sort
-                (a: b: lib.splitVersion a.version < lib.splitVersion b.version)
-                jarPomList;
+
+            sortByVersion = a: b: (builtins.compareVersions a.version b.version) < 0;
+            sortedJarPomList = lib.sort sortByVersion jarPomList;
 
             uniqueVersionFiles =
               builtins.map ({ i, x }: x)