Repository: argoproj/argo-rollouts

Issue:
Eventually drop spec.preserveUnknownFields from vended manifests
## Summary 

What happened/what you expected to happen?

When we re-deploy the manifests for rollouts, for version later to v1.0.0-rc1, the manifests are expected to be marked as unchanged, but it's marked as configured instead, for the crds

```
1st time deployment
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/analysisruns.argoproj.io created
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/analysistemplates.argoproj.io created
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/clusteranalysistemplates.argoproj.io created
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/experiments.argoproj.io created
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/rollouts.argoproj.io created
serviceaccount/argo-rollouts created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/argo-rollouts-aggregate-to-admin created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/argo-rollouts-aggregate-to-edit created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/argo-rollouts-aggregate-to-view created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/argo-rollouts-clusterrole created
clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/argo-rollouts-clusterrolebinding created
service/argo-rollouts-metrics created
deployment.apps/argo-rollouts created

2nd time deployment 

customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/analysisruns.argoproj.io configured
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/analysistemplates.argoproj.io configured
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/clusteranalysistemplates.argoproj.io configured
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/experiments.argoproj.io configured
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/rollouts.argoproj.io configured
serviceaccount/argo-rollouts unchanged
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/argo-rollouts-aggregate-to-admin unchanged
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/argo-rollouts-aggregate-to-edit unchanged
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/argo-rollouts-aggregate-to-view unchanged
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/argo-rollouts-clusterrole unchanged
clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/argo-rollouts-clusterrolebinding unchanged
service/argo-rollouts-metrics unchanged
deployment.apps/argo-rollouts unchanged

```

## Diagnostics

What version of Argo Rollouts are you running?
 v1.0.0-rc1 and later versions
```
# Paste the logs from the rollout controller

# Logs for the entire controller:
kubectl logs -n argo-rollouts deployment/argo-rollouts

# Logs for a specific rollout:
kubectl logs -n argo-rollouts deployment/argo-rollouts | grep rollout=<ROLLOUTNAME>
```

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@jessesuen: This behavior is expected and is a side effect of explicitly setting `spec.preserveUnknownFields: false`, which is the new default in v1 CRDs. You can read why we needed to set this to false in release notes and issues: 

https://github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/releases/tag/v1.0.0
https://github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pull/1069
https://github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/issues/1067

The workaround is to remove `spec.preserveUnknownFields` from the manifests. But we cannot do this in the official manifests because we need to allow smooth upgrades from v1beta1 CRDs.@jessesuen: > But we cannot do this in the official manifests because we need to allow smooth upgrades from v1beta1 CRDs.

Note that we eventually **_should_** remove `spec.preserveUnknownFields`, when we reach v1.2 or v1.3 (whenever we don't support upgrades from pre-v1.0). For that reason, I'll keep this open as an enhancement.@huikang: Hi, @jessesuen , thanks for the workaround. It worked for me.

```
# Prior to removing preserveUnknownFields: false
kubectl apply -f ./manifests/crds/rollout-crd.yaml
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/rollouts.argoproj.io configured
hui.kang@huikang-ltmcwnv argo-rollouts-backup2 % kubectl apply -f ./manifests/crds/rollout-crd.yaml
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/rollouts.argoproj.io configured

# After removing preserveUnknownFields: false, applying the crd twice shows `unchanged`

hui.kang@huikang-ltmcwnv argo-rollouts-backup2 % kubectl apply -f ./manifests/crds/rollout-crd.yaml
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/rollouts.argoproj.io unchanged
hui.kang@huikang-ltmcwnv argo-rollouts-backup2 % kubectl apply -f ./manifests/crds/rollout-crd.yaml
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/rollouts.argoproj.io unchanged

```@github-actions: This issue is stale because it has been open 60 days with no activity.@github-actions: This issue is stale because it has been open 60 days with no activity.@jkleinlercher: I think it is time to remove it now, so no one needs to fine tune ignoreDifference. I created https://github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pull/4277

Solution patch:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index 15355e24..92a573c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Run golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v8
         with:
-          version: v1.64.8
+          version: v2.1.6
           args: --timeout 6m
   build:
     name: Build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image-reuse.yaml b/.github/workflows/image-reuse.yaml
index 11d32e4d..57678f2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image-reuse.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image-reuse.yaml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build and push container image
         id: image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@14487ce63c7a62a4a324b0bfb37086795e31c6c1 #v6.16.0
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@263435318d21b8e681c14492fe198d362a7d2c83 #v6.18.0
         with:
           context: .
           platforms: ${{ inputs.platforms }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yaml b/.github/workflows/testing.yaml
index 64eb8cdf..577c6b81 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yaml
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           go tool covdata textfmt -i=coverage-output-unit/,coverage-output-e2e/ -o full-coverage.out
       - name: Upload code coverage information to codecov.io
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@ad3126e916f78f00edff4ed0317cf185271ccc2d # v5.4.2
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@18283e04ce6e62d37312384ff67231eb8fd56d24 # v5.4.3
         with:
           file: full-coverage.out
           fail_ci_if_error: false
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 4bd278eb..1d60108d 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,21 +1,41 @@
+version: "2"
 run:
-  timeout: 10m
   modules-download-mode: readonly
-issues:
-  exclude-dirs:
-    - pkg/client
-  exclude-files:
-    - ".*\\.pb\\.go"
-linters-settings:
-  goimports:
-    local-prefixes: github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts
+  timeout: 10m
 linters:
+  default: none
   enable:
-    - gofmt
-    - goimports
     - govet
     - ineffassign
     - misspell
     - unconvert
     - unused
-  disable-all: true
+  exclusions:
+    generated: lax
+    presets:
+      - comments
+      - common-false-positives
+      - legacy
+      - std-error-handling
+    paths:
+      - .*\.pb\.go
+      - pkg/client
+      - third_party$
+      - builtin$
+      - examples$
+formatters:
+  enable:
+    - gofmt
+    - goimports
+  settings:
+    goimports:
+      local-prefixes:
+        - github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts
+  exclusions:
+    generated: lax
+    paths:
+      - .*\.pb\.go
+      - pkg/client
+      - third_party$
+      - builtin$
+      - examples$
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ae5df9fa..a2b35581 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 
 # Install golangci-lint
-RUN curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v1.61.0 && \
+RUN curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v2.1.6 && \
     golangci-lint linters
 
 COPY .golangci.yml ${GOPATH}/src/dummy/.golangci.yml
diff --git a/USERS.md b/USERS.md
index 2ab181bb..7d47b053 100644
--- a/USERS.md
+++ b/USERS.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Organizations below are **officially** using Argo Rollouts. Please send a PR wit
 1. [Hepsiburada](https://hepsiburada.com/)
 1. [Ibotta](https://home.ibotta.com/)
 1. [Intuit](https://www.intuit.com/)
+1. [Microsoft](https://microsoft.com/)
 1. [New Relic](https://newrelic.com/)
 1. [Nitro](https://www.gonitro.com)
 1. [Nozzle](https://nozzle.io)
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ Organizations below are **officially** using Argo Rollouts. Please send a PR wit
 1. [Shipt](https://www.shipt.com/)
 1. [Skillz](https://www.skillz.com)
 1. [Spotify](https://www.spotify.com/)
+1. [suXess-it](https://www.suxess-it.com/)
 1. [Synamedia](https://www.synamedia.com)
 1. [Taboola](https://www.taboola.com)
 1. [TBC Bank](https://tbcbank.ge/)
diff --git a/analysis/analysis.go b/analysis/analysis.go
index 56799814..289bbed0 100644
--- a/analysis/analysis.go
+++ b/analysis/analysis.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	k8serrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	analysisutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/analysis"
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func getResolvedMetricsWithoutSecrets(metrics []v1alpha1.Metric, args []v1alpha1
 		newArg := arg.DeepCopy()
 		if newArg.ValueFrom != nil && newArg.ValueFrom.SecretKeyRef != nil {
 			newArg.ValueFrom = nil
-			newArg.Value = pointer.StringPtr("temp-for-secret")
+			newArg.Value = ptr.To[string]("temp-for-secret")
 		}
 		newArgs = append(newArgs, *newArg)
 	}
diff --git a/docs/features/traffic-management/alb.md b/docs/features/traffic-management/alb.md
index 5b4c4245..21d1f5f4 100644
--- a/docs/features/traffic-management/alb.md
+++ b/docs/features/traffic-management/alb.md
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ spec:
 By default, a rollout will inject the `alb.ingress.kubernetes.io/actions.<SERVICE-NAME>` annotation
 using the service/action name specified under `spec.strategy.canary.stableService`. However, it may
 be desirable to specify an explicit service/action name different from the `stableService`. For
-example, [one pattern](/argo-rollouts/best-practices/#ingress-desiredstable-host-routes) is to use a single
+example, [one pattern](/best-practices/#ingress-desiredstable-host-routes) is to use a single
 Ingress containing three different rules to reach the canary, stable, and root service separately
 (e.g. for testing purposes). In this case, you may want to specify a "root" service as the
 service/action name instead of stable. To do so, reference a service under `rootService` under the
@@ -308,6 +308,9 @@ spec:
         args: [--aws-verify-target-group]
         # NOTE: in v1.0, the --alb-verify-weight flag should be used instead
 ```
+!!! note
+
+    The `--aws-region` flag is mandatory for enabling AWS integrations, including TargetGroup verification. If the Argo Rollouts controller does not have the correct AWS region specified, or lacks access to validate the AWS ALB, the promotion process will fail. Ensure that the necessary AWS API permissions are granted to the controller and that the region is correctly configured.
 
 For this feature to work, the argo-rollouts deployment requires the following AWS API permissions
 under the [Elastic Load Balancing API](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html):
diff --git a/docs/generated/kubectl-argo-rollouts/kubectl-argo-rollouts.md b/docs/generated/kubectl-argo-rollouts/kubectl-argo-rollouts.md
index 473f555d..13bdeb25 100644
--- a/docs/generated/kubectl-argo-rollouts/kubectl-argo-rollouts.md
+++ b/docs/generated/kubectl-argo-rollouts/kubectl-argo-rollouts.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ kubectl argo rollouts promote guestbook
 kubectl argo rollouts abort guestbook
 
 # Retry the guestbook rollout
-kubectl argo rollouts retry guestbook
+kubectl argo rollouts retry rollout guestbook
 ```
 
 ## Options
diff --git a/experiments/experiment.go b/experiments/experiment.go
index 71ff7d41..c85084e4 100644
--- a/experiments/experiment.go
+++ b/experiments/experiment.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	appslisters "k8s.io/client-go/listers/apps/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/client-go/listers/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func (ec *experimentContext) createTemplateService(template *v1alpha1.TemplateSp
 
 // createReplicaSetForTemplate initializes ReplicaSet with zero replicas for given experiment template
 func (ec *experimentContext) createReplicaSetForTemplate(template v1alpha1.TemplateSpec, templateStatus *v1alpha1.TemplateStatus, logCtx *log.Entry, now metav1.Time) {
-	template.Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+	template.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](0)
 	rs, err := ec.createReplicaSet(template, templateStatus.CollisionCount)
 	if err != nil {
 		logCtx.Warnf("Failed to create ReplicaSet: %v", err)
diff --git a/hack/gen-crd-spec/main.go b/hack/gen-crd-spec/main.go
index 60c1bde9..faaadcc8 100644
--- a/hack/gen-crd-spec/main.go
+++ b/hack/gen-crd-spec/main.go
@@ -463,11 +463,6 @@ func main() {
 		err = json.Unmarshal(jsonBytes, &r.Object)
 		checkErr(err)
 
-		// Need to explicitly set spec.preserveUnknownFields to false, despite false being the
-		// default value in v1, in order to facilitate upgrades from apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1 v1.
-		// See https://github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/issues/1067
-		unstructured.SetNestedField(r.Object, false, "spec", "preserveUnknownFields")
-
 		// clean up crd yaml before marshalling
 		unstructured.RemoveNestedField(r.Object, "status")
 		unstructured.RemoveNestedField(r.Object, "metadata", "creationTimestamp")
diff --git a/ingress/alb.go b/ingress/alb.go
index 3803f538..9f13e4ad 100644
--- a/ingress/alb.go
+++ b/ingress/alb.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	ingressutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/ingress"
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func getResetALBActionStr(ingress *ingressutil.Ingress, action string) (string,
 				{
 					ServiceName: service,
 					ServicePort: port,
-					Weight:      pointer.Int64Ptr(int64(100)),
+					Weight:      ptr.To[int64](int64(100)),
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/manifests/crds/analysis-run-crd.yaml b/manifests/crds/analysis-run-crd.yaml
index e6256b15..c52a4421 100644
--- a/manifests/crds/analysis-run-crd.yaml
+++ b/manifests/crds/analysis-run-crd.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ spec:
     shortNames:
     - ar
     singular: analysisrun
-  preserveUnknownFields: false
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
   - additionalPrinterColumns:
diff --git a/manifests/crds/analysis-template-crd.yaml b/manifests/crds/analysis-template-crd.yaml
index 0b9f22d2..cc911b1b 100644
--- a/manifests/crds/analysis-template-crd.yaml
+++ b/manifests/crds/analysis-template-crd.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ spec:
     shortNames:
     - at
     singular: analysistemplate
-  preserveUnknownFields: false
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
   - additionalPrinterColumns:
diff --git a/manifests/crds/cluster-analysis-template-crd.yaml b/manifests/crds/cluster-analysis-template-crd.yaml
index f966d4f8..d2235351 100644
--- a/manifests/crds/cluster-analysis-template-crd.yaml
+++ b/manifests/crds/cluster-analysis-template-crd.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ spec:
     shortNames:
     - cat
     singular: clusteranalysistemplate
-  preserveUnknownFields: false
   scope: Cluster
   versions:
   - additionalPrinterColumns:
diff --git a/manifests/crds/experiment-crd.yaml b/manifests/crds/experiment-crd.yaml
index 0dae59cb..e08bbf00 100644
--- a/manifests/crds/experiment-crd.yaml
+++ b/manifests/crds/experiment-crd.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ spec:
     shortNames:
     - exp
     singular: experiment
-  preserveUnknownFields: false
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
   - additionalPrinterColumns:
diff --git a/manifests/crds/rollout-crd.yaml b/manifests/crds/rollout-crd.yaml
index 060158cd..2a5f4e16 100755
--- a/manifests/crds/rollout-crd.yaml
+++ b/manifests/crds/rollout-crd.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ spec:
     shortNames:
     - ro
     singular: rollout
-  preserveUnknownFields: false
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
   - additionalPrinterColumns:
diff --git a/manifests/install.yaml b/manifests/install.yaml
index 3680da58..4d2abcdb 100755
--- a/manifests/install.yaml
+++ b/manifests/install.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ spec:
     shortNames:
     - ar
     singular: analysisrun
-  preserveUnknownFields: false
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
   - additionalPrinterColumns:
@@ -3334,7 +3333,6 @@ spec:
     shortNames:
     - at
     singular: analysistemplate
-  preserveUnknownFields: false
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
   - additionalPrinterColumns:
@@ -6525,7 +6523,6 @@ spec:
     shortNames:
     - cat
     singular: clusteranalysistemplate
-  preserveUnknownFields: false
   scope: Cluster
   versions:
   - additionalPrinterColumns:
@@ -9716,7 +9713,6 @@ spec:
     shortNames:
     - exp
     singular: experiment
-  preserveUnknownFields: false
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
   - additionalPrinterColumns:
@@ -12575,7 +12571,6 @@ spec:
     shortNames:
     - ro
     singular: rollout
-  preserveUnknownFields: false
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
   - additionalPrinterColumns:
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl-argo-rollouts/cmd/cmd.go b/pkg/kubectl-argo-rollouts/cmd/cmd.go
index 24610550..db1748d2 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl-argo-rollouts/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl-argo-rollouts/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const (
   %[1]s abort guestbook
 
   # Retry the guestbook rollout
-  %[1]s retry guestbook`
+  %[1]s retry rollout guestbook`
 )
 
 // NewCmdArgoRollouts returns new instance of rollouts command.
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl-argo-rollouts/cmd/create/create.go b/pkg/kubectl-argo-rollouts/cmd/create/create.go
index a6523d24..d585054c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl-argo-rollouts/cmd/create/create.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl-argo-rollouts/cmd/create/create.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts"
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ func (c *CreateAnalysisRunOptions) ParseArgFlags() ([]v1alpha1.Argument, error)
 		}
 		arg := v1alpha1.Argument{
 			Name:  argSplit[0],
-			Value: pointer.StringPtr(argSplit[1]),
+			Value: ptr.To[string](argSplit[1]),
 		}
 		args = append(args, arg)
 	}
diff --git a/rollout/canary.go b/rollout/canary.go
index 1a64a494..7d215138 100644
--- a/rollout/canary.go
+++ b/rollout/canary.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/rollout/trafficrouting"
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ func (c *rolloutContext) syncRolloutStatusCanary() error {
 			if newStatus.StableRS == newStatus.CurrentPodHash {
 				newStatus.CurrentStepIndex = &stepCount
 			} else {
-				newStatus.CurrentStepIndex = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+				newStatus.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](0)
 			}
 		}
 		newStatus = c.calculateRolloutConditions(newStatus)
diff --git a/rollout/controller.go b/rollout/controller.go
index e4b1a41e..8a5ec674 100644
--- a/rollout/controller.go
+++ b/rollout/controller.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/util/slice"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts"
 
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ func (c *Controller) syncHandler(ctx context.Context, key string) error {
 	// the rollout to have the replicas field set to the default value. see https://github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/issues/119
 	if rollout.Spec.Replicas == nil {
 		logCtx.Info("Defaulting .spec.replica to 1")
-		r.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(defaults.DefaultReplicas)
+		r.Spec.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](defaults.DefaultReplicas)
 		newRollout, err := c.argoprojclientset.ArgoprojV1alpha1().Rollouts(r.Namespace).Update(ctx, r, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
 		if err == nil {
 			c.writeBackToInformer(newRollout)
diff --git a/rollout/pause.go b/rollout/pause.go
index c7146363..1be87b7c 100644
--- a/rollout/pause.go
+++ b/rollout/pause.go
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ func (pCtx *pauseContext) ClearPauseConditions() {
 }
 
 func (pCtx *pauseContext) CalculatePauseStatus(newStatus *v1alpha1.RolloutStatus) {
+	if pCtx.CalculateAbortStatus(newStatus) {
+		return
+	}
+	if pCtx.clearPauseConditions {
+		return
+	}
+	pCtx.CalculatePauseConditions(newStatus)
+}
+
+func (pCtx *pauseContext) CalculateAbortStatus(newStatus *v1alpha1.RolloutStatus) bool {
 	now := timeutil.MetaNow()
 	// if we are already aborted, preserve the original timestamp, otherwise we'll cause a
 	// reconciliation hot-loop.
@@ -66,31 +76,28 @@ func (pCtx *pauseContext) CalculatePauseStatus(newStatus *v1alpha1.RolloutStatus
 	if newAbortedAt == nil {
 		newAbortedAt = &now
 	}
-	if pCtx.addAbort {
-		newStatus.Abort = true
-		newStatus.AbortedAt = newAbortedAt
-		return
-	}
-	if !pCtx.removeAbort && pCtx.rollout.Status.Abort {
+	if pCtx.addAbort || (!pCtx.removeAbort && pCtx.rollout.Status.Abort) {
 		newStatus.Abort = true
 		newStatus.AbortedAt = newAbortedAt
-		return
+		return true
 	}
+
 	newStatus.Abort = false
 	newStatus.AbortedAt = nil
 
-	if pCtx.clearPauseConditions {
-		return
-	}
+	return false
+}
 
+func (pCtx *pauseContext) CalculatePauseConditions(newStatus *v1alpha1.RolloutStatus) {
+	now := timeutil.MetaNow()
 	controllerPause := pCtx.rollout.Status.ControllerPause
 	statusToRemove := map[v1alpha1.PauseReason]bool{}
 	for i := range pCtx.removePauseReasons {
 		statusToRemove[pCtx.removePauseReasons[i]] = true
 	}
 
-	newPauseConditions := []v1alpha1.PauseCondition{}
 	pauseAlreadyExists := map[v1alpha1.PauseReason]bool{}
+	newPauseConditions := []v1alpha1.PauseCondition{}
 	for _, cond := range pCtx.rollout.Status.PauseConditions {
 		if remove := statusToRemove[cond.Reason]; !remove {
 			newPauseConditions = append(newPauseConditions, cond)
@@ -98,8 +105,7 @@ func (pCtx *pauseContext) CalculatePauseStatus(newStatus *v1alpha1.RolloutStatus
 		pauseAlreadyExists[cond.Reason] = true
 	}
 
-	for i := range pCtx.addPauseReasons {
-		reason := pCtx.addPauseReasons[i]
+	for _, reason := range pCtx.addPauseReasons {
 		if exists := pauseAlreadyExists[reason]; !exists {
 			pCtx.log.Infof("Adding pause reason %s with start time %s", reason, now.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339))
 			cond := v1alpha1.PauseCondition{
@@ -119,8 +125,7 @@ func (pCtx *pauseContext) CalculatePauseStatus(newStatus *v1alpha1.RolloutStatus
 }
 
 func getPauseCondition(rollout *v1alpha1.Rollout, reason v1alpha1.PauseReason) *v1alpha1.PauseCondition {
-	for i := range rollout.Status.PauseConditions {
-		cond := rollout.Status.PauseConditions[i]
+	for _, cond := range rollout.Status.PauseConditions {
 		if cond.Reason == reason {
 			return &cond
 		}
@@ -130,58 +135,38 @@ func getPauseCondition(rollout *v1alpha1.Rollout, reason v1alpha1.PauseReason) *
 
 // completedPrePromotionAnalysis checks if the Pre Promotion Analysis has completed successfully
 func (c *rolloutContext) completedPrePromotionAnalysis() bool {
-	if c.rollout.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen == nil || c.rollout.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.PrePromotionAnalysis == nil {
-		return true
-	}
 	currentAr := c.currentArs.BlueGreenPrePromotion
-	if currentAr != nil && currentAr.Status.Phase == v1alpha1.AnalysisPhaseSuccessful {
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
+	noPrePromotionAnalysis := c.rollout.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen == nil || c.rollout.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.PrePromotionAnalysis == nil
+	return noPrePromotionAnalysis || currentAr != nil && currentAr.Status.Phase == v1alpha1.AnalysisPhaseSuccessful
 }
 
 // CompletedBlueGreenPause returns true if we have already completed our automated pause, either
 // because a human has resumed the rollout, or we surpassed autoPromotionSeconds.
 func (pCtx *pauseContext) CompletedBlueGreenPause() bool {
 	rollout := pCtx.rollout
+	pauseCond := getPauseCondition(rollout, v1alpha1.PauseReasonBlueGreenPause)
+
 	if pCtx.HasAddPause() {
 		// return false if we just added a pause condition as part of this reconciliation
 		return false
-	}
-	if rollout.Status.BlueGreen.ScaleUpPreviewCheckPoint {
-		return true
-	}
-	if !needsBlueGreenControllerPause(rollout) {
+	} else if rollout.Status.BlueGreen.ScaleUpPreviewCheckPoint {
 		return true
-	}
-	pauseCond := getPauseCondition(rollout, v1alpha1.PauseReasonBlueGreenPause)
-	if rollout.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled == nil || *rollout.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled {
+	} else if rollout.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled == nil || *rollout.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled {
 		// autoPromotion is enabled. check if we surpassed the delay
 		autoPromotionSeconds := rollout.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionSeconds
 		if autoPromotionSeconds == 0 {
 			return true
-		}
-		if rollout.Status.BlueGreen.ScaleUpPreviewCheckPoint {
-			return true
-		}
-		if pauseCond != nil {
+		} else if pauseCond != nil {
 			switchDeadline := pauseCond.StartTime.Add(time.Duration(autoPromotionSeconds) * time.Second)
-			now := timeutil.MetaNow()
-			if now.After(switchDeadline) {
-				return true
-			}
-			return false
+			return timeutil.MetaNow().After(switchDeadline)
 		}
 		// we never paused the rollout
 		return false
-	} else {
-		// autoPromotion is disabled. the presence of a pause condition means human has not resumed it
-		if rollout.Status.ControllerPause {
-			return pauseCond == nil
-		}
-		// status.controllerPause has not yet been set
-		return false
 	}
+	// autoPromotion is disabled.
+	// return false if controller is not paused or if the paue condition is not present.
+	// the presence of a pause condition means human has not resumed it.
+	return rollout.Status.ControllerPause && pauseCond == nil
 }
 
 func (pCtx *pauseContext) CompletedCanaryPauseStep(pause v1alpha1.RolloutPause) bool {
@@ -191,14 +176,11 @@ func (pCtx *pauseContext) CompletedCanaryPauseStep(pause v1alpha1.RolloutPause)
 	if rollout.Status.ControllerPause && pauseCondition == nil {
 		pCtx.log.Info("Rollout has been unpaused")
 		return true
-	} else if pause.Duration != nil {
-		now := timeutil.MetaNow()
-		if pauseCondition != nil {
-			expiredTime := pauseCondition.StartTime.Add(time.Duration(pause.DurationSeconds()) * time.Second)
-			if now.After(expiredTime) {
-				pCtx.log.Info("Rollout has waited the duration of the pause step")
-				return true
-			}
+	} else if pause.Duration != nil && pauseCondition != nil {
+		expiredTime := pauseCondition.StartTime.Add(time.Duration(pause.DurationSeconds()) * time.Second)
+		if timeutil.MetaNow().After(expiredTime) {
+			pCtx.log.Info("Rollout has waited the duration of the pause step")
+			return true
 		}
 	}
 	return false
diff --git a/rollout/service.go b/rollout/service.go
index 7f7be51b..8b004394 100644
--- a/rollout/service.go
+++ b/rollout/service.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	patchtypes "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/rollout/trafficrouting"
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func (c *rolloutContext) awsVerifyTargetGroups(svc *corev1.Service) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	c.targetsVerified = pointer.Bool(false)
+	c.targetsVerified = ptr.To[bool](false)
 
