diff --git a/store/cachekv/store.go b/store/cachekv/store.go
index 08cfc2b325f6..8e3ad98bf15c 100644
--- a/store/cachekv/store.go
+++ b/store/cachekv/store.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"cosmossdk.io/store/internal/kv"
 	"cosmossdk.io/store/tracekv"
 	"cosmossdk.io/store/types"
+	"github.com/jfcg/sorty/v2"
 )
 
 // cValue represents a cached value.
@@ -380,9 +381,14 @@ func (store *Store) clearUnsortedCacheSubset(unsorted []*kv.Pair, sortState sort
 	}
 
 	if sortState == stateUnsorted {
-		sort.Slice(unsorted, func(i, j int) bool {
+		fn := func(i, j int) bool {
 			return bytes.Compare(unsorted[i].Key, unsorted[j].Key) < 0
-		})
+		}
+		if len(unsorted) > 1000 {
+			sort.Slice(unsorted, fn)
+		} else {
+			sorty.SortSlice(unsorted)
+		}
 	}
 
 	for _, item := range unsorted {
diff --git a/store/go.mod b/store/go.mod
index 4c381e31397f..e15d76d043fb 100644
--- a/store/go.mod
+++ b/store/go.mod
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ require (
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.1
 )
 
+require github.com/jfcg/sorty/v2 v2.1.1
+
 require (
 	github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.5.5 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-immutable-radix v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/yamux v0.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/jfcg/sixb v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/jhump/protoreflect v1.15.3 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.7 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 // indirect
diff --git a/store/go.sum b/store/go.sum
index 360753608a69..8b3f23bef83d 100644
--- a/store/go.sum
+++ b/store/go.sum
@@ -136,6 +136,14 @@ github.com/hashicorp/yamux v0.1.1 h1:yrQxtgseBDrq9Y652vSRDvsKCJKOUD+GzTS4Y0Y8pvE
 github.com/hashicorp/yamux v0.1.1/go.mod h1:CtWFDAQgb7dxtzFs4tWbplKIe2jSi3+5vKbgIO0SLnQ=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
 github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20200824232613-28f6c0f3b639/go.mod h1:aSSvb/t6k1mPoxDqO4vJh6VOCGPwU4O0C2/Eqndh1Sc=
+github.com/jfcg/opt v0.3.1 h1:6zgKvv3fR5OlX2nxUYJC4wtosY30N4vypILgXmRNr34=
+github.com/jfcg/opt v0.3.1/go.mod h1:3ZUYQhiqKM6vVjMRYV1fVZ9a91EQ47b5kg7KsnfRClk=
+github.com/jfcg/rng v1.0.6 h1:JCYvI/GaSSd3lL0zl15J7FNHqMZYNosPmNKDrysKhH0=
+github.com/jfcg/rng v1.0.6/go.mod h1:UqYFfcn9XCugyejaC+8cXQgrWtHQtvlWGiLQXu/7Cnw=
+github.com/jfcg/sixb v1.4.1 h1:lb/fWXTn7G+Om2K2/NhZByppgPyQ7mWyQ5XOHu9PAfU=
+github.com/jfcg/sixb v1.4.1/go.mod h1:hofNeC6Ua8uwQ7X14L2/byXF1xJyUyX4lk53SmeAopI=
+github.com/jfcg/sorty/v2 v2.1.1 h1:jMgkME/JZ4dVFxOVtAeQUXbSzLhbPGxjgfhtnCMXXVM=
+github.com/jfcg/sorty/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:wFv8kNl8smeqwsx62BPpgxyjxMY+4ylIug1ARe4nLnI=
 github.com/jhump/protoreflect v1.15.3 h1:6SFRuqU45u9hIZPJAoZ8c28T3nK64BNdp9w6jFonzls=
 github.com/jhump/protoreflect v1.15.3/go.mod h1:4ORHmSBmlCW8fh3xHmJMGyul1zNqZK4Elxc8qKP+p1k=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=