diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-cars-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/update-cars-docs.yml
index bf72e528..1d2adefc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-cars-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-cars-docs.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip install -e .
           scons -c && scons -j$(nproc)
-          python -m pip install jinja2==3.1.4 natsort==8.4.0
+          python -m pip install jinja2==3.1.4
           python opendbc/car/docs.py
       - uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@8621497c8c39c72f3e2a999a26b4ca1b5058a842
         with:
diff --git a/opendbc/car/docs.py b/opendbc/car/docs.py
index bfd8964a..505de6ae 100755
--- a/opendbc/car/docs.py
+++ b/opendbc/car/docs.py
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-import argparse
+import re
 import os
+import jinja2
+import argparse
+import unicodedata
 from typing import get_args
 
-from collections import defaultdict
-import jinja2
 from enum import Enum
-from natsort import natsorted
+from collections import defaultdict
 
 from opendbc.car.common.basedir import BASEDIR
 from opendbc.car import gen_empty_fingerprint
@@ -43,6 +44,12 @@ def get_all_footnotes() -> dict[Enum, int]:
   return {fn: idx + 1 for idx, fn in enumerate(all_footnotes)}
 
 
+def _natural_sort_key(s):
+  # NFKD normalization ensures accented characters sort with their base letter (e.g., Š sorts with S)
+  normalized = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', s)
+  return [int(t) if t.isdigit() else t.lower() for t in re.split(r'(\d+)', normalized) if t]
+
+
 def build_sorted_car_docs_list(platforms, footnotes=None):
   collected_car_docs: list[CarDocs | ExtraCarDocs] = []
   for platform in platforms.values():
@@ -60,7 +67,7 @@ def build_sorted_car_docs_list(platforms, footnotes=None):
       collected_car_docs.append(_car_docs)
 
   # Sort cars by make and model + year
-  sorted_cars = natsorted(collected_car_docs, key=lambda car: car.name.lower())
+  sorted_cars = sorted(collected_car_docs, key=lambda car: _natural_sort_key(car.name))
   return sorted_cars
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d0d3cd27..20677278 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ testing = [
 ]
 docs = [
   "Jinja2",
-  "natsort",
 ]
 examples = [
   "inputs",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 42c7d21d..b82dab73 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -520,15 +520,6 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/73/e4/6d6f14b2a759c622f191b2d67e9075a3f56aaccb3be4bb9bb6890030d0a0/matplotlib-3.10.8-pp311-pypy311_pp73-manylinux2014_x86_64.manylinux_2_17_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:1ae029229a57cd1e8fe542485f27e7ca7b23aa9e8944ddb4985d0bc444f1eca2", size = 8713867, upload-time = "2025-12-10T22:56:48.954Z" },
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "natsort"
-version = "8.4.0"
-source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e2/a9/a0c57aee75f77794adaf35322f8b6404cbd0f89ad45c87197a937764b7d0/natsort-8.4.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:45312c4a0e5507593da193dedd04abb1469253b601ecaf63445ad80f0a1ea581", size = 76575, upload-time = "2023-06-20T04:17:19.925Z" }
-wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ef/82/7a9d0550484a62c6da82858ee9419f3dd1ccc9aa1c26a1e43da3ecd20b0d/natsort-8.4.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4732914fb471f56b5cce04d7bae6f164a592c7712e1c85f9ef585e197299521c", size = 38268, upload-time = "2023-06-20T04:17:17.522Z" },
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "numpy"
 version = "2.4.2"
@@ -582,7 +573,6 @@ dependencies = [
 [package.optional-dependencies]
 docs = [
     { name = "jinja2" },
-    { name = "natsort" },
 ]
 examples = [
     { name = "inputs" },
@@ -621,7 +611,6 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "jinja2", marker = "extra == 'docs'" },
     { name = "lefthook", marker = "extra == 'testing'" },
     { name = "matplotlib", marker = "extra == 'examples'" },
-    { name = "natsort", marker = "extra == 'docs'" },
     { name = "numpy" },
     { name = "parameterized", marker = "extra == 'testing'", specifier = ">=0.8,<0.9" },
     { name = "pycapnp", specifier = "==2.1.0" },