diff --git a/cmd/devp2p/dns_route53.go b/cmd/devp2p/dns_route53.go
index 6c97fa937e..eae6f70f58 100644
--- a/cmd/devp2p/dns_route53.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/dns_route53.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/dnsdisc"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -288,11 +288,11 @@ func makeDeletionChanges(records map[string]recordSet, keep map[string]string) [
 // sortChanges ensures DNS changes are in leaf-added -> root-changed -> leaf-deleted order.
 func sortChanges(changes []types.Change) {
 	score := map[string]int{"CREATE": 1, "UPSERT": 2, "DELETE": 3}
-	sort.Slice(changes, func(i, j int) bool {
-		if changes[i].Action == changes[j].Action {
-			return *changes[i].ResourceRecordSet.Name < *changes[j].ResourceRecordSet.Name
+	slices.SortFunc(changes, func(a, b types.Change) bool {
+		if a.Action == b.Action {
+			return *a.ResourceRecordSet.Name < *b.ResourceRecordSet.Name
 		}
-		return score[string(changes[i].Action)] < score[string(changes[j].Action)]
+		return score[string(a.Action)] < score[string(b.Action)]
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/devp2p/nodeset.go b/cmd/devp2p/nodeset.go
index 33c39f4b9e..c040c1a908 100644
--- a/cmd/devp2p/nodeset.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/nodeset.go
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"sort"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/enode"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
 
 const jsonIndent = "    "
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ func (ns nodeSet) nodes() []*enode.Node {
 		result = append(result, n.N)
 	}
 	// Sort by ID.
-	sort.Slice(result, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return bytes.Compare(result[i].ID().Bytes(), result[j].ID().Bytes()) < 0
+	slices.SortFunc(result, func(a, b *enode.Node) bool {
+		return bytes.Compare(a.ID().Bytes(), b.ID().Bytes()) < 0
 	})
 	return result
 }
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ func (ns nodeSet) topN(n int) nodeSet {
 	for _, v := range ns {
 		byscore = append(byscore, v)
 	}
-	sort.Slice(byscore, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return byscore[i].Score >= byscore[j].Score
+	slices.SortFunc(byscore, func(a, b nodeJSON) bool {
+		return a.Score >= b.Score
 	})
 	result := make(nodeSet, n)
 	for _, v := range byscore[:n] {