diff --git a/compress/compress.go b/compress/compress.go
index 1989e50e8..60ea40df0 100644
--- a/compress/compress.go
+++ b/compress/compress.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/etl"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/patricia"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/log/v3"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
 
 const ASSERT = false
@@ -246,20 +247,25 @@ func (db *DictionaryBuilder) Reset(limit int) {
 	db.items = db.items[:0]
 }
 
-func (db DictionaryBuilder) Len() int {
-	return len(db.items)
-}
-
-func (db DictionaryBuilder) Less(i, j int) bool {
+func (db *DictionaryBuilder) Len() int { return len(db.items) }
+func (db *DictionaryBuilder) Less(i, j int) bool {
 	if db.items[i].score == db.items[j].score {
 		return bytes.Compare(db.items[i].word, db.items[j].word) < 0
 	}
 	return db.items[i].score < db.items[j].score
 }
 
+func dictionaryBuilderLess(i, j *Pattern) bool {
+	if i.score == j.score {
+		return bytes.Compare(i.word, j.word) < 0
+	}
+	return i.score < j.score
+}
+
 func (db *DictionaryBuilder) Swap(i, j int) {
 	db.items[i], db.items[j] = db.items[j], db.items[i]
 }
+func (db *DictionaryBuilder) Sort() { slices.SortFunc(db.items, dictionaryBuilderLess) }
 
 func (db *DictionaryBuilder) Push(x interface{}) {
 	db.items = append(db.items, x.(*Pattern))
@@ -330,19 +336,12 @@ type Pattern struct {
 // as a tie breaker to make sure the resulting Huffman code is canonical
 type PatternList []*Pattern
 
-func (pl PatternList) Len() int {
-	return len(pl)
-}
-
-func (pl PatternList) Less(i, j int) bool {
-	if pl[i].uses == pl[j].uses {
-		return bits.Reverse64(pl[i].code) < bits.Reverse64(pl[j].code)
+func (pl PatternList) Len() int { return len(pl) }
+func patternListLess(i, j *Pattern) bool {
+	if i.uses == j.uses {
+		return bits.Reverse64(i.code) < bits.Reverse64(j.code)
 	}
-	return pl[i].uses < pl[j].uses
-}
-
-func (pl *PatternList) Swap(i, j int) {
-	(*pl)[i], (*pl)[j] = (*pl)[j], (*pl)[i]
+	return i.uses < j.uses
 }
 
 // PatternHuff is an intermediate node in a huffman tree of patterns
@@ -503,19 +502,13 @@ func (h *PositionHuff) SetDepth(depth int) {
 
 type PositionList []*Position
 
-func (pl PositionList) Len() int {
-	return len(pl)
-}
+func (pl PositionList) Len() int { return len(pl) }
 
-func (pl PositionList) Less(i, j int) bool {
-	if pl[i].uses == pl[j].uses {
-		return bits.Reverse64(pl[i].code) < bits.Reverse64(pl[j].code)
+func positionListLess(i, j *Position) bool {
+	if i.uses == j.uses {
+		return bits.Reverse64(i.code) < bits.Reverse64(j.code)
 	}
-	return pl[i].uses < pl[j].uses
-}
-
-func (pl *PositionList) Swap(i, j int) {
-	(*pl)[i], (*pl)[j] = (*pl)[j], (*pl)[i]
+	return i.uses < j.uses
 }
 
 type PositionHeap []*PositionHuff
@@ -921,7 +914,7 @@ func (c *CompressorSequential) optimiseCodes() error {
 			patternList = append(patternList, p)
 		}
 	}
-	sort.Sort(&patternList)
+	slices.SortFunc[*Pattern](patternList, patternListLess)
 