 	// get endpoints of service
 	endpoints, err := c.kubeclientset.CoreV1().Endpoints(svc.Namespace).Get(ctx, svc.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func (c *rolloutContext) awsVerifyTargetGroups(svc *corev1.Service) error {
 		}
 		c.recorder.Eventf(c.rollout, record.EventOptions{EventReason: conditions.TargetGroupVerifiedReason}, conditions.TargetGroupVerifiedRegistrationMessage, svc.Name, tgb.Spec.TargetGroupARN, verifyRes.EndpointsRegistered)
 	}
-	c.targetsVerified = pointer.Bool(true)
+	c.targetsVerified = ptr.To[bool](true)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/rollout/sync.go b/rollout/sync.go
index 53d614b8..0c8e2e2f 100644
--- a/rollout/sync.go
+++ b/rollout/sync.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	patchtypes "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
 	labelsutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/labels"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/rollout/trafficrouting"
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func (c *rolloutContext) createDesiredReplicaSet() (*appsv1.ReplicaSet, error) {
 			Template:        newRSTemplate,
 		},
 	}
-	newRS.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+	newRS.Spec.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](0)
 	// Set new replica set's annotation
 	annotations.SetNewReplicaSetAnnotations(c.rollout, newRS, newRevision, false)
 
diff --git a/rollout/trafficrouting/alb/alb.go b/rollout/trafficrouting/alb/alb.go
index f06c7ea4..d766a840 100644
--- a/rollout/trafficrouting/alb/alb.go
+++ b/rollout/trafficrouting/alb/alb.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	elbv2types "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/elasticloadbalancingv2/types"
 
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) VerifyWeightPerIngress(desiredWeight int32, ingresses []str
 		ingressName := ingress
 		ingress, err := r.cfg.IngressWrapper.GetCached(rollout.Namespace, ingressName)
 		if err != nil {
-			return pointer.Bool(false), err
+			return ptr.To[bool](false), err
 		}
 		resourceIDToDest := map[string]v1alpha1.WeightDestination{}
 
@@ -264,11 +264,11 @@ func (r *Reconciler) VerifyWeightPerIngress(desiredWeight int32, ingresses []str
 			lb, err := r.aws.FindLoadBalancerByDNSName(ctx, hostname)
 			if err != nil {
 				r.cfg.Recorder.Warnf(rollout, record.EventOptions{EventReason: conditions.TargetGroupVerifyErrorReason}, conditions.TargetGroupVerifyErrorMessage, canaryService, "unknown", err.Error())
-				return pointer.Bool(false), err
+				return ptr.To[bool](false), err
 			}
 			if lb == nil || lb.LoadBalancerArn == nil {
 				r.cfg.Recorder.Warnf(rollout, record.EventOptions{EventReason: conditions.LoadBalancerNotFoundReason}, conditions.LoadBalancerNotFoundMessage, hostname)
-				return pointer.Bool(false), nil
+				return ptr.To[bool](false), nil
 			}
 
 			r.cfg.Status.ALBs[i].Ingress = ingressName
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) VerifyWeightPerIngress(desiredWeight int32, ingresses []str
 			lbTargetGroups, err := r.aws.GetTargetGroupMetadata(ctx, *lb.LoadBalancerArn)
 			if err != nil {
 				r.cfg.Recorder.Warnf(rollout, record.EventOptions{EventReason: conditions.TargetGroupVerifyErrorReason}, conditions.TargetGroupVerifyErrorMessage, canaryService, "unknown", err.Error())
-				return pointer.Bool(false), err
+				return ptr.To[bool](false), err
 			}
 			logCtx := r.log.WithField("lb", *lb.LoadBalancerArn)
 			for _, tg := range lbTargetGroups {
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) VerifyWeightPerIngress(desiredWeight int32, ingresses []str
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return pointer.Bool(numVerifiedWeights == len(ingresses)+len(additionalDestinations)), nil
+	return ptr.To[bool](numVerifiedWeights == len(ingresses)+len(additionalDestinations)), nil
 }
 
 func updateLoadBalancerStatus(status *v1alpha1.ALBStatus, lb *elbv2types.LoadBalancer, log *logrus.Entry) {
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ func getForwardActionString(r *v1alpha1.Rollout, port int32, desiredWeight int32
 	targetGroups = append(targetGroups, ingressutil.ALBTargetGroup{
 		ServiceName: canaryService,
 		ServicePort: portStr,
-		Weight:      pointer.Int64Ptr(int64(desiredWeight)),
+		Weight:      ptr.To[int64](int64(desiredWeight)),
 	})
 	// update stableWeight
 	stableWeight -= desiredWeight
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ func getForwardActionString(r *v1alpha1.Rollout, port int32, desiredWeight int32
 		targetGroups = append(targetGroups, ingressutil.ALBTargetGroup{
 			ServiceName: dest.ServiceName,
 			ServicePort: portStr,
-			Weight:      pointer.Int64Ptr(int64(dest.Weight)),
+			Weight:      ptr.To[int64](int64(dest.Weight)),
 		})
 		stableWeight -= dest.Weight
 	}
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ func getForwardActionString(r *v1alpha1.Rollout, port int32, desiredWeight int32
 	targetGroups = append(targetGroups, ingressutil.ALBTargetGroup{
 		ServiceName: stableService,
 		ServicePort: portStr,
-		Weight:      pointer.Int64Ptr(int64(stableWeight)),
+		Weight:      ptr.To[int64](int64(stableWeight)),
 	})
 
 	action := ingressutil.ALBAction{
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ func getTrafficForwardActionString(r *v1alpha1.Rollout, port int32) (string, err
 	targetGroups = append(targetGroups, ingressutil.ALBTargetGroup{
 		ServiceName: canaryService,
 		ServicePort: portStr,
-		Weight:      pointer.Int64Ptr(weight),
+		Weight:      ptr.To[int64](weight),
 	})
 
 	action := ingressutil.ALBAction{
diff --git a/rollout/trafficrouting/istio/istio.go b/rollout/trafficrouting/istio/istio.go
index a0055cf0..1d25e55c 100644
--- a/rollout/trafficrouting/istio/istio.go
+++ b/rollout/trafficrouting/istio/istio.go
@@ -326,8 +326,13 @@ func (r *Reconciler) UpdateHash(canaryHash, stableHash string, additionalDestina
 	if r.rollout.Spec.Strategy.Canary.CanaryService == "" && r.rollout.Spec.Strategy.Canary.StableService == "" {
 
 		for _, rs := range r.replicaSets {
-			if *rs.Spec.Replicas > 0 && !replicasetutil.IsReplicaSetAvailable(rs) {
-				return fmt.Errorf("delaying destination rule switch: ReplicaSet %s not fully available", rs.Name)
+			if *rs.Spec.Replicas > 0 {
+				rsHash := rs.Labels[v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey]
+				// Only check availability for ReplicaSets that will receive traffic
+				if (rsHash == stableHash || rsHash == canaryHash) && rsHash != "" && !replicasetutil.IsReplicaSetAvailable(rs) {
+					r.log.Infof("delaying destination rule switch: ReplicaSet %s not fully available", rs.Name)
+					return nil
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/utils/replicaset/replicaset.go b/utils/replicaset/replicaset.go
index 272449e7..60a7c90d 100644
--- a/utils/replicaset/replicaset.go
+++ b/utils/replicaset/replicaset.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	corev1defaults "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/annotations"
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ func PodTemplateOrStepsChanged(rollout *v1alpha1.Rollout, newRS *appsv1.ReplicaS
 // ResetCurrentStepIndex resets the index back to zero unless there are no steps
 func ResetCurrentStepIndex(rollout *v1alpha1.Rollout) *int32 {
 	if rollout.Spec.Strategy.Canary != nil && len(rollout.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps) > 0 {
-		return pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+		return ptr.To[int32](0)
 	}
 	return nil
 }



Test patch:
diff --git a/analysis/analysis_test.go b/analysis/analysis_test.go
index 07bacd5d..39a03688 100644
--- a/analysis/analysis_test.go
+++ b/analysis/analysis_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	k8stesting "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/defaults"
@@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@ func TestGarbageCollectArgResolution(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	run.Spec.Args = append(run.Spec.Args, v1alpha1.Argument{
 		Name:  "port",
-		Value: pointer.String("8080"),
+		Value: ptr.To[string]("8080"),
 	})
 	var measurementRetentionMetricsMap = map[string]*v1alpha1.MeasurementRetention{}
 	measurementRetentionMetricsMap["metric2"] = &v1alpha1.MeasurementRetention{MetricName: "metric2", Limit: 2}
@@ -2071,7 +2071,7 @@ func StartTerminatingAnalysisRun(t *testing.T, isDryRun bool) *v1alpha1.Analysis
 			Args: []v1alpha1.Argument{
 				{
 					Name:  "service",
-					Value: pointer.StringPtr("rollouts-demo-canary.default.svc.cluster.local"),
+					Value: ptr.To[string]("rollouts-demo-canary.default.svc.cluster.local"),
 				},
 			},
 			Metrics: []v1alpha1.Metric{{
@@ -2130,7 +2130,7 @@ func TestInvalidDryRunConfigThrowsError(t *testing.T) {
 			Args: []v1alpha1.Argument{
 				{
 					Name:  "service",
-					Value: pointer.StringPtr("rollouts-demo-canary.default.svc.cluster.local"),
+					Value: ptr.To[string]("rollouts-demo-canary.default.svc.cluster.local"),
 				},
 			},
 			Metrics: []v1alpha1.Metric{{
@@ -2171,7 +2171,7 @@ func TestInvalidMeasurementsRetentionConfigThrowsError(t *testing.T) {
 			Args: []v1alpha1.Argument{
 				{
 					Name:  "service",
-					Value: pointer.StringPtr("rollouts-demo-canary.default.svc.cluster.local"),
+					Value: ptr.To[string]("rollouts-demo-canary.default.svc.cluster.local"),
 				},
 			},
 			Metrics: []v1alpha1.Metric{{
@@ -2315,7 +2315,7 @@ func TestExceededTtlChecked(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	// Test success TTL overrides completed TTL.
 	testTTLStrategy(t, &v1alpha1.TTLStrategy{
-		SecondsAfterCompletion: pointer.Int32Ptr(100000),
+		SecondsAfterCompletion: ptr.To[int32](100000),
 		SecondsAfterSuccess:    &secondsOfOneDay,
 	}, &v1alpha1.AnalysisRunStatus{
 		CompletedAt: timePtr(metav1.NewTime(ttlExpiredCompletedTime)),
@@ -2326,7 +2326,7 @@ func TestExceededTtlChecked(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	// Test failed TTL overrides completed TTL.
 	testTTLStrategy(t, &v1alpha1.TTLStrategy{
-		SecondsAfterCompletion: pointer.Int32Ptr(100000),
+		SecondsAfterCompletion: ptr.To[int32](100000),
 		SecondsAfterFailure:    &secondsOfOneDay,
 	}, &v1alpha1.AnalysisRunStatus{
 		CompletedAt: timePtr(metav1.NewTime(ttlExpiredCompletedTime)),
@@ -2338,7 +2338,7 @@ func TestExceededTtlChecked(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test completed TTL still evaluated when non-matching overrides exist.
 	testTTLStrategy(t, &v1alpha1.TTLStrategy{
 		SecondsAfterCompletion: &secondsOfOneDay,
-		SecondsAfterFailure:    pointer.Int32Ptr(86401),
+		SecondsAfterFailure:    ptr.To[int32](86401),
 	}, &v1alpha1.AnalysisRunStatus{
 		CompletedAt: timePtr(metav1.NewTime(ttlExpiredCompletedTime)),
 		Phase:       v1alpha1.AnalysisPhaseSuccessful,
@@ -2454,7 +2454,7 @@ func TestReconcileAnalysisRunOnRunNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		Spec: v1alpha1.AnalysisRunSpec{
 			TTLStrategy: &v1alpha1.TTLStrategy{
-				SecondsAfterCompletion: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+				SecondsAfterCompletion: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			},
 		},
 		Status: v1alpha1.AnalysisRunStatus{
@@ -2491,7 +2491,7 @@ func TestReconcileAnalysisRunOnOtherRunErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		Spec: v1alpha1.AnalysisRunSpec{
 			TTLStrategy: &v1alpha1.TTLStrategy{
-				SecondsAfterCompletion: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+				SecondsAfterCompletion: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			},
 		},
 		Status: v1alpha1.AnalysisRunStatus{
@@ -2563,7 +2563,7 @@ func TestMaybeGarbageCollectAnalysisRunNoGCIfWithDeletionTimestamp(t *testing.T)
 		},
 		Spec: v1alpha1.AnalysisRunSpec{
 			TTLStrategy: &v1alpha1.TTLStrategy{
-				SecondsAfterCompletion: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+				SecondsAfterCompletion: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			},
 		},
 		Status: v1alpha1.AnalysisRunStatus{
@@ -2590,7 +2590,7 @@ func TestMaybeGarbageCollectAnalysisRunNoGCIfNoCompletedAt(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		Spec: v1alpha1.AnalysisRunSpec{
 			TTLStrategy: &v1alpha1.TTLStrategy{
-				SecondsAfterCompletion: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+				SecondsAfterCompletion: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			},
 		},
 		Status: v1alpha1.AnalysisRunStatus{
diff --git a/experiments/analysisrun_test.go b/experiments/analysisrun_test.go
index a50fdad8..9693272a 100644
--- a/experiments/analysisrun_test.go
+++ b/experiments/analysisrun_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	kubetesting "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 )
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func TestCreateAnalysisRunWithArg(t *testing.T) {
 			TemplateName: aTemplates[0].Name,
 			Args: []v1alpha1.Argument{{
 				Name:  "test",
-				Value: pointer.StringPtr("sss"),
+				Value: ptr.To[string]("sss"),
 			}},
 		},
 	}
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func TestCreateAnalysisRunWithClusterTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 			ClusterScope: true,
 			Args: []v1alpha1.Argument{{
 				Name:  "test",
-				Value: pointer.StringPtr("sss"),
+				Value: ptr.To[string]("sss"),
 			}},
 		},
 	}
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func TestAnalysisRunFailToResolveArg(t *testing.T) {
 			Args: []v1alpha1.Argument{{
 
 				Name:  "test",
-				Value: pointer.StringPtr("{{not a real substitution}}"),
+				Value: ptr.To[string]("{{not a real substitution}}"),
 			}},
 		},
 	}
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ func TestAssessAnalysisRunStatusesAfterTemplateSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 func TestFailExperimentWhenAnalysisFails(t *testing.T) {
 	templates := generateTemplates("bar")
 	e := newExperiment("foo", templates, "")
-	e.Spec.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+	e.Spec.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = ptr.To[int32](0)
 	e.Spec.Analyses = []v1alpha1.ExperimentAnalysisTemplateRef{
 		{
 			Name:         "success-rate",
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ func TestFailExperimentWhenAnalysisFails(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	e.Status.Phase = v1alpha1.AnalysisPhaseRunning
 	e.Spec.Duration = "5m"
-	e.Spec.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+	e.Spec.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = ptr.To[int32](0)
 	e.Status.AvailableAt = secondsAgo(60)
 	rs := templateToRS(e, templates[0], 1)
 	ar1 := analysisTemplateToRun("success-rate", e, &v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplateSpec{})
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ func TestDoNotCompleteExperimentWithRemainingRequiredAnalysisRun(t *testing.T) {
 func TestCompleteExperimentWithNoRequiredAnalysis(t *testing.T) {
 	templates := generateTemplates("bar")
 	e := newExperiment("foo", templates, "1m")
-	e.Spec.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+	e.Spec.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = ptr.To[int32](0)
 	e.Spec.Analyses = []v1alpha1.ExperimentAnalysisTemplateRef{
 		{
 			Name:         "success-rate",
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ func TestCompleteExperimentWithNoRequiredAnalysis(t *testing.T) {
 func TestTerminateAnalysisRuns(t *testing.T) {
 	templates := generateTemplates("bar")
 	e := newExperiment("foo", templates, "")
-	e.Spec.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+	e.Spec.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = ptr.To[int32](0)
 	e.Spec.Analyses = []v1alpha1.ExperimentAnalysisTemplateRef{
 		{
 			Name:         "success-rate",
diff --git a/experiments/conditions_test.go b/experiments/conditions_test.go
index cefbc1c2..f5724dc6 100644
--- a/experiments/conditions_test.go
+++ b/experiments/conditions_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/conditions"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 func TestUpdateProgressingLastUpdateTime(t *testing.T) {
 
 	templates := generateTemplates("bar")
-	templates[0].Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(2)
+	templates[0].Replicas = ptr.To[int32](2)
 	e := newExperiment("foo", templates, "")
 	e.Status.TemplateStatuses = []v1alpha1.TemplateStatus{{
 		Name: "bar",
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func TestEnterTimeoutDegradedState(t *testing.T) {
 		Name:   "bar",
 		Status: v1alpha1.TemplateStatusProgressing,
 	}}
-	e.Spec.ProgressDeadlineSeconds = pointer.Int32Ptr(30)
+	e.Spec.ProgressDeadlineSeconds = ptr.To[int32](30)
 	prevTime := metav1.NewTime(timeutil.Now().Add(-1 * time.Minute).Truncate(time.Second))
 	e.Status.TemplateStatuses[0].LastTransitionTime = &prevTime
 
diff --git a/experiments/controller_test.go b/experiments/controller_test.go
index 9365480c..54d34b0d 100644
--- a/experiments/controller_test.go
+++ b/experiments/controller_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/controller/metrics"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func generateTemplates(imageNames ...string) []v1alpha1.TemplateSpec {
 			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
 				MatchLabels: selector,
 			},
-			Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+			Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Labels: selector,
diff --git a/experiments/experiment_test.go b/experiments/experiment_test.go
index a21e8146..813a9847 100644
--- a/experiments/experiment_test.go
+++ b/experiments/experiment_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	kubeinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	k8sfake "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	kubetesting "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake"
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func TestAddScaleDownDelayToRS(t *testing.T) {
 func TestRemoveScaleDownDelayFromRS(t *testing.T) {
 	templates := generateTemplates("bar")
 	e := newExperiment("foo", templates, "")
-	e.Spec.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+	e.Spec.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = ptr.To[int32](0)
 	e.Status.AvailableAt = now()
 	e.Status.Phase = v1alpha1.AnalysisPhaseRunning
 	cond := conditions.NewExperimentConditions(v1alpha1.ExperimentProgressing, corev1.ConditionTrue, conditions.NewRSAvailableReason, "Experiment \"foo\" is running.")
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ func TestFailAddScaleDownDelay(t *testing.T) {
 	templates := generateTemplates("bar")
 	templates[0].Service = &v1alpha1.TemplateService{}
 	ex := newExperiment("foo", templates, "")
-	ex.Spec.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+	ex.Spec.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = ptr.To[int32](0)
 	ex.Status.TemplateStatuses = []v1alpha1.TemplateStatus{
 		generateTemplatesStatus("bar", 1, 1, v1alpha1.TemplateStatusFailed, now()),
 	}
@@ -429,12 +429,12 @@ func TestFailAddScaleDownDelay(t *testing.T) {
 func TestFailAddScaleDownDelayIsConflict(t *testing.T) {
 	templates := generateTemplates("bar")
 	ex := newExperiment("foo", templates, "")
-	ex.Spec.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+	ex.Spec.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = ptr.To[int32](0)
 	ex.Status.TemplateStatuses = []v1alpha1.TemplateStatus{
 		generateTemplatesStatus("bar", 1, 1, v1alpha1.TemplateStatusRunning, now()),
 	}
 	rs := templateToRS(ex, templates[0], 1)
-	rs.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32(0)
+	rs.Spec.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](0)
 
