diff --git a/cmd/ci-reporter/cmd/github.go b/cmd/ci-reporter/cmd/github.go
index 94b0a01ef68..fb840e2bd96 100644
--- a/cmd/ci-reporter/cmd/github.go
+++ b/cmd/ci-reporter/cmd/github.go
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func GetGithubReportData(ctx context.Context, cfg Config, denyListFieldFilter, a
 	// lookup project board information
 	var queryCiSignalProjectBoard ciSignalProjectBoardGraphQLQuery
 
-	variablesProjectBoardFields := map[string]interface{}{
+	variablesProjectBoardFields := map[string]any{
 		"projectBoardID": githubv4.ID(ciSignalProjectBoardID),
 	}
 	if err := cfg.GithubClient.Query(ctx, &queryCiSignalProjectBoard, variablesProjectBoardFields); err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/krel/cmd/release_notes.go b/cmd/krel/cmd/release_notes.go
index 9f3c3dc622b..3fcacf08c57 100644
--- a/cmd/krel/cmd/release_notes.go
+++ b/cmd/krel/cmd/release_notes.go
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ func fixReleaseNotes(workDir string, releaseNotes *notes.ReleaseNotes) error {
 }
 
 // Check two values and print a prefix if they are different.
-func pointIfChanged(label string, var1, var2 interface{}) string {
+func pointIfChanged(label string, var1, var2 any) string {
 	changed := false
 	// Check if alues are string
 	var1String, ok1 := var1.(string)
diff --git a/cmd/krel/cmd/sign_blobs.go b/cmd/krel/cmd/sign_blobs.go
index ec38acd0744..0501043829f 100644
--- a/cmd/krel/cmd/sign_blobs.go
+++ b/cmd/krel/cmd/sign_blobs.go
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func runSignBlobs(signOpts *signOptions, signBlobOpts *signBlobOptions, args []s
 
 		gcsClient := object.NewGCS()
 
-		for _, file := range strings.Fields(output) {
+		for file := range strings.FieldsSeq(output) {
 			if strings.HasSuffix(file, ".sha256") || strings.HasSuffix(file, ".sha512") ||
 				strings.HasSuffix(file, ":") || strings.HasSuffix(file, ".docker_tag") ||
 				strings.Contains(file, "SHA256SUMS") || strings.Contains(file, "SHA512SUMS") ||
diff --git a/cmd/krel/cmd/testgrid.go b/cmd/krel/cmd/testgrid.go
index e76179eefe9..f8708040fba 100644
--- a/cmd/krel/cmd/testgrid.go
+++ b/cmd/krel/cmd/testgrid.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func runTestGridShot(opts *TestGridOptions) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to retrieve release announcement form url: %s: %w", testGridDashboard, err)
 		}
 
-		var result map[string]interface{}
+		var result map[string]any
 
 		err = json.Unmarshal(content, &result)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/publish-release/cmd/github.go b/cmd/publish-release/cmd/github.go
index c9ff98f8411..b29a1ae14ae 100644
--- a/cmd/publish-release/cmd/github.go
+++ b/cmd/publish-release/cmd/github.go
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ func getAssetsFromStrings(assetStrings []string) ([]sbom.Asset, error) {
 	for _, s := range assetStrings {
 		isBucket = false
 
-		if strings.HasPrefix(s, "gs:") {
-			s = strings.TrimPrefix(s, "gs:")
+		if after, ok := strings.CutPrefix(s, "gs:"); ok {
+			s = after
 			isBucket = true
 		}
 
diff --git a/cmd/release-notes/check.go b/cmd/release-notes/check.go
index 927eb122ca4..6087048028b 100644
--- a/cmd/release-notes/check.go
+++ b/cmd/release-notes/check.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"slices"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
@@ -53,12 +54,8 @@ func (o *checkPROptions) ValidateAndFinish() error {
 		lenErr = errors.New("no pull requests numbers specified")
 	}
 
-	for _, n := range o.PullRequests {
-		if n == 0 {
-			prNrErr = errors.New("invalid pull request number (must be an integer larger than 0)")
-
-			break
-		}
+	if slices.Contains(o.PullRequests, 0) {
+		prNrErr = errors.New("invalid pull request number (must be an integer larger than 0)")
 	}
 
 	if o.GithubOrg == "" {
diff --git a/cmd/schedule-builder/cmd/markdown.go b/cmd/schedule-builder/cmd/markdown.go
index ba5090c14e3..a2de78a937d 100644
--- a/cmd/schedule-builder/cmd/markdown.go
+++ b/cmd/schedule-builder/cmd/markdown.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"embed"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"text/template" // NOLINT // Mark text/template as not to be checked for producing yaml.
 	"time"
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ func removeDotfromVersion(a string) string {
 
