diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fd3248e924d..6470959c1bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: '1.19'
+          go-version: '1.20'
       - name: Install dependencies on Linux
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
         run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install build-essential
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: '1.19'
+          go-version: '1.20'
 
       - uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
diff --git a/cmd/sentinel/sentinel/config.go b/cmd/sentinel/sentinel/config.go
index 96af15c853b..c27e8b4e220 100644
--- a/cmd/sentinel/sentinel/config.go
+++ b/cmd/sentinel/sentinel/config.go
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/cl/clparams"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/log/v3"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p"
+	mplex "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-mplex"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/crypto"
-	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/muxer/mplex"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/security/noise"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/transport/tcp"
 	"github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr"
diff --git a/cmd/silkworm_api/snapshot_idx.go b/cmd/silkworm_api/snapshot_idx.go
index f4c8c0b1576..e7fd5167282 100644
--- a/cmd/silkworm_api/snapshot_idx.go
+++ b/cmd/silkworm_api/snapshot_idx.go
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common/background"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common/datadir"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/downloader/snaptype"
@@ -12,9 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/log/v3"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"time"
 )
 
 // Build snapshot indexes for given snapshot files.
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ func FindIf(segments []snaptype.FileInfo, predicate func(snaptype.FileInfo) bool
 }
 
 func buildIndex(cliCtx *cli.Context, dataDir string, snapshotPaