diff --git a/pkg/agent/templates/templates.go b/pkg/agent/templates/templates.go
index 78260fb895d..aadf6c0112e 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/templates/templates.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/templates/templates.go
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ skip_verify = true
 {{ end -}}
 `
 
-func ParseTemplateFromConfig(userTemplate, baseTemplate string, config interface{}) (string, error) {
+func ParseTemplateFromConfig(userTemplate, baseTemplate string, config any) (string, error) {
 	out := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	t := template.Must(template.New("compiled_template").Funcs(templateFuncs).Parse(userTemplate))
 	template.Must(t.New("base").Parse(baseTemplate))
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ func ParseTemplateFromConfig(userTemplate, baseTemplate string, config interface
 	return trimEmpty(out)
 }
 
-func ParseHostsTemplateFromConfig(userTemplate string, config interface{}) (string, error) {
+func ParseHostsTemplateFromConfig(userTemplate string, config any) (string, error) {
 	out := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	t := template.Must(template.New("compiled_template").Funcs(templateFuncs).Parse(userTemplate))
 	if err := t.Execute(out, config); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/agent/templates/templates_linux.go b/pkg/agent/templates/templates_linux.go
index 912d12d7023..bf302be6f5e 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/templates/templates_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/templates/templates_linux.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var templateFuncs = template.FuncMap{
 	"deschemify": func(s string) string {
 		return s
 	},
-	"toJson": func(v interface{}) string {
+	"toJson": func(v any) string {
 		output, _ := json.Marshal(v)
 		return string(output)
 	},
diff --git a/pkg/agent/templates/templates_windows.go b/pkg/agent/templates/templates_windows.go
index 34857968d43..300df300e3e 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/templates/templates_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/templates/templates_windows.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ var templateFuncs = template.FuncMap{
 		}
 		return s
 	},
-	"toJson": func(v interface{}) string {
+	"toJson": func(v any) string {
 		output, _ := json.Marshal(v)
 		return string(output)
 	},
diff --git a/pkg/bootstrap/bootstrap.go b/pkg/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
index 756e0df80d3..40b2a95dc28 100644
--- a/pkg/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
+++ b/pkg/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func WriteToDiskFromStorage(files PathsDataformat, bootstrap *config.ControlRunt
 	return nil
 }
 
-func ObjToMap(obj interface{}) (map[string]string, error) {
+func ObjToMap(obj any) (map[string]string, error) {
 	bytes, err := json.Marshal(obj)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/bootstrap/bootstrap_test.go b/pkg/bootstrap/bootstrap_test.go
index 96c66aee017..ca0245ce6c0 100644
--- a/pkg/bootstrap/bootstrap_test.go
+++ b/pkg/bootstrap/bootstrap_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestObjToMap(t *testing.T) {
 	type args struct {
-		obj interface{}
+		obj any
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/servicelb.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/servicelb.go
index cd574eacbbb..e31784e7f18 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/servicelb.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/servicelb.go
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func (k *k3s) processNextWorkItem() bool {
 
 // processSingleItem processes a single item from the work queue,
 // requeueing it if the handler fails.
-func (k *k3s) processSingleItem(obj interface{}) error {
+func (k *k3s) processSingleItem(obj any) error {
 	var (
 		key string
 		ok  bool
diff --git a/pkg/configfilearg/parser.go b/pkg/configfilearg/parser.go
index 6d86f2c0c71..b54ac30439d 100644
--- a/pkg/configfilearg/parser.go
+++ b/pkg/configfilearg/parser.go
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ func readConfigFile(file string) (result []string, _ error) {
 	var (
 		keySeen  = map[string]bool{}
 		keyOrder []string
-		values   = map[string]interface{}{}
+		values   = map[string]any{}
 	)
 	for _, file := range files {
 		bytes, err := readConfigFileData(file)
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ func readConfigFile(file string) (result []string, _ error) {
 			prefix = "-"
 		}
 
-		if slice, ok := v.([]interface{}); ok {
+		if slice, ok := v.([]any); ok {
 			for _, v := range slice {
 				result = append(result, prefix+k+"="+convert.ToString(v))
 			}
@@ -315,18 +315,18 @@ func readConfigFile(file string) (result []string, _ error) {
 	return
 }
 
-func toSlice(v interface{}) []interface{} {
+func toSlice(v any) []any {
 	switch k := v.(type) {
 	case string:
-		return []interface{}{k}
-	case []interface{}:
+		return []any{k}
+	case []any:
 		return k
 	default:
 		str := strings.TrimSpace(convert.ToString(v))
 		if str == "" {
 			return nil
 		}
-		return []interface{}{str}
+		return []any{str}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/daemons/executor/executor.go b/pkg/daemons/executor/executor.go
index 7d092e744d5..7e32efec3d8 100644
--- a/pkg/daemons/executor/executor.go
+++ b/pkg/daemons/executor/executor.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (e ETCDConfig) ToConfigFile(extraArgs []string) (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	if len(extraArgs) > 0 {
-		var s map[string]interface{}
+		var s map[string]any
 		if err := yaml2.Unmarshal(bytes, &s); err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/nodepassword/nodepassword_test.go b/pkg/nodepassword/nodepassword_test.go
index 360990cc7af..4c7a82f5a9f 100644
--- a/pkg/nodepassword/nodepassword_test.go
+++ b/pkg/nodepassword/nodepassword_test.go
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ func Test_PasswordError(t *testing.T) {
 // --------------------------
 // utility functions
 
-func assertEqual(t *testing.T, a interface{}, b interface{}) {
+func assertEqual(t *testing.T, a any, b any) {
 	if a != b {
 		t.Fatalf("[ %v != %v ]", a, b)
 	}
 }
 
-func assertNotEqual(t *testing.T, a interface{}, b interface{}) {
+func assertNotEqual(t *testing.T, a any, b any) {
 	if a == b {
 		t.Fatalf("[ %v == %v ]", a, b)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/util/condition.go b/pkg/util/condition.go
index 4aa7c7e7454..2ad9ebc60a3 100644
--- a/pkg/util/condition.go
+++ b/pkg/util/condition.go
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ func SetNodeCondition(core config.CoreFactory, nodeName string, condition corev1
 		return ErrCoreNotReady
 	}
 	condition.LastHeartbeatTime = metav1.NewTime(time.Now())
-	patch, err := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
-		"status": map[string]interface{}{
+	patch, err := json.Marshal(map[string]any{
+		"status": map[string]any{
 			"conditions": []corev1.NodeCondition{condition},
 		},
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/util/reflect.go b/pkg/util/reflect.go
index 9530f02e9b4..758707e2666 100644
--- a/pkg/util/reflect.go
+++ b/pkg/util/reflect.go
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 )
 
-func GetFunctionName(i interface{}) string {
+func GetFunctionName(i any) string {
 	return runtime.FuncForPC(reflect.ValueOf(i).Pointer()).Name()
 }