diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 091d3bc..d07909c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
           --health-timeout 5s
           --health-retries 5
 
-    container: golang:1.21
+    container: golang:1.24.0
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/backends/memory/memory_backend.go b/backends/memory/memory_backend.go
index 2479968..04b2802 100644
--- a/backends/memory/memory_backend.go
+++ b/backends/memory/memory_backend.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/iancoleman/strcase"
 	"github.com/jsuar/go-cron-descriptor/pkg/crondescriptor"
 	"github.com/robfig/cron"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/backends/memory/memory_backend_test.go b/backends/memory/memory_backend_test.go
index ed4e703..ec4a0b3 100644
--- a/backends/memory/memory_backend_test.go
+++ b/backends/memory/memory_backend_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package memory_test
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/testutils"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/robfig/cron"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func TestBasicJobProcessing(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			})
 			if e != nil || jid == jobs.DuplicateJobID {
-				slog.Error("job was not enqueued. either it was duplicate or this error caused it:", e)
+				slog.Error("job was not enqueued. either it was duplicate or this error caused it:", "error", e)
 			}
 		}
 	}()
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func TestBackendConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			})
 			if e != nil || jid == jobs.DuplicateJobID {
-				slog.Error("job was not enqueued. either it was duplicate or this error caused it:", e)
+				slog.Error("job was not enqueued. either it was duplicate or this error caused it:", "error", e)
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/backends/postgres/postgres_backend_test.go b/backends/postgres/postgres_backend_test.go
index 9d6e869..5850926 100644
--- a/backends/postgres/postgres_backend_test.go
+++ b/backends/postgres/postgres_backend_test.go
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ func TestProcessPendingJobs(t *testing.T) {
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	nq, err := neoq.New(ctx, neoq.WithBackend(postgres.Backend), postgres.WithConnectionString(connString), neoq.WithPendingJobCheckInterval(time.Duration(50*time.Millisecond)))
+	nq, err := neoq.New(ctx, neoq.WithBackend(postgres.Backend), postgres.WithConnectionString(connString), neoq.WithPendingJobCheckInterval(50*time.Millisecond))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/backends/redis/redis_backend.go b/backends/redis/redis_backend.go
index 4de9ae4..86fbcff 100644
--- a/backends/redis/redis_backend.go
+++ b/backends/redis/redis_backend.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hibiken/asynq"
 	"github.com/iancoleman/strcase"
 	"github.com/jsuar/go-cron-descriptor/pkg/crondescriptor"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 // All jobs are placed on the same 'default' queue (until a compelling case is made for using different asynq queues
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9b42da3..5cdcc55 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/jsuar/go-cron-descriptor v0.1.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/robfig/cron v1.2.0
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230713183714-613f0c0eb8a1
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a992eb4..e2538e6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -157,8 +157,6 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPh
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0 h1:ihbySMvVjLAeSH1IbfcRTkD/iNscyz8rGzjF/E5hV6U=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0/go.mod h1:kDsLvtWBEx7MV9tJOj9bnXsPbxwJQ6csT/x4KIN4Ssk=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230713183714-613f0c0eb8a1 h1:MGwJjxBy0HJshjDNfLsYO8xppfqWlA5ZT9OhtUUhTNw=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230713183714-613f0c0eb8a1/go.mod h1:FXUEEKJgO7OQYeo8N01OfiKP8RXMtf6e8aTskBGqWdc=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190227174305-5b3e6a55c961/go.mod h1:wehouNa3lNwaWXcvxsM5YxQ5yQlVC4a0KAMCusXpPoU=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190313153728-d0100b6bd8b3/go.mod h1:6SW0HCj/g11FgYtHlgUYUwCkIfeOF89ocIRzGO/8vkc=
diff --git a/gomod2nix.toml b/gomod2nix.toml
index f9ceda0..44487e3 100644
--- a/gomod2nix.toml
+++ b/gomod2nix.toml
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ schema = 3
   [mod."golang.org/x/crypto"]
     version = "v0.31.0"
     hash = "sha256-ZBjoG7ZOuTEmjaXPP9txAvjAjC46DeaLs0zrNzi8EQw="
-  [mod."golang.org/x/exp"]
-    version = "v0.0.0-20230713183714-613f0c0eb8a1"
-    hash = "sha256-VLE9CCOYpTdyBWaQ1YxXpGOBS74wpIR3JJ+JVzNyEkQ="
   [mod."golang.org/x/sync"]
     version = "v0.10.0"
     hash = "sha256-HWruKClrdoBKVdxKCyoazxeQV4dIYLdkHekQvx275/o="
diff --git a/handler/handler.go b/handler/handler.go
index fd554af..f839f7c 100644
--- a/handler/handler.go
+++ b/handler/handler.go
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"runtime"
 	"runtime/debug"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
-
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/logging/logging.go b/logging/logging.go
index 8746745..dc1f0c2 100644
--- a/logging/logging.go
+++ b/logging/logging.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package logging
 
 import (
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
+	"log/slog"
 )
 
 // Logger interface is the interface that neoq's logger must implement