diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dcd442ebb2..68ad6a6a69 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "tools:get-latest-sem-ver-git-tag": "TS_NODE_PROJECT=./tools/tsconfig.json node --abort-on-uncaught-exception --loader ts-node/esm --experimental-specifier-resolution=node --no-warnings ./tools/get-latest-sem-ver-git-tag.ts",
     "tools:generate-sbom": "TS_NODE_PROJECT=tools/tsconfig.json node --experimental-json-modules --trace-deprecation --experimental-modules --abort-on-uncaught-exception --loader ts-node/esm --experimental-specifier-resolution=node ./tools/generate-sbom.ts",
     "tools:fix-pkg-npm-scope": "TS_NODE_PROJECT=tools/tsconfig.json node --experimental-json-modules --trace-deprecation --experimental-modules --abort-on-uncaught-exception --loader ts-node/esm --experimental-specifier-resolution=node ./tools/custom-checks/check-pkg-npm-scope.ts",
+    "tools:sort-package-json": "TS_NODE_PROJECT=tools/tsconfig.json node --experimental-json-modules --trace-deprecation --experimental-modules --abort-on-uncaught-exception --loader ts-node/esm --experimental-specifier-resolution=node ./tools/sort-package-json.ts",
     "generate-api-server-config": "node ./tools/generate-api-server-config.js",
     "sync-ts-config": "TS_NODE_PROJECT=tools/tsconfig.json node --experimental-json-modules --loader ts-node/esm ./tools/sync-npm-deps-to-tsc-projects.ts",
     "start:api-server": "node ./packages/cactus-cmd-api-server/dist/lib/main/typescript/cmd/cactus-api.js --config-file=.config.json",
diff --git a/tools/custom-checks/check-package-json-sort.ts b/tools/custom-checks/check-package-json-sort.ts
index 1f2c35b6f0..79d6eac5fe 100644
--- a/tools/custom-checks/check-package-json-sort.ts
+++ b/tools/custom-checks/check-package-json-sort.ts
@@ -5,16 +5,18 @@ import { globby, Options as GlobbyOptions } from "globby";
 import { RuntimeError } from "run-time-error";
 import { isStdLibRecord } from "./is-std-lib-record";
 import { sortPackageJson } from "sort-package-json";
-
+import lernaCfg from "../../lerna.json" assert { type: "json" };
 export interface ICheckPackageJsonSort {
   readonly argv: string[];
   readonly env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
 }
 
 /**
- * Sorts and checks that all the package.json files within the Cactus project
- * Note: this only sorts and checks the package.json files that are within the
- * `packages` folder for this proeject
+ * Sorts and checks that all the package.json files within the Cacti project
+ *
+ * Note: this sorts every package.json file that are included in the workspace
+ * globs (see lerna.json and package.json files in the **root** directory of the
+ * project)
  *
  * @returns An array with the first item being a boolean indicating
  * 1) success (`true`) or 2) failure (`false`)
@@ -45,11 +47,21 @@ export async function checkPackageJsonSort(
     ignore: ["**/node_modules"],
   };
 
-  const DEFAULT_GLOB = "**/cactus-*/package.json";
+  const includeGlobs = lernaCfg.packages.map((x) => x.concat("/package.json"));
+
+  const pkgJsonPaths = await globby(includeGlobs, globbyOpts);
+
+  const notSortedFilesPaths: string[] = [];
 
-  const pkgJsonPaths = await globby(DEFAULT_GLOB, globbyOpts);
-  sortPackageJson(pkgJsonPaths);
+  for (const pkg of pkgJsonPaths) {
+    const json = await fs.readJSON(pkg);
+    const sortedJson = await sortPackageJson(json);
 
+    if (JSON.stringify(json) !== JSON.stringify(sortedJson)) {
+      notSortedFilesPaths.push(pkg);
+    }
+  }
+  console.log("%s notSortedFiles=%o", TAG, notSortedFilesPaths);
   const errors: string[] = [];
 
   const checks = pkgJsonPaths.map(async (pathRel) => {
@@ -66,6 +78,9 @@ export async function checkPackageJsonSort(
     if (!isStdLibRecord(pkgJson)) {
       return;
     }
+    if (notSortedFilesPaths.includes(pathRel)) {
+      errors.push(`ERROR: Packages ${pathRel} is not sorted`);
+    }
   });
 
   await Promise.all(checks);
diff --git a/tools/sort-package-json.ts b/tools/sort-package-json.ts
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..95b449d27e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/sort-package-json.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import fs from "fs-extra";
+import path from "path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+import { globby, Options as GlobbyOptions } from "globby";
+import { sortPackageJson } from "sort-package-json";
+import lernaCfg from "../lerna.json" assert { type: "json" };
+
+export interface ICheckPackageJsonSort {
+  readonly argv: string[];
+  readonly env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+}
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
+const SCRIPT_DIR = __dirname;
+const PROJECT_DIR = path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, "../");
+const globbyOpts: GlobbyOptions = {
+  cwd: PROJECT_DIR,
+  ignore: ["**/node_modules"],
+};
+
+export async function sortPackages(): Promise<void> {
+  const TAG = "[tools/sort-package-json.ts]";
+  const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+  const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
+  const SCRIPT_DIR = __dirname;
+  const PROJECT_DIR = path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, "../../");
+  console.log(`${TAG} SCRIPT_DIR=${SCRIPT_DIR}`);
+  console.log(`${TAG} PROJECT_DIR=${PROJECT_DIR}`);
+
+  const includeGlobs = lernaCfg.packages.map((x) => x.concat("/package.json"));
+
+  const pkgJsonPaths = await globby(includeGlobs, globbyOpts);
+  for (const pkg of pkgJsonPaths) {
+    const json = await fs.readJSON(pkg);
+    const sortedJson = await sortPackageJson(json);
+
+    const sortedJsonString = JSON.stringify(sortedJson, null, 2).concat("\n");
+    fs.writeFile(pkg, sortedJsonString);
+  }
+}
+
+sortPackages();