diff --git a/release b/release
index f2052840cb0..dd2982f0b1d 100755
--- a/release
+++ b/release
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Avoid dependency on locale
+LC_ALL=C
+
 CUR_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
 cd $CUR_DIR
 
diff --git a/src/Storages/System/StorageSystemContributors.sh b/src/Storages/System/StorageSystemContributors.sh
index c4c4eb5ad30..e34bf8ee7c8 100755
--- a/src/Storages/System/StorageSystemContributors.sh
+++ b/src/Storages/System/StorageSystemContributors.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 set -x
 
+LC_ALL=C
+
 # doesn't actually cd to directory, but return absolute path
 CUR_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
 # cd to directory
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ cd $CUR_DIR
 CONTRIBUTORS_FILE=${CONTRIBUTORS_FILE=$CUR_DIR/StorageSystemContributors.generated.cpp}
 
 # if you don't specify HEAD here, without terminal `git shortlog` would expect input from stdin
-git shortlog HEAD --summary | perl -lnE 's/^\s+\d+\s+(.+)/    "$1",/; next unless $1; say $_' > $CONTRIBUTORS_FILE.tmp
+git shortlog HEAD --summary | perl -lnE 's/^\s+\d+\s+(.+)/    "$1",/; next unless $1; say $_' | sort > $CONTRIBUTORS_FILE.tmp
 
 # If git history not available - dont make target file
 if [ ! -s $CONTRIBUTORS_FILE.tmp ]; then
diff --git a/utils/list-licenses/list-licenses.sh b/utils/list-licenses/list-licenses.sh
index 8eee3f97253..cdb3e3983ff 100755
--- a/utils/list-licenses/list-licenses.sh
+++ b/utils/list-licenses/list-licenses.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 ROOT_PATH="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
 LIBS_PATH="${ROOT_PATH}/contrib"
+LC_ALL=C
 
-ls -1 -d ${LIBS_PATH}/*/ | grep -F -v -- '-cmake' | while read LIB; do
+ls -1 -d ${LIBS_PATH}/*/ | grep -F -v -- '-cmake' | sort | while read LIB; do
     LIB_NAME=$(basename $LIB)
 
     LIB_LICENSE=$(