 	exCtx := newTestContext(ex, rs)
 	exCtx.templateRSs["bar"] = rs
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ func TestDeleteOutdatedService(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestDeleteServiceIfServiceFieldNil(t *testing.T) {
 	templates := generateTemplates("bar")
-	templates[0].Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+	templates[0].Replicas = ptr.To[int32](0)
 	ex := newExperiment("foo", templates, "")
 	ex.Status.TemplateStatuses = []v1alpha1.TemplateStatus{
 		generateTemplatesStatus("bar", 1, 1, v1alpha1.TemplateStatusRunning, now()),
diff --git a/experiments/replicaset_test.go b/experiments/replicaset_test.go
index 13922803..da8cdcef 100644
--- a/experiments/replicaset_test.go
+++ b/experiments/replicaset_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/conditions"
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func TestNameCollision(t *testing.T) {
 		templateStatuses := []v1alpha1.TemplateStatus{
 			generateTemplatesStatus("bar", 0, 0, "", nil),
 		}
-		templateStatuses[0].CollisionCount = pointer.Int32Ptr(1)
+		templateStatuses[0].CollisionCount = ptr.To[int32](1)
 		validatePatch(t, patch, "", NoChange, templateStatuses, nil)
 	}
 	{
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func TestNameCollisionWithEquivalentPodTemplateAndControllerUID(t *testing.T) {
 		templateStatuses := []v1alpha1.TemplateStatus{
 			generateTemplatesStatus("bar", 0, 0, "", nil),
 		}
-		templateStatuses[0].CollisionCount = pointer.Int32Ptr(1)
+		templateStatuses[0].CollisionCount = ptr.To[int32](1)
 		validatePatch(t, patch, "", NoChange, templateStatuses, nil)
 	}
 	{
diff --git a/metricproviders/cloudwatch/cloudwatch_test.go b/metricproviders/cloudwatch/cloudwatch_test.go
index de91aae7..de57ce93 100644
--- a/metricproviders/cloudwatch/cloudwatch_test.go
+++ b/metricproviders/cloudwatch/cloudwatch_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 )
@@ -242,65 +242,65 @@ func TestConvertType(t *testing.T) {
 			query: []v1alpha1.CloudWatchMetricDataQuery{
 				{
 					Id:         "rate",
-					Expression: pointer.StringPtr("errors / requests"),
+					Expression: ptr.To[string]("errors / requests"),
 				},
 				{
 					Id: "errors",
 					MetricStat: &v1alpha1.CloudWatchMetricStat{
 						Metric: v1alpha1.CloudWatchMetricStatMetric{
-							Namespace:  pointer.StringPtr("app"),
+							Namespace:  ptr.To[string]("app"),
 							MetricName: "errors",
 						},
 						Period: period,
 						Stat:   "Sum",
 						Unit:   "Count",
 					},
-					ReturnData: pointer.BoolPtr(false),
+					ReturnData: ptr.To[bool](false),
 				},
 				{
 					Id: "requests",
 					MetricStat: &v1alpha1.CloudWatchMetricStat{
 						Metric: v1alpha1.CloudWatchMetricStatMetric{
-							Namespace:  pointer.StringPtr("app"),
+							Namespace:  ptr.To[string]("app"),
 							MetricName: "requests",
 						},
 						Period: period,
 						Stat:   "Sum",
 						Unit:   "Count",
 					},
-					ReturnData: pointer.BoolPtr(false),
+					ReturnData: ptr.To[bool](false),
 				},
 			},
 			expected: []types.MetricDataQuery{
 				{
-					Id:         pointer.StringPtr("rate"),
-					Expression: pointer.StringPtr("errors / requests"),
+					Id:         ptr.To[string]("rate"),
+					Expression: ptr.To[string]("errors / requests"),
 				},
 				{
-					Id: pointer.StringPtr("errors"),
+					Id: ptr.To[string]("errors"),
 					MetricStat: &types.MetricStat{
 						Metric: &types.Metric{
-							Namespace:  pointer.StringPtr("app"),
-							MetricName: pointer.StringPtr("errors"),
+							Namespace:  ptr.To[string]("app"),
+							MetricName: ptr.To[string]("errors"),
 						},
-						Period: pointer.Int32Ptr(300),
-						Stat:   pointer.StringPtr("Sum"),
+						Period: ptr.To[int32](300),
+						Stat:   ptr.To[string]("Sum"),
 						Unit:   types.StandardUnitCount,
 					},
-					ReturnData: pointer.BoolPtr(false),
+					ReturnData: ptr.To[bool](false),
 				},
 				{
-					Id: pointer.StringPtr("requests"),
+					Id: ptr.To[string]("requests"),
 					MetricStat: &types.MetricStat{
 						Metric: &types.Metric{
-							Namespace:  pointer.StringPtr("app"),
-							MetricName: pointer.StringPtr("requests"),
+							Namespace:  ptr.To[string]("app"),
+							MetricName: ptr.To[string]("requests"),
 						},
-						Period: pointer.Int32Ptr(300),
-						Stat:   pointer.StringPtr("Sum"),
+						Period: ptr.To[int32](300),
+						Stat:   ptr.To[string]("Sum"),
 						Unit:   types.StandardUnitCount,
 					},
-					ReturnData: pointer.BoolPtr(false),
+					ReturnData: ptr.To[bool](false),
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ func TestConvertType(t *testing.T) {
 			query: []v1alpha1.CloudWatchMetricDataQuery{
 				{
 					Id:         "rate",
-					Expression: pointer.StringPtr("errors / requests"),
+					Expression: ptr.To[string]("errors / requests"),
 				},
 				{
 					Id: "errors",
@@ -320,65 +320,65 @@ func TestConvertType(t *testing.T) {
 									Value: "fuga",
 								},
 							},
-							Namespace:  pointer.StringPtr("app1"),
+							Namespace:  ptr.To[string]("app1"),
 							MetricName: "errors",
 						},
 						Period: period,
 						Stat:   "Max",
 						Unit:   "Count",
 					},
-					ReturnData: pointer.BoolPtr(false),
+					ReturnData: ptr.To[bool](false),
 				},
 				{
 					Id: "requests",
 					MetricStat: &v1alpha1.CloudWatchMetricStat{
 						Metric: v1alpha1.CloudWatchMetricStatMetric{
-							Namespace:  pointer.StringPtr("app2"),
+							Namespace:  ptr.To[string]("app2"),
 							MetricName: "requests",
 						},
 						Period: period,
 						Stat:   "Sum",
 						Unit:   "Bytes/Second",
 					},
-					ReturnData: pointer.BoolPtr(true),
+					ReturnData: ptr.To[bool](true),
 				},
 			},
 			expected: []types.MetricDataQuery{
 				{
-					Id:         pointer.StringPtr("rate"),
-					Expression: pointer.StringPtr("errors / requests"),
+					Id:         ptr.To[string]("rate"),
+					Expression: ptr.To[string]("errors / requests"),
 				},
 				{
-					Id: pointer.StringPtr("errors"),
+					Id: ptr.To[string]("errors"),
 					MetricStat: &types.MetricStat{
 						Metric: &types.Metric{
-							Namespace:  pointer.StringPtr("app1"),
-							MetricName: pointer.StringPtr("errors"),
+							Namespace:  ptr.To[string]("app1"),
+							MetricName: ptr.To[string]("errors"),
 							Dimensions: []types.Dimension{
 								{
-									Name:  pointer.StringPtr("hoge"),
-									Value: pointer.StringPtr("fuga"),
+									Name:  ptr.To[string]("hoge"),
+									Value: ptr.To[string]("fuga"),
 								},
 							},
 						},
-						Period: pointer.Int32Ptr(300),
-						Stat:   pointer.StringPtr("Max"),
+						Period: ptr.To[int32](300),
+						Stat:   ptr.To[string]("Max"),
 						Unit:   types.StandardUnitCount,
 					},
-					ReturnData: pointer.BoolPtr(false),
+					ReturnData: ptr.To[bool](false),
 				},
 				{
-					Id: pointer.StringPtr("requests"),
+					Id: ptr.To[string]("requests"),
 					MetricStat: &types.MetricStat{
 						Metric: &types.Metric{
-							Namespace:  pointer.StringPtr("app2"),
-							MetricName: pointer.StringPtr("requests"),
+							Namespace:  ptr.To[string]("app2"),
+							MetricName: ptr.To[string]("requests"),
 						},
-						Period: pointer.Int32Ptr(300),
-						Stat:   pointer.StringPtr("Sum"),
+						Period: ptr.To[int32](300),
+						Stat:   ptr.To[string]("Sum"),
 						Unit:   types.StandardUnitBytesSecond,
 					},
-					ReturnData: pointer.BoolPtr(true),
+					ReturnData: ptr.To[bool](true),
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ func TestConvertType(t *testing.T) {
 			query: []v1alpha1.CloudWatchMetricDataQuery{
 				{
 					Id:         "rate",
-					Expression: pointer.StringPtr("errors / requests"),
+					Expression: ptr.To[string]("errors / requests"),
 				},
 				{
 					Id: "errors",
@@ -402,69 +402,69 @@ func TestConvertType(t *testing.T) {
 									Value: "doge",
 								},
 							},
-							Namespace:  pointer.StringPtr("app1"),
+							Namespace:  ptr.To[string]("app1"),
 							MetricName: "errors",
 						},
 						Period: period,
 						Stat:   "Max",
 						Unit:   "Count",
 					},
-					ReturnData: pointer.BoolPtr(false),
+					ReturnData: ptr.To[bool](false),
 				},
 				{
 					Id: "requests",
 					MetricStat: &v1alpha1.CloudWatchMetricStat{
 						Metric: v1alpha1.CloudWatchMetricStatMetric{
-							Namespace:  pointer.StringPtr("app2"),
+							Namespace:  ptr.To[string]("app2"),
 							MetricName: "requests",
 						},
 						Period: period,
 						Stat:   "Sum",
 						Unit:   "Bytes/Second",
 					},
-					ReturnData: pointer.BoolPtr(true),
+					ReturnData: ptr.To[bool](true),
 				},
 			},
 			expected: []types.MetricDataQuery{
 				{
-					Id:         pointer.StringPtr("rate"),
-					Expression: pointer.StringPtr("errors / requests"),
+					Id:         ptr.To[string]("rate"),
+					Expression: ptr.To[string]("errors / requests"),
 				},
 				{
-					Id: pointer.StringPtr("errors"),
+					Id: ptr.To[string]("errors"),
 					MetricStat: &types.MetricStat{
 						Metric: &types.Metric{
-							Namespace:  pointer.StringPtr("app1"),
-							MetricName: pointer.StringPtr("errors"),
+							Namespace:  ptr.To[string]("app1"),
+							MetricName: ptr.To[string]("errors"),
 							Dimensions: []types.Dimension{
 								{
-									Name:  pointer.StringPtr("hoge"),
-									Value: pointer.StringPtr("fuga"),
+									Name:  ptr.To[string]("hoge"),
+									Value: ptr.To[string]("fuga"),
 								},
 								{
-									Name:  pointer.StringPtr("poge"),
-									Value: pointer.StringPtr("doge"),
+									Name:  ptr.To[string]("poge"),
+									Value: ptr.To[string]("doge"),
 								},
 							},
 						},
-						Period: pointer.Int32Ptr(300),
-						Stat:   pointer.StringPtr("Max"),
+						Period: ptr.To[int32](300),
+						Stat:   ptr.To[string]("Max"),
 						Unit:   types.StandardUnitCount,
 					},
-					ReturnData: pointer.BoolPtr(false),
+					ReturnData: ptr.To[bool](false),
 				},
 				{
-					Id: pointer.StringPtr("requests"),
+					Id: ptr.To[string]("requests"),
 					MetricStat: &types.MetricStat{
 						Metric: &types.Metric{
-							Namespace:  pointer.StringPtr("app2"),
-							MetricName: pointer.StringPtr("requests"),
+							Namespace:  ptr.To[string]("app2"),
+							MetricName: ptr.To[string]("requests"),
 						},
-						Period: pointer.Int32Ptr(300),
-						Stat:   pointer.StringPtr("Sum"),
+						Period: ptr.To[int32](300),
+						Stat:   ptr.To[string]("Sum"),
 						Unit:   types.StandardUnitBytesSecond,
 					},
-					ReturnData: pointer.BoolPtr(true),
+					ReturnData: ptr.To[bool](true),
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/apis/rollouts/validation/validation_references_test.go b/pkg/apis/rollouts/validation/validation_references_test.go
index a8e12f00..c6a080c5 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/rollouts/validation/validation_references_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/rollouts/validation/validation_references_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer/yaml"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	ingressutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/ingress"
@@ -674,8 +674,8 @@ func TestValidateAnalysisTemplatesWithType(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("failure - duplicate metrics", func(t *testing.T) {
 		rollout := getAlbRollout("alb-ingress")
 		templates := getAnalysisTemplatesWithType()
-		templates.AnalysisTemplates[0].Spec.Args = append(templates.AnalysisTemplates[0].Spec.Args, v1alpha1.Argument{Name: "metric1-name", Value: pointer.StringPtr("true")})
-		templates.AnalysisTemplates[0].Spec.Args[0] = v1alpha1.Argument{Name: "valid", Value: pointer.StringPtr("true")}
+		templates.AnalysisTemplates[0].Spec.Args = append(templates.AnalysisTemplates[0].Spec.Args, v1alpha1.Argument{Name: "metric1-name", Value: ptr.To[string]("true")})
+		templates.AnalysisTemplates[0].Spec.Args[0] = v1alpha1.Argument{Name: "valid", Value: ptr.To[string]("true")}
 		allErrs := ValidateAnalysisTemplatesWithType(rollout, templates)
 		assert.Empty(t, allErrs)
 	})
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ func TestValidateAnalysisTemplateWithType(t *testing.T) {
 		template.AnalysisTemplates[0].Spec.Args = []v1alpha1.Argument{
 			{
 				Name:  "service-name",
-				Value: pointer.StringPtr("service-name"),
+				Value: ptr.To[string]("service-name"),
 			},
 		}
 		allErrs := ValidateAnalysisTemplateWithType(rollout, template.AnalysisTemplates[0], nil, template.TemplateType, GetAnalysisTemplateWithTypeFieldPath(template.TemplateType, template.CanaryStepIndex))
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ func TestValidateAnalysisTemplateWithType(t *testing.T) {
 		templates.AnalysisTemplates[0].Spec.Args = []v1alpha1.Argument{
 			{
 				Name:  "service-name",
-				Value: pointer.StringPtr("service-name"),
+				Value: ptr.To[string]("service-name"),
 			},
 		}
 		rollout.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Analysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysisBackground{
@@ -1573,7 +1573,7 @@ func TestValidateAnalysisMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("Error: arg has both Value and ValueFrom", func(t *testing.T) {
-		args[2].Value = pointer.StringPtr("secret-value")
+		args[2].Value = ptr.To[string]("secret-value")
 		_, err := validateAnalysisMetrics(metrics, args)
 		assert.NotNil(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, "arg 'secret' has both Value and ValueFrom fields", err.Error())
diff --git a/pkg/apis/rollouts/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/apis/rollouts/validation/validation_test.go
index 84fc93b5..52640933 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/rollouts/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/rollouts/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/defaults"
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func TestValidateRollout(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("privileged container", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ro := ro.DeepCopy()
 		ro.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].SecurityContext = &corev1.SecurityContext{
-			Privileged: pointer.BoolPtr(true),
+			Privileged: ptr.To[bool](true),
 		}
 		allErrs := ValidateRollout(ro)
 		assert.Empty(t, allErrs)
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func TestValidateRolloutStrategyCanaryMissingServiceNames(t *testing.T) {
 			// Create a table of test cases
 			canaryStrategy := &v1alpha1.CanaryStrategy{
 				Steps: []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{{
-					SetWeight: pointer.Int32(10),
+					SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 				}},
 			}
 			ro := &v1alpha1.Rollout{}
@@ -263,14 +263,14 @@ func TestValidateRolloutStrategyCanary(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("valid rollout", func(t *testing.T) {
 		validRo := ro.DeepCopy()
-		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps[0].SetWeight = pointer.Int32(10)
+		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps[0].SetWeight = ptr.To[int32](10)
 		allErrs := ValidateRolloutStrategyCanary(validRo, field.NewPath(""))
 		assert.Empty(t, allErrs)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("valid plugin missing canary and stable service", func(t *testing.T) {
 		validRo := ro.DeepCopy()
-		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps[0].SetWeight = pointer.Int32(10)
+		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps[0].SetWeight = ptr.To[int32](10)
 		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.CanaryService = ""
 		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.StableService = ""
 		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting.ALB = nil
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func TestValidateRolloutStrategyCanary(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("valid Istio missing canary and stable service", func(t *testing.T) {
 		validRo := ro.DeepCopy()
-		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps[0].SetWeight = pointer.Int32(10)
+		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps[0].SetWeight = ptr.To[int32](10)
 		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.CanaryService = ""
 		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.StableService = ""
 		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting.Istio = &v1alpha1.IstioTrafficRouting{DestinationRule: &v1alpha1.IstioDestinationRule{Name: "destination-rule"}}
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ func TestValidateRolloutStrategyCanary(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("valid Istio with ping pong", func(t *testing.T) {
 		validRo := ro.DeepCopy()
-		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps[0].SetWeight = pointer.Int32(10)
+		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps[0].SetWeight = ptr.To[int32](10)
 		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.CanaryService = ""
 		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.StableService = ""
 		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.PingPong = &v1alpha1.PingPongSpec{
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ func TestValidateRolloutStrategyCanary(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("valid PingPong missing canary and stable service", func(t *testing.T) {
 		validRo := ro.DeepCopy()
-		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps[0].SetWeight = pointer.Int32(10)
+		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps[0].SetWeight = ptr.To[int32](10)
 		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.CanaryService = ""
 		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.StableService = ""
 		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.PingPong = &v1alpha1.PingPongSpec{PingService: "ping", PongService: "pong"}
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ func TestValidateRolloutStrategyCanary(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("valid two plugins missing canary and stable service", func(t *testing.T) {
 		validRo := ro.DeepCopy()
-		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps[0].SetWeight = pointer.Int32(10)
+		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps[0].SetWeight = ptr.To[int32](10)
 		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.CanaryService = ""
 		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.StableService = ""
 		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.PingPong = &v1alpha1.PingPongSpec{PingService: "ping", PongService: "pong"}
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ func TestValidateRolloutStrategyCanary(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("invalid two plugins missing canary and stable service", func(t *testing.T) {
 		validRo := ro.DeepCopy()
-		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps[0].SetWeight = pointer.Int32(10)
+		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps[0].SetWeight = ptr.To[int32](10)
 		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.CanaryService = ""
 		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.StableService = ""
 		validRo.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting.ALB = nil
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ func TestCanaryScaleDownDelaySeconds(t *testing.T) {
 				Canary: &v1alpha1.CanaryStrategy{
 					StableService:         "stable",
 					CanaryService:         "canary",
-					ScaleDownDelaySeconds: pointer.Int32(60),
+					ScaleDownDelaySeconds: ptr.To[int32](60),
 				},
 			},
 			Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ func TestCanaryDynamicStableScale(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	t.Run("dynamicStableScale with scaleDownDelaySeconds", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ro := ro.DeepCopy()
-		ro.Spec.Strategy.Canary.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = pointer.Int32(60)
+		ro.Spec.Strategy.Canary.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = ptr.To[int32](60)
 		ro.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 			SMI: &v1alpha1.SMITrafficRouting{},
 		}
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ func TestCanaryExperimentStepWithWeight(t *testing.T) {
 			Experiment: &v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentStep{
 				Templates: []v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentTemplate{{
 					Name:   "template",
-					Weight: pointer.Int32(20),
+					Weight: ptr.To[int32](20),
 				}},
 			},
 		}},
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl-argo-rollouts/cmd/list/list_test.go b/pkg/kubectl-argo-rollouts/cmd/list/list_test.go
index 705363b3..13bbbac7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl-argo-rollouts/cmd/list/list_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl-argo-rollouts/cmd/list/list_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
 	kubetesting "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	fakeroclient "github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake"
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ func newCanaryRollout() *v1alpha1.Rollout {
 			Namespace: "test",
 		},
 		Spec: v1alpha1.RolloutSpec{
-			Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(5),
+			Replicas: ptr.To[int32](5),
 			Strategy: v1alpha1.RolloutStrategy{
 				Canary: &v1alpha1.CanaryStrategy{
 					Steps: []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 						{
-							SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+							SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 						},
 						{
 							Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ func newCanaryRollout() *v1alpha1.Rollout {
 							},
 						},
 						{
-							SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(20),
+							SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](20),
 						},
 					},
 				},
 			},
 		},
 		Status: v1alpha1.RolloutStatus{
-			CurrentStepIndex:  pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+			CurrentStepIndex:  ptr.To[int32](1),
 			Replicas:          4,
 			ReadyReplicas:     1,
 			UpdatedReplicas:   3,
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ func newBlueGreenRollout() *v1alpha1.Rollout {
 			Namespace: "test",
 		},
 		Spec: v1alpha1.RolloutSpec{
-			Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(5),
+			Replicas: ptr.To[int32](5),
 			Strategy: v1alpha1.RolloutStrategy{
 				BlueGreen: &v1alpha1.BlueGreenStrategy{},
 			},
 		},
 		Status: v1alpha1.RolloutStatus{
-			CurrentStepIndex:  pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+			CurrentStepIndex:  ptr.To[int32](1),
 			Replicas:          4,
 			ReadyReplicas:     1,
 			UpdatedReplicas:   3,
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl-argo-rollouts/cmd/promote/promote_test.go b/pkg/kubectl-argo-rollouts/cmd/promote/promote_test.go
index 4a31c0a2..b79f9ed6 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl-argo-rollouts/cmd/promote/promote_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl-argo-rollouts/cmd/promote/promote_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	kubetesting "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	fakeroclient "github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake"
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ func TestPromoteCmdSuccesSkipAllSteps(t *testing.T) {
 				Canary: &v1alpha1.CanaryStrategy{
 					Steps: []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 						{
-							SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+							SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](1),
 						},
 						{
-							SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
+							SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](2),
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -180,10 +180,10 @@ func TestPromoteCmdSuccesFirstStepWithSkipFirstStep(t *testing.T) {
 				Canary: &v1alpha1.CanaryStrategy{
 					Steps: []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 						{
-							SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+							SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](1),
 						},
 						{
-							SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
+							SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](2),
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -230,10 +230,10 @@ func TestPromoteCmdSuccesFirstStep(t *testing.T) {
 				Canary: &v1alpha1.CanaryStrategy{
 					Steps: []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 						{
-							SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+							SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](1),
 						},
 						{
-							SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
+							SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](2),
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -280,17 +280,17 @@ func TestPromoteCmdSuccessDoNotGoPastLastStep(t *testing.T) {
 				Canary: &v1alpha1.CanaryStrategy{
 					Steps: []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 						{
-							SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+							SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](1),
 						},
 						{
-							SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
+							SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](2),
 						},
 					},
 				},
 			},
 		},
 		Status: v1alpha1.RolloutStatus{
-			CurrentStepIndex: pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
+			CurrentStepIndex: ptr.To[int32](2),
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -503,10 +503,10 @@ func TestPromoteInconclusiveStep(t *testing.T) {
 				Canary: &v1alpha1.CanaryStrategy{
 					Steps: []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 						{
-							SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+							SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](1),
 						},
 						{
-							SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
+							SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](2),
 						},
 					},
 				},
diff --git a/rollout/analysis_test.go b/rollout/analysis_test.go
index e9526cb7..4a673066 100644
--- a/rollout/analysis_test.go
+++ b/rollout/analysis_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	analysisutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/analysis"
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func TestCreateBackgroundAnalysisRun(t *testing.T) {
 		SetWeight: int32Ptr(10),
 	}}
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	ar := analysisRun(at, v1alpha1.RolloutTypeBackgroundRunLabel, r2)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Analysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysisBackground{
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ func TestCreateBackgroundAnalysisRunWithTemplates(t *testing.T) {
 		SetWeight: int32Ptr(10),
 	}}
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	ar := analysisRun(at, v1alpha1.RolloutTypeBackgroundRunLabel, r2)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Analysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysisBackground{
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ func TestCreateBackgroundAnalysisRunWithClusterTemplates(t *testing.T) {
 		SetWeight: int32Ptr(10),
 	}}
 	cat := clusterAnalysisTemplate("bar", "clusterexample")
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	ar := clusterAnalysisRun(cat, v1alpha1.RolloutTypeBackgroundRunLabel, r2)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Analysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysisBackground{
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ func TestInvalidSpecMissingClusterTemplatesBackgroundAnalysis(t *testing.T) {
 	f := newFixture(t)
 	defer f.Close()
 
-	r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, nil, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, nil, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Analysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysisBackground{
 		RolloutAnalysis: v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysis{
 			Templates: []v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplateRef{{
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ func TestCreateBackgroundAnalysisRunWithClusterTemplatesAndTemplate(t *testing.T
 	}}
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
 	cat := clusterAnalysisTemplate("clusterbar", "clusterexample")
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	ar := &v1alpha1.AnalysisRun{
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ func TestCreateBackgroundAnalysisRunWithClusterTemplatesAndTemplateAndInnerTempl
 	cat2 := clusterAnalysisTemplate("clusterbar2", "clusterexample-clusterbar2")
 	cat3 := clusterAnalysisTemplate("clusterbar3", "clusterexample-clusterbar3")
 	cat4 := clusterAnalysisTemplate("clusterbar4", "clusterexample-clusterbar4")
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	ar := &v1alpha1.AnalysisRun{
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ func TestCreateBackgroundAnalysisRunWithTemplatesAndNoMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	cat2 := clusterAnalysisTemplate("clusterbar2", "clusterexample-clusterbar2")
 	cat3 := clusterAnalysisTemplate("clusterbar3", "clusterexample-clusterbar3")
 	cat4 := clusterAnalysisTemplate("clusterbar4", "clusterexample-clusterbar4")
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	ar := &v1alpha1.AnalysisRun{
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ func TestCreateAnalysisRunWithCollision(t *testing.T) {
 		SetWeight: int32Ptr(10),
 	}}
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	ar := analysisRun(at, v1alpha1.RolloutTypeBackgroundRunLabel, r2)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Analysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysisBackground{
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ func TestCreateAnalysisRunWithCollisionAndSemanticEquality(t *testing.T) {
 		SetWeight: int32Ptr(10),
 	}}
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	ar := analysisRun(at, v1alpha1.RolloutTypeBackgroundRunLabel, r2)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Analysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysisBackground{
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ func TestCreateAnalysisRunOnAnalysisStep(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	ar := analysisRun(at, v1alpha1.RolloutTypeStepLabel, r2)
 	ar.Status.Phase = v1alpha1.AnalysisPhaseRunning
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ func TestCreateAnalysisRunOnPromotedAnalysisStepIfPreviousStepWasAnalysisToo(t *
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	ar0Step := analysisRun(at, v1alpha1.RolloutTypeStepLabel, r2)
 	ar0Step.Status.Phase = v1alpha1.AnalysisPhaseRunning
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ func TestCreateAnalysisRunOnPromotedAnalysisStepIfPreviousStepWasAnalysisToo(t *
 	index := f.expectPatchRolloutAction(r2)
 
 	// simulate promote action
-	r2.Status.CurrentStepIndex = pointer.Int32Ptr(1)
+	r2.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](1)
 
 	f.run(getKey(r2, t))
 
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ func TestFailCreateStepAnalysisRunIfInvalidTemplateRef(t *testing.T) {
 	at.Spec.Metrics = append(at.Spec.Metrics, at.Spec.Metrics[0])
 	f.analysisTemplateLister = append(f.analysisTemplateLister, at)
 
-	r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	f.rolloutLister = append(f.rolloutLister, r)
 	f.objects = append(f.objects, r, at)
 
@@ -985,14 +985,14 @@ func TestFailCreateBackgroundAnalysisRunIfInvalidTemplateRef(t *testing.T) {
 	defer f.Close()
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{{
-		SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+		SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 	}}
 
 	at := analysisTemplate("bad-template")
 	at.Spec.Metrics = append(at.Spec.Metrics, at.Spec.Metrics[0])
 	f.analysisTemplateLister = append(f.analysisTemplateLister, at)
 
-	r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Analysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysisBackground{
 		RolloutAnalysis: v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysis{
 			Templates: []v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplateRef{
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ func TestFailCreateBackgroundAnalysisRunIfMetricRepeated(t *testing.T) {
 	defer f.Close()
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{{
-		SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+		SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 	}}
 
 	at := analysisTemplate("bad-template")
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ func TestFailCreateBackgroundAnalysisRunIfMetricRepeated(t *testing.T) {
 	at2.Spec.Metrics = append(at2.Spec.Metrics, at2.Spec.Metrics[0])
 	f.analysisTemplateLister = append(f.analysisTemplateLister, at, at2)
 
-	r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Analysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysisBackground{
 		RolloutAnalysis: v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysis{
 			Templates: []v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplateRef{
@@ -1080,10 +1080,10 @@ func TestDoNothingWithAnalysisRunsWhileBackgroundAnalysisRunRunning(t *testing.T
 
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{{
-		SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+		SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Analysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysisBackground{
 		RolloutAnalysis: v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysis{
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ func TestDoNothingWhileStepBasedAnalysisRunRunning(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	ar := analysisRun(at, v1alpha1.RolloutTypeStepLabel, r2)
 	ar.Status.Phase = v1alpha1.AnalysisPhaseRunning
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ func TestCancelOlderAnalysisRuns(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	ar := analysisRun(at, v1alpha1.RolloutTypeStepLabel, r2)
 	olderAr := ar.DeepCopy()
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ func TestDeleteAnalysisRunsWithNoMatchingRS(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	ar := analysisRun(at, v1alpha1.RolloutTypeStepLabel, r2)
 	arWithDiffPodHash := ar.DeepCopy()
@@ -1315,10 +1315,10 @@ func TestDeleteAnalysisRunsAfterRSDelete(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r3 := bumpVersion(r2)
-	r3.Spec.RevisionHistoryLimit = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+	r3.Spec.RevisionHistoryLimit = ptr.To[int32](0)
 	ar := analysisRun(at, v1alpha1.RolloutTypeStepLabel, r3)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 0, 0)
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ func TestIncrementStepAfterSuccessfulAnalysisRun(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	ar := analysisRun(at, v1alpha1.RolloutTypeStepLabel, r2)
 	ar.Status = v1alpha1.AnalysisRunStatus{
@@ -1418,12 +1418,12 @@ func TestPausedOnInconclusiveBackgroundAnalysisRun(t *testing.T) {
 
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
-		{SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10)},
-		{SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(20)},
-		{SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(30)},
+		{SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10)},
+		{SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](20)},
+		{SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](30)},
 	}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	ar := analysisRun(at, v1alpha1.RolloutTypeBackgroundRunLabel, r2)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Analysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysisBackground{
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ func TestPausedStepAfterInconclusiveAnalysisRun(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	ar := analysisRun(at, v1alpha1.RolloutTypeStepLabel, r2)
 	ar.Status = v1alpha1.AnalysisRunStatus{
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ func TestErrorConditionAfterErrorAnalysisRunStep(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	ar := analysisRun(at, v1alpha1.RolloutTypeStepLabel, r2)
 	ar.Status = v1alpha1.AnalysisRunStatus{
@@ -1617,12 +1617,12 @@ func TestErrorConditionAfterErrorAnalysisRunBackground(t *testing.T) {
 
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
-		{SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10)},
-		{SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(20)},
-		{SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(40)},
+		{SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10)},
+		{SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](20)},
+		{SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](40)},
 	}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Analysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysisBackground{
 		RolloutAnalysis: v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysis{
@@ -1702,7 +1702,7 @@ func TestCancelAnalysisRunsWhenAborted(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	ar := analysisRun(at, v1alpha1.RolloutTypeStepLabel, r2)
 	olderAr := ar.DeepCopy()
@@ -1754,10 +1754,10 @@ func TestCancelBackgroundAnalysisRunWhenRolloutIsCompleted(t *testing.T) {
 
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
-		{SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10)},
+		{SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10)},
 	}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Analysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysisBackground{
 		RolloutAnalysis: v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysis{
@@ -1800,10 +1800,10 @@ func TestDoNotCreateBackgroundAnalysisRunAfterInconclusiveRun(t *testing.T) {
 
