diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-makepot/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/babel-plugin-makepot/CHANGELOG.md
index 26ea6ae682756c..12cddacaf21f88 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-makepot/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-makepot/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Bug Fix
+
+-   Makepot: Fix translations object handling ([#43797](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/43797)).
+
 ## 5.0.0 (2022-08-24)
 
 ### Breaking Change
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-makepot/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-makepot/index.js
index 32cb35dcc40c3b..1e96eb63b6027c 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-makepot/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-makepot/index.js
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ module.exports = () => {
 							for ( const context in strings[ file ] ) {
 								// Within the same file, sort translations by line.
 								const sortedTranslations = sortByReference(
-									strings[ file ][ context ]
+									Object.values( strings[ file ][ context ] )
 								);
 
 								forEach(