diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 942d714..cd31905 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:alpine as build
+FROM golang:1.21-alpine as build
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/app
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index afb3cb8..bf54b06 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,28 +1,48 @@
 module github.com/ianunruh/kube-power
 
-go 1.16
+go 1.21
 
 require (
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.18.1
+	k8s.io/api v0.21.2
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.21.2
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.21.2
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.5.5 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.0
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.11 // indirect
+	github.com/moby/spdystream v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.8.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.7.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.18.1
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210614182718-04defd469f4e // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20210628180205-a41e5a781914 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210615171337-6886f2dfbf5b // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.3.6 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20210611083556-38a9dc6acbc6 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/api v0.21.2
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.21.2
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.21.2
+	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.9.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210629042839-4a2b36d8d73f // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.2 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 31190a3..d48e63c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -483,10 +483,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210315160823-c6e025ad8005/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210320140829-1e4c9ba3b0c4/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210330210617-4fbd30eecc44/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210403161142-5e06dd20ab57/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210426230700-d19ff857e887/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210510120138-977fb7262007/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c h1:F1jZWGFhYfh0Ci55sIpILtKKK8p3i2/krTr0H1rg74I=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201117132131-f5c789dd3221/go.mod h1:Nr5EML6q2oocZ2LXRh80K7BxOlk5/8JxuGnuhpl+muw=
diff --git a/pkg/controller/controller.go b/pkg/controller/controller.go
index 7251531..da01ea7 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/controller.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ func (c *Controller) UpdateCephFlags(ensure bool) error {
 	action := "set"
 
 	if !ensure {
-		osdFlags = reverseStringSlice(osdFlags)
+		slices.Reverse(osdFlags)
 		action = "unset"
 	}
 
@@ -861,14 +862,6 @@ func namespacedName(namespace, name string) types.NamespacedName {
 	}
 }
 
-func reverseStringSlice(elements []string) []string {
-	for i := 0; i < len(elements)/2; i++ {
-		j := len(elements) - i - 1
-		elements[i], elements[j] = elements[j], elements[i]
-	}
-	return elements
-}
-
 func isNonCriticalOperator(name string) bool {
 	// TODO some of this could be configurable
 	if name == "rook-ceph-operator" {