 // process applies the data structure 'vars' onto an already
 // parsed template 't', and returns the resulting string.
-func process(t *template.Template, vars interface{}) string {
+func process(t *template.Template, vars any) string {
 	var tmplBytes bytes.Buffer
 
 	err := t.Execute(&tmplBytes, vars)
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ func process(t *template.Template, vars interface{}) string {
 	return tmplBytes.String()
 }
 
-func processFile(fileName string, vars interface{}) string {
+func processFile(fileName string, vars any) string {
 	tmpl, err := template.ParseFS(tpls, fileName)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
@@ -306,12 +307,8 @@ func updatePatchSchedule(refTime time.Time, schedule PatchSchedule, eolBranches
 	for i, sched := range schedule.Schedules {
 		appendItem := true
 
-		for _, k := range removeSchedules {
-			if i == k {
-				appendItem = false
-
-				break
-			}
+		if slices.Contains(removeSchedules, i) {
+			appendItem = false
 		}
 
 		if appendItem {
diff --git a/pkg/changelog/impl.go b/pkg/changelog/impl.go
index 079635a0098..99c82c2d798 100644
--- a/pkg/changelog/impl.go
+++ b/pkg/changelog/impl.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ type impl interface {
 	) error
 	ParseHTMLTemplate(text string) (*template.Template, error)
 	TemplateExecute(
-		tpl *template.Template, wr io.Writer, data interface{},
+		tpl *template.Template, wr io.Writer, data any,
 	) error
 	Abs(path string) (string, error)
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func (*defaultImpl) ParseHTMLTemplate(text string) (*template.Template, error) {
 }
 
 func (*defaultImpl) TemplateExecute(
-	tpl *template.Template, wr io.Writer, data interface{},
+	tpl *template.Template, wr io.Writer, data any,
 ) error {
 	return tpl.Execute(wr, data)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/consts/main.go b/pkg/consts/main.go
index ad497bb72e6..4d3a734c48d 100644
--- a/pkg/consts/main.go
+++ b/pkg/consts/main.go
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package consts
 
-import "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+import (
+	"slices"
+
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
 
 const (
 	PackageCRITools      string = "cri-tools"
@@ -72,15 +76,7 @@ func IsSupported(field string, input, expected []string) bool {
 	notSupported := []string{}
 
 	for _, i := range input {
-		supported := false
-
-		for _, j := range expected {
-			if i == j {
-				supported = true
-
-				break
-			}
-		}
+		supported := slices.Contains(expected, i)
 
 		if !supported {
 			notSupported = append(notSupported, i)
diff --git a/pkg/cve/cve.go b/pkg/cve/cve.go
index 54cb7af08f8..04683fe12b5 100644
--- a/pkg/cve/cve.go
+++ b/pkg/cve/cve.go
@@ -39,36 +39,36 @@ type CVE struct {
 
 // ReadRawInterface populates the CVE data struct from the raw array
 // as returned by the YAML parser.
-func (cve *CVE) ReadRawInterface(cvedata interface{}) error {
-	if val, ok := cvedata.(map[interface{}]interface{})["id"].(string); ok {
+func (cve *CVE) ReadRawInterface(cvedata any) error {
+	if val, ok := cvedata.(map[any]any)["id"].(string); ok {
 		cve.ID = val
 	}
 
-	if val, ok := cvedata.(map[interface{}]interface{})["title"].(string); ok {
+	if val, ok := cvedata.(map[any]any)["title"].(string); ok {
 		cve.Title = val
 	}
 
-	if val, ok := cvedata.(map[interface{}]interface{})["issue"].(string); ok {
+	if val, ok := cvedata.(map[any]any)["issue"].(string); ok {
 		cve.TrackingIssue = val
 	}
 
-	if val, ok := cvedata.(map[interface{}]interface{})["vector"].(string); ok {
+	if val, ok := cvedata.(map[any]any)["vector"].(string); ok {
 		cve.CVSSVector = val
 	}
 
-	if val, ok := cvedata.(map[interface{}]interface{})["score"].(float64); ok {
+	if val, ok := cvedata.(map[any]any)["score"].(float64); ok {
 		cve.CVSSScore = float32(val)
 	}
 
