diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index c5d196a084..2109284666 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -298,9 +298,9 @@ jobs:
           cache: 'pnpm'
           cache-dependency-path: '**/pnpm-lock.yaml'
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pnpm --filter=immich-web install --frozen-lockfile
+        run: pnpm --filter=immich-i18n install --frozen-lockfile
       - name: Format
-        run: pnpm --filter=immich-web format:i18n
+        run: pnpm --filter=immich-i18n format:fix
       - name: Find file changes
         uses: tj-actions/verify-changed-files@a1c6acee9df209257a246f2cc6ae8cb6581c1edf # v20.0.4
         id: verify-changed-files
diff --git a/i18n/.prettierrc b/i18n/.prettierrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30581eb7d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i18n/.prettierrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "jsonRecursiveSort": true,
+  "jsonSortOrder": "{\"/.*/\": \"lexical\"}",
+  "plugins": ["prettier-plugin-sort-json"]
+}
diff --git a/i18n/package.json b/i18n/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19d78c49b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i18n/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "name": "immich-i18n",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "format": "prettier --check .",
+    "format:fix": "prettier --write ."
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "prettier": "^3.7.4",
+    "prettier-plugin-sort-json": "^4.1.1"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
index 0b61f3c26a..d7ee798e48 100644
--- a/mise.toml
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ run = { task = ":i18n:format-fix" }
 
 [tasks."i18n:format-fix"]
 dir = "i18n"
-run = "pnpm dlx sort-json *.json"
+run = "pnpm run format:fix"
diff --git a/mobile/makefile b/mobile/makefile
index b90e95c902..3b211bcd09 100644
--- a/mobile/makefile
+++ b/mobile/makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ migration:
 	dart run drift_dev make-migrations
 
 translation:
-	npm --prefix ../web run format:i18n
+	npm --prefix ../i18n run format:fix
 	dart run easy_localization:generate -S ../i18n
 	dart run bin/generate_keys.dart
 	dart format lib/generated/codegen_loader.g.dart
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 27c6c3f290..1ca4052e10 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -292,6 +292,15 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^3.0.0
         version: 3.2.4(@types/debug@4.1.12)(@types/node@24.10.4)(happy-dom@20.0.11)(jiti@2.6.1)(jsdom@20.0.3(canvas@2.11.2(encoding@0.1.13)))(lightningcss@1.30.2)(terser@5.44.1)(yaml@2.8.2)
 
+  i18n:
+    devDependencies:
+      prettier:
+        specifier: ^3.7.4
+        version: 3.7.4
+      prettier-plugin-sort-json:
+        specifier: ^4.1.1
+        version: 4.1.1(prettier@3.7.4)
+
   open-api/typescript-sdk:
     dependencies:
       '@oazapfts/runtime':
diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index 33aaa744b0..c7ec4739ae 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ packages:
   - cli
   - docs
   - e2e
+  - i18n
   - open-api/typescript-sdk
   - server
   - plugins
diff --git a/web/package.json b/web/package.json
index 4b3e4587fc..b5c972cec2 100644
--- a/web/package.json
+++ b/web/package.json
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
     "lint": "eslint . --max-warnings 0 --concurrency 4",
     "lint:fix": "pnpm run lint --fix",
     "format": "prettier --check .",
-    "format:fix": "prettier --write . && pnpm run format:i18n",
-    "format:i18n": "pnpm dlx sort-json ../i18n/*.json",
+    "format:fix": "prettier --write .",
     "test": "vitest --run",
     "test:cov": "vitest --coverage",
     "test:watch": "vitest dev",
diff --git a/web/src/lib/i18n.spec.ts b/web/src/lib/i18n.spec.ts
index 63aae0419c..325e7bad5e 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/i18n.spec.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/i18n.spec.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ describe('i18n', () => {
     const languageFiles = readdirSync('../i18n').sort();
     for (const filename of languageFiles) {
       test(`${filename} should have a loader`, async () => {
+        if (!filename.endsWith('.json') || filename == 'package.json') {
+          return;
+        }
+
         const code = filename.replaceAll('.json', '');
         const item = langs.find((lang) => lang.weblateCode === code || lang.code === code);
         expect(item, `${filename} has no loader`).toBeDefined();