diff --git a/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/views/sort/StatisticsLastCommentName.php b/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/views/sort/StatisticsLastCommentName.php
index ea6a5c356d7be47e8e36f85e0366b008c47f77cf..08d765d223c0e99101779b45b858c4be53e0b00e 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/views/sort/StatisticsLastCommentName.php
+++ b/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/views/sort/StatisticsLastCommentName.php
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\comment\Plugin\views\sort;
 
+use Drupal\views\Attribute\ViewsSort;
 use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\sort\SortPluginBase;
 
 /**
  * Sort handler, sorts by last comment name which can be in 2 different fields.
  *
  * @ingroup views_sort_handlers
- *
- * @ViewsSort("comment_ces_last_comment_name")
  */
+#[ViewsSort("comment_ces_last_comment_name")]
 class StatisticsLastCommentName extends SortPluginBase {
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/views/sort/StatisticsLastUpdated.php b/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/views/sort/StatisticsLastUpdated.php
index 076cc0c744da3dda2f4c8b71c0740113f0d49e36..adcf6b544661215efdc39614815e7b73e3ee24d7 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/views/sort/StatisticsLastUpdated.php
+++ b/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/views/sort/StatisticsLastUpdated.php
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\comment\Plugin\views\sort;
 
+use Drupal\views\Attribute\ViewsSort;
 use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\sort\Date;
 
 /**
  * Sort handler for the newer of last comment / entity updated.
  *
  * @ingroup views_sort_handlers
- *
- * @ViewsSort("comment_ces_last_updated")
  */
+#[ViewsSort("comment_ces_last_updated")]
 class StatisticsLastUpdated extends Date {
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/views/sort/Thread.php b/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/views/sort/Thread.php
index 353d79911094bc0a33af911a24634eab85c55383..63b2f6be26d8868c21a3762740d6970f9f82ced5 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/views/sort/Thread.php
+++ b/core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/views/sort/Thread.php
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\comment\Plugin\views\sort;
 
+use Drupal\views\Attribute\ViewsSort;
 use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\sort\SortPluginBase;
 
 /**
  * Sort handler for ordering by thread.
  *
  * @ingroup views_sort_handlers
- *
- * @ViewsSort("comment_thread")
  */
+#[ViewsSort("comment_thread")]
 class Thread extends SortPluginBase {
 
   public function query() {
diff --git a/core/modules/content_moderation/src/Plugin/views/sort/ModerationStateSort.php b/core/modules/content_moderation/src/Plugin/views/sort/ModerationStateSort.php
index 813d063ae34fdf62c623f00fc405c13cfdb2b9cf..26e2962e4bb80312c71d499c6fd446a78b79e10b 100644
--- a/core/modules/content_moderation/src/Plugin/views/sort/ModerationStateSort.php
+++ b/core/modules/content_moderation/src/Plugin/views/sort/ModerationStateSort.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Drupal\content_moderation\Plugin\views\ModerationStateJoinViewsHandlerTrait;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeManagerInterface;
+use Drupal\views\Attribute\ViewsSort;
 use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\sort\SortPluginBase;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
 
@@ -11,9 +12,8 @@
  * Enables sorting for the computed moderation_state field.
  *
  * @ingroup views_sort_handlers
- *
- * @ViewsSort("moderation_state_sort")
  */
+#[ViewsSort("moderation_state_sort")]
 class ModerationStateSort extends SortPluginBase {
 
   use ModerationStateJoinViewsHandlerTrait;
diff --git a/core/modules/datetime/src/Plugin/views/sort/Date.php b/core/modules/datetime/src/Plugin/views/sort/Date.php
index 0049e867feb7a1681e716e8dc319cd00f4132805..c00c3a427b60627e07b5987bcb25a35e9c1007ee 100644
--- a/core/modules/datetime/src/Plugin/views/sort/Date.php
+++ b/core/modules/datetime/src/Plugin/views/sort/Date.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Drupal\datetime\Plugin\views\sort;
 
 use Drupal\datetime\Plugin\Field\FieldType\DateTimeItem;
+use Drupal\views\Attribute\ViewsSort;
 use Drupal\views\FieldAPIHandlerTrait;
 use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\sort\Date as NumericDate;
 
@@ -11,9 +12,8 @@
  *
  * This handler enables granularity, which is the ability to make dates
  * equivalent based upon nearness.
- *
- * @ViewsSort("datetime")
  */
+#[ViewsSort("datetime")]
 class Date extends NumericDate {
 
   use FieldAPIHandlerTrait;
diff --git a/core/modules/search/src/Plugin/views/sort/Score.php b/core/modules/search/src/Plugin/views/sort/Score.php
index f5910f0d56ecc2741feca373d8b963815d21f848..494312957cd00287f6f4ea7581ea761c48057d6c 100644
--- a/core/modules/search/src/Plugin/views/sort/Score.php
+++ b/core/modules/search/src/Plugin/views/sort/Score.php
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\search\Plugin\views\sort;
 
