diff --git a/third_party/prepare.sh b/third_party/prepare.sh
index 8def3c7a78c9daa6cb747037480e7cbfc94652fa..3cb6da6c61e8ded1e746e7fcee473a9138038370 100755
--- a/third_party/prepare.sh
+++ b/third_party/prepare.sh
@@ -4,9 +4,16 @@ cd $(dirname $0)
 
 source ../ci/utils.sh
 
+# force use /usr/bin/sort on windows, /c/Windows/system32/sort do not support -V
+OS=$(uname -s)
+SORT=sort
+if [[ $OS =~ "NT" ]]; then
+    SORT=/usr/bin/sort
+fi
+
 requiredGitVersion="1.8.4"
 currentGitVersion="$(git --version | awk '{print $3}')"
-if [ "$(printf '%s\n' "$requiredGitVersion" "$currentGitVersion" | sort -V | head -n1)" = "$currentGitVersion" ]; then
+if [ "$(printf '%s\n' "$requiredGitVersion" "$currentGitVersion" | ${SORT} -V | head -n1)" = "$currentGitVersion" ]; then
     echo "Please update your Git version. (foud version $currentGitVersion, required version >= $requiredGitVersion)"
     exit -1
 fi