-	if val, ok := cvedata.(map[interface{}]interface{})["rating"].(string); ok {
+	if val, ok := cvedata.(map[any]any)["rating"].(string); ok {
 		cve.CVSSRating = val
 	}
 
-	if val, ok := cvedata.(map[interface{}]interface{})["description"].(string); ok {
+	if val, ok := cvedata.(map[any]any)["description"].(string); ok {
 		cve.Description = val
 	}
 	// Linked PRs is a list of the PR IDs
-	if val, ok := cvedata.(map[interface{}]interface{})["linkedPRs"].([]interface{}); ok {
+	if val, ok := cvedata.(map[any]any)["linkedPRs"].([]any); ok {
 		cve.LinkedPRs = []int{}
 
 		for _, prid := range val {
diff --git a/pkg/gcp/build/build.go b/pkg/gcp/build/build.go
index 06156481fe1..4bb0dcbe15c 100644
--- a/pkg/gcp/build/build.go
+++ b/pkg/gcp/build/build.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package build
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	maps0 "maps"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -384,9 +385,7 @@ func mergeMaps(maps ...map[string]string) map[string]string {
 	out := map[string]string{}
 
 	for _, m := range maps {
-		for k, v := range m {
-			out[k] = v
-		}
+		maps0.Copy(out, m)
 	}
 
 	return out
diff --git a/pkg/notes/document/document.go b/pkg/notes/document/document.go
index 53252096138..25dfc773a3e 100644
--- a/pkg/notes/document/document.go
+++ b/pkg/notes/document/document.go
@@ -430,8 +430,8 @@ func (d *Document) template(templateSpec string) (string, error) {
 	templatePathOrOnline := strings.TrimPrefix(templateSpec, options.GoTemplatePrefix)
 
 	// Check for inline template
-	if strings.HasPrefix(templatePathOrOnline, options.GoTemplatePrefixInline) {
-		return strings.TrimPrefix(templatePathOrOnline, options.GoTemplatePrefixInline), nil
+	if after, ok := strings.CutPrefix(templatePathOrOnline, options.GoTemplatePrefixInline); ok {
+		return after, nil
 	}
 
 	// Assume file-based template
diff --git a/pkg/notes/document/document_test.go b/pkg/notes/document/document_test.go
index 7df52803852..da5297e0929 100644
--- a/pkg/notes/document/document_test.go
+++ b/pkg/notes/document/document_test.go
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ func repoTagTarball(t *testing.T, path, repoTag string) {
 	manifestJSONPath := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(path), manifestJSON)
 	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(
 		manifestJSONPath,
-		[]byte(fmt.Sprintf(`[{"RepoTags": [%q]}]`, repoTag)),
+		fmt.Appendf(nil, `[{"RepoTags": [%q]}]`, repoTag),
 		os.FileMode(0o644),
 	))
 	require.NoError(t, command.NewWithWorkDir(filepath.Dir(path),
diff --git a/pkg/notes/notes.go b/pkg/notes/notes.go
index f598d586e3e..c48032a17e5 100644
--- a/pkg/notes/notes.go
+++ b/pkg/notes/notes.go
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"maps"
 	"math/big"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"regexp"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -517,7 +519,7 @@ func (g *Gatherer) ReleaseNoteFromCommit(result *Result) (*ReleaseNote, error) {
 	author := pr.GetUser().GetLogin()
 	authorURL := pr.GetUser().GetHTMLURL()
 	prURL := pr.GetHTMLURL()
-	isFeature := hasString(labelsWithPrefix(pr, "kind"), "feature")
+	isFeature := slices.Contains(labelsWithPrefix(pr, "kind"), "feature")
 	sigLabels := labelsWithPrefix(pr, "sig")
 	noteSuffix := prettifySIGList(sigLabels)
 
@@ -1058,16 +1060,6 @@ func unlist(note string) string {
 	return res.String()
 }
 
-func hasString(a []string, x string) bool {
-	for _, n := range a {
-		if x == n {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false
-}
-
 // canWaitAndRetry retruen true if the gatherer hit the GitHub API secondary rate limit.
 func canWaitAndRetry(r *gogithub.Response, err error) bool {
 	// If we hit the secondary rate limit...
@@ -1349,9 +1341,7 @@ func (rn *ReleaseNote) ApplyMap(noteMap *ReleaseNotesMap, markdownLinks bool) er
 		rn.DataFields = make(map[string]ReleaseNotesDataField)
 	}
 
