from distutils.version import StrictVersion versions = [ "1.1.2", "1.0.0", "1.3.3", "1.0.12", "1.0.2" ] versions.sort(key=StrictVersion,reverse=True) output : ['1.3.3', '1.1.2', '1.0.12', '1.0.2', '1.0.0'] v1 = [ {'ver': "1.1.12"},{'ver': "1.0.0"},{'ver': "1.3.3"},{'ver': "1.0.12"},{'ver': "1.0.2"} ] v1.sort(key=lambda x: StrictVersion(x['ver']),reverse=True) output: [{'ver': '1.3.3'}, {'ver': '1.1.12'}, {'ver': '1.0.12'}, {'ver': '1.0.2'}, {'ver': '1.0.0'}] You can see GIT Snippet on this codelink