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
-		{SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10)},
+		{SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10)},
 	}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Analysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysisBackground{
 		RolloutAnalysis: v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysis{
@@ -1856,10 +1856,10 @@ func TestDoNotCreateBackgroundAnalysisRunOnNewCanaryRollout(t *testing.T) {
 
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
-		{SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10)},
+		{SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10)},
 	}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Analysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysisBackground{
 		RolloutAnalysis: v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysis{
 			Templates: []v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplateRef{
@@ -1891,10 +1891,10 @@ func TestDoNotCreateBackgroundAnalysisRunOnNewCanaryRolloutStableRSEmpty(t *test
 
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
-		{SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10)},
+		{SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10)},
 	}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Analysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysisBackground{
 		RolloutAnalysis: v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysis{
 			Templates: []v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplateRef{
@@ -1924,7 +1924,7 @@ func TestDoNotCreateBackgroundAnalysisRunWhenWithinRollbackWindow(t *testing.T)
 
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, nil, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, nil, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Analysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysisBackground{
 		RolloutAnalysis: v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysis{
 			Templates: []v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplateRef{
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ func TestCreatePrePromotionAnalysisRun(t *testing.T) {
 
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
 	r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 1, nil, "active", "preview")
-	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = pointer.BoolPtr(false)
+	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = ptr.To[bool](false)
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.PrePromotionAnalysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysis{
 		Templates: []v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplateRef{{
@@ -2105,7 +2105,7 @@ func TestDoNotCreatePrePromotionAnalysisRunOnNotReadyReplicaSet(t *testing.T) {
 	defer f.Close()
 
 	r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 2, nil, "active", "preview")
-	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = pointer.BoolPtr(false)
+	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = ptr.To[bool](false)
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.PrePromotionAnalysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysis{
 		Templates: []v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplateRef{{
@@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ func TestRolloutPrePromotionAnalysisBecomesInconclusive(t *testing.T) {
 
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
 	r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 1, nil, "active", "")
-	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = pointer.BoolPtr(false)
+	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = ptr.To[bool](false)
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.PrePromotionAnalysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysis{
 		Templates: []v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplateRef{{
@@ -2217,7 +2217,7 @@ func TestRolloutPrePromotionAnalysisSwitchServiceAfterSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
 	r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 1, nil, "active", "")
-	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = pointer.BoolPtr(true)
+	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = ptr.To[bool](true)
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.PrePromotionAnalysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysis{
 		Templates: []v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplateRef{{
@@ -2281,7 +2281,7 @@ func TestRolloutPrePromotionAnalysisHonorAutoPromotionSeconds(t *testing.T) {
 
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
 	r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 1, nil, "active", "")
-	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = pointer.BoolPtr(true)
+	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = ptr.To[bool](true)
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionSeconds = 10
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.PrePromotionAnalysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysis{
@@ -2347,7 +2347,7 @@ func TestRolloutPrePromotionAnalysisDoNothingOnInconclusiveAnalysis(t *testing.T
 
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
 	r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 1, nil, "active", "")
-	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = pointer.BoolPtr(false)
+	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = ptr.To[bool](false)
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.PrePromotionAnalysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysis{
 		Templates: []v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplateRef{{
@@ -2401,7 +2401,7 @@ func TestAbortRolloutOnErrorPrePromotionAnalysis(t *testing.T) {
 
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
 	r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 1, nil, "active", "")
-	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = pointer.BoolPtr(false)
+	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = ptr.To[bool](false)
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.PrePromotionAnalysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysis{
 		Templates: []v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplateRef{{
@@ -2713,7 +2713,7 @@ func TestCreateAnalysisRunWithCustomAnalysisRunMetadataAndROCopyLabels(t *testin
 		SetWeight: int32Ptr(10),
 	}}
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r1.ObjectMeta.Labels = make(map[string]string)
 	r1.Spec.Selector.MatchLabels["my-label"] = "1234"
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
@@ -2765,10 +2765,10 @@ func TestCancelBackgroundAnalysisRunWhenRolloutAnalysisHasNoTemplate(t *testing.
 
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
-		{SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10)},
+		{SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10)},
 	}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
 	rs1PodHash := rs1.Labels[v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey]
 	r1 = updateCanaryRolloutStatus(r1, rs1PodHash, 1, 1, 1, false)
diff --git a/rollout/bluegreen_test.go b/rollout/bluegreen_test.go
index f8abaa9f..8287b8d9 100644
--- a/rollout/bluegreen_test.go
+++ b/rollout/bluegreen_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/annotations"
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func TestBlueGreenHandlePause(t *testing.T) {
 		defer f.Close()
 
 		r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 2, nil, "active", "preview")
-		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = pointer.BoolPtr(false)
+		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = ptr.To[bool](false)
 		r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 		rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 2, 2)
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ func TestBlueGreenHandlePause(t *testing.T) {
 		defer f.Close()
 
 		r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 1, nil, "active", "preview")
-		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = pointer.BoolPtr(false)
+		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = ptr.To[bool](false)
 		r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 		rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
 		rs2 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r2, 1, 1)
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func TestBlueGreenHandlePause(t *testing.T) {
 		defer f.Close()
 
 		r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 1, nil, "active", "preview")
-		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = pointer.BoolPtr(false)
+		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = ptr.To[bool](false)
 		r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 		rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ func TestBlueGreenHandlePause(t *testing.T) {
 		defer f.Close()
 
 		r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 1, nil, "active", "preview")
-		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = pointer.BoolPtr(false)
+		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = ptr.To[bool](false)
 		r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 		rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ func TestBlueGreenHandlePause(t *testing.T) {
 		defer f.Close()
 
 		r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 1, nil, "active", "preview")
-		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = pointer.BoolPtr(false)
+		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = ptr.To[bool](false)
 		r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 		r2.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.PrePromotionAnalysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysis{
 			Templates: []v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplateRef{{
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ func TestBlueGreenHandlePause(t *testing.T) {
 		rs2PodHash := rs2.Labels[v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey]
 
 		r2 = updateBlueGreenRolloutStatus(r2, "", rs1PodHash, rs1PodHash, 1, 1, 2, 1, false, true, false)
-		r2.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = pointer.Int32Ptr(10)
+		r2.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = ptr.To[int32](10)
 
 		progressingCondition, _ := newProgressingCondition(conditions.NewReplicaSetReason, rs2, "")
 		conditions.SetRolloutCondition(&r2.Status, progressingCondition)
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ func TestBlueGreenHandlePause(t *testing.T) {
 		defer f.Close()
 
 		r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 1, nil, "active", "")
-		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = pointer.BoolPtr(false)
+		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = ptr.To[bool](false)
 		r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 		rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ func TestBlueGreenHandlePause(t *testing.T) {
 		defer f.Close()
 
 		r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 1, nil, "active", "")
-		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = pointer.BoolPtr(false)
+		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = ptr.To[bool](false)
 
 		rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
 		rs1PodHash := rs1.Labels[v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey]
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ func TestBlueGreenHandlePause(t *testing.T) {
 		defer f.Close()
 
 		r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 1, nil, "active", "preview")
-		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = pointer.BoolPtr(false)
+		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = ptr.To[bool](false)
 		r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 		rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ func TestBlueGreenHandlePause(t *testing.T) {
 		rs1PodHash := rs1.Labels[v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey]
 		rs2PodHash := rs2.Labels[v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey]
 
-		r2.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = pointer.Int32Ptr(10)
+		r2.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = ptr.To[int32](10)
 		r2 = updateBlueGreenRolloutStatus(r2, rs2PodHash, rs1PodHash, rs1PodHash, 1, 1, 2, 1, false, true, false)
 		r2.Status.ControllerPause = true
 		completedCondition, _ := newCompletedCondition(false)
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ func TestBlueGreenAddScaleDownDelayToPreviousActiveReplicaSet(t *testing.T) {
 	f.kubeobjects = append(f.kubeobjects, s, rs1, rs2)
 	f.replicaSetLister = append(f.replicaSetLister, rs1, rs2)
 
-	r2.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = pointer.Int32Ptr(10)
+	r2.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.ScaleDownDelaySeconds = ptr.To[int32](10)
 	r2 = updateBlueGreenRolloutStatus(r2, "", rs1PodHash, rs1PodHash, 1, 1, 2, 1, false, true, false)
 	f.rolloutLister = append(f.rolloutLister, r2)
 	f.objects = append(f.objects, r2)
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ func TestBlueGreenRolloutStatusHPAStatusFieldsActiveSelectorSet(t *testing.T) {
 	defer f.Close()
 
 	r := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 1, nil, "active", "preview")
-	r.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = pointer.BoolPtr(false)
+	r.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = ptr.To[bool](false)
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r, 1, 1)
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ func TestBlueGreenRolloutScaleUpdateActiveRS(t *testing.T) {
 	f.kubeobjects = append(f.kubeobjects, rs1, rs2)
 	f.replicaSetLister = append(f.replicaSetLister, rs1, rs2)
 
-	r2.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(2)
+	r2.Spec.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](2)
 	f.rolloutLister = append(f.rolloutLister, r2)
 
 	rs1PodHash := rs1.Labels[v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey]
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ func TestBlueGreenRolloutScaleUpdateStableRS(t *testing.T) {
 	// Patch the rollout to get it in the state we want (old RS is stable and new is active)
 	f.run(getKey(r2, t))
 	// Actually update the replicas now that we are in the desired state (old RS is stable and new is active)
-	r2.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(2)
+	r2.Spec.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](2)
 
 	f.expectUpdateReplicaSetAction(rs1)
 	f.expectUpdateReplicaSetAction(rs2)
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ func TestPreviewReplicaCountHandleScaleUpPreviewCheckPoint(t *testing.T) {
 		defer f.Close()
 
 		r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 5, nil, "active", "")
-		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.PreviewReplicaCount = pointer.Int32Ptr(3)
+		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.PreviewReplicaCount = ptr.To[int32](3)
 		rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 5, 5)
 		r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
@@ -1135,8 +1135,8 @@ func TestPreviewReplicaCountHandleScaleUpPreviewCheckPoint(t *testing.T) {
 		defer f.Close()
 
 		r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 5, nil, "active", "")
-		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.PreviewReplicaCount = pointer.Int32Ptr(3)
-		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = pointer.BoolPtr(false)
+		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.PreviewReplicaCount = ptr.To[int32](3)
+		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = ptr.To[bool](false)
 		rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 5, 5)
 		r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ func TestPreviewReplicaCountHandleScaleUpPreviewCheckPoint(t *testing.T) {
 		defer f.Close()
 
 		r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 5, nil, "active", "")
-		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.PreviewReplicaCount = pointer.Int32Ptr(3)
+		r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.PreviewReplicaCount = ptr.To[int32](3)
 		rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 5, 5)
 		r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
@@ -1198,9 +1198,9 @@ func TestBlueGreenRolloutIgnoringScalingUsePreviewRSCount(t *testing.T) {
 	defer f.Close()
 
 	r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 1, nil, "active", "preview")
-	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.PreviewReplicaCount = pointer.Int32Ptr(3)
+	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.PreviewReplicaCount = ptr.To[int32](3)
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
-	rs1.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(2)
+	rs1.Spec.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](2)
 	rs1.Annotations[annotations.DesiredReplicasAnnotation] = "2"
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ func TestBlueGreenRolloutIgnoringScalingUsePreviewRSCount(t *testing.T) {
 
 	r2 = updateBlueGreenRolloutStatus(r2, rs2PodHash, rs1PodHash, rs1PodHash, 2, 1, 1, 1, false, true, true)
 	// Scaling up the rollout
-	r2.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(2)
+	r2.Spec.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](2)
 	f.rolloutLister = append(f.rolloutLister, r2)
 	f.objects = append(f.objects, r2)
 	f.kubeobjects = append(f.kubeobjects, previewSvc, activeSvc)
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ func TestBlueGreenScaleDownLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 1, nil, "bar", "")
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r3 := bumpVersion(r2)
-	r3.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.ScaleDownDelayRevisionLimit = pointer.Int32Ptr(1)
+	r3.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.ScaleDownDelayRevisionLimit = ptr.To[int32](1)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
 	rs2 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r2, 1, 1)
diff --git a/rollout/canary_test.go b/rollout/canary_test.go
index 1e670b67..aae2b755 100644
--- a/rollout/canary_test.go
+++ b/rollout/canary_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	k8sinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	k8sfake "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake"
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func TestCanaryRolloutEnterPauseState(t *testing.T) {
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{},
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 10, 10)
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func TestCanaryRolloutNoProgressWhilePaused(t *testing.T) {
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{},
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	progressingCondition, _ := newProgressingCondition(conditions.RolloutPausedReason, r2, "")
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func TestCanaryRolloutUpdatePauseConditionWhilePaused(t *testing.T) {
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{},
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	progressingCondition, _ := newProgressingCondition(conditions.RolloutPausedReason, r2, "")
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ func TestCanaryRolloutResetProgressDeadlineOnRetry(t *testing.T) {
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{},
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	progressingCondition, _ := newProgressingCondition(conditions.RolloutAbortedReason, r2, "")
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ func TestCanaryRolloutIncrementStepAfterUnPaused(t *testing.T) {
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{},
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 10, 10)
 	rs1PodHash := rs1.Labels[v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey]
 	f.kubeobjects = append(f.kubeobjects, rs1)
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ func TestCanaryRolloutUpdateStatusWhenAtEndOfSteps(t *testing.T) {
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{},
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	expectedStableRS := r2.Status.CurrentPodHash
@@ -815,13 +815,13 @@ func TestCanaryDontScaleDownOldRsDuringInterruptedUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(100),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](100),
 		},
 		{
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{},
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 5, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 5, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 		SMI: &v1alpha1.SMITrafficRouting{},
 	}
@@ -862,13 +862,13 @@ func TestCanaryScaleDownOldRsDuringInterruptedUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(100),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](100),
 		},
 		{
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{},
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 5, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 5, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 		SMI: &v1alpha1.SMITrafficRouting{},
 	}
@@ -997,9 +997,9 @@ func TestGradualShiftToNewStable(t *testing.T) {
 	defer f.Close()
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{{
-		SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+		SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 	}}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(3), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(3), intstr.FromInt(0))
 
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	rs2 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r2, 4, 4)
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ func TestRollBackToStableAndStepChange(t *testing.T) {
 	f.replicaSetLister = append(f.replicaSetLister, rs1, rs2)
 
 	r2 = updateCanaryRolloutStatus(r2, rs1PodHash, 10, 9, 10, false)
-	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps[0].SetWeight = pointer.Int32Ptr(20)
+	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps[0].SetWeight = ptr.To[int32](20)
 	f.rolloutLister = append(f.rolloutLister, r2)
 	f.objects = append(f.objects, r2)
 
@@ -1282,12 +1282,12 @@ func TestCanaryRolloutStatusHPAStatusFields(t *testing.T) {
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(20),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](20),
 		}, {
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{},
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 5, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 5, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 	r1.Status.Selector = ""
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	progressingCondition, _ := newProgressingCondition(conditions.RolloutPausedReason, r2, "")
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ func TestCanarySVCSelectors(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 				Spec: v1.ReplicaSetSpec{
-					Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(tc.canaryReplicas),
+					Replicas: ptr.To[int32](tc.canaryReplicas),
 				},
 				Status: v1.ReplicaSetStatus{
 					AvailableReplicas: tc.canaryAvailReplicas,
@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@ func TestCanarySVCSelectorsBasicCanaryAbortServiceSwitchBack(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 				Spec: v1.ReplicaSetSpec{
-					Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(tc.canaryReplicas),
+					Replicas: ptr.To[int32](tc.canaryReplicas),
 				},
 				Status: v1.ReplicaSetStatus{
 					AvailableReplicas: tc.canaryAvailReplicas,
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ func TestCanarySVCSelectorsBasicCanaryAbortServiceSwitchBack(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 				Spec: v1.ReplicaSetSpec{
-					Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(tc.canaryReplicas),
+					Replicas: ptr.To[int32](tc.canaryReplicas),
 				},
 				Status: v1.ReplicaSetStatus{
 					AvailableReplicas: tc.canaryAvailReplicas,
@@ -1724,10 +1724,10 @@ func TestCanaryRolloutScaleWhilePaused(t *testing.T) {
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(20),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](20),
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 5, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 5, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 5, 5)
@@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@ func TestCanaryRolloutScaleWhilePaused(t *testing.T) {
 	f.replicaSetLister = append(f.replicaSetLister, rs1, rs2)
 
 	r2 = updateCanaryRolloutStatus(r2, rs1PodHash, 5, 0, 5, true)
-	r2.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(10)
+	r2.Spec.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](10)
 	progressingCondition, _ := newProgressingCondition(conditions.RolloutPausedReason, rs2, "")
 	conditions.SetRolloutCondition(&r2.Status, progressingCondition)
 
@@ -1765,7 +1765,7 @@ func TestResumeRolloutAfterPauseDuration(t *testing.T) {
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 		},
 		{
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{
@@ -1773,10 +1773,10 @@ func TestResumeRolloutAfterPauseDuration(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(20),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](20),
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
 	rs1PodHash := rs1.Labels[v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey]
@@ -1815,7 +1815,7 @@ func TestNoResumeAfterPauseDurationIfUserPaused(t *testing.T) {
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 		},
 		{
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{
@@ -1823,10 +1823,10 @@ func TestNoResumeAfterPauseDurationIfUserPaused(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(20),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](20),
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 0, 0)
 	rs1PodHash := rs1.Labels[v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey]
@@ -1865,7 +1865,7 @@ func TestHandleNilNewRSOnScaleAndImageChange(t *testing.T) {
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 		},
 		{
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{
@@ -1873,14 +1873,14 @@ func TestHandleNilNewRSOnScaleAndImageChange(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(20),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](20),
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 3, 3)
 	rs1PodHash := rs1.Labels[v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey]
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
-	r2.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(3)
+	r2.Spec.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](3)
 	r2 = updateCanaryRolloutStatus(r2, rs1PodHash, 3, 0, 3, true)
 	progressingCondition, _ := newProgressingCondition(conditions.RolloutPausedReason, rs1, "")
 	conditions.SetRolloutCondition(&r2.Status, progressingCondition)
@@ -2071,7 +2071,7 @@ func TestIsDynamicallyRollingBackToStable(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			rsHash:              "abc123",
-			rsAvailableReplicas: pointer.Int32(1),
+			rsAvailableReplicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			expectedResult:      true,
 		},
 		{
diff --git a/rollout/controller_test.go b/rollout/controller_test.go
index 816c478b..ef998ebe 100644
--- a/rollout/controller_test.go
+++ b/rollout/controller_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
 	corev1defaults "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/controller/metrics"
@@ -1311,12 +1311,12 @@ func TestRequeueStuckRollout(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:               "Less than a second",
-			rollout:            rollout(conditions.ReplicaSetUpdatedReason, false, false, pointer.Int32Ptr(10)),
+			rollout:            rollout(conditions.ReplicaSetUpdatedReason, false, false, ptr.To[int32](10)),
 			requeueImmediately: true,
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "More than a second",
-			rollout: rollout(conditions.ReplicaSetUpdatedReason, false, false, pointer.Int32Ptr(20)),
+			rollout: rollout(conditions.ReplicaSetUpdatedReason, false, false, ptr.To[int32](20)),
 		},
 	}
 	for i := range tests {
@@ -1836,7 +1836,7 @@ func TestGetReferencedIngressesALB(t *testing.T) {
 				Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault,
 			},
 			Spec: extensionsv1beta1.IngressSpec{
-				IngressClassName: pointer.StringPtr("alb"),
+				IngressClassName: ptr.To[string]("alb"),
 				Backend: &extensionsv1beta1.IngressBackend{
 					ServiceName: "active-service",
 					ServicePort: intstr.IntOrString{IntVal: 80},
@@ -1947,7 +1947,7 @@ func TestGetReferencedIngressesALBMultiIngress(t *testing.T) {
 				Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault,
 			},
 			Spec: extensionsv1beta1.IngressSpec{
-				IngressClassName: pointer.StringPtr("alb"),
+				IngressClassName: ptr.To[string]("alb"),
 				Backend: &extensionsv1beta1.IngressBackend{
 					ServiceName: "active-service",
 					ServicePort: intstr.IntOrString{IntVal: 80},
@@ -1978,7 +1978,7 @@ func TestGetReferencedIngressesALBMultiIngress(t *testing.T) {
 				Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault,
 			},
 			Spec: extensionsv1beta1.IngressSpec{
-				IngressClassName: pointer.StringPtr("alb"),
+				IngressClassName: ptr.To[string]("alb"),
 				Backend: &extensionsv1beta1.IngressBackend{
 					ServiceName: "active-service",
 					ServicePort: intstr.IntOrString{IntVal: 80},
@@ -2057,7 +2057,7 @@ func TestGetReferencedIngressesNginx(t *testing.T) {
 				Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault,
 			},
 			Spec: extensionsv1beta1.IngressSpec{
-				IngressClassName: pointer.StringPtr("alb"),
+				IngressClassName: ptr.To[string]("alb"),
 				Backend: &extensionsv1beta1.IngressBackend{
 					ServiceName: "active-service",
 					ServicePort: intstr.IntOrString{IntVal: 80},
@@ -2176,7 +2176,7 @@ func TestGetReferencedIngressesNginxMultiIngress(t *testing.T) {
 				Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault,
 			},
 			Spec: extensionsv1beta1.IngressSpec{
-				IngressClassName: pointer.StringPtr("alb"),
+				IngressClassName: ptr.To[string]("alb"),
 				Backend: &extensionsv1beta1.IngressBackend{
 					ServiceName: "active-service",
 					ServicePort: intstr.IntOrString{IntVal: 80},
@@ -2207,7 +2207,7 @@ func TestGetReferencedIngressesNginxMultiIngress(t *testing.T) {
 				Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault,
 			},
 			Spec: extensionsv1beta1.IngressSpec{
-				IngressClassName: pointer.StringPtr("alb"),
+				IngressClassName: ptr.To[string]("alb"),
 				Backend: &extensionsv1beta1.IngressBackend{
 					ServiceName: "active-service",
 					ServicePort: intstr.IntOrString{IntVal: 80},
diff --git a/rollout/ephemeralmetadata_test.go b/rollout/ephemeralmetadata_test.go
index 5a775781..3a8ff487 100644
--- a/rollout/ephemeralmetadata_test.go
+++ b/rollout/ephemeralmetadata_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/annotations"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func TestSyncCanaryEphemeralMetadataInitialRevision(t *testing.T) {
 	f := newFixture(t)
 	defer f.Close()
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, nil, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, nil, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.CanaryMetadata = &v1alpha1.PodTemplateMetadata{
 		Labels: map[string]string{
 			"role": "canary",
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func TestSyncCanaryEphemeralMetadataSecondRevision(t *testing.T) {
 	f := newFixture(t)
 	defer f.Close()
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, nil, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, nil, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r1.Annotations[annotations.RevisionAnnotation] = "1"
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.CanaryMetadata = &v1alpha1.PodTemplateMetadata{
 		Labels: map[string]string{
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func TestSyncBlueGreenEphemeralMetadataSecondRevision(t *testing.T) {
 	defer f.Close()
 
 	r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 3, nil, "active", "preview")
-	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = pointer.BoolPtr(false)
+	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = ptr.To[bool](false)
 	r1.Annotations[annotations.RevisionAnnotation] = "1"
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.PreviewMetadata = &v1alpha1.PodTemplateMetadata{
 		Labels: map[string]string{
diff --git a/rollout/experiment_test.go b/rollout/experiment_test.go
index 2a5f1981..d9ad28f5 100644
--- a/rollout/experiment_test.go
+++ b/rollout/experiment_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/conditions"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func TestRolloutCreateExperiment(t *testing.T) {
 			Templates: []v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentTemplate{{
 				Name:     "stable-template",
 				SpecRef:  v1alpha1.StableSpecRef,
-				Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+				Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			}},
 			Analyses: []v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentStepAnalysisTemplateRef{{
 				Name:         "test",
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestRolloutCreateExperiment(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func TestRolloutCreateClusterTemplateExperiment(t *testing.T) {
 			Templates: []v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentTemplate{{
 				Name:     "stable-template",
 				SpecRef:  v1alpha1.StableSpecRef,
-				Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+				Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			}},
 			Analyses: []v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentStepAnalysisTemplateRef{{
 				Name:         "test",
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func TestRolloutCreateClusterTemplateExperiment(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
@@ -139,12 +139,12 @@ func TestCreateExperimentWithCollision(t *testing.T) {
 			Templates: []v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentTemplate{{
 				Name:     "stable-template",
 				SpecRef:  v1alpha1.StableSpecRef,
-				Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+				Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			}},
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
@@ -191,12 +191,12 @@ func TestCreateExperimentWithCollisionAndSemanticEquality(t *testing.T) {
 			Templates: []v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentTemplate{{
 				Name:     "stable-template",
 				SpecRef:  v1alpha1.StableSpecRef,
-				Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+				Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			}},
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func TestRolloutExperimentProcessingDoNothing(t *testing.T) {
 		Experiment: &v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentStep{},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func TestAbortRolloutAfterFailedExperiment(t *testing.T) {
 		Experiment: &v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentStep{},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ func TestPauseRolloutAfterInconclusiveExperiment(t *testing.T) {
 		Experiment: &v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentStep{},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
@@ -362,10 +362,10 @@ func TestRolloutExperimentScaleDownExperimentFromPreviousStep(t *testing.T) {
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{Experiment: &v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentStep{}},
-		{SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(1)},
+		{SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](1)},
 	}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ func TestRolloutExperimentScaleDownExtraExperiment(t *testing.T) {
 		Experiment: &v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentStep{},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
@@ -442,12 +442,12 @@ func TestRolloutExperimentFinishedIncrementStep(t *testing.T) {
 			Templates: []v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentTemplate{{
 				Name:     "stable-template",
 				SpecRef:  v1alpha1.StableSpecRef,
-				Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+				Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			}},
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
@@ -494,12 +494,12 @@ func TestRolloutDoNotCreateExperimentWithoutStableRS(t *testing.T) {
 			Templates: []v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentTemplate{{
 				Name:     "stable-template",
 				SpecRef:  v1alpha1.StableSpecRef,
-				Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+				Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			}},
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	rs2 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r2, 1, 1)
@@ -523,19 +523,19 @@ func TestGetExperimentFromTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 			Templates: []v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentTemplate{{
 				Name:     "stable-template",
 				SpecRef:  v1alpha1.StableSpecRef,
-				Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+				Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			}},
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
 	rs2 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r2, 1, 1)
 	rs1PodHash := rs1.Labels[v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey]
 