-	for key, df := range noteMap.DataFields {
-		rn.DataFields[key] = df
-	}
+	maps.Copy(rn.DataFields, noteMap.DataFields)
 
 	// If parts of the markup where modified, change them
 	// TODO: Spin this to sep function
diff --git a/pkg/notes/notes_map.go b/pkg/notes/notes_map.go
index 109f3d511a1..a7b69731eb7 100644
--- a/pkg/notes/notes_map.go
+++ b/pkg/notes/notes_map.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ type ReleaseNotesMap struct {
 }
 
 // ReleaseNotesDataField extra data added to a release note.
-type ReleaseNotesDataField interface{}
+type ReleaseNotesDataField any
 
 // DirectoryMapProvider is a provider that gets maps from a directory.
 type DirectoryMapProvider struct {
diff --git a/pkg/notes/notes_test.go b/pkg/notes/notes_test.go
index a802931c379..e1941e57ee0 100644
--- a/pkg/notes/notes_test.go
+++ b/pkg/notes/notes_test.go
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ func testApplyMapHelper(t *testing.T, testDir string, makeNewNote func() *Releas
 		require.True(t, ok, "found map test without testcase")
 
 		// Read the property this test case checks
-		property, ok := testcase.(map[interface{}]interface{})["property"].(string)
+		property, ok := testcase.(map[any]any)["property"].(string)
 		require.True(t, ok)
 		require.NotEmpty(t, property)
 		require.NotEmpty(t, property, "testcase found without property")
@@ -451,10 +451,10 @@ func testApplyMapHelper(t *testing.T, testDir string, makeNewNote func() *Releas
 		originalVal := reflect.Indirect(reflectedOriginalNote).FieldByName(property)
 
 		// Factor the test name
-		testName, ok := testcase.(map[interface{}]interface{})["name"].(string)
+		testName, ok := testcase.(map[any]any)["name"].(string)
 		require.True(t, ok)
 
-		switch expectedValue := testcase.(map[interface{}]interface{})["expected"].(type) {
+		switch expectedValue := testcase.(map[any]any)["expected"].(type) {
 		case bool:
 			actualVal := reflect.Indirect(reflectedNote).FieldByName(property).Bool()
 			require.Equalf(t, expectedValue, actualVal, "Failed %s", testName)
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ func testApplyMapHelper(t *testing.T, testDir string, makeNewNote func() *Releas
 			actualVal := reflect.Indirect(reflectedNote).FieldByName(property).String()
 			require.Equalf(t, expectedValue, actualVal, "Failed %s", testName)
 			require.NotEqualf(t, expectedValue, originalVal.String(), "Failed %s", testName)
-		case []interface{}:
+		case []any:
 			// Handle string slice cases
 			actualVal := reflect.Indirect(reflectedNote).FieldByName(property)
 			actualSlice := make([]string, 0)
diff --git a/pkg/notes/notes_v2.go b/pkg/notes/notes_v2.go
index 516e6f93b92..5d4e394c439 100644
--- a/pkg/notes/notes_v2.go
+++ b/pkg/notes/notes_v2.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ func (g *Gatherer) buildReleaseNote(pair *commitPrPair) (*ReleaseNote, error) {
 	author := pr.GetUser().GetLogin()
 	authorURL := pr.GetUser().GetHTMLURL()
 	prURL := pr.GetHTMLURL()
-	isFeature := hasString(labelsWithPrefix(pr, "kind"), "feature")
+	isFeature := slices.Contains(labelsWithPrefix(pr, "kind"), "feature")
 	sigLabels := labelsWithPrefix(pr, "sig")
 	noteSuffix := prettifySIGList(sigLabels)
 
diff --git a/pkg/release/publish.go b/pkg/release/publish.go
index 3ca8dc539fb..17fd5c875db 100644
--- a/pkg/release/publish.go
+++ b/pkg/release/publish.go
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ type publisherClient interface {
 	TempDir(dir, pattern string) (name string, err error)
 	CopyToLocal(remote, local string) error
 	ReadFile(filename string) ([]byte, error)
-	Unmarshal(data []byte, v interface{}) error
-	Marshal(v interface{}) ([]byte, error)
+	Unmarshal(data []byte, v any) error
+	Marshal(v any) ([]byte, error)
 	TempFile(dir, pattern string) (f *os.File, err error)
 	CopyToRemote(local, remote string) error
 }
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ func (*defaultPublisher) ReadFile(filename string) ([]byte, error) {
 	return os.ReadFile(filename)
 }
 
