diff --git a/packages/pinia-orm/src/support/Utils.ts b/packages/pinia-orm/src/support/Utils.ts
index 0b8e13bc..840c91ba 100644
--- a/packages/pinia-orm/src/support/Utils.ts
+++ b/packages/pinia-orm/src/support/Utils.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ export function orderBy<T extends Element> (
   const result = collection.map<SortableArray<T>>((value) => {
     const criteria = iteratees.map((iteratee) => {
       if (typeof iteratee === 'function') { return iteratee(value) }
+      if (!iteratee.includes('.') && !isDate(value[iteratee])) { return value[iteratee] }
       const newValue = getValue(value, iteratee, false)
       return isDate(newValue) ? new Date(newValue).getTime() : newValue
     })