-	r2.Status.CurrentStepIndex = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+	r2.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](0)
 	r2.Status.StableRS = rs1PodHash
 
 	stable, err := GetExperimentFromTemplate(r2, rs1, rs2)
@@ -583,12 +583,12 @@ func TestGetExperimentFromTemplateModifiedLabelsDoesntChangeRefReplicatSet(t *te
 			Templates: []v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentTemplate{{
 				Name:     "stable-template",
 				SpecRef:  v1alpha1.StableSpecRef,
-				Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+				Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			}},
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps[0].Experiment.Templates[0].Metadata.Annotations = map[string]string{"abc": "def"}
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps[0].Experiment.Templates[0].Metadata.Labels = map[string]string{"123": "456"}
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ func TestGetExperimentFromTemplateModifiedLabelsDoesntChangeRefReplicatSet(t *te
 	canaryRsTemplate := rs2.Spec.Template.DeepCopy()
 	rs1PodHash := rs1.Labels[v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey]
 
-	r2.Status.CurrentStepIndex = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+	r2.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](0)
 	r2.Status.StableRS = rs1PodHash
 
 	_, err := GetExperimentFromTemplate(r2, rs1, rs2)
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ func TestDeleteExperimentWithNoMatchingRS(t *testing.T) {
 		Experiment: &v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentStep{},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
@@ -665,10 +665,10 @@ func TestDeleteExperimentsAfterRSDelete(t *testing.T) {
 		Experiment: &v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentStep{},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r3 := bumpVersion(r2)
-	r3.Spec.RevisionHistoryLimit = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+	r3.Spec.RevisionHistoryLimit = ptr.To[int32](0)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 0, 0)
 	rs2 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r2, 1, 1)
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ func TestCancelExperimentWhenAborted(t *testing.T) {
 		Experiment: &v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentStep{},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ func TestRolloutCreateExperimentWithInstanceID(t *testing.T) {
 			Templates: []v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentTemplate{{
 				Name:     "stable-template",
 				SpecRef:  v1alpha1.StableSpecRef,
-				Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+				Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			}},
 			Analyses: []v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentStepAnalysisTemplateRef{{
 				Name:         "test",
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ func TestRolloutCreateExperimentWithInstanceID(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r2.Labels = map[string]string{v1alpha1.LabelKeyControllerInstanceID: "instance-id-test"}
 
@@ -789,27 +789,27 @@ func TestRolloutCreateExperimentWithService(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Name:     "stable-template",
 					SpecRef:  v1alpha1.StableSpecRef,
-					Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
-					Weight:   pointer.Int32Ptr(5),
+					Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
+					Weight:   ptr.To[int32](5),
 				},
 				// Service should NOT be created for "canary-template"
 				{
 					Name:     "canary-template",
 					SpecRef:  v1alpha1.CanarySpecRef,
-					Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+					Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 				},
 			},
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
 	rs2 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r2, 1, 1)
 	rs1PodHash := rs1.Labels[v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey]
 
-	r2.Status.CurrentStepIndex = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+	r2.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](0)
 	r2.Status.StableRS = rs1PodHash
 
 	ex, err := GetExperimentFromTemplate(r2, rs1, rs2)
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ func TestRolloutCreateWeightlessExperimentWithServiceAndName(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Name:     "stable-weightless-named-template",
 					SpecRef:  v1alpha1.StableSpecRef,
-					Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+					Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 					Service: &v1alpha1.TemplateService{
 						Name: "test-service",
 					},
@@ -841,20 +841,20 @@ func TestRolloutCreateWeightlessExperimentWithServiceAndName(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Name:     "canary-weightless-named-template",
 					SpecRef:  v1alpha1.CanarySpecRef,
-					Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+					Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 				},
 			},
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
 	rs2 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r2, 1, 1)
 	rs1PodHash := rs1.Labels[v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey]
 
-	r2.Status.CurrentStepIndex = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+	r2.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](0)
 	r2.Status.StableRS = rs1PodHash
 
 	ex, err := GetExperimentFromTemplate(r2, rs1, rs2)
@@ -876,27 +876,27 @@ func TestRolloutCreateWeightlessExperimentWithService(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					Name:     "stable-weightless-template",
 					SpecRef:  v1alpha1.StableSpecRef,
-					Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+					Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 					Service:  &v1alpha1.TemplateService{},
 				},
 				// Service should NOT be created for "canary-weightless-template"
 				{
 					Name:     "canary-weightless-template",
 					SpecRef:  v1alpha1.CanarySpecRef,
-					Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+					Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 				},
 			},
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
 	rs2 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r2, 1, 1)
 	rs1PodHash := rs1.Labels[v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey]
 
-	r2.Status.CurrentStepIndex = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+	r2.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](0)
 	r2.Status.StableRS = rs1PodHash
 
 	ex, err := GetExperimentFromTemplate(r2, rs1, rs2)
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ func TestRolloutCreateExperimentWithDryRunAndMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 			Templates: []v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentTemplate{{
 				Name:     "stable-template",
 				SpecRef:  v1alpha1.StableSpecRef,
-				Replicas: pointer.Int32(1),
+				Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			}},
 			Analyses: []v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentStepAnalysisTemplateRef{{
 				Name:         "test",
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ func TestRolloutCreateExperimentWithDryRunAndMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}}
 
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(0), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
diff --git a/rollout/replicaset_test.go b/rollout/replicaset_test.go
index bf185a1c..56ca00b1 100644
--- a/rollout/replicaset_test.go
+++ b/rollout/replicaset_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	k8sinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	k8sfake "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	core "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake"
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ func TestReconcileOldReplicaSet(t *testing.T) {
 			oldRS.Status.AvailableReplicas = int32(test.readyPodsFromOldRS)
 
 			rollout := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", test.rolloutReplicas, nil, "active-service", "preview-service")
-			rollout.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.ScaleDownDelayRevisionLimit = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+			rollout.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.ScaleDownDelayRevisionLimit = ptr.To[int32](0)
 			rollout.Spec.Selector = &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: newSelector}
 
 			activeService := newService("active-service", 80, nil, nil)
diff --git a/rollout/restart_test.go b/rollout/restart_test.go
index 28568fba..da19de31 100644
--- a/rollout/restart_test.go
+++ b/rollout/restart_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	k8stesting "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/log"
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ func TestRestartSortReplicaSetsByPriority(t *testing.T) {
 func TestRestartMaxUnavailable(t *testing.T) {
 	now := metav1.Now()
 	ro := rollout("test", now, nil)
-	ro.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(3)
+	ro.Spec.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](3)
 	twoUnavailable := intstr.FromInt(2)
 	ro.Spec.Strategy.Canary = &v1alpha1.CanaryStrategy{
 		MaxUnavailable: &twoUnavailable,
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ func TestRestartMaxUnavailable(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	t.Run("replicas:1 weight:50", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ro := ro.DeepCopy()
-		ro.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(1)
+		ro.Spec.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](1)
 		ro.Spec.Strategy.Canary.MaxUnavailable = nil
 		rs2 := replicaSet("rollout-restart-def456", "test", 1, 1)
 		olderPod2 := pod("older2", "test", metav1.NewTime(now.Add(-10*time.Second)), rs2)
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ func TestRestartMaxUnavailable(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	t.Run("replicas:1 weight:50, already at minAvailable", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ro := ro.DeepCopy()
-		ro.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(1)
+		ro.Spec.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](1)
 		ro.Spec.Strategy.Canary.MaxUnavailable = nil
 		rs := replicaSet("rollout-restart-abc123", "test", 1, 1)
 		rs2 := replicaSet("rollout-restart-def456", "test", 1, 1)
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ func TestRestartMaxUnavailable(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	t.Run("replicas:0", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ro := ro.DeepCopy()
-		ro.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+		ro.Spec.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](0)
 		rs := replicaSet("rollout-restart-abc123", "test", 0, 0)
 		roCtx := &rolloutContext{
 			rollout:  ro,
diff --git a/rollout/service_test.go b/rollout/service_test.go
index 4ab2e00f..f12cabaa 100644
--- a/rollout/service_test.go
+++ b/rollout/service_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/aws"
@@ -252,26 +252,26 @@ func TestBlueGreenAWSVerifyTargetGroupsNotYetReady(t *testing.T) {
 		TargetHealthDescriptions: []elbv2types.TargetHealthDescription{
 			{
 				Target: &elbv2types.TargetDescription{
-					Id:   pointer.StringPtr("1.2.3.4"),
-					Port: pointer.Int32Ptr(80),
+					Id:   ptr.To[string]("1.2.3.4"),
+					Port: ptr.To[int32](80),
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				Target: &elbv2types.TargetDescription{
-					Id:   pointer.StringPtr("5.6.7.8"),
-					Port: pointer.Int32Ptr(80),
+					Id:   ptr.To[string]("5.6.7.8"),
+					Port: ptr.To[int32](80),
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				Target: &elbv2types.TargetDescription{
-					Id:   pointer.StringPtr("2.4.6.8"), // irrelevant
-					Port: pointer.Int32Ptr(81),         // wrong port
+					Id:   ptr.To[string]("2.4.6.8"), // irrelevant
+					Port: ptr.To[int32](81),         // wrong port
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				Target: &elbv2types.TargetDescription{
-					Id:   pointer.StringPtr("9.8.7.6"), // irrelevant ip
-					Port: pointer.Int32Ptr(80),
+					Id:   ptr.To[string]("9.8.7.6"), // irrelevant ip
+					Port: ptr.To[int32](80),
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -337,26 +337,26 @@ func TestBlueGreenAWSVerifyTargetGroupsReady(t *testing.T) {
 		TargetHealthDescriptions: []elbv2types.TargetHealthDescription{
 			{
 				Target: &elbv2types.TargetDescription{
-					Id:   pointer.StringPtr("1.2.3.4"),
-					Port: pointer.Int32Ptr(80),
+					Id:   ptr.To[string]("1.2.3.4"),
+					Port: ptr.To[int32](80),
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				Target: &elbv2types.TargetDescription{
-					Id:   pointer.StringPtr("5.6.7.8"),
-					Port: pointer.Int32Ptr(80),
+					Id:   ptr.To[string]("5.6.7.8"),
+					Port: ptr.To[int32](80),
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				Target: &elbv2types.TargetDescription{
-					Id:   pointer.StringPtr("2.4.6.8"),
-					Port: pointer.Int32Ptr(80),
+					Id:   ptr.To[string]("2.4.6.8"),
+					Port: ptr.To[int32](80),
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				Target: &elbv2types.TargetDescription{
-					Id:   pointer.StringPtr("9.8.7.6"), // irrelevant ip
-					Port: pointer.Int32Ptr(80),
+					Id:   ptr.To[string]("9.8.7.6"), // irrelevant ip
+					Port: ptr.To[int32](80),
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -423,26 +423,26 @@ func TestCanaryAWSVerifyTargetGroupsNotYetReady(t *testing.T) {
 		TargetHealthDescriptions: []elbv2types.TargetHealthDescription{
 			{
 				Target: &elbv2types.TargetDescription{
-					Id:   pointer.String("1.2.3.4"),
-					Port: pointer.Int32(80),
+					Id:   ptr.To[string]("1.2.3.4"),
+					Port: ptr.To[int32](80),
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				Target: &elbv2types.TargetDescription{
-					Id:   pointer.String("5.6.7.8"),
-					Port: pointer.Int32(80),
+					Id:   ptr.To[string]("5.6.7.8"),
+					Port: ptr.To[int32](80),
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				Target: &elbv2types.TargetDescription{
-					Id:   pointer.String("2.4.6.8"), // irrelevant
-					Port: pointer.Int32(81),         // wrong port
+					Id:   ptr.To[string]("2.4.6.8"), // irrelevant
+					Port: ptr.To[int32](81),         // wrong port
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				Target: &elbv2types.TargetDescription{
-					Id:   pointer.String("9.8.7.6"), // irrelevant ip
-					Port: pointer.Int32(80),
+					Id:   ptr.To[string]("9.8.7.6"), // irrelevant ip
+					Port: ptr.To[int32](80),
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -450,8 +450,8 @@ func TestCanaryAWSVerifyTargetGroupsNotYetReady(t *testing.T) {
 	fakeELB.On("DescribeTargetHealth", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(&thOut, nil)
 
 	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 3, nil, []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{{
-		SetWeight: pointer.Int32(10),
-	}}, pointer.Int32(0), intstr.FromString("25%"), intstr.FromString("25%"))
+		SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
+	}}, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromString("25%"), intstr.FromString("25%"))
 
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 		ALB: &v1alpha1.ALBTrafficRouting{
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ func TestCanaryAWSVerifyTargetGroupsNotYetReady(t *testing.T) {
 	r2.Status.Message = ""
 	r2.Status.ObservedGeneration = strconv.Itoa(int(r2.Generation))
 	r2.Status.StableRS = rs2PodHash
-	r2.Status.CurrentStepIndex = pointer.Int32(1)
+	r2.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](1)
 	availableCondition, _ := newAvailableCondition(true)
 	conditions.SetRolloutCondition(&r2.Status, availableCondition)
 	healthyCondition, _ := newHealthyCondition(false)
@@ -527,26 +527,26 @@ func TestCanaryAWSVerifyTargetGroupsReady(t *testing.T) {
 		TargetHealthDescriptions: []elbv2types.TargetHealthDescription{
 			{
 				Target: &elbv2types.TargetDescription{
-					Id:   pointer.String("1.2.3.4"),
-					Port: pointer.Int32(80),
+					Id:   ptr.To[string]("1.2.3.4"),
+					Port: ptr.To[int32](80),
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				Target: &elbv2types.TargetDescription{
-					Id:   pointer.String("5.6.7.8"),
-					Port: pointer.Int32(80),
+					Id:   ptr.To[string]("5.6.7.8"),
+					Port: ptr.To[int32](80),
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				Target: &elbv2types.TargetDescription{
-					Id:   pointer.String("2.4.6.8"), // irrelevant
-					Port: pointer.Int32(80),         // wrong port
+					Id:   ptr.To[string]("2.4.6.8"), // irrelevant
+					Port: ptr.To[int32](80),         // wrong port
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				Target: &elbv2types.TargetDescription{
-					Id:   pointer.String("9.8.7.6"), // irrelevant ip
-					Port: pointer.Int32(80),
+					Id:   ptr.To[string]("9.8.7.6"), // irrelevant ip
+					Port: ptr.To[int32](80),
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -554,8 +554,8 @@ func TestCanaryAWSVerifyTargetGroupsReady(t *testing.T) {
 	fakeELB.On("DescribeTargetHealth", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(&thOut, nil)
 
 	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 3, nil, []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{{
-		SetWeight: pointer.Int32(10),
-	}}, pointer.Int32(0), intstr.FromString("25%"), intstr.FromString("25%"))
+		SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
+	}}, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromString("25%"), intstr.FromString("25%"))
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 		ALB: &v1alpha1.ALBTrafficRouting{
 			Ingress:     "ingress",
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ func TestCanaryAWSVerifyTargetGroupsReady(t *testing.T) {
 	r2.Status.Message = ""
 	r2.Status.ObservedGeneration = strconv.Itoa(int(r2.Generation))
 	r2.Status.StableRS = rs2PodHash
-	r2.Status.CurrentStepIndex = pointer.Int32(1)
+	r2.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](1)
 	availableCondition, _ := newAvailableCondition(true)
 	conditions.SetRolloutCondition(&r2.Status, availableCondition)
 	healthyCondition, _ := newHealthyCondition(false)
@@ -621,8 +621,8 @@ func TestCanaryAWSVerifyTargetGroupsSkip(t *testing.T) {
 	defer f.Close()
 
 	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 3, nil, []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{{
-		SetWeight: pointer.Int32(10),
-	}}, pointer.Int32(0), intstr.FromString("25%"), intstr.FromString("25%"))
+		SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
+	}}, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromString("25%"), intstr.FromString("25%"))
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 		ALB: &v1alpha1.ALBTrafficRouting{
 			Ingress:     "ingress",
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ func TestCanaryAWSVerifyTargetGroupsSkip(t *testing.T) {
 	r2.Status.Message = ""
 	r2.Status.ObservedGeneration = strconv.Itoa(int(r2.Generation))
 	r2.Status.StableRS = rs2PodHash
-	r2.Status.CurrentStepIndex = pointer.Int32(1)
+	r2.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](1)
 	availableCondition, _ := newAvailableCondition(true)
 	conditions.SetRolloutCondition(&r2.Status, availableCondition)
 	healthyCondition, _ := newHealthyCondition(false)
diff --git a/rollout/stepplugin_test.go b/rollout/stepplugin_test.go
index da59296c..b97c9bf5 100644
--- a/rollout/stepplugin_test.go
+++ b/rollout/stepplugin_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func newStepPluginRollout() *v1alpha1.Rollout {
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	return newCanaryRollout("foo", 3, nil, steps, ptr.To(int32(0)), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	return newCanaryRollout("foo", 3, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 }
 
 func newStepPluginStatus(operation v1alpha1.StepPluginOperation, phase v1alpha1.StepPluginPhase) *v1alpha1.StepPluginStatus {
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ func Test_stepPluginContext_reconcile_FullyPromoted(t *testing.T) {
 		roCtx.rollout.Status.PromoteFull = false
 		roCtx.rollout.Status.StableRS = "stable-value"
 		roCtx.rollout.Status.CurrentPodHash = "stable-value"
-		roCtx.rollout.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To(int32(1))
+		roCtx.rollout.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](1)
 
 		runStatus := newStepPluginStatus(v1alpha1.StepPluginOperationTerminate, v1alpha1.StepPluginPhaseSuccessful)
 		roCtx.rollout.Status.Canary.StepPluginStatuses = []v1alpha1.StepPluginStatus{
diff --git a/rollout/sync_test.go b/rollout/sync_test.go
index d71bb9e4..8015e6a2 100644
--- a/rollout/sync_test.go
+++ b/rollout/sync_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	k8sfake "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	testclient "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ func TestBlueGreenPromoteFull(t *testing.T) {
 
 	at := analysisTemplate("bar")
 	r1 := newBlueGreenRollout("foo", 10, nil, "active", "preview")
-	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = pointer.BoolPtr(false)
+	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.AutoPromotionEnabled = ptr.To[bool](false)
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.BlueGreen.PrePromotionAnalysis = &v1alpha1.RolloutAnalysis{
 		Templates: []v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplateRef{
 			{
diff --git a/rollout/trafficrouting/alb/alb_test.go b/rollout/trafficrouting/alb/alb_test.go
index 562c3b59..04d0cb68 100644
--- a/rollout/trafficrouting/alb/alb_test.go
+++ b/rollout/trafficrouting/alb/alb_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	kubeinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	k8stesting "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/aws"
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ func TestVerifyWeight(t *testing.T) {
 		ro := fakeRollout(STABLE_SVC, CANARY_SVC, nil, "ingress", 443)
 		ro.Status.StableRS = "a45fe23"
 		ro.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps = []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 		}}
 		i := ingress("ingress", STABLE_SVC, CANARY_SVC, STABLE_SVC, 443, 5, ro.Name, false)
 
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ func TestVerifyWeight(t *testing.T) {
 			Recorder:       record.NewFakeEventRecorder(),
 			ControllerKind: schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "foo", Version: "v1", Kind: "Bar"},
 			IngressWrapper: ingressWrapper,
-			VerifyWeight:   pointer.BoolPtr(true),
+			VerifyWeight:   ptr.To[bool](true),
 			Status:         status,
 		})
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -880,28 +880,28 @@ func TestVerifyWeight(t *testing.T) {
 		r, fakeClient := newFakeReconciler(&status)
 		fakeClient.loadBalancers = []*elbv2types.LoadBalancer{
 			{
-				LoadBalancerName: pointer.StringPtr("lb-abc123-name"),
-				LoadBalancerArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
-				DNSName:          pointer.StringPtr("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
+				LoadBalancerName: ptr.To[string]("lb-abc123-name"),
+				LoadBalancerArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+				DNSName:          ptr.To[string]("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
 			},
 		}
 		fakeClient.targetGroups = []aws.TargetGroupMeta{
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(11),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](11),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-canary-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(89),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](89),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-stable-svc:443",
 				},
@@ -922,28 +922,28 @@ func TestVerifyWeight(t *testing.T) {
 