-func (*defaultPublisher) Unmarshal(data []byte, v interface{}) error {
+func (*defaultPublisher) Unmarshal(data []byte, v any) error {
 	return json.Unmarshal(data, v)
 }
 
-func (*defaultPublisher) Marshal(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+func (*defaultPublisher) Marshal(v any) ([]byte, error) {
 	return json.Marshal(v)
 }
 
@@ -421,8 +421,8 @@ func (p *Publisher) PublishToGcs(
 
 func FixPublicReleaseNotesURL(gcsPath string) string {
 	const prefix = "gs://" + ProductionBucket
-	if strings.HasPrefix(gcsPath, prefix) {
-		gcsPath = ProductionBucketURL + strings.TrimPrefix(gcsPath, prefix)
+	if after, ok := strings.CutPrefix(gcsPath, prefix); ok {
+		gcsPath = ProductionBucketURL + after
 	}
 
 	return gcsPath
diff --git a/pkg/release/push_git_objects.go b/pkg/release/push_git_objects.go
index 686cf718cb3..a4e2519dac7 100644
--- a/pkg/release/push_git_objects.go
+++ b/pkg/release/push_git_objects.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package release
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
@@ -157,15 +158,7 @@ func (gp *GitObjectPusher) PushTag(newTag string) (err error) {
 	}
 
 	// verify that the tag exists locally before trying to push
-	tagExists := false
-
-	for _, tag := range currentTags {
-		if tag == newTag {
-			tagExists = true
-
-			break
-		}
-	}
+	tagExists := slices.Contains(currentTags, newTag)
 
 	if !tagExists {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to push tag %s, it does not exist in the repo yet", newTag)
diff --git a/pkg/testgrid/testgrid-scraper.go b/pkg/testgrid/testgrid-scraper.go
index 055c30c7939..3ebfc97f87b 100644
--- a/pkg/testgrid/testgrid-scraper.go
+++ b/pkg/testgrid/testgrid-scraper.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type SummaryLookup struct {
 // This function implements a concurrency pattern to send http requests concurrently.
 func ReqTestgridDashboardSummaries(ctx context.Context, dashboardNames []DashboardName) (DashboardData, error) {
 	// Worker
-	requestData := func(done <-chan interface{}, dashboardNames ...DashboardName) <-chan SummaryLookup {
+	requestData := func(done <-chan any, dashboardNames ...DashboardName) <-chan SummaryLookup {
 		summaryLookups := make(chan SummaryLookup)
 
 		go func() {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func ReqTestgridDashboardSummaries(ctx context.Context, dashboardNames []Dashboa
 		return summaryLookups
 	}
 
-	done := make(chan interface{})
+	done := make(chan any)
 	defer close(done)
 
 	dashboardData := DashboardData{}
@@ -196,17 +196,17 @@ func (j *JobSummary) GetJobURL(jobName JobName) string {
 
 // Test contains information about tests if the status if the Job is failing.
 type Test struct {
-	DisplayName    string        `json:"display_name"`
-	TestName       string        `json:"test_name"`
-	FailCount      int64         `json:"fail_count"`
-	FailTimestamp  int64         `json:"fail_timestamp"`
-	PassTimestamp  int64         `json:"pass_timestamp"`
-	BuildLink      string        `json:"build_link"`
-	BuildURLText   string        `json:"build_url_text"`
-	BuildLinkText  string        `json:"build_link_text"`
-	FailureMessage string        `json:"failure_message"`
-	LinkedBugs     []interface{} `json:"linked_bugs"`
-	FailTestLink   string        `json:"fail_test_link"`
+	DisplayName    string `json:"display_name"`
+	TestName       string `json:"test_name"`
+	FailCount      int64  `json:"fail_count"`
+	FailTimestamp  int64  `json:"fail_timestamp"`
+	PassTimestamp  int64  `json:"pass_timestamp"`
+	BuildLink      string `json:"build_link"`
+	BuildURLText   string `json:"build_url_text"`
+	BuildLinkText  string `json:"build_link_text"`
+	FailureMessage string `json:"failure_message"`
+	LinkedBugs     []any  `json:"linked_bugs"`
+	FailTestLink   string `json:"fail_test_link"`
 }
 
 // DashboardName type for the testgrid dashboard (like sig-release-master-blocking).