diff --git a/packages/explorer/src/content/metadata/alternates.mts b/packages/explorer/src/content/metadata/alternates.mts
index 46020f50..b241bcbf 100644
--- a/packages/explorer/src/content/metadata/alternates.mts
+++ b/packages/explorer/src/content/metadata/alternates.mts
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ import type {
   MetadataHeaders,
 } from '../../types/index.mjs';
 
-export const alternatesHeaderBuilder = (
-  documents: ContentlayerDocumentWithURL[]
-) => {
-  const selectNonTranslatedPagesByIdentifier = (identifier: string) =>
-    documents.filter((_d) => !_d.translationOfWork?.['@id'] && _d.identifier === identifier);
-  const selectDocumentsTranslationOfWorkByIdentifierOrURL = (
-    identifier: string,
-    url: string
-  ) =>
+const nonTranslatedPagesByIdentifierSelector =
+  (documents: ContentlayerDocumentWithURL[]) => (identifier: string) =>
+    documents.filter(
+      (_d) => !_d.translationOfWork?.['@id'] && _d.identifier === identifier
+    );
+
+const documentsTranslationOfWorkByIdentifierOrURLSelector =
+  (documents: ContentlayerDocumentWithURL[]) =>
+  (identifier: string, url: string) =>
     documents.filter(
       ({ translationOfWork }) =>
         translationOfWork?.['@id'] &&
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ export const alternatesHeaderBuilder = (
           translationOfWork?.['@id'] === url)
     );
 
-  const getTranslations = (document: Content) => {
+const translationsSelector = (documents: ContentlayerDocumentWithURL[]) => {
+  const selectDocumentsTranslationOfWorkByIdentifierOrURL =
+    documentsTranslationOfWorkByIdentifierOrURLSelector(documents);
+
+  return (document: Content) => {
     if (!document.translationOfWork) {
       return selectDocumentsTranslationOfWorkByIdentifierOrURL(
         document.identifier,
@@ -34,33 +38,51 @@ export const alternatesHeaderBuilder = (
       document.translationOfWork['@id']
     );
   };
+};
 
-  type Translations = Array<Content | ContentlayerDocumentWithURL>
+const defaultTranslationSelector = (
+  documents: ContentlayerDocumentWithURL[]
+) => {
+  const selectNonTranslatedPagesByIdentifier =
+    nonTranslatedPagesByIdentifierSelector(documents);
 
-  const getDefaultTranslation = (document: Content, translations: Translations) => {
+  return (document: Content, translations: Translations) => {
     if (document.translationOfWork?.['@id']) {
-      const defaultPageFromTranslationOfWork = selectNonTranslatedPagesByIdentifier(document.translationOfWork['@id'])
+      const defaultPageFromTranslationOfWork =
+        selectNonTranslatedPagesByIdentifier(document.translationOfWork['@id']);
       if (defaultPageFromTranslationOfWork.length === 1) {
         return defaultPageFromTranslationOfWork[0];
       }
     }
 
-    const defaultPageFromDefaultLanguage = translations.filter((t) => t.inLanguage === getDefaultLanguage());
+    const defaultPageFromDefaultLanguage = translations.filter(
+      (t) => t.inLanguage === getDefaultLanguage()
+    );
     if (defaultPageFromDefaultLanguage.length > 0) {
       return defaultPageFromDefaultLanguage[0];
     }
 
     return document;
-  }
+  };
+};
+
+type Translations = Array<Content | ContentlayerDocumentWithURL>;
+
+export const alternatesHeaderBuilder = (
+  documents: ContentlayerDocumentWithURL[]
+) => {
+  const selectTranslations = translationsSelector(documents);
+  const selectDefaultTranslation = defaultTranslationSelector(documents);
 
   return (document: Content): MetadataHeaders['alternates'] => {
-    const translations: Translations = getTranslations(document);
-    const defaultTranslation = getDefaultTranslation(document, translations);
+    const translations: Translations = selectTranslations(document);
+    const defaultTranslation = selectDefaultTranslation(document, translations);
 
     return translations
       .concat(defaultTranslation)
       .filter((_t) => _t.inLanguage)
       .map((_t) => ({ href: _t.url, hreflang: _t.inLanguage as string }))
+      .sort((a, b) => a.hreflang.localeCompare(b.hreflang))
       .concat({ href: defaultTranslation.url, hreflang: 'x-default' });
   };
 };