+use Drupal\views\Attribute\ViewsSort;
 use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\sort\SortPluginBase;
 
 /**
  * Sort handler for sorting by search score.
  *
  * @ingroup views_sort_handlers
- *
- * @ViewsSort("search_score")
  */
+#[ViewsSort("search_score")]
 class Score extends SortPluginBase {
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Attribute/ViewsSort.php b/core/modules/views/src/Attribute/ViewsSort.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..58c9c9cb0296f2645f08ff2db9df15bfc7d84b14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Attribute/ViewsSort.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\views\Attribute;
+
+use Drupal\Component\Plugin\Attribute\PluginID;
+
+/**
+ * Defines a Plugin attribute object for views sort handlers.
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\sort\SortPluginBase
+ *
+ * @ingroup views_sort_handlers
+ */
+#[\Attribute(\Attribute::TARGET_CLASS)]
+class ViewsSort extends PluginID {
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/Broken.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/Broken.php
index 0a3a737d4bedf57093a5e7f6d818d0edb27c8fb1..f2b56133a571f3f3d82c2e399b71b06c066eb0ee 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/Broken.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/Broken.php
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\views\Plugin\views\sort;
 
+use Drupal\views\Attribute\ViewsSort;
 use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\BrokenHandlerTrait;
 
 /**
  * A special handler to take the place of missing or broken handlers.
  *
  * @ingroup views_sort_handlers
- *
- * @ViewsSort("broken")
  */
+#[ViewsSort("broken")]
 class Broken extends SortPluginBase {
   use BrokenHandlerTrait;
 
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/Date.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/Date.php
index 3deae3ed869eeb6968a5fdf27367b92081a85ac5..7c2719c6316febd75ccda15a2985ae36b21e6a17 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/Date.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/Date.php
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
 namespace Drupal\views\Plugin\views\sort;
 
 use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
+use Drupal\views\Attribute\ViewsSort;
 
 /**
  * Basic sort handler for dates.
  *
  * This handler enables granularity, which is the ability to make dates
  * equivalent based upon nearness.
- *
- * @ViewsSort("date")
  */
+#[ViewsSort("date")]
 class Date extends SortPluginBase {
 
   protected function defineOptions() {
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/GroupByNumeric.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/GroupByNumeric.php
index bbfaa63c03826fe37f06bef4e724e308bc68d89b..50c70ab0dabc3389b32308732518bc85de2d42ff 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/GroupByNumeric.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/GroupByNumeric.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\views\Plugin\views\sort;
 
+use Drupal\views\Attribute\ViewsSort;
 use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\display\DisplayPluginBase;
 use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\HandlerBase;
 use Drupal\views\ViewExecutable;
@@ -9,9 +10,8 @@
 
 /**
  * Handler for GROUP BY on simple numeric fields.
- *
- * @ViewsSort("groupby_numeric")
  */
+#[ViewsSort("groupby_numeric")]
 class GroupByNumeric extends SortPluginBase {
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/Random.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/Random.php
index c9a552f1b38c22d03731fb394c8677f6a4a127b2..83d18e9c5d7be3a8b06288586a4a2d537c5952f4 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/Random.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/Random.php
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheableDependencyInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Cache\UncacheableDependencyTrait;
 use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
+use Drupal\views\Attribute\ViewsSort;
 
 /**
  * Handle a random sort.
- *
- * @ViewsSort("random")
  */
+#[ViewsSort("random")]
 class Random extends SortPluginBase implements CacheableDependencyInterface {
 
   use UncacheableDependencyTrait;
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/SortPluginBase.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/SortPluginBase.php
index bd6cad5a16381c08a8f00f5149e8de65c3579673..eb6688a36d1e6317dd827f55e0d37b5854b563a5 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/SortPluginBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/SortPluginBase.php
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
  * Plugins that handle sorting for Views.
  *
  * Sort handlers extend \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\sort:SortPluginBase. They
- * must be annotated with \Drupal\views\Annotation\ViewsSort annotation, and
- * they must be in plugin directory Plugin\views\sort.
+ * must be attributed with the \Drupal\views\Attribute\ViewsSort attribute,
+ * and they must be in plugin directory Plugin\views\sort.
  *
  * @ingroup views_plugins
  * @see plugin_api
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/Standard.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/Standard.php
index 87849acc37d18b8f2e6dfe2707d9fb3b27022031..722dee441a990335bba1bbf1e7c2a2c962819c10 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/Standard.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/sort/Standard.php
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\views\Plugin\views\sort;
 
+use Drupal\views\Attribute\ViewsSort;
+
 /**
  * Default implementation of the base sort plugin.
  *
  * @ingroup views_sort_handlers
- *
- * @ViewsSort("standard")
  */
+#[ViewsSort("standard")]
 class Standard extends SortPluginBase {
 
 }