diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx
index 8cee912219..f8617ba4b2 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ const refCompare = (a: Entity, b: Entity) => {
     entity.metadata.title?.toLocaleLowerCase('en-US') ||
     humanizeEntityRef(entity, {
       defaultKind: 'Component',
-    });
+    }).toLocaleLowerCase('en-US');
 
   const aRef = toRef(a);
   const bRef = toRef(b);