diff --git a/controllers/storagecluster/exporter.go b/controllers/storagecluster/exporter.go
index e5b850ce3e..90e95cedd8 100644
--- a/controllers/storagecluster/exporter.go
+++ b/controllers/storagecluster/exporter.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 	controllerutil "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller/controllerutil"
 )
 
@@ -276,12 +277,6 @@ func createMetricsExporterServiceMonitor(ctx context.Context, r *StorageClusterR
 }
 
 func deployMetricsExporter(ctx context.Context, r *StorageClusterReconciler, instance *ocsv1.StorageCluster) error {
-	var (
-		falsePtr = new(bool) // defaults to 'false'
-		truePtr  = new(bool)
-	)
-	*truePtr = true
-
 	currentDep := &appsv1.Deployment{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      metricsExporterName,
@@ -301,8 +296,8 @@ func deployMetricsExporter(ctx context.Context, r *StorageClusterReconciler, ins
 			Namespace: instance.Namespace,
 			OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{{
 				APIVersion:         instance.APIVersion,
-				BlockOwnerDeletion: falsePtr,
-				Controller:         falsePtr,
+				BlockOwnerDeletion: ptr.To(false),
+				Controller:         ptr.To(false),
 				Kind:               instance.Kind,
 				Name:               instance.Name,
 				UID:                instance.UID,
@@ -337,7 +332,7 @@ func deployMetricsExporter(ctx context.Context, r *StorageClusterReconciler, ins
 							{ContainerPort: 8081},
 						},
 						SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{
-							RunAsNonRoot: truePtr,
+							RunAsNonRoot: ptr.To(true),
 						},
 						VolumeMounts: []corev1.VolumeMount{{
 							Name:      "ceph-config",
diff --git a/controllers/util/predicates_test.go b/controllers/util/predicates_test.go
index 773ffb8496..9ea93308b0 100644
--- a/controllers/util/predicates_test.go
+++ b/controllers/util/predicates_test.go
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/event"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/predicate"
 )
 
-var one = int64(1)
 var now = metav1.NewTime(time.Now())
 
 func TestComposePredicatesUpdate(t *testing.T) {
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ func TestComposePredicatesUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 				Namespace:                  "foo",
 				SelfLink:                   "foo",
 				UID:                        types.UID("foo"),
-				Generation:                 one,
+				Generation:                 1,
 				CreationTimestamp:          now,
 				DeletionTimestamp:          &now,
-				DeletionGracePeriodSeconds: &one,
+				DeletionGracePeriodSeconds: ptr.To(int64(1)),
 				OwnerReferences:            []metav1.OwnerReference{{}},
 				ManagedFields:              []metav1.ManagedFieldsEntry{{}},
 			},
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ func TestMetadataChangedPredicateUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 				SelfLink:                   "foo",
 				UID:                        types.UID("foo"),
 				ResourceVersion:            "foo",
-				Generation:                 one,
+				Generation:                 1,
 				CreationTimestamp:          now,
 				DeletionTimestamp:          &now,
-				DeletionGracePeriodSeconds: &one,
+				DeletionGracePeriodSeconds: ptr.To(int64(1)),
 				OwnerReferences:            []metav1.OwnerReference{{}},
 				ManagedFields:              []metav1.ManagedFieldsEntry{{}},
 			},
diff --git a/tools/csv-merger/csv-merger.go b/tools/csv-merger/csv-merger.go
index 9cccb1f284..48ee9d9798 100644
--- a/tools/csv-merger/csv-merger.go
+++ b/tools/csv-merger/csv-merger.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	extv1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -930,7 +931,6 @@ func copyManifests() {
 
 func getUXBackendServerDeployment() appsv1.DeploymentSpec {
 	replica := int32(1)
-	ptrToTrue := true
 	deployment := appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
 		Replicas: &replica,
 		Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ func getUXBackendServerDeployment() appsv1.DeploymentSpec {
 						VolumeSource: corev1.VolumeSource{
 							Secret: &corev1.SecretVolumeSource{
 								SecretName: "onboarding-private-key",
-								Optional:   &ptrToTrue,
+								Optional:   ptr.To(true),
 							},
 						},
 					},