diff --git a/store.go b/store.go
index bd4da7a468..c6e9c712c8 100644
--- a/store.go
+++ b/store.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
@@ -1622,7 +1623,7 @@ func (s *store) CreateImage(id string, names []string, layer, metadata string, i
 							Digest: dataDigest,
 						})
 					}
-					namesToAddAfterCreating = dedupeStrings(append(append([]string{}, i.Names...), names...))
+					namesToAddAfterCreating = dedupeStrings(slices.Concat(i.Names, names))
 					break
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 5bade6ffe3..d934a7ea7c 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package storage
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 
 	"github.com/containers/storage/types"
 )
@@ -54,9 +55,7 @@ func applyNameOperation(oldNames []string, opParameters []string, op updateNameO
 			}
 		}
 	case addNames:
-		result = make([]string, 0, len(opParameters)+len(oldNames))
-		result = append(result, opParameters...)
-		result = append(result, oldNames...)
+		result = slices.Concat(opParameters, oldNames)
 	default:
 		return result, errInvalidUpdateNameOperation
 	}