diff --git a/internal/sort/sorter.go b/internal/sort/sorter.go
index e3b9842c..404bc84a 100644
--- a/internal/sort/sorter.go
+++ b/internal/sort/sorter.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package sort
 
 import (
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -11,9 +12,7 @@ type Sorter func(items []string, namespaces []string) []string
 // AlphaNumeric sorts the JSON output so that tasks are in alpha numeric order
 // by task name.
 func AlphaNumeric(items []string, namespaces []string) []string {
-	sort.Slice(items, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return items[i] < items[j]
-	})
+	slices.Sort(items)
 	return items
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/templater/funcs.go b/internal/templater/funcs.go
index 79c837a3..5daabf84 100644
--- a/internal/templater/funcs.go
+++ b/internal/templater/funcs.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package templater
 
 import (
+	"maps"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
@@ -60,13 +61,9 @@ func init() {
 				cap += len(m)
 			}
 			result := make(map[string]any, cap)
-			for k, v := range base {
-				result[k] = v
-			}
+			maps.Copy(result, base)
 			for _, m := range v {
-				for k, v := range m {
-					result[k] = v
-				}
+				maps.Copy(result, m)
 			}
 			return result
 		},
@@ -84,7 +81,5 @@ func init() {
 	taskFuncs["ExeExt"] = taskFuncs["exeExt"]
 
 	templateFuncs = template.FuncMap(sprig.TxtFuncMap())
-	for k, v := range taskFuncs {
-		templateFuncs[k] = v
-	}
+	maps.Copy(templateFuncs, taskFuncs)
 }
diff --git a/variables.go b/variables.go
index 0b49f50c..c99ea3c1 100644
--- a/variables.go
+++ b/variables.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package task
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"maps"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -378,9 +379,7 @@ func product(matrix *ast.Matrix) []map[string]any {
 			for _, item := range row.Value {
 				newComb := make(map[string]any, len(combination))
 				// Copy the existing combination
-				for k, v := range combination {
-					newComb[k] = v
-				}
+				maps.Copy(newComb, combination)
 				// Add the current item with the corresponding key
 				newComb[key] = item
 				newResult = append(newResult, newComb)