diff --git a/designsafe/apps/workspace/migrations/0012_alter_applistingentry_options_and_more.py b/designsafe/apps/workspace/migrations/0012_alter_applistingentry_options_and_more.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d35b4be57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/designsafe/apps/workspace/migrations/0012_alter_applistingentry_options_and_more.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.11 on 2024-04-29 19:23
+
+from django.db import migrations
+import django.db.models.functions.comparison
+import django.db.models.functions.text
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("workspace", "0011_alter_applistingentry_options"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterModelOptions(
+            name="applistingentry",
+            options={
+                "ordering": [
+                    "-is_popular",
+                    django.db.models.functions.text.Lower("label"),
+                ],
+                "verbose_name_plural": "App Listing Entries",
+            },
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterModelOptions(
+            name="appvariant",
+            options={
+                "ordering": [
+                    "priority",
+                    django.db.models.functions.text.Lower(
+                        django.db.models.functions.comparison.Coalesce(
+                            "label", "app_id"
+                        )
+                    ),
+                ]
+            },
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/designsafe/apps/workspace/models/app_entries.py b/designsafe/apps/workspace/models/app_entries.py
index e0bdfbd47c..0e15c02051 100644
--- a/designsafe/apps/workspace/models/app_entries.py
+++ b/designsafe/apps/workspace/models/app_entries.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 """
 
 from django.db import models
-from django.db.models.functions import Coalesce
+from django.db.models.functions import Coalesce, Lower
 
 APP_ICONS = [
     ("Generic-App", "Generic: Application"),
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class Meta:
             )
         ]
 
-        ordering = ["-is_popular", "label"]
+        ordering = ["-is_popular", Lower("label")]
 
 
 class AppVariant(models.Model):
@@ -232,4 +232,4 @@ class Meta:
             )
         ]
 
-        ordering = ["priority", Coalesce("label", "app_id")]
+        ordering = ["priority", Lower(Coalesce("label", "app_id"))]