diff --git a/scripts/pre-commit/resolve-node.sh b/scripts/pre-commit/resolve-node.sh
index a3f484c7029..f51226889fc 100644
--- a/scripts/pre-commit/resolve-node.sh
+++ b/scripts/pre-commit/resolve-node.sh
@@ -2,17 +2,21 @@
 # Resolve the newest nvm-managed Node when it is not already in PATH.
 # Source this file; do not execute it directly.
 #
-# Uses `sort -V` (version-aware sort) so that semantic version order is
-# respected — e.g. v22.x is chosen over v18.x even though "v1" sorts
-# before "v2" lexicographically.
+# Cross-platform: avoids GNU-only `sort -V` (not supported by BSD sort on
+# macOS). Instead, each semver component is zero-padded to five digits so
+# that a plain lexicographic sort correctly selects the highest semantic
+# version (e.g. v22.x wins over v18.x).
 if ! command -v node >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   _nvm_node=$(
-    ls -d "$HOME/.nvm/versions/node"/*/bin/node 2>/dev/null \
-      | sort -V \
-      | tail -1
+    for _p in "$HOME/.nvm/versions/node"/*/bin/node; do
+      [[ -x "$_p" ]] || continue
+      _ver="${_p%/bin/node}"; _ver="${_ver##*/v}"
+      IFS=. read -r _ma _mi _pa <<< "$_ver"
+      printf '%05d%05d%05d\t%s\n' "${_ma:-0}" "${_mi:-0}" "${_pa:-0}" "$_p"
+    done | sort | tail -1 | cut -f2-
   )
   if [[ -x "$_nvm_node" ]]; then
     export PATH="$(dirname "$_nvm_node"):$PATH"
   fi
-  unset _nvm_node
+  unset _nvm_node _p _ver _ma _mi _pa
 fi