diff --git a/scripts/falco-driver-loader b/scripts/falco-driver-loader
index a9395bc9..09184a12 100755
--- a/scripts/falco-driver-loader
+++ b/scripts/falco-driver-loader
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ load_kernel_module_compile() {
 	fi
 
 	# Try to compile using all the available gcc versions
-	for CURRENT_GCC in $(which gcc) $(ls "$(dirname "$(which gcc)")"/gcc-* | grep 'gcc-[0-9]\+' | sort -r); do
+	for CURRENT_GCC in $(which gcc) $(ls "$(dirname "$(which gcc)")"/gcc-* | grep 'gcc-[0-9]\+' | sort -n -r -k 2 -t -); do
 		echo "* Trying to dkms install ${DRIVER_NAME} module with GCC ${CURRENT_GCC}"
 		echo "#!/usr/bin/env bash" > /tmp/falco-dkms-make
 		echo "make CC=${CURRENT_GCC} \$@" >> /tmp/falco-dkms-make