diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4e73b245d..ee328a873 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module github.com/open-feature/open-feature-operator
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.22.0
+
+toolchain go1.23.2
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-feature/open-feature-operator/apis v0.2.41-0.20240506125212-c4831a3cdc00
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240909161429-701f63a606c0
 	k8s.io/api v0.28.10
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.10
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.10
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5d233e9fd..b826bc200 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240707233637-46b078467d37 h1:uLDX+AfeFCct3a2C7uIWBKMJI
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240707233637-46b078467d37/go.mod h1:M4RDyNAINzryxdtnbRXRL/OHtkFuWGRjvuhBJpk2IlY=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56 h1:2dVuKD2vS7b0QIHQbpyTISPd0LeHDbnYEryqj5Q1ug8=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56/go.mod h1:M4RDyNAINzryxdtnbRXRL/OHtkFuWGRjvuhBJpk2IlY=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240909161429-701f63a606c0 h1:e66Fs6Z+fZTbFBAxKfP3PALWBtpfqks2bwGcexMxgtk=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240909161429-701f63a606c0/go.mod h1:2TbTHSBQa924w8M6Xs1QcRcFwyucIwBGpK1p2f1YFFY=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190930215403-16217165b5de/go.mod h1:6SW0HCj/g11FgYtHlgUYUwCkIfeOF89ocIRzGO/8vkc=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.3.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=