diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index 65b65ad96fe..f43ae11ad22 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -203,12 +204,7 @@ func (n *Node) doClose(errs []error) error {
 
 // containsLifecycle checks if 'lfs' contains 'l'.
 func containsLifecycle(lfs []Lifecycle, l Lifecycle) bool {
-	for _, obj := range lfs {
-		if obj == l {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
+	return slices.Contains(lfs, l)
 }
 
 // stopServices terminates running services, RPC and p2p networking.