diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9165ba3e0..9380d0b57 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
@@ -9,10 +11,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-feature/open-feature-operator/apis v0.2.44
 	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 v0.0.0-20241009180824-f66d83c29e7c
 	k8s.io/api v0.28.10
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.10
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.10
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230406110748-d93618cff8a2
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.6
 )
 
@@ -71,7 +74,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.28.10 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230717233707-2695361300d9 // indirect
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230406110748-d93618cff8a2 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 26c42bd15..090273966 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5y
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.25.0/go.mod h1:T+wALwcMOSE0kXgUAnPAHqTLW+XHgcELELW8VaDgm/M=
 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 v0.0.0-20241009180824-f66d83c29e7c h1:7dEasQXItcW1xKJ2+gg5VOiBnqWrJc+rq0DPKyvvdbY=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20241009180824-f66d83c29e7c/go.mod h1:NQtJDoLvd6faHhE7m4T/1IY708gDefGGjR/iUW8yQQ8=
 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=