diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/light.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/light.rs
index 6e6783caf676f..f3a51cad44ac0 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/light.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/light.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ use bevy_render::{
     Extract,
 };
 use bevy_transform::{components::GlobalTransform, prelude::Transform};
-use bevy_utils::FloatOrd;
 use bevy_utils::{
     tracing::{error, warn},
     HashMap,
@@ -1653,7 +1652,7 @@ pub struct Shadow {
 }
 
 impl PhaseItem for Shadow {
-    type SortKey = FloatOrd;
+    type SortKey = CachedRenderPipelineId;
 
     #[inline]
     fn entity(&self) -> Entity {
@@ -1662,7 +1661,7 @@ impl PhaseItem for Shadow {
 
     #[inline]
     fn sort_key(&self) -> Self::SortKey {
-        FloatOrd(self.distance)
+        self.pipeline
     }
 
     #[inline]
@@ -1672,7 +1671,7 @@ impl PhaseItem for Shadow {
 
     #[inline]
     fn sort(items: &mut [Self]) {
-        radsort::sort_by_key(items, |item| item.distance);
+        items.sort_by_key(|item| item.pipeline);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/pipeline_cache.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/pipeline_cache.rs
index 2dfe94913c1bb..336c8615ec932 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/pipeline_cache.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/pipeline_cache.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pub enum Pipeline {
 type CachedPipelineId = usize;
 
 /// Index of a cached render pipeline in a [`PipelineCache`].
-#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Hash, Eq, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Hash, Eq, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
 pub struct CachedRenderPipelineId(CachedPipelineId);
 
 impl CachedRenderPipelineId {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ impl CachedRenderPipelineId {
 }
 
 /// Index of a cached compute pipeline in a [`PipelineCache`].
-#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Hash, Eq, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Hash, Eq, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
 pub struct CachedComputePipelineId(CachedPipelineId);
 
 impl CachedComputePipelineId {