diff --git a/ccm-core/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-tags/content-items/mpa.xsl b/ccm-core/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-tags/content-items/mpa.xsl
index bbbeef761..df463b5b6 100644
--- a/ccm-core/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-tags/content-items/mpa.xsl
+++ b/ccm-core/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-tags/content-items/mpa.xsl
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
         <xsl:variable name="current-section-layout-tree" select="current()"/>
         
         <xsl:for-each select="$contentitem-tree/cms:articleSectionPanel/cms:item">
-            <xsl:sort select="./rank"/>
+            <xsl:sort select="./rank" data-type="number"/>
             
             <xsl:apply-templates select="$current-section-layout-tree/*">
                 <xsl:with-param name="current-section-title" tunnel="yes" select="./title"/>
@@ -279,4 +279,4 @@
         </xsl:if>
     </xsl:template>
     
-</xsl:stylesheet>
\ No newline at end of file
+</xsl:stylesheet>