 	i := 0 // Will be going over the patternList
 	// Build Huffman tree for codes
@@ -997,7 +990,7 @@ func (c *CompressorSequential) optimiseCodes() error {
 		return err
 	}
 	// 3-rd, write all the pattens, with their depths
-	sort.Sort(&patternList)
+	slices.SortFunc[*Pattern](patternList, patternListLess)
 	for _, p := range patternList {
 		ns := binary.PutUvarint(c.numBuf[:], uint64(p.depth))
 		if _, err = cw.Write(c.numBuf[:ns]); err != nil {
@@ -1019,7 +1012,7 @@ func (c *CompressorSequential) optimiseCodes() error {
 		positionList = append(positionList, p)
 		pos2code[pos] = p
 	}
-	sort.Sort(&positionList)
+	slices.SortFunc(positionList, positionListLess)
 	i = 0 // Will be going over the positionList
 	// Build Huffman tree for codes
 	var posHeap PositionHeap
@@ -1075,7 +1068,7 @@ func (c *CompressorSequential) optimiseCodes() error {
 	if _, err = cw.Write(c.numBuf[:8]); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	sort.Sort(&positionList)
+	slices.SortFunc(positionList, positionListLess)
 	// Write all the positions and their depths
 	for _, p := range positionList {
 		ns := binary.PutUvarint(c.numBuf[:], uint64(p.depth))
@@ -1177,7 +1170,7 @@ func (c *CompressorSequential) buildDictionary() error {
 	c.dictBuilder.finish()
 	c.collector.Close()
 	// Sort dictionary inside the dictionary bilder in the order of increasing scores
-	sort.Sort(&c.dictBuilder)
+	(&c.dictBuilder).Sort()
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/compress/parallel_compress.go b/compress/parallel_compress.go
index 315276dd1..3acdd7df3 100644
--- a/compress/parallel_compress.go
+++ b/compress/parallel_compress.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
-	"sort"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
@@ -465,7 +464,7 @@ func reducedict(ctx context.Context, trace bool, logPrefix, segmentFilePath stri
 			patternList = append(patternList, p)
 		}
 	}
-	sort.Sort(&patternList)
+	slices.SortFunc(patternList, patternListLess)
 	i := 0
 	log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("[%s] Effective dictionary", logPrefix), "size", patternList.Len())
 	// Build Huffman tree for codes
@@ -538,7 +537,7 @@ func reducedict(ctx context.Context, trace bool, logPrefix, segmentFilePath stri
 	}
 	//fmt.Printf("patternsSize = %d\n", patternsSize)
 	// Write all the pattens
-	sort.Sort(&patternList)
+	slices.SortFunc(patternList, patternListLess)
 	for _, p := range patternList {
 		ns := binary.PutUvarint(numBuf[:], uint64(p.depth))
 		if _, err = cw.Write(numBuf[:ns]); err != nil {
@@ -562,7 +561,7 @@ func reducedict(ctx context.Context, trace bool, logPrefix, segmentFilePath stri
 		positionList = append(positionList, p)
 		pos2code[pos] = p
 	}
-	sort.Sort(&positionList)
+	slices.SortFunc(positionList, positionListLess)
 	i = 0
 	log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("[%s] Positional dictionary", logPrefix), "size", positionList.Len())
 	// Build Huffman tree for codes
@@ -621,7 +620,7 @@ func reducedict(ctx context.Context, trace bool, logPrefix, segmentFilePath stri
 	}
 	//fmt.Printf("posSize = %d\n", posSize)
 	// Write all the positions
-	sort.Sort(&positionList)
+	slices.SortFunc(positionList, positionListLess)
 	for _, p := range positionList {
 		ns := binary.PutUvarint(numBuf[:], uint64(p.depth))
 		if _, err = cw.Write(numBuf[:ns]); err != nil {
@@ -913,7 +912,7 @@ func DictionaryBuilderFromCollectors(ctx context.Context, logPrefix, tmpDir stri
 	}
 	db.finish()
 
-	sort.Sort(db)
+	db.Sort()
 	return db, nil
 }