diff --git a/crates/bashkit/src/builtins/sortuniq.rs b/crates/bashkit/src/builtins/sortuniq.rs
index 6eb3ca0e..47253c4c 100644
--- a/crates/bashkit/src/builtins/sortuniq.rs
+++ b/crates/bashkit/src/builtins/sortuniq.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,39 @@ fn extract_key(line: &str, delimiter: Option<char>, key_field: usize) -> String
     }
 }
 
+/// Extract leading numeric prefix from a string for `sort -n`.
+/// Real coreutils `sort -n` parses the leading numeric portion (optional sign,
+/// digits, optional decimal point and digits) and treats the rest as non-numeric.
+/// Non-numeric strings have value 0.
+fn extract_numeric_prefix(s: &str) -> f64 {
+    let s = s.trim_start();
+    if s.is_empty() {
+        return 0.0;
+    }
+    let chars: Vec<char> = s.chars().collect();
+    let mut end = 0;
+    // Optional sign
+    if end < chars.len() && (chars[end] == '+' || chars[end] == '-') {
+        end += 1;
+    }
+    // Digits
+    while end < chars.len() && chars[end].is_ascii_digit() {
+        end += 1;
+    }
+    // Optional decimal point + digits
+    if end < chars.len() && chars[end] == '.' {
+        end += 1;
+        while end < chars.len() && chars[end].is_ascii_digit() {
+            end += 1;
+        }
+    }
+    if end == 0 || (end == 1 && (chars[0] == '+' || chars[0] == '-')) {
+        return 0.0;
+    }
+    let num_str: String = chars[..end].iter().collect();
+    num_str.parse().unwrap_or(0.0)
+}
+
 /// Parse human-numeric value (e.g., "10K" → 10_000, "5M" → 5_000_000)
 fn parse_human_numeric(s: &str) -> f64 {
     let s = s.trim();
@@ -289,21 +322,26 @@ impl Builtin for Sort {
                 let mb = month_ordinal(&kb);
                 ma.cmp(&mb)
             } else if numeric {
-                let na: f64 = ka
-                    .split_whitespace()
-                    .next()
-                    .and_then(|s| s.parse().ok())
-                    .unwrap_or(0.0);
-                let nb: f64 = kb
-                    .split_whitespace()
-                    .next()
-                    .and_then(|s| s.parse().ok())
-                    .unwrap_or(0.0);
-                na.partial_cmp(&nb).unwrap_or(std::cmp::Ordering::Equal)
+                let na = extract_numeric_prefix(&ka);
+                let nb = extract_numeric_prefix(&kb);
+                match na.partial_cmp(&nb).unwrap_or(std::cmp::Ordering::Equal) {
+                    std::cmp::Ordering::Equal => a.cmp(b),
+                    ord => ord,
+                }
             } else if fold_case {
-                ka.to_lowercase().cmp(&kb.to_lowercase())
+                let ord = ka.to_lowercase().cmp(&kb.to_lowercase());
+                if ord == std::cmp::Ordering::Equal && key_field.is_some() {
+                    a.cmp(b)
+                } else {
+                    ord
+                }
             } else {
-                ka.cmp(&kb)
+                let ord = ka.cmp(&kb);
+                if ord == std::cmp::Ordering::Equal && key_field.is_some() {
+                    a.cmp(b)
+                } else {
+                    ord
+                }
             }
         };
 
diff --git a/crates/bashkit/tests/spec_cases/bash/sortuniq.test.sh b/crates/bashkit/tests/spec_cases/bash/sortuniq.test.sh
index a85842b9..f2cfe487 100644
--- a/crates/bashkit/tests/spec_cases/bash/sortuniq.test.sh
+++ b/crates/bashkit/tests/spec_cases/bash/sortuniq.test.sh
@@ -268,3 +268,67 @@ a
 b
 c
 ### end
+
+### sort_numeric_prefix_strings
+# sort -n extracts leading numeric prefix from strings
+printf '0003-msg.md\n0001-msg.md\n0002-msg.md\n' | sort -n
+### expect
+0001-msg.md
+0002-msg.md
+0003-msg.md
+### end
+
+### sort_numeric_mixed_prefix_lengths
+# sort -n with mixed prefix lengths
+printf '10-exec\n20-tools\n5-first\n' | sort -n
+### expect
+5-first
+10-exec
+20-tools
+### end
+
+### sort_numeric_nonnumeric_as_zero
+# sort -n treats non-numeric lines as 0, tiebreak lexically
+printf 'zzz\n2-second\naaa\n1-first\n' | sort -n
+### expect
+aaa
+zzz
+1-first
+2-second
+### end
+
+### sort_field_delim_k2
+# sort -t/ -k2,2
+printf 'assemble/20-tools\nassemble/10-init\nassemble/30-end\n' | sort -t/ -k2,2
+### expect
+assemble/10-init
+assemble/20-tools
+assemble/30-end
+### end
+
+### sort_field_delim_k1
+# sort -t/ -k1,1 with equal keys falls back to full line
+printf 'z/20-tools\na/10-init\nm/30-end\n' | sort -t/ -k1,1
+### expect
+a/10-init
+m/30-end
+z/20-tools
+### end
+
+### sort_numeric_reverse
+# sort -n -r
+printf '1\n3\n2\n' | sort -n -r
+### expect
+3
+2
+1
+### end
+
+### sort_numeric_zero_padded
+# sort -n with zero-padded numbers
+printf '003\n010\n001\n' | sort -n
+### expect
+001
+003
+010
+### end
diff --git a/supply-chain/config.toml b/supply-chain/config.toml
index 7a2e6efc..62eab192 100644
--- a/supply-chain/config.toml
+++ b/supply-chain/config.toml
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ version = "0.1.25"
 criteria = "safe-to-deploy"
 
 [[exemptions.unicode-segmentation]]
-version = "1.13.1"
+version = "1.13.2"
 criteria = "safe-to-deploy"
 
 [[exemptions.unicode-width]]