diff --git a/.github/labels.yml b/.github/labels.yml
index de63dc0ef..09bddf868 100644
--- a/.github/labels.yml
+++ b/.github/labels.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
   color: 7ef7ef
 - name: backport
   color: 88aabb
+- name: backport-candidate
+  color: 0075ca
 - name: blocked
   color: fc1423
 - name: bug
diff --git a/packages/scripts/bin/sortLabels.js b/packages/scripts/bin/sortLabels.js
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a5da45182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/scripts/bin/sortLabels.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+import('../dist/bin/sortLabels.mjs');
diff --git a/packages/scripts/bin/sortLabels.ts b/packages/scripts/bin/sortLabels.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b99551953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/scripts/bin/sortLabels.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { readFile, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { parse as parseYAML, stringify as stringifyYAML } from 'yaml';
+
+interface LabelerData {
+	color: string;
+	name: string;
+}
+
+const labelsYamlFile = new URL('../../../../.github/labels.yml', import.meta.url);
+
+const content = await readFile(labelsYamlFile, 'utf8');
+
+const labelsYAML = parseYAML(content) as LabelerData[];
+labelsYAML.sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name));
+
+await writeFile(labelsYamlFile, stringifyYAML(labelsYAML));
diff --git a/packages/scripts/package.json b/packages/scripts/package.json
index 2fab14d92..4c93ab43f 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/scripts/package.json
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@
 	"description": "A set of scripts that we use for our workflows",
 	"private": true,
 	"scripts": {
-		"build": "tsc --noEmit --lib ESNext,DOM  && tsup",
+		"build": "tsc --noEmit --lib ESNext,DOM && tsup",
 		"lint": "prettier --check . && cross-env TIMING=1 eslint --format=pretty src turbo/generators/config.ts",
 		"format": "prettier --write . && cross-env TIMING=1 eslint --fix --format=pretty src turbo/generators/config.ts",
 		"fmt": "pnpm run format"
 	},
 	"bin": {
-		"generate-split-documentation": "./bin/generateSplitDocumentation.js"
+		"generate-split-documentation": "./bin/generateSplitDocumentation.js",
+		"sort-labels": "./bin/sortLabels.js"
 	},
 	"exports": {
 		".": {
diff --git a/packages/scripts/tsup.config.ts b/packages/scripts/tsup.config.ts
index 04b2d1bf8..1cc7367c8 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/tsup.config.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/tsup.config.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export default [
 		minify: 'terser',
 	}),
 	createTsupConfig({
-		entry: ['src/populateDevDatabaseBranch.ts'],
+		entry: ['src/populateDevDatabaseBranch.ts', 'bin/sortLabels.ts'],
 		format: 'esm',
 		minify: 'terser',
 	}),