 		fakeClient.loadBalancers = []*elbv2types.LoadBalancer{
 			{
-				LoadBalancerName: pointer.StringPtr("lb-abc123-name"),
-				LoadBalancerArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
-				DNSName:          pointer.StringPtr("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
+				LoadBalancerName: ptr.To[string]("lb-abc123-name"),
+				LoadBalancerArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+				DNSName:          ptr.To[string]("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
 			},
 		}
 		fakeClient.targetGroups = []aws.TargetGroupMeta{
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-canary-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(11),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](11),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-stable-svc:443",
 				},
@@ -960,32 +960,32 @@ func TestVerifyWeight(t *testing.T) {
 	// LoadBalancer found, at max weight, end of rollout
 	{
 		var status v1alpha1.RolloutStatus
-		status.CurrentStepIndex = pointer.Int32Ptr(2)
+		status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](2)
 		r, fakeClient := newFakeReconciler(&status)
 		fakeClient.loadBalancers = []*elbv2types.LoadBalancer{
 			{
-				LoadBalancerName: pointer.StringPtr("lb-abc123-name"),
-				LoadBalancerArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
-				DNSName:          pointer.StringPtr("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
+				LoadBalancerName: ptr.To[string]("lb-abc123-name"),
+				LoadBalancerArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+				DNSName:          ptr.To[string]("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
 			},
 		}
 		fakeClient.targetGroups = []aws.TargetGroupMeta{
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(100),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](100),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-canary-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(0),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](0),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-stable-svc:443",
 				},
@@ -1005,28 +1005,28 @@ func TestVerifyWeight(t *testing.T) {
 		r, fakeClient := newFakeReconciler(&status)
 		fakeClient.loadBalancers = []*elbv2types.LoadBalancer{
 			{
-				LoadBalancerName: pointer.StringPtr("lb-abc123-name"),
-				LoadBalancerArn:  pointer.StringPtr("lb-abc123-arn"),
-				DNSName:          pointer.StringPtr("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
+				LoadBalancerName: ptr.To[string]("lb-abc123-name"),
+				LoadBalancerArn:  ptr.To[string]("lb-abc123-arn"),
+				DNSName:          ptr.To[string]("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
 			},
 		}
 		fakeClient.targetGroups = []aws.TargetGroupMeta{
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("canary-tg-abc123-arn"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("canary-tg-abc123-arn"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-canary-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("stable-tg-abc123-arn"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("stable-tg-abc123-arn"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(11),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](11),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-stable-svc:443",
 				},
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ func TestVerifyWeightMultiIngress(t *testing.T) {
 		ro := fakeRolloutWithMultiIngress(STABLE_SVC, CANARY_SVC, nil, []string{"ingress", "multi-ingress"}, 443)
 		ro.Status.StableRS = "a45fe23"
 		ro.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps = []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 		}}
 		i := ingress("ingress", STABLE_SVC, CANARY_SVC, STABLE_SVC, 443, 5, ro.Name, false)
 		mi := ingress("multi-ingress", STABLE_SVC, CANARY_SVC, STABLE_SVC, 443, 5, ro.Name, false)
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ func TestVerifyWeightMultiIngress(t *testing.T) {
 			Recorder:       record.NewFakeEventRecorder(),
 			ControllerKind: schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "foo", Version: "v1", Kind: "Bar"},
 			IngressWrapper: ingressWrapper,
-			VerifyWeight:   pointer.BoolPtr(true),
+			VerifyWeight:   ptr.To[bool](true),
 			Status:         status,
 		})
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -1143,53 +1143,53 @@ func TestVerifyWeightMultiIngress(t *testing.T) {
 		r, fakeClient := newFakeReconciler(&status)
 		fakeClient.loadBalancers = []*elbv2types.LoadBalancer{
 			{
-				LoadBalancerName: pointer.StringPtr("lb-abc123-name"),
-				LoadBalancerArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
-				DNSName:          pointer.StringPtr("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
+				LoadBalancerName: ptr.To[string]("lb-abc123-name"),
+				LoadBalancerArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+				DNSName:          ptr.To[string]("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
 			},
 			{
-				LoadBalancerName: pointer.StringPtr("lb-multi-ingress-name"),
-				LoadBalancerArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-multi-ingress-name/1234567890123456"),
-				DNSName:          pointer.StringPtr("verify-weight-multi-ingress.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
+				LoadBalancerName: ptr.To[string]("lb-multi-ingress-name"),
+				LoadBalancerArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-multi-ingress-name/1234567890123456"),
+				DNSName:          ptr.To[string]("verify-weight-multi-ingress.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
 			},
 		}
 		fakeClient.targetGroups = []aws.TargetGroupMeta{
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(11),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](11),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-canary-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(89),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](89),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-stable-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("multi-ingress-canary-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/multi-ingress-canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("multi-ingress-canary-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/multi-ingress-canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(11),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](11),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/multi-ingress-canary-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("multi-ingress-stable-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/multi-ingress-stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("multi-ingress-stable-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/multi-ingress-stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(89),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](89),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/multi-ingress-stable-svc:443",
 				},
@@ -1209,53 +1209,53 @@ func TestVerifyWeightMultiIngress(t *testing.T) {
 		r, fakeClient := newFakeReconciler(&status)
 		fakeClient.loadBalancers = []*elbv2types.LoadBalancer{
 			{
-				LoadBalancerName: pointer.StringPtr("lb-abc123-name"),
-				LoadBalancerArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
-				DNSName:          pointer.StringPtr("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
+				LoadBalancerName: ptr.To[string]("lb-abc123-name"),
+				LoadBalancerArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+				DNSName:          ptr.To[string]("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
 			},
 			{
-				LoadBalancerName: pointer.StringPtr("lb-multi-ingress-name"),
-				LoadBalancerArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-multi-ingress-name/1234567890123456"),
-				DNSName:          pointer.StringPtr("verify-weight-multi-ingress.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
+				LoadBalancerName: ptr.To[string]("lb-multi-ingress-name"),
+				LoadBalancerArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-multi-ingress-name/1234567890123456"),
+				DNSName:          ptr.To[string]("verify-weight-multi-ingress.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
 			},
 		}
 		fakeClient.targetGroups = []aws.TargetGroupMeta{
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-canary-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(90),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](90),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-stable-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("multi-ingress-canary-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/multi-ingress-canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("multi-ingress-canary-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/multi-ingress-canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/multi-ingress-canary-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("multi-ingress-stable-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/multi-ingress-stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("multi-ingress-stable-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/multi-ingress-stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(90),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](90),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/multi-ingress-stable-svc:443",
 				},
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ func TestVerifyWeightWithAdditionalDestinations(t *testing.T) {
 		ro := fakeRollout(STABLE_SVC, CANARY_SVC, nil, "ingress", 443)
 		ro.Status.StableRS = "a45fe23"
 		ro.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps = []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 		}}
 		i := ingress("ingress", STABLE_SVC, CANARY_SVC, STABLE_SVC, 443, 0, ro.Name, false)
 		i.Annotations["alb.ingress.kubernetes.io/actions.stable-svc"] = fmt.Sprintf(actionTemplateWithExperiments, CANARY_SVC, 443, 10, weightDestinations[0].ServiceName, 443, weightDestinations[0].Weight, weightDestinations[1].ServiceName, 443, weightDestinations[1].Weight, STABLE_SVC, 443, 85)
@@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@ func TestVerifyWeightWithAdditionalDestinations(t *testing.T) {
 			Recorder:       record.NewFakeEventRecorder(),
 			ControllerKind: schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "foo", Version: "v1", Kind: "Bar"},
 			IngressWrapper: ingressWrapper,
-			VerifyWeight:   pointer.BoolPtr(true),
+			VerifyWeight:   ptr.To[bool](true),
 			Status:         status,
 		})
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -1424,28 +1424,28 @@ func TestVerifyWeightWithAdditionalDestinations(t *testing.T) {
 		r, fakeClient := newFakeReconciler(&status)
 		fakeClient.loadBalancers = []*elbv2types.LoadBalancer{
 			{
-				LoadBalancerName: pointer.StringPtr("lb-abc123-name"),
-				LoadBalancerArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
-				DNSName:          pointer.StringPtr("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
+				LoadBalancerName: ptr.To[string]("lb-abc123-name"),
+				LoadBalancerArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+				DNSName:          ptr.To[string]("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
 			},
 		}
 		fakeClient.targetGroups = []aws.TargetGroupMeta{
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-canary-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(90),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](90),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-stable-svc:443",
 				},
@@ -1464,48 +1464,48 @@ func TestVerifyWeightWithAdditionalDestinations(t *testing.T) {
 		r, fakeClient := newFakeReconciler(&status)
 		fakeClient.loadBalancers = []*elbv2types.LoadBalancer{
 			{
-				LoadBalancerName: pointer.StringPtr("lb-abc123-name"),
-				LoadBalancerArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
-				DNSName:          pointer.StringPtr("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
+				LoadBalancerName: ptr.To[string]("lb-abc123-name"),
+				LoadBalancerArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+				DNSName:          ptr.To[string]("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
 			},
 		}
 		fakeClient.targetGroups = []aws.TargetGroupMeta{
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-canary-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("ex-svc-1-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/ex-svc-1-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("ex-svc-1-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/ex-svc-1-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(100),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](100),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-ex-svc-1:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("ex-svc-2-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/ex-svc-2-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("ex-svc-2-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/ex-svc-2-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(100),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](100),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-ex-svc-2:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(85),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](85),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-stable-svc:443",
 				},
@@ -1524,26 +1524,26 @@ func TestVerifyWeightWithAdditionalDestinations(t *testing.T) {
 		r, fakeClient := newFakeReconciler(&status)
 		fakeClient.loadBalancers = []*elbv2types.LoadBalancer{
 			{
-				LoadBalancerName: pointer.StringPtr("lb-abc123-name"),
-				LoadBalancerArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
-				DNSName:          pointer.StringPtr("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
+				LoadBalancerName: ptr.To[string]("lb-abc123-name"),
+				LoadBalancerArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+				DNSName:          ptr.To[string]("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
 			},
 		}
 		fakeClient.targetGroups = []aws.TargetGroupMeta{
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-canary-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("ex-svc-1-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/ex-svc-1-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("ex-svc-1-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/ex-svc-1-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
 				Weight: &weightDestinations[0].Weight,
 				Tags: map[string]string{
@@ -1552,8 +1552,8 @@ func TestVerifyWeightWithAdditionalDestinations(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("ex-svc-2-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/ex-svc-2-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("ex-svc-2-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/ex-svc-2-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
 				Weight: &weightDestinations[1].Weight,
 				Tags: map[string]string{
@@ -1562,10 +1562,10 @@ func TestVerifyWeightWithAdditionalDestinations(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(85),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](85),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-stable-svc:443",
 				},
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ func TestVerifyWeightWithAdditionalDestinationsMultiIngress(t *testing.T) {
 		ro := fakeRolloutWithMultiIngress(STABLE_SVC, CANARY_SVC, nil, []string{"ingress", "multi-ingress"}, 443)
 		ro.Status.StableRS = "a45fe23"
 		ro.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps = []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 		}}
 		i := ingress("ingress", STABLE_SVC, CANARY_SVC, STABLE_SVC, 443, 0, ro.Name, false)
 		mi := ingress("multi-ingress", STABLE_SVC, CANARY_SVC, STABLE_SVC, 443, 5, ro.Name, false)
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ func TestVerifyWeightWithAdditionalDestinationsMultiIngress(t *testing.T) {
 			Recorder:       record.NewFakeEventRecorder(),
 			ControllerKind: schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "foo", Version: "v1", Kind: "Bar"},
 			IngressWrapper: ingressWrapper,
-			VerifyWeight:   pointer.BoolPtr(true),
+			VerifyWeight:   ptr.To[bool](true),
 			Status:         status,
 		})
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -1647,53 +1647,53 @@ func TestVerifyWeightWithAdditionalDestinationsMultiIngress(t *testing.T) {
 		r, fakeClient := newFakeReconciler(&status)
 		fakeClient.loadBalancers = []*elbv2types.LoadBalancer{
 			{
-				LoadBalancerName: pointer.StringPtr("lb-abc123-name"),
-				LoadBalancerArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
-				DNSName:          pointer.StringPtr("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
+				LoadBalancerName: ptr.To[string]("lb-abc123-name"),
+				LoadBalancerArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+				DNSName:          ptr.To[string]("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
 			},
 			{
-				LoadBalancerName: pointer.StringPtr("lb-multi-ingress-name"),
-				LoadBalancerArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-multi-ingress-name/1234567890123456"),
-				DNSName:          pointer.StringPtr("verify-weight-multi-ingress.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
+				LoadBalancerName: ptr.To[string]("lb-multi-ingress-name"),
+				LoadBalancerArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-multi-ingress-name/1234567890123456"),
+				DNSName:          ptr.To[string]("verify-weight-multi-ingress.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
 			},
 		}
 		fakeClient.targetGroups = []aws.TargetGroupMeta{
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-canary-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(90),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](90),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-stable-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("multi-ingress-canary-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/multi-ingress-canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("multi-ingress-canary-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/multi-ingress-canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/multi-ingress-canary-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("multi-ingress-stable-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/multi-ingress-stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("multi-ingress-stable-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/multi-ingress-stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(90),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](90),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/multi-ingress-stable-svc:443",
 				},
@@ -1712,73 +1712,73 @@ func TestVerifyWeightWithAdditionalDestinationsMultiIngress(t *testing.T) {
 		r, fakeClient := newFakeReconciler(&status)
 		fakeClient.loadBalancers = []*elbv2types.LoadBalancer{
 			{
-				LoadBalancerName: pointer.StringPtr("lb-abc123-name"),
-				LoadBalancerArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
-				DNSName:          pointer.StringPtr("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
+				LoadBalancerName: ptr.To[string]("lb-abc123-name"),
+				LoadBalancerArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+				DNSName:          ptr.To[string]("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
 			},
 			{
-				LoadBalancerName: pointer.StringPtr("lb-multi-ingress-name"),
-				LoadBalancerArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-multi-ingress-name/1234567890123456"),
-				DNSName:          pointer.StringPtr("verify-weight-multi-ingress.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
+				LoadBalancerName: ptr.To[string]("lb-multi-ingress-name"),
+				LoadBalancerArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-multi-ingress-name/1234567890123456"),
+				DNSName:          ptr.To[string]("verify-weight-multi-ingress.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
 			},
 		}
 		fakeClient.targetGroups = []aws.TargetGroupMeta{
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-canary-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(85),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](85),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-stable-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("multi-ingress-canary-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/multi-ingress-canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("multi-ingress-canary-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/multi-ingress-canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/multi-ingress-canary-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("multi-ingress-stable-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/app/multi-ingress-stable-tg-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("multi-ingress-stable-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/app/multi-ingress-stable-tg-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(85),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](85),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/multi-ingress-stable-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("ex-svc-1-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/ex-svc-1-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("ex-svc-1-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/ex-svc-1-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(100),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](100),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-ex-svc-1:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("ex-svc-2-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/ex-svc-2-tg-abc123-name/123456789012345"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("ex-svc-2-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/ex-svc-2-tg-abc123-name/123456789012345"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(100),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](100),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-ex-svc-2:443",
 				},
@@ -1798,61 +1798,61 @@ func TestVerifyWeightWithAdditionalDestinationsMultiIngress(t *testing.T) {
 		r, fakeClient := newFakeReconciler(&status)
 		fakeClient.loadBalancers = []*elbv2types.LoadBalancer{
 			{
-				LoadBalancerName: pointer.StringPtr("lb-abc123-name"),
-				LoadBalancerArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
-				DNSName:          pointer.StringPtr("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
+				LoadBalancerName: ptr.To[string]("lb-abc123-name"),
+				LoadBalancerArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+				DNSName:          ptr.To[string]("verify-weight-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
 			},
 			{
-				LoadBalancerName: pointer.StringPtr("lb-multi-ingress-name"),
-				LoadBalancerArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-multi-ingress-name/1234567890123456"),
-				DNSName:          pointer.StringPtr("verify-weight-multi-ingress.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
+				LoadBalancerName: ptr.To[string]("lb-multi-ingress-name"),
+				LoadBalancerArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-multi-ingress-name/1234567890123456"),
+				DNSName:          ptr.To[string]("verify-weight-multi-ingress.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
 			},
 		}
 		fakeClient.targetGroups = []aws.TargetGroupMeta{
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("canary-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/canary-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-canary-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("stable-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/stable-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(85),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](85),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/ingress-stable-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("multi-ingress-canary-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/app/multi-ingress-canary-tg-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("multi-ingress-canary-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/app/multi-ingress-canary-tg-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/multi-ingress-canary-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("multi-ingress-stable-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/app/multi-ingress-stable-tg-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("multi-ingress-stable-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/app/multi-ingress-stable-tg-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
-				Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(85),
+				Weight: ptr.To[int32](85),
 				Tags: map[string]string{
 					aws.AWSLoadBalancerV2TagKeyResourceID: "default/multi-ingress-stable-svc:443",
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("ex-svc-1-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/ex-svc-1-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("ex-svc-1-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/ex-svc-1-tg-abc123-name/1234567890123456"),
 				},
 				Weight: &weightDestinations[0].Weight,
 				Tags: map[string]string{
@@ -1861,8 +1861,8 @@ func TestVerifyWeightWithAdditionalDestinationsMultiIngress(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			{
 				TargetGroup: elbv2types.TargetGroup{
-					TargetGroupName: pointer.StringPtr("ex-svc-2-tg-abc123-name"),
-					TargetGroupArn:  pointer.StringPtr("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/ex-svc-2-tg-abc123-name/123456789012345"),
+					TargetGroupName: ptr.To[string]("ex-svc-2-tg-abc123-name"),
+					TargetGroupArn:  ptr.To[string]("arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-2:123456789012:targetgroup/ex-svc-2-tg-abc123-name/123456789012345"),
 				},
 				Weight: &weightDestinations[1].Weight,
 				Tags: map[string]string{
diff --git a/rollout/trafficrouting/istio/istio_test.go b/rollout/trafficrouting/istio/istio_test.go
index db0cef87..731455d4 100644
--- a/rollout/trafficrouting/istio/istio_test.go
+++ b/rollout/trafficrouting/istio/istio_test.go
@@ -3200,3 +3200,143 @@ func TestGetHttpRouteIndexesToPatch(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Nil(t, indexes)
 	})
 }
+
+// TestUpdateHashAbortScenarios tests both abort and non-abort scenarios for ReplicaSet availability checks
+func TestUpdateHashAbortScenarios(t *testing.T) {
+	createRollout := func(abort bool) *v1alpha1.Rollout {
+		ro := rolloutWithDestinationRule()
+		ro.Spec.Strategy.Canary.CanaryService = ""
+		ro.Spec.Strategy.Canary.StableService = ""
+		ro.Status.Abort = abort
+		return ro
+	}
+
+	createDestinationRuleObj := func() *unstructured.Unstructured {
+		return unstructuredutil.StrToUnstructuredUnsafe(`
+apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1alpha3
+kind: DestinationRule
+metadata:
+  name: istio-destrule
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  subsets:
+  - name: stable
+  - name: canary
+`)
+	}
+
+	createUnavailableReplicaSet := func(ro *v1alpha1.Rollout, hash string) *appsv1.ReplicaSet {
+		return &appsv1.ReplicaSet{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name:      "rs-" + hash,
+				UID:       uuid.NewUUID(),
+				Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault,
+				Labels: map[string]string{
+					v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey: hash,
+				},
+			},
+			Spec: appsv1.ReplicaSetSpec{
+				Replicas: func() *int32 { i := int32(1); return &i }(),
+				Template: ro.Spec.Template,
+			},
+			Status: appsv1.ReplicaSetStatus{
+				Replicas:          1,
+				AvailableReplicas: 0,
+			},
+		}
+	}
+
+	createAvailableReplicaSet := func(ro *v1alpha1.Rollout, hash string) *appsv1.ReplicaSet {
+		return &appsv1.ReplicaSet{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name:      "rs-" + hash,
+				UID:       uuid.NewUUID(),
+				Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault,
+				Labels: map[string]string{
+					v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey: hash,
+				},
+			},
+			Spec: appsv1.ReplicaSetSpec{
+				Replicas: func() *int32 { i := int32(1); return &i }(),
+				Template: ro.Spec.Template,
+			},
+			Status: appsv1.ReplicaSetStatus{
+				Replicas:          1,
+				AvailableReplicas: 1,
+			},
+		}
+	}
+
+	setupReconciler := func(ro *v1alpha1.Rollout, client *dynamicfake.FakeDynamicClient, rsList []*appsv1.ReplicaSet) *Reconciler {
+		vsvcLister, druleLister := getIstioListers(client)
+		r := NewReconciler(ro, client, record.NewFakeEventRecorder(), vsvcLister, druleLister, rsList)
+		client.ClearActions()
+		return r
+	}
+
+	t.Run("only checks relevant ReplicaSets for traffic routing", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ro := createRollout(false)
+		obj := createDestinationRuleObj()
+		client := testutil.NewFakeDynamicClient(obj)
+
+		stableRS := createAvailableReplicaSet(ro, "stable123")   // Available - will receive traffic
+		canaryRS := createUnavailableReplicaSet(ro, "canary456") // Unavailable - will receive traffic
+		otherRS := createUnavailableReplicaSet(ro, "other789")   // Unavailable - but won't receive traffic
+
+		rsList := []*appsv1.ReplicaSet{stableRS, canaryRS, otherRS}
+		r := setupReconciler(ro, client, rsList)
+
+		// This should return nil (delaying update) because canary RS (which will receive traffic) is not available
+		err := r.UpdateHash("canary456", "stable123")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// Verify no actions were taken because update was delayed
+		actions := client.Actions()
+		assert.Len(t, actions, 0)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("succeeds when all traffic-receiving ReplicaSets are available", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ro := createRollout(false)
+		obj := createDestinationRuleObj()
+		client := testutil.NewFakeDynamicClient(obj)
+
+		stableRS := createAvailableReplicaSet(ro, "stable123") // Available - will receive traffic
+		canaryRS := createAvailableReplicaSet(ro, "canary456") // Available - will receive traffic
+		otherRS := createUnavailableReplicaSet(ro, "other789") // Unavailable - but won't receive traffic
+
+		rsList := []*appsv1.ReplicaSet{stableRS, canaryRS, otherRS}
+		r := setupReconciler(ro, client, rsList)
+
+		// This should succeed because all ReplicaSets that will receive traffic are available
+		// otherRS being unavailable doesn't matter since it won't receive traffic
+		err := r.UpdateHash("canary456", "stable123")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// Verify DestinationRule was updated
+		actions := client.Actions()
+		assert.Len(t, actions, 1)
+		assert.Equal(t, "update", actions[0].GetVerb())
+	})
+
+	t.Run("works correctly during abort scenarios", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ro := createRollout(true) // Aborted rollout
+		obj := createDestinationRuleObj()
+		client := testutil.NewFakeDynamicClient(obj)
+
+		stableRS := createAvailableReplicaSet(ro, "stable123")
+		canaryRS := createUnavailableReplicaSet(ro, "canary456")
+		otherRS := createUnavailableReplicaSet(ro, "other789")
+
+		rsList := []*appsv1.ReplicaSet{stableRS, canaryRS, otherRS}
+		r := setupReconciler(ro, client, rsList)
+
+		// Since stable is available, this should succeed
+		err := r.UpdateHash("", "stable123") // Empty canary hash = no traffic to canary
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// Verify DestinationRule was updated
+		actions := client.Actions()
+		assert.Len(t, actions, 1)
+		assert.Equal(t, "update", actions[0].GetVerb())
+	})
+}
diff --git a/rollout/trafficrouting/nginx/nginx_test.go b/rollout/trafficrouting/nginx/nginx_test.go
index 5d258a74..5319b818 100644
--- a/rollout/trafficrouting/nginx/nginx_test.go
+++ b/rollout/trafficrouting/nginx/nginx_test.go
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
-
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -19,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	kubeinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	fake "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	k8stesting "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	ingressutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/ingress"
@@ -266,7 +265,7 @@ func TestCanaryIngressCreate(t *testing.T) {
 			for _, ing := range test.ingresses {
 
 				stableIngress := extensionsIngress(ing, 80, stableService)
-				stableIngress.Spec.IngressClassName = pointer.StringPtr("nginx-ext")
+				stableIngress.Spec.IngressClassName = ptr.To[string]("nginx-ext")
 				i := ingressutil.NewLegacyIngress(stableIngress)
 
 				desiredCanaryIngress, err := r.canaryIngress(i, ingressutil.GetCanaryIngressName(r.cfg.Rollout.GetName(), ing), 10)
@@ -646,7 +645,7 @@ func TestCanaryIngressRetainCurrentAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCanaryIngressMaxWeightInTrafficRouting(t *testing.T) {
-	maxWeights := []*int32{nil, pointer.Int32(1000)}
+	maxWeights := []*int32{nil, ptr.To[int32](1000)}
 	for _, maxWeight := range maxWeights {
 		tests := generateMultiIngressTestData()
 		for _, test := range tests {
@@ -705,7 +704,7 @@ func TestReconciler_canaryIngress(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			for _, ing := range test.ingresses {
 				stableIngress := networkingIngress(ing, 80, stableService)
-				stableIngress.Spec.IngressClassName = pointer.StringPtr("nginx-ext")
+				stableIngress.Spec.IngressClassName = ptr.To[string]("nginx-ext")
 				i := ingressutil.NewIngress(stableIngress)
 
 				// when
diff --git a/rollout/trafficrouting_test.go b/rollout/trafficrouting_test.go
index a5bb05af..78c15b62 100644
--- a/rollout/trafficrouting_test.go
+++ b/rollout/trafficrouting_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic/dynamicinformer"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic/dynamiclister"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/rollout/mocks"
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func newFakeSingleTrafficRoutingReconciler() *mocks.TrafficRoutingReconciler {
 	trafficRoutingReconciler.On("SetWeight", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 	trafficRoutingReconciler.On("SetHeaderRoute", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 	trafficRoutingReconciler.On("SetMirrorRoute", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
-	trafficRoutingReconciler.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(pointer.BoolPtr(true), nil)
+	trafficRoutingReconciler.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(ptr.To[bool](true), nil)
 	trafficRoutingReconciler.On("UpdateHash", mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 	trafficRoutingReconciler.On("RemoveManagedRoutes", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 	return &trafficRoutingReconciler
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ func newTrafficWeightFixture(t *testing.T) (*fixture, *v1alpha1.Rollout) {
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{}
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.CanaryService = "canary"
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func TestReconcileTrafficRoutingVerifyWeightErr(t *testing.T) {
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("UpdateHash", mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("SetWeight", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("SetHeaderRoute", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
-	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(pointer.BoolPtr(false), errors.New("Error message"))
+	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(ptr.To[bool](false), errors.New("Error message"))
 	f.expectPatchRolloutAction(ro)
 	f.run(getKey(ro, t))
 }
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func TestReconcileTrafficRoutingVerifyWeightFalse(t *testing.T) {
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("UpdateHash", mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("SetWeight", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("SetHeaderRoute", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
-	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(pointer.BoolPtr(false), nil)
+	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(ptr.To[bool](false), nil)
 	c, i, k8sI := f.newController(noResyncPeriodFunc)
 	enqueued := false
 	c.enqueueRolloutAfter = func(obj any, duration time.Duration) {
@@ -142,13 +142,13 @@ func TestReconcileTrafficRoutingVerifyWeightEndOfRollout(t *testing.T) {
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 		},
 		{
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{},
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(2), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](2), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{}
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.CanaryService = "canary"
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func TestReconcileTrafficRoutingVerifyWeightEndOfRollout(t *testing.T) {
 		return nil
 	})
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("SetHeaderRoute", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
-	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(pointer.BoolPtr(false), nil)
+	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(ptr.To[bool](false), nil)
 	f.runExpectError(getKey(r2, t), true)
 }
 
@@ -189,13 +189,13 @@ func TestRolloutUseDesiredWeight(t *testing.T) {
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 		},
 		{
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{},
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{}
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.CanaryService = "canary"
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func TestRolloutUseDesiredWeight(t *testing.T) {
 		return nil
 	})
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("SetHeaderRoute", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
-	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(pointer.BoolPtr(true), nil)
+	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(ptr.To[bool](true), nil)
 	f.run(getKey(r2, t))
 }
 
@@ -244,13 +244,13 @@ func TestRolloutUseDesiredWeight100(t *testing.T) {
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 		},
 		{
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{},
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(2), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](2), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{}
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.CanaryService = "canary"
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ func TestRolloutUseDesiredWeight100(t *testing.T) {
 		return nil
 	})
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("SetHeaderRoute", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
-	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(pointer.BoolPtr(true), nil)
+	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(ptr.To[bool](true), nil)
 	f.run(getKey(r2, t))
 }
 
@@ -293,25 +293,25 @@ func TestRolloutWithExperimentStep(t *testing.T) {
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 		},
 		{
 			Experiment: &v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentStep{
 				Templates: []v1alpha1.RolloutExperimentTemplate{{
 					Name:     "experiment-template",
 					SpecRef:  "canary",
-					Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
-					Weight:   pointer.Int32Ptr(5),
+					Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
+					Weight:   ptr.To[int32](5),
 				},
 					{
 						Name:     "experiment-template-without-weight",
 						SpecRef:  "stable",
-						Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+						Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 					}},
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 		SMI: &v1alpha1.SMITrafficRouting{},
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ func TestRolloutWithExperimentStep(t *testing.T) {
 			return nil
 		})
 		f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("SetHeaderRoute", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
-		f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(pointer.BoolPtr(true), nil)
+		f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(ptr.To[bool](true), nil)
 		f.run(getKey(r2, t))
 	})
 
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ func TestRolloutWithExperimentStep(t *testing.T) {
 			return nil
 		})
 		f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("SetHeaderRoute", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
-		f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(pointer.BoolPtr(true), nil)
+		f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(ptr.To[bool](true), nil)
 		f.run(getKey(r2, t))
 	})
 }
@@ -391,13 +391,13 @@ func TestRolloutUsePreviousSetWeight(t *testing.T) {
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 		},
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(20),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](20),
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{}
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.CanaryService = "canary"
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ func TestRolloutUsePreviousSetWeight(t *testing.T) {
 		return nil
 	})
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("SetHeaderRoute", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
-	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(pointer.BoolPtr(true), nil)
+	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(ptr.To[bool](true), nil)
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("error patching alb ingress", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(true, nil)
 	f.run(getKey(r2, t))
 }
@@ -442,13 +442,13 @@ func TestRolloutUseDynamicWeightOnPromoteFull(t *testing.T) {
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(5),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](5),
 		},
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(25),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](25),
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 	r2 := bumpVersion(r1)
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{}
 	r2.Spec.Strategy.Canary.CanaryService = "canary"
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ func TestRolloutUseDynamicWeightOnPromoteFull(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 		f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("SetHeaderRoute", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 		f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("RemoveManagedRoutes", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
-		f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(pointer.BoolPtr(true), nil)
+		f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(ptr.To[bool](true), nil)
 		f.run(getKey(r2, t))
 	})
 
