diff --git a/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yaml
index f1322f406..a91d0ff3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ui-tests.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
+          go-version-file: "go.mod"
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           sudo echo "127.0.0.1 local.kyma.dev" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 06be69f47..58aea3a45 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/kyma-project/istio/operator
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.22
 
 // Client-go does not handle different versions of mergo due to some breaking changes - use the matching version
 replace github.com/imdario/mergo => github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.5
diff --git a/pkg/lib/sidecars/test/helpers/helpers.go b/pkg/lib/sidecars/test/helpers/helpers.go
index ca338ff02..fa267cd5f 100644
--- a/pkg/lib/sidecars/test/helpers/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/lib/sidecars/test/helpers/helpers.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ var DefaultSidecarResources = v1.ResourceRequirements{
 }
 
 func NewSidecarPodBuilder() *SidecarPodFixtureBuilder {
+	resources := DefaultSidecarResources.DeepCopy()
 	return &SidecarPodFixtureBuilder{
 		name:                   "app",
 		namespace:              "custom",
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ func NewSidecarPodBuilder() *SidecarPodFixtureBuilder {
 		conditionStatus:        "True",
 		hostNetwork:            false,
 		ownerReference:         metav1.OwnerReference{Kind: "ReplicaSet"},
-		resources:              DefaultSidecarResources,
+		resources:              *resources,
 	}
 }