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ func TestRolloutUseDynamicWeightOnPromoteFull(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 		f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("SetHeaderRoute", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 		f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("RemoveManagedRoutes", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
-		f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(pointer.BoolPtr(true), nil)
+		f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(ptr.To[bool](true), nil)
 		f.run(getKey(r2, t))
 	})
 }
@@ -523,10 +523,10 @@ func TestRolloutSetWeightToZeroWhenFullyRolledOut(t *testing.T) {
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{}
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.CanaryService = "canary"
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.StableService = "stable"
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ func TestRolloutSetWeightToZeroWhenFullyRolledOut(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("SetHeaderRoute", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("RemoveManagedRoutes", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
-	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(pointer.BoolPtr(true), nil)
+	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(ptr.To[bool](true), nil)
 	f.run(getKey(r1, t))
 }
 
@@ -572,12 +572,12 @@ func TestNewTrafficRoutingReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 		},
 	}
 
 	{
-		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 		roCtx := &rolloutContext{
 			rollout: r,
 			log:     logutil.WithRollout(r),
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ func TestNewTrafficRoutingReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Nil(t, networkReconciler)
 	}
 	{
-		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 		r.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{}
 		roCtx := &rolloutContext{
 			rollout: r,
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ func TestNewTrafficRoutingReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	{
 		// Without istioVirtualServiceLister
-		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 		r.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 			Istio: &v1alpha1.IstioTrafficRouting{},
 		}
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ func TestNewTrafficRoutingReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 		dynamicInformerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(stopCh)
 		close(stopCh)
 		rc.IstioController.VirtualServiceLister = dynamiclister.New(rc.IstioController.VirtualServiceInformer.GetIndexer(), vsvcGVR)
-		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 		r.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 			Istio: &v1alpha1.IstioTrafficRouting{},
 		}
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ func TestNewTrafficRoutingReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 	{
-		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 		r.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 			Nginx: &v1alpha1.NginxTrafficRouting{},
 		}
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ func TestNewTrafficRoutingReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 	{
-		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 		r.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 			ALB: &v1alpha1.ALBTrafficRouting{},
 		}
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ func TestNewTrafficRoutingReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	{
 		tsController := Controller{}
-		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 		r.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 			SMI: &v1alpha1.SMITrafficRouting{},
 		}
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ func TestNewTrafficRoutingReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	{
 		tsController := Controller{}
-		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 		r.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 			AppMesh: &v1alpha1.AppMeshTrafficRouting{},
 		}
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ func TestNewTrafficRoutingReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 				dynamicclientset: &traefikMocks.FakeDynamicClient{},
 			},
 		}
-		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 		r.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 			Traefik: &v1alpha1.TraefikTrafficRouting{
 				WeightedTraefikServiceName: "traefik-service",
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ func TestNewTrafficRoutingReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 				dynamicclientset: &apisixMocks.FakeDynamicClient{},
 			},
 		}
-		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 		r.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 			Apisix: &v1alpha1.ApisixTrafficRouting{
 				Route: &v1alpha1.ApisixRoute{
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ func TestNewTrafficRoutingReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 	{
 		// (2) Multiple Reconcilers (Nginx + SMI)
 		tsController := Controller{}
-		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 		r.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 			Nginx: &v1alpha1.NginxTrafficRouting{},
 			SMI:   &v1alpha1.SMITrafficRouting{},
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ func TestNewTrafficRoutingReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 	{
 		// (3) Multiple Reconcilers (ALB + Nginx + SMI)
 		tsController := Controller{}
-		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+		r := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 		r.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 			ALB:   &v1alpha1.ALBTrafficRouting{},
 			Nginx: &v1alpha1.NginxTrafficRouting{},
@@ -810,8 +810,8 @@ func TestCanaryWithTrafficRoutingAddScaleDownDelay(t *testing.T) {
 	defer f.Close()
 
 	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{{
-		SetWeight: pointer.Int32(10),
-	}}, pointer.Int32(0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
+		SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
+	}}, ptr.To[int32](0), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.CanaryService = "canary"
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.StableService = "stable"
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ func TestCanaryWithTrafficRoutingAddScaleDownDelay(t *testing.T) {
 	rs2PodHash := rs2.Labels[v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey]
 	r2 = updateCanaryRolloutStatus(r2, rs2PodHash, 2, 1, 2, false)
 	r2.Status.ObservedGeneration = strconv.Itoa(int(r2.Generation))
-	r2.Status.CurrentStepIndex = pointer.Int32(1)
+	r2.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](1)
 	availableCondition, _ := newAvailableCondition(true)
 	conditions.SetRolloutCondition(&r2.Status, availableCondition)
 	completedCondition, _ := newCompletedCondition(true)
@@ -858,11 +858,11 @@ func TestCanaryWithTrafficRoutingScaleDownLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	inTheFuture := timeutil.MetaNow().Add(10 * time.Second).UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
 
 	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{{
-		SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
-	}}, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
+		SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
+	}}, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	rs1 := newReplicaSetWithStatus(r1, 1, 1)
 	rs1.Annotations[v1alpha1.DefaultReplicaSetScaleDownDeadlineAnnotationKey] = inTheFuture
-	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.ScaleDownDelayRevisionLimit = pointer.Int32Ptr(1)
+	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.ScaleDownDelayRevisionLimit = ptr.To[int32](1)
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.CanaryService = "canary"
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.StableService = "stable"
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
@@ -907,13 +907,13 @@ func TestDynamicScalingDontIncreaseWeightWhenAborted(t *testing.T) {
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(50),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](50),
 		},
 		{
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{},
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 5, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 5, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.DynamicStableScale = true
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 		SMI: &v1alpha1.SMITrafficRouting{},
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ func TestDynamicScalingDontIncreaseWeightWhenAborted(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("SetHeaderRoute", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("RemoveManagedRoutes", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
-	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(pointer.BoolPtr(true), nil)
+	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(ptr.To[bool](true), nil)
 	f.run(getKey(r1, t))
 }
 
@@ -979,13 +979,13 @@ func TestDynamicScalingDecreaseWeightAccordingToStableAvailabilityWhenAborted(t
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(50),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](50),
 		},
 		{
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{},
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 5, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 5, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.DynamicStableScale = true
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 		SMI: &v1alpha1.SMITrafficRouting{},
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ func TestDynamicScalingDecreaseWeightAccordingToStableAvailabilityWhenAborted(t
 	})
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("SetHeaderRoute", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("RemoveManagedRoutes", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
-	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(pointer.BoolPtr(true), nil)
+	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(ptr.To[bool](true), nil)
 	f.run(getKey(r1, t))
 }
 
@@ -1051,13 +1051,13 @@ func TestDynamicScalingDecreaseWeightAccordingToStableAvailabilityWhenAbortedAnd
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(50),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](50),
 		},
 		{
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{},
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 5, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 5, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.DynamicStableScale = true
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 		SMI: &v1alpha1.SMITrafficRouting{},
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ func TestDynamicScalingDecreaseWeightAccordingToStableAvailabilityWhenAbortedAnd
 	})
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("SetHeaderRoute", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("RemoveManagedRoutes", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
-	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(pointer.BoolPtr(true), nil)
+	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(ptr.To[bool](true), nil)
 	f.run(getKey(r1, t))
 }
 
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ func TestRolloutReplicaIsAvailableAndGenerationNotBeModifiedShouldModifyVirtualS
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
 			SetCanaryScale: &v1alpha1.SetCanaryScale{
-				Replicas: pointer.Int32(1),
+				Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ func TestRolloutReplicaIsAvailableAndGenerationNotBeModifiedShouldModifyVirtualS
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{},
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, pointer.Int32(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 1, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	vs := istio.VirtualService{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      "test",
@@ -1266,13 +1266,13 @@ func TestDontWeightToZeroWhenDynamicallyRollingBackToStable(t *testing.T) {
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32(90),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](90),
 		},
 		{
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{},
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.DynamicStableScale = true
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 		SMI: &v1alpha1.SMITrafficRouting{},
@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ func TestDontWeightToZeroWhenDynamicallyRollingBackToStable(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("SetHeaderRoute", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("RemoveManagedRoutes", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
-	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(pointer.BoolPtr(true), nil)
+	f.fakeTrafficRouting.On("VerifyWeight", mock.Anything).Return(ptr.To[bool](true), nil)
 	f.run(getKey(r1, t))
 
 	// Make sure we scale up stable ReplicaSet to 10
@@ -1373,13 +1373,13 @@ func TestDontWeightOrHaveManagedRoutesDuringInterruptedUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32(90),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](90),
 		},
 		{
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{},
 		},
 	}
-	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 5, nil, steps, pointer.Int32Ptr(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
+	r1 := newCanaryRollout("foo", 5, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(0))
 	r1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 		ALB: &v1alpha1.ALBTrafficRouting{
 			Ingress: "test-ingress",
@@ -1443,14 +1443,14 @@ func TestCheckReplicaSetAvailable(t *testing.T) {
 
 	steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32(60),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](60),
 		},
 		{
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{},
 		},
 	}
 
-	rollout1 := newCanaryRollout("test-rollout", 10, nil, steps, pointer.Int32(1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
+	rollout1 := newCanaryRollout("test-rollout", 10, nil, steps, ptr.To[int32](1), intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1))
 	rollout1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.DynamicStableScale = true
 	rollout1.Spec.Strategy.Canary.TrafficRouting = &v1alpha1.RolloutTrafficRouting{
 		SMI: &v1alpha1.SMITrafficRouting{},
diff --git a/test/cmd/step-plugin-sample/internal/plugin/plugin_test.go b/test/cmd/step-plugin-sample/internal/plugin/plugin_test.go
index 40f3fe02..dc097503 100644
--- a/test/cmd/step-plugin-sample/internal/plugin/plugin_test.go
+++ b/test/cmd/step-plugin-sample/internal/plugin/plugin_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/plugin/types"
 )
 
+// "k8s.io/utils/ptr"
+
 func new(logCtx *log.Entry, seed int64) *rpcPlugin {
 	return &rpcPlugin{
 		LogCtx: logCtx,
@@ -223,7 +225,7 @@ func Test_rpcPlugin_Run(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		}
-		rollout.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To(int32(0))
+		rollout.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](0)
 		rollout.Status.Canary.StepPluginStatuses = []v1alpha1.StepPluginStatus{
 			{
 				Index: 0,
@@ -274,7 +276,7 @@ func Test_rpcPlugin_Run(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		}
-		rollout.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To(int32(1))
+		rollout.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](1)
 		rollout.Status.Canary.StepPluginStatuses = []v1alpha1.StepPluginStatus{
 			{
 				Index: 0,
@@ -330,7 +332,7 @@ func Test_rpcPlugin_Run(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		}
-		rollout.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To(int32(2))
+		rollout.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](2)
 		rollout.Status.Canary.StepPluginStatuses = []v1alpha1.StepPluginStatus{
 			{
 				Index: 0,
diff --git a/test/e2e/aws_test.go b/test/e2e/aws_test.go
index fcbb1a2e..bc274313 100644
--- a/test/e2e/aws_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/aws_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 	"github.com/tj/assert"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/test/fixtures"
 	ingress2 "github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/ingress"
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ func assertAlbActionServiceWeight(t *fixtures.Then, s *AWSSuite, actionName, ser
 	found := false
 	for _, group := range albAction.ForwardConfig.TargetGroups {
 		if group.ServiceName == serviceName {
-			assert.Equal(s.T(), pointer.Int64(expectedWeight), group.Weight)
+			assert.Equal(s.T(), ptr.To[int64](expectedWeight), group.Weight)
 			found = true
 		}
 	}
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ func assertAlbActionServiceWeightMultiIngress(t *fixtures.Then, s *AWSSuite, act
 		found := false
 		for _, group := range albAction.ForwardConfig.TargetGroups {
 			if group.ServiceName == serviceName {
-				assert.Equal(s.T(), pointer.Int64(expectedWeight), group.Weight)
+				assert.Equal(s.T(), ptr.To[int64](expectedWeight), group.Weight)
 				found = true
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/utils/analysis/factory_test.go b/utils/analysis/factory_test.go
index 8873ce0f..1f78e47d 100644
--- a/utils/analysis/factory_test.go
+++ b/utils/analysis/factory_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/annotations"
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ func TestBuildArgumentsForRolloutAnalysisRun(t *testing.T) {
 
 	args, err := BuildArgumentsForRolloutAnalysisRun(rolloutAnalysis.Args, stableRS, newRS, ro)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Contains(t, args, v1alpha1.Argument{Name: "hard-coded-value-key", Value: pointer.StringPtr("hard-coded-value")})
-	assert.Contains(t, args, v1alpha1.Argument{Name: "stable-key", Value: pointer.StringPtr("abcdef")})
-	assert.Contains(t, args, v1alpha1.Argument{Name: "new-key", Value: pointer.StringPtr("123456")})
-	assert.Contains(t, args, v1alpha1.Argument{Name: "metadata.labels['app']", Value: pointer.StringPtr("app")})
-	assert.Contains(t, args, v1alpha1.Argument{Name: "metadata.labels['env']", Value: pointer.StringPtr("test")})
-	assert.Contains(t, args, v1alpha1.Argument{Name: annotationPath, Value: pointer.StringPtr("1")})
-	assert.Contains(t, args, v1alpha1.Argument{Name: "status.pauseConditions[0].reason", Value: pointer.StringPtr("test-reason")})
+	assert.Contains(t, args, v1alpha1.Argument{Name: "hard-coded-value-key", Value: ptr.To[string]("hard-coded-value")})
+	assert.Contains(t, args, v1alpha1.Argument{Name: "stable-key", Value: ptr.To[string]("abcdef")})
+	assert.Contains(t, args, v1alpha1.Argument{Name: "new-key", Value: ptr.To[string]("123456")})
+	assert.Contains(t, args, v1alpha1.Argument{Name: "metadata.labels['app']", Value: ptr.To[string]("app")})
+	assert.Contains(t, args, v1alpha1.Argument{Name: "metadata.labels['env']", Value: ptr.To[string]("test")})
+	assert.Contains(t, args, v1alpha1.Argument{Name: annotationPath, Value: ptr.To[string]("1")})
+	assert.Contains(t, args, v1alpha1.Argument{Name: "status.pauseConditions[0].reason", Value: ptr.To[string]("test-reason")})
 }
 
 func TestPrePromotionLabels(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/utils/analysis/filter_test.go b/utils/analysis/filter_test.go
index c7ca00f0..759a54ff 100644
--- a/utils/analysis/filter_test.go
+++ b/utils/analysis/filter_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 )
@@ -278,9 +278,9 @@ func TestSortAnalysisRunByPodHash(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	ars := []*v1alpha1.AnalysisRun{
 		ar(nil),
-		ar(pointer.StringPtr("ab")),
-		ar(pointer.StringPtr("abc")),
-		ar(pointer.StringPtr("abc")),
+		ar(ptr.To[string]("ab")),
+		ar(ptr.To[string]("abc")),
+		ar(ptr.To[string]("abc")),
 	}
 	arMap := SortAnalysisRunByPodHash(ars)
 	assert.Len(t, arMap, 2)
diff --git a/utils/analysis/helpers_test.go b/utils/analysis/helpers_test.go
index de1aa97d..7047f09f 100644
--- a/utils/analysis/helpers_test.go
+++ b/utils/analysis/helpers_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	kubetesting "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake"
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ func TestCreateWithCollisionCounterError(t *testing.T) {
 			OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{
 				{
 					UID:        types.UID("fake-uid"),
-					Controller: pointer.BoolPtr(true),
+					Controller: ptr.To[bool](true),
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ func TestCreateWithCollisionCounterStillRunning(t *testing.T) {
 			OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{
 				{
 					UID:        types.UID("fake-uid"),
-					Controller: pointer.BoolPtr(true),
+					Controller: ptr.To[bool](true),
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ func TestCreateWithCollisionCounter(t *testing.T) {
 			OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{
 				{
 					UID:        types.UID("fake-uid"),
-					Controller: pointer.BoolPtr(true),
+					Controller: ptr.To[bool](true),
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ func TestFlattenTemplates(t *testing.T) {
 		orig := &v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplate{
 			Spec: v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplateSpec{
 				Metrics: []v1alpha1.Metric{metric("foo", "{{args.test}}")},
-				Args:    []v1alpha1.Argument{arg("test", pointer.StringPtr("true"))},
+				Args:    []v1alpha1.Argument{arg("test", ptr.To[string]("true"))},
 			},
 		}
 		template, err := FlattenTemplates([]*v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplate{orig}, []*v1alpha1.ClusterAnalysisTemplate{})
@@ -545,8 +545,8 @@ func TestFlattenTemplates(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, err, fmt.Errorf("two Measurement Retention metric rules have the same name 'foo'"))
 	})
 	t.Run("Merge multiple args successfully", func(t *testing.T) {
-		fooArgs := arg("foo", pointer.StringPtr("true"))
-		barArgs := arg("bar", pointer.StringPtr("true"))
+		fooArgs := arg("foo", ptr.To[string]("true"))
+		barArgs := arg("bar", ptr.To[string]("true"))
 		template, err := FlattenTemplates([]*v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplate{
 			{
 				Spec: v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplateSpec{
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ func TestFlattenTemplates(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, barArgs, template.Spec.Args[1])
 	})
 	t.Run(" Merge args with same name but only one has value", func(t *testing.T) {
-		fooArgsValue := arg("foo", pointer.StringPtr("true"))
+		fooArgsValue := arg("foo", ptr.To[string]("true"))
 		fooArgsNoValue := arg("foo", nil)
 		template, err := FlattenTemplates([]*v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplate{
 			{
@@ -586,8 +586,8 @@ func TestFlattenTemplates(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Contains(t, template.Spec.Args, fooArgsValue)
 	})
 	t.Run("Error: merge args with same name and both have values", func(t *testing.T) {
-		fooArgs := arg("foo", pointer.StringPtr("true"))
-		fooArgsWithDiffValue := arg("foo", pointer.StringPtr("false"))
+		fooArgs := arg("foo", ptr.To[string]("true"))
+		fooArgsWithDiffValue := arg("foo", ptr.To[string]("false"))
 		template, err := FlattenTemplates([]*v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplate{
 			{
 				Spec: v1alpha1.AnalysisTemplateSpec{
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ func TestNewAnalysisRunFromTemplates(t *testing.T) {
 
 	arg := v1alpha1.Argument{
 		Name:  "my-arg",
-		Value: pointer.StringPtr("my-val"),
+		Value: ptr.To[string]("my-val"),
 	}
 	secretArg := v1alpha1.Argument{
 		Name: "my-secret",
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ func TestMergeArgs(t *testing.T) {
 			nil, []v1alpha1.Argument{
 				{
 					Name:  "foo",
-					Value: pointer.StringPtr("bar"),
+					Value: ptr.To[string]("bar"),
 				},
 				{
 					Name: "my-secret",
@@ -750,12 +750,12 @@ func TestMergeArgs(t *testing.T) {
 			[]v1alpha1.Argument{
 				{
 					Name:  "foo",
-					Value: pointer.StringPtr("overwrite"),
+					Value: ptr.To[string]("overwrite"),
 				},
 			}, []v1alpha1.Argument{
 				{
 					Name:  "foo",
-					Value: pointer.StringPtr("bar"),
+					Value: ptr.To[string]("bar"),
 				},
 			})
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -784,11 +784,11 @@ func TestMergeArgs(t *testing.T) {
 			[]v1alpha1.Argument{
 				{
 					Name:  "foo",
-					Value: pointer.StringPtr("my-value"),
+					Value: ptr.To[string]("my-value"),
 				},
 				{
 					Name:  "extra-arg",
-					Value: pointer.StringPtr("extra-value"),
+					Value: ptr.To[string]("extra-value"),
 				},
 			}, []v1alpha1.Argument{
 				{
@@ -828,11 +828,11 @@ func TestNewAnalysisRunFromUnstructured(t *testing.T) {
 	args := []v1alpha1.Argument{
 		{
 			Name:  "my-arg-1",
-			Value: pointer.StringPtr("my-val-1"),
+			Value: ptr.To[string]("my-val-1"),
 		},
 		{
 			Name:  "my-arg-2",
-			Value: pointer.StringPtr("my-val-2"),
+			Value: ptr.To[string]("my-val-2"),
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ func TestCompatibilityNewAnalysisRunFromTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	args := []v1alpha1.Argument{
 		{
 			Name:  "my-arg",
-			Value: pointer.StringPtr("my-val"),
+			Value: ptr.To[string]("my-val"),
 		},
 	}
 	labels := make(map[string]string)
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ func TestCompatibilityNewAnalysisRunFromClusterTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	args := []v1alpha1.Argument{
 		{
 			Name:  "my-arg",
-			Value: pointer.StringPtr("my-val"),
+			Value: ptr.To[string]("my-val"),
 		},
 	}
 	labels := make(map[string]string)
diff --git a/utils/aws/aws_test.go b/utils/aws/aws_test.go
index fb206062..90ee2492 100644
--- a/utils/aws/aws_test.go
+++ b/utils/aws/aws_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	testutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/test/util"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/aws/mocks"
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ func TestFindLoadBalancerByDNSName(t *testing.T) {
 		fakeELB, c := newFakeClient()
 		// Mock output
 		expectedLB := elbv2types.LoadBalancer{
-			LoadBalancerArn: pointer.StringPtr("lb-abc123"),
-			DNSName:         pointer.StringPtr("find-loadbalancer-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
+			LoadBalancerArn: ptr.To[string]("lb-abc123"),
+			DNSName:         ptr.To[string]("find-loadbalancer-test-abc-123.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com"),
 		}
 		lbOut := elbv2.DescribeLoadBalancersOutput{
 			LoadBalancers: []elbv2types.LoadBalancer{
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ func TestGetTargetGroupMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 	tgOut := elbv2.DescribeTargetGroupsOutput{
 		TargetGroups: []elbv2types.TargetGroup{
 			{
-				TargetGroupArn: pointer.StringPtr("tg-abc123"),
+				TargetGroupArn: ptr.To[string]("tg-abc123"),
 			},
 			{
-				TargetGroupArn: pointer.StringPtr("tg-def456"),
+				TargetGroupArn: ptr.To[string]("tg-def456"),
 			},
 			{
-				TargetGroupArn: pointer.StringPtr("tg-ghi789"),
+				TargetGroupArn: ptr.To[string]("tg-ghi789"),
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ func TestGetTargetGroupMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		for _, arn := range tagsIn.ResourceArns {
 			tagsOut.TagDescriptions = append(tagsOut.TagDescriptions, elbv2types.TagDescription{
-				ResourceArn: pointer.StringPtr(arn),
+				ResourceArn: ptr.To[string](arn),
 				Tags: []elbv2types.Tag{
 					{
-						Key:   pointer.StringPtr("foo"),
-						Value: pointer.StringPtr("bar"),
+						Key:   ptr.To[string]("foo"),
+						Value: ptr.To[string]("bar"),
 					},
 				},
 			})
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ func TestGetTargetGroupMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 	listenersOut := elbv2.DescribeListenersOutput{
 		Listeners: []elbv2types.Listener{
 			{
-				ListenerArn:     pointer.StringPtr("lst-abc123"),
-				LoadBalancerArn: pointer.StringPtr("lb-abc123"),
+				ListenerArn:     ptr.To[string]("lst-abc123"),
+				LoadBalancerArn: ptr.To[string]("lb-abc123"),
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ func TestGetTargetGroupMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 						ForwardConfig: &elbv2types.ForwardActionConfig{
 							TargetGroups: []elbv2types.TargetGroupTuple{
 								{
-									TargetGroupArn: pointer.StringPtr("tg-abc123"),
-									Weight:         pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+									TargetGroupArn: ptr.To[string]("tg-abc123"),
+									Weight:         ptr.To[int32](10),
 								},
 							},
 						},
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func TestGetTargetGroupHealth(t *testing.T) {
 	expectedHealth := elbv2.DescribeTargetHealthOutput{
 		TargetHealthDescriptions: []elbv2types.TargetHealthDescription{
 			{
-				HealthCheckPort: pointer.StringPtr("80"),
+				HealthCheckPort: ptr.To[string]("80"),
 				Target:          &elbv2types.TargetDescription{},
 				TargetHealth: &elbv2types.TargetHealth{
 					State: elbv2types.TargetHealthStateEnumHealthy,
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func TestVerifyTargetGroupBindingIgnoreInstanceMode(t *testing.T) {
 	_, awsClnt := newFakeClient()
 	tgb := TargetGroupBinding{
 		Spec: TargetGroupBindingSpec{
-			TargetType: (*TargetType)(pointer.StringPtr("instance")),
+			TargetType: (*TargetType)(ptr.To[string]("instance")),
 		},
 	}
 	res, err := VerifyTargetGroupBinding(context.TODO(), logCtx, awsClnt, tgb, nil, nil)
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func TestVerifyTargetGroupBinding(t *testing.T) {
 			Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault,
 		},
 		Spec: TargetGroupBindingSpec{
-			TargetType:     (*TargetType)(pointer.StringPtr("ip")),
+			TargetType:     (*TargetType)(ptr.To[string]("ip")),
 			TargetGroupARN: "arn::1234",
 			ServiceRef: ServiceReference{
 				Name: "active",
@@ -360,26 +360,26 @@ func TestVerifyTargetGroupBinding(t *testing.T) {
 		TargetHealthDescriptions: []elbv2types.TargetHealthDescription{
 			{
 				Target: &elbv2types.TargetDescription{
-					Id:   pointer.StringPtr("1.2.3.4"),
-					Port: pointer.Int32Ptr(8080),
+					Id:   ptr.To[string]("1.2.3.4"),
+					Port: ptr.To[int32](8080),
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				Target: &elbv2types.TargetDescription{
-					Id:   pointer.StringPtr("5.6.7.8"),
-					Port: pointer.Int32Ptr(8080),
+					Id:   ptr.To[string]("5.6.7.8"),
+					Port: ptr.To[int32](8080),
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				Target: &elbv2types.TargetDescription{
-					Id:   pointer.StringPtr("2.4.6.8"), // irrelevant
-					Port: pointer.Int32Ptr(8081),       // wrong port
+					Id:   ptr.To[string]("2.4.6.8"), // irrelevant
+					Port: ptr.To[int32](8081),       // wrong port
 				},
 			},
 			{
 				Target: &elbv2types.TargetDescription{
-					Id:   pointer.StringPtr("9.8.7.6"), // irrelevant ip
-					Port: pointer.Int32Ptr(8080),
+					Id:   ptr.To[string]("9.8.7.6"), // irrelevant ip
+					Port: ptr.To[int32](8080),
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/utils/conditions/rollouts_test.go b/utils/conditions/rollouts_test.go
index af6a69d4..ff075032 100644
--- a/utils/conditions/rollouts_test.go
+++ b/utils/conditions/rollouts_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/hash"
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ func TestRolloutHealthy(t *testing.T) {
 		r := rollout(desired, current, updated, available, correctObservedGeneration)
 		steps := []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{}
 		if hasSteps {
-			steps = append(steps, v1alpha1.CanaryStep{SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(30)})
+			steps = append(steps, v1alpha1.CanaryStep{SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](30)})
 		}
 		r.Spec.Strategy = v1alpha1.RolloutStrategy{
 			Canary: &v1alpha1.CanaryStrategy{
@@ -433,12 +433,12 @@ func TestRolloutHealthy(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "CanaryWithSteps Completed",
-			r:        canaryRollout(1, 1, 1, 1, true, "active", true, pointer.Int32Ptr(1)),
+			r:        canaryRollout(1, 1, 1, 1, true, "active", true, ptr.To[int32](1)),
 			expected: false,
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "CanaryWithSteps Not Completed: Steps left",
-			r:        canaryRollout(1, 1, 1, 1, true, "active", true, pointer.Int32Ptr(0)),
+			r:        canaryRollout(1, 1, 1, 1, true, "active", true, ptr.To[int32](0)),
 			expected: false,
 		},
 		{
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ func TestComputeStepHash(t *testing.T) {
 
 	roWithSameSteps := ro.DeepCopy()
 	roWithSameSteps.Status.CurrentPodHash = "Test"
-	roWithSameSteps.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(1)
+	roWithSameSteps.Spec.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](1)
 	roWithSameStepsHash := ComputeStepHash(roWithSameSteps)
 	assert.Equal(t, "6b9b86fbd5", roWithSameStepsHash)
 
diff --git a/utils/defaults/defaults_test.go b/utils/defaults/defaults_test.go
index edd144d1..f98b92f5 100644
--- a/utils/defaults/defaults_test.go
+++ b/utils/defaults/defaults_test.go
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
-
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 )
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ func TestGetReplicasOrDefault(t *testing.T) {
 func TestGetExperimentScaleDownDelaySecondsOrDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	exp := v1alpha1.Experiment{
 		Spec: v1alpha1.ExperimentSpec{
-			ScaleDownDelaySeconds: pointer.Int32Ptr(0),
+			ScaleDownDelaySeconds: ptr.To[int32](0),
 		},
 	}
 	// Custom value
diff --git a/utils/diff/diff_test.go b/utils/diff/diff_test.go
index ce37db38..298bb987 100644
--- a/utils/diff/diff_test.go
+++ b/utils/diff/diff_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 )
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func TestCreateTwoWayMergeInvalidDataStruct(t *testing.T) {
 			Name: "test",
 		},
 		Spec: v1alpha1.RolloutSpec{
-			Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+			Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 		},
 	}
 	_, _, err := CreateTwoWayMergePatch(rollout, rollout2, nil)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func TestCreateTwoWayMergeCreatePatch(t *testing.T) {
 			Name: "test",
 		},
 		Spec: v1alpha1.RolloutSpec{
-			Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+			Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 		},
 	}
 	patch, isPatched, err := CreateTwoWayMergePatch(rollout, rollout2, v1alpha1.Rollout{})
diff --git a/utils/experiment/experiment_test.go b/utils/experiment/experiment_test.go
index 6dd59817..1c80faaf 100644
--- a/utils/experiment/experiment_test.go
+++ b/utils/experiment/experiment_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	kubetesting "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake"
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func TestReplicaSetNameFromExperiment(t *testing.T) {
 
 	newTemplateStatus := v1alpha1.TemplateStatus{
 		Name:           templateName,
-		CollisionCount: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+		CollisionCount: ptr.To[int32](1),
 	}
 	e.Status.TemplateStatuses = append(e.Status.TemplateStatuses, newTemplateStatus)
 	assert.Equal(t, "foo-template-688c48b575", ReplicasetNameFromExperiment(e, template))
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ func TestIsSemanticallyEqual(t *testing.T) {
 	right := left.DeepCopy()
 	right.Terminate = true
 	assert.True(t, IsSemanticallyEqual(*left, *right))
-	right.Templates[0].Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(1)
+	right.Templates[0].Replicas = ptr.To[int32](1)
 	assert.False(t, IsSemanticallyEqual(*left, *right))
 }
 
diff --git a/utils/experiment/filter_test.go b/utils/experiment/filter_test.go
index ae3e28fb..088dc379 100644
--- a/utils/experiment/filter_test.go
+++ b/utils/experiment/filter_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 )
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ func TestSortExperimentsByPodHash(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	exs := []*v1alpha1.Experiment{
 		ex(nil),
-		ex(pointer.StringPtr("ab")),
-		ex(pointer.StringPtr("abc")),
-		ex(pointer.StringPtr("abc")),
+		ex(ptr.To[string]("ab")),
+		ex(ptr.To[string]("abc")),
+		ex(ptr.To[string]("abc")),
 	}
 	exMap := SortExperimentsByPodHash(exs)
 	assert.Len(t, exMap, 2)
diff --git a/utils/hash/hash_test.go b/utils/hash/hash_test.go
index 8a0edf11..5d75bccf 100644
--- a/utils/hash/hash_test.go
+++ b/utils/hash/hash_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
 func TestHashUtils(t *testing.T) {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func TestHashUtils(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, hashRed, podHash)
 	})
 	t.Run("HashForDifferentTemplates", func(t *testing.T) {
-		podHash := ComputePodTemplateHash(&template, pointer.Int32(1))
+		podHash := ComputePodTemplateHash(&template, ptr.To[int32](1))
 		assert.NotEqual(t, hashRed, podHash)
 	})
 }
diff --git a/utils/ingress/wrapper_test.go b/utils/ingress/wrapper_test.go
index 0d8be791..0a72af41 100644
--- a/utils/ingress/wrapper_test.go
+++ b/utils/ingress/wrapper_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	kubeinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	k8sfake "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/ingress"
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ func networkingIngress() *ingress.Ingress {
 	pathType := v1.PathTypeImplementationSpecific
 	res := v1.Ingress{
 		Spec: v1.IngressSpec{
-			IngressClassName: pointer.String("v1ingress"),
+			IngressClassName: ptr.To[string]("v1ingress"),
 			Rules: []v1.IngressRule{
 				{
 					Host: "v1host",
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ func networkingIngressWithPath(paths ...string) *ingress.Ingress {
 	}
 	res := v1.Ingress{
 		Spec: v1.IngressSpec{
-			IngressClassName: pointer.String("v1ingress"),
+			IngressClassName: ptr.To[string]("v1ingress"),
 			Rules: []v1.IngressRule{
 				{
 					Host: "v1host",
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ func extensionsIngress() *ingress.Ingress {
 	pathType := v1beta1.PathTypeImplementationSpecific
 	res := v1beta1.Ingress{
 		Spec: v1beta1.IngressSpec{
-			IngressClassName: pointer.String("v1beta1ingress"),
+			IngressClassName: ptr.To[string]("v1beta1ingress"),
 			Rules: []v1beta1.IngressRule{
 				{
 					Host: "v1beta1host",
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ func extensionsIngressWithPath(paths ...string) *ingress.Ingress {
 	}
 	res := v1beta1.Ingress{
 		Spec: v1beta1.IngressSpec{
-			IngressClassName: pointer.String("v1beta1ingress"),
+			IngressClassName: ptr.To[string]("v1beta1ingress"),
 			Rules: []v1beta1.IngressRule{
 				{
 					Host: "v1beta1host",
diff --git a/utils/replicaset/bluegreen_test.go b/utils/replicaset/bluegreen_test.go
index c4228b75..38a54481 100644
--- a/utils/replicaset/bluegreen_test.go
+++ b/utils/replicaset/bluegreen_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 )
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestReadyForPause(t *testing.T) {
 			Labels: map[string]string{v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey: "abcd"},
 		},
 		Spec: appsv1.ReplicaSetSpec{
-			Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+			Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 		},
 		Status: appsv1.ReplicaSetStatus{
 			AvailableReplicas: 1,
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func TestReadyForPause(t *testing.T) {
 			Labels: map[string]string{v1alpha1.DefaultRolloutUniqueLabelKey: "abcd"},
 		},
 		Spec: appsv1.ReplicaSetSpec{
-			Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+			Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 		},
 		Status: appsv1.ReplicaSetStatus{
 			AvailableReplicas: 0,
diff --git a/utils/replicaset/canary_test.go b/utils/replicaset/canary_test.go
index a0d5900a..00b070bf 100755
--- a/utils/replicaset/canary_test.go
+++ b/utils/replicaset/canary_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 )
@@ -1030,19 +1030,19 @@ func TestBeforeStartingStep(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	assert.False(t, BeforeStartingStep(ro))
 
-	ro.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Analysis.StartingStep = pointer.Int32Ptr(1)
+	ro.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Analysis.StartingStep = ptr.To[int32](1)
 	assert.False(t, BeforeStartingStep(ro))
 	ro.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps = []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 		{
-			SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+			SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](1),
 		},
 		{
 			Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{},
 		},
 	}
-	ro.Status.CurrentStepIndex = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+	ro.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](0)
 	assert.True(t, BeforeStartingStep(ro))
-	ro.Status.CurrentStepIndex = pointer.Int32Ptr(1)
+	ro.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](1)
 	assert.False(t, BeforeStartingStep(ro))
 
 }
@@ -1089,8 +1089,8 @@ func TestAtDesiredReplicaCountsForCanary(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("we are at desired replica counts and availability", func(t *testing.T) {
 		rollout := newRollout(4, 50, intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1), "current", "stable", &v1alpha1.SetCanaryScale{
-			Weight:             pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
-			Replicas:           pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
+			Weight:             ptr.To[int32](2),
+			Replicas:           ptr.To[int32](2),
 			MatchTrafficWeight: false,
 		}, nil)
 
@@ -1115,8 +1115,8 @@ func TestAtDesiredReplicaCountsForCanary(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("new replicaset is not at desired counts or availability", func(t *testing.T) {
 		rollout := newRollout(4, 50, intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1), "current", "stable", &v1alpha1.SetCanaryScale{
-			Weight:             pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
-			Replicas:           pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
+			Weight:             ptr.To[int32](2),
+			Replicas:           ptr.To[int32](2),
 			MatchTrafficWeight: false,
 		}, nil)
 
@@ -1184,8 +1184,8 @@ func TestAtDesiredReplicaCountsForCanary(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("test that when status field lags behind spec.replicas we fail", func(t *testing.T) {
 		rollout := newRollout(4, 50, intstr.FromInt(1), intstr.FromInt(1), "current", "stable", &v1alpha1.SetCanaryScale{
-			Weight:             pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
-			Replicas:           pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
+			Weight:             ptr.To[int32](2),
+			Replicas:           ptr.To[int32](2),
 			MatchTrafficWeight: false,
 		}, nil)
 
@@ -1227,22 +1227,22 @@ func TestGetCurrentExperiment(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	rollout.Status.CurrentStepIndex = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+	rollout.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](0)
 
 	e := GetCurrentExperimentStep(rollout)
 	assert.Equal(t, v1alpha1.DurationString("1s"), e.Duration)
 
-	rollout.Status.CurrentStepIndex = pointer.Int32Ptr(1)
+	rollout.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](1)
 
 	e = GetCurrentExperimentStep(rollout)
 	assert.Equal(t, v1alpha1.DurationString("1s"), e.Duration)
 
-	rollout.Status.CurrentStepIndex = pointer.Int32Ptr(2)
+	rollout.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](2)
 
 	assert.Nil(t, GetCurrentExperimentStep(rollout))
 
-	rollout.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps[0] = v1alpha1.CanaryStep{SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10)}
-	rollout.Status.CurrentStepIndex = pointer.Int32Ptr(1)
+	rollout.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps[0] = v1alpha1.CanaryStep{SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10)}
+	rollout.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](1)
 
 	assert.Nil(t, GetCurrentExperimentStep(rollout))
 
@@ -1391,7 +1391,7 @@ func TestGetReplicasForScaleDown(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "test expected replicas is less than actual replicas",
 			rs: &appsv1.ReplicaSet{
 				Spec: appsv1.ReplicaSetSpec{
-					Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(3),
+					Replicas: ptr.To[int32](3),
 				},
 				Status: appsv1.ReplicaSetStatus{
 					AvailableReplicas: 5,
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ func TestGetReplicasForScaleDown(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "test ignore availability",
 			rs: &appsv1.ReplicaSet{
 				Spec: appsv1.ReplicaSetSpec{
-					Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(3),
+					Replicas: ptr.To[int32](3),
 				},
 				Status: appsv1.ReplicaSetStatus{
 					AvailableReplicas: 2,
@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ func TestGetReplicasForScaleDown(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "test not ignore availability",
 			rs: &appsv1.ReplicaSet{
 				Spec: appsv1.ReplicaSetSpec{
-					Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(3),
+					Replicas: ptr.To[int32](3),
 				},
 				Status: appsv1.ReplicaSetStatus{
 					AvailableReplicas: 2,
@@ -1458,11 +1458,11 @@ func TestGetCanaryReplicasOrWeight(t *testing.T) {
 						Canary: &v1alpha1.CanaryStrategy{
 							Steps: []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 								{
-									SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+									SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 								},
 								{
 									SetCanaryScale: &v1alpha1.SetCanaryScale{
-										Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(20),
+										Weight: ptr.To[int32](20),
 									},
 								},
 							},
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ func TestGetCanaryReplicasOrWeight(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 				Status: v1alpha1.RolloutStatus{
-					CurrentStepIndex: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+					CurrentStepIndex: ptr.To[int32](1),
 					StableRS:         "stable-rs",
 				},
 			},
@@ -1486,11 +1486,11 @@ func TestGetCanaryReplicasOrWeight(t *testing.T) {
 						Canary: &v1alpha1.CanaryStrategy{
 							Steps: []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 								{
-									SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+									SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 								},
 								{
 									SetCanaryScale: &v1alpha1.SetCanaryScale{
-										Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(5),
+										Replicas: ptr.To[int32](5),
 									},
 								},
 							},
@@ -1499,11 +1499,11 @@ func TestGetCanaryReplicasOrWeight(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 				Status: v1alpha1.RolloutStatus{
-					CurrentStepIndex: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+					CurrentStepIndex: ptr.To[int32](1),
 					StableRS:         "stable-rs",
 				},
 			},
-			replicas: pointer.Int32(5),
+			replicas: ptr.To[int32](5),
 			weight:   0,
 		},
 		{
diff --git a/utils/replicaset/replicaset_test.go b/utils/replicaset/replicaset_test.go
index 462fa2b8..00dcbac8 100644
--- a/utils/replicaset/replicaset_test.go
+++ b/utils/replicaset/replicaset_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	k8sfake "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func generateRollout(image string) v1alpha1.Rollout {
 			Annotations: make(map[string]string),
 		},
 		Spec: v1alpha1.RolloutSpec{
-			Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+			Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{MatchLabels: podLabels},
 			Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
@@ -693,12 +693,12 @@ func TestResetCurrentStepIndex(t *testing.T) {
 	ro.Spec.Strategy.Canary = &v1alpha1.CanaryStrategy{
 		Steps: []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 			{
-				SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+				SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			},
 		},
 	}
 	newStepIndex := ResetCurrentStepIndex(&ro)
-	assert.Equal(t, pointer.Int32Ptr(0), newStepIndex)
+	assert.Equal(t, ptr.To[int32](0), newStepIndex)
 
 	ro.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps = nil
 	newStepIndex = ResetCurrentStepIndex(&ro)
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ func TestIsReplicaSetAvailable(t *testing.T) {
 	{
 		rs := appsv1.ReplicaSet{
 			Spec: appsv1.ReplicaSetSpec{
-				Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+				Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			},
 			Status: appsv1.ReplicaSetStatus{
 				ReadyReplicas:     0,
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ func TestIsReplicaSetAvailable(t *testing.T) {
 	{
 		rs := appsv1.ReplicaSet{
 			Spec: appsv1.ReplicaSetSpec{
-				Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+				Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			},
 			Status: appsv1.ReplicaSetStatus{
 				ReadyReplicas:     1,
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ func TestIsReplicaSetAvailable(t *testing.T) {
 	{
 		rs := appsv1.ReplicaSet{
 			Spec: appsv1.ReplicaSetSpec{
-				Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+				Replicas: ptr.To[int32](1),
 			},
 			Status: appsv1.ReplicaSetStatus{
 				ReadyReplicas:     2,
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ func TestIsReplicaSetAvailable(t *testing.T) {
 	{
 		rs := appsv1.ReplicaSet{
 			Spec: appsv1.ReplicaSetSpec{
-				Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(0),
+				Replicas: ptr.To[int32](0),
 			},
 			Status: appsv1.ReplicaSetStatus{
 				ReadyReplicas:     0,
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ func TestIsReplicaSetAvailable(t *testing.T) {
 	{
 		rs := appsv1.ReplicaSet{
 			Spec: appsv1.ReplicaSetSpec{
-				Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(0),
+				Replicas: ptr.To[int32](0),
 			},
 			Status: appsv1.ReplicaSetStatus{
 				ReadyReplicas:     1,
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ func TestIsReplicaSetPartiallyAvailable(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("No Availability", func(t *testing.T) {
 		rs := appsv1.ReplicaSet{
 			Spec: appsv1.ReplicaSetSpec{
-				Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
+				Replicas: ptr.To[int32](2),
 			},
 			Status: appsv1.ReplicaSetStatus{
 				ReadyReplicas:     0,
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ func TestIsReplicaSetPartiallyAvailable(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("Partial Availability", func(t *testing.T) {
 		rs := appsv1.ReplicaSet{
 			Spec: appsv1.ReplicaSetSpec{
-				Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
+				Replicas: ptr.To[int32](2),
 			},
 			Status: appsv1.ReplicaSetStatus{
 				ReadyReplicas:     2,
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ func TestIsReplicaSetPartiallyAvailable(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("Full Availability", func(t *testing.T) {
 		rs := appsv1.ReplicaSet{
 			Spec: appsv1.ReplicaSetSpec{
-				Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(2),
+				Replicas: ptr.To[int32](2),
 			},
 			Status: appsv1.ReplicaSetStatus{
 				ReadyReplicas:     2,
diff --git a/utils/rollout/rolloututil_test.go b/utils/rollout/rolloututil_test.go
index d5a09423..cd983df4 100644
--- a/utils/rollout/rolloututil_test.go
+++ b/utils/rollout/rolloututil_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tj/assert"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/annotations"
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ func newCanaryRollout() *v1alpha1.Rollout {
 			Namespace: "test",
 		},
 		Spec: v1alpha1.RolloutSpec{
-			Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(5),
+			Replicas: ptr.To[int32](5),
 			Strategy: v1alpha1.RolloutStrategy{
 				Canary: &v1alpha1.CanaryStrategy{
 					Steps: []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{
 						{
-							SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(10),
+							SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](10),
 						},
 						{
 							Pause: &v1alpha1.RolloutPause{
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ func newCanaryRollout() *v1alpha1.Rollout {
 							},
 						},
 						{
-							SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(20),
+							SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](20),
 						},
 					},
 				},
 			},
 		},
 		Status: v1alpha1.RolloutStatus{
-			CurrentStepIndex:  pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+			CurrentStepIndex:  ptr.To[int32](1),
 			Replicas:          4,
 			ReadyReplicas:     1,
 			UpdatedReplicas:   3,
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ func newBlueGreenRollout() *v1alpha1.Rollout {
 			Namespace: "test",
 		},
 		Spec: v1alpha1.RolloutSpec{
-			Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(5),
+			Replicas: ptr.To[int32](5),
 			Strategy: v1alpha1.RolloutStrategy{
 				BlueGreen: &v1alpha1.BlueGreenStrategy{},
 			},
 		},
 		Status: v1alpha1.RolloutStatus{
-			CurrentStepIndex:  pointer.Int32Ptr(1),
+			CurrentStepIndex:  ptr.To[int32](1),
 			Replicas:          4,
 			ReadyReplicas:     1,
 			UpdatedReplicas:   3,
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func TestRolloutStatusPaused(t *testing.T) {
 func TestRolloutStatusProgressing(t *testing.T) {
 	{
 		ro := newCanaryRollout()
-		ro.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(5)
+		ro.Spec.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](5)
 		ro.Status.UpdatedReplicas = 4
 		ro.Status.AvailableReplicas = 4
 		ro.Status.Replicas = 5
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func TestRolloutStatusProgressing(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	{
 		ro := newCanaryRollout()
-		ro.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(5)
+		ro.Spec.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](5)
 		ro.Status.UpdatedReplicas = 5
 		ro.Status.AvailableReplicas = 4
 		ro.Status.Replicas = 5
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func TestRolloutStatusProgressing(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	{
 		ro := newCanaryRollout()
-		ro.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(5)
+		ro.Spec.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](5)
 		ro.Status.UpdatedReplicas = 5
 		ro.Status.AvailableReplicas = 5
 		ro.Status.Replicas = 7
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func TestRolloutStatusProgressing(t *testing.T) {
 		ro.Status.BlueGreen.ActiveSelector = "abc1234"
 		ro.Status.StableRS = "abc1234"
 		ro.Status.CurrentPodHash = "def5678"
-		ro.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(5)
+		ro.Spec.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](5)
 		ro.Status.Replicas = 5
 		ro.Status.UpdatedReplicas = 5
 		ro.Status.AvailableReplicas = 5
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func TestRolloutStatusProgressing(t *testing.T) {
 		ro.Status.BlueGreen.ActiveSelector = "def5678"
 		ro.Status.StableRS = "abc1234"
 		ro.Status.CurrentPodHash = "def5678"
-		ro.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(5)
+		ro.Spec.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](5)
 		ro.Status.Replicas = 5
 		ro.Status.UpdatedReplicas = 5
 		ro.Status.AvailableReplicas = 5
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func TestRolloutStatusProgressing(t *testing.T) {
 		ro.Status.BlueGreen.ActiveSelector = "def5678"
 		ro.Status.StableRS = "abc1234"
 		ro.Status.CurrentPodHash = "def5678"
-		ro.Spec.Replicas = pointer.Int32Ptr(5)
+		ro.Spec.Replicas = ptr.To[int32](5)
 		ro.Status.Replicas = 5
 		ro.Status.UpdatedReplicas = 5
 		ro.Status.AvailableReplicas = 5
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ func TestCanaryStepString(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedString string
 	}{
 		{
-			step:           v1alpha1.CanaryStep{SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(20)},
+			step:           v1alpha1.CanaryStep{SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](20)},
 			expectedString: "setWeight: 20",
 		},
 		{
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ func TestCanaryStepString(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedString: "analysis",
 		},
 		{
-			step:           v1alpha1.CanaryStep{SetCanaryScale: &v1alpha1.SetCanaryScale{Weight: pointer.Int32Ptr(20)}},
+			step:           v1alpha1.CanaryStep{SetCanaryScale: &v1alpha1.SetCanaryScale{Weight: ptr.To[int32](20)}},
 			expectedString: "setCanaryScale{weight: 20}",
 		},
 		{
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ func TestCanaryStepString(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedString: "setCanaryScale{matchTrafficWeight: true}",
 		},
 		{
-			step:           v1alpha1.CanaryStep{SetCanaryScale: &v1alpha1.SetCanaryScale{Replicas: pointer.Int32Ptr(5)}},
+			step:           v1alpha1.CanaryStep{SetCanaryScale: &v1alpha1.SetCanaryScale{Replicas: ptr.To[int32](5)}},
 			expectedString: "setCanaryScale{replicas: 5}",
 		},
 		{
@@ -423,9 +423,9 @@ func TestIsUnpausing(t *testing.T) {
 func TestShouldVerifyWeight(t *testing.T) {
 	ro := newCanaryRollout()
 	ro.Status.StableRS = "34feab23f"
-	ro.Status.CurrentStepIndex = pointer.Int32Ptr(0)
+	ro.Status.CurrentStepIndex = ptr.To[int32](0)
 	ro.Spec.Strategy.Canary.Steps = []v1alpha1.CanaryStep{{
-		SetWeight: pointer.Int32Ptr(20),
+		SetWeight: ptr.To[int32](20),
 	}}
 	assert.Equal(t, true, ShouldVerifyWeight(ro, 20))
 
diff --git a/utils/template/template_test.go b/utils/template/template_test.go
index 84580c9c..28a36ebf 100644
--- a/utils/template/template_test.go
+++ b/utils/template/template_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func TestResolveArgsWithNoSubstitution(t *testing.T) {
 func TestResolveArgsRemoveWhiteSpace(t *testing.T) {
 	args := []v1alpha1.Argument{{
 		Name:  "var",
-		Value: pointer.StringPtr("foo"),
+		Value: ptr.To[string]("foo"),
 	}}
 	query, err := ResolveArgs("test-{{ args.var }}", args)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func TestResolveArgsRemoveWhiteSpace(t *testing.T) {
 func TestResolveArgsWithSubstitution(t *testing.T) {
 	args := []v1alpha1.Argument{{
 		Name:  "var",
-		Value: pointer.StringPtr("foo"),
+		Value: ptr.To[string]("foo"),
 	}}
 	query, err := ResolveArgs("test-{{args.var}}", args)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func TestResolveQuotedArgs(t *testing.T) {
 	args := []v1alpha1.Argument{
 		{
 			Name:  "var",
-			Value: pointer.StringPtr("double quotes\"newline\nand tab\t"),
+			Value: ptr.To[string]("double quotes\"newline\nand tab\t"),
 		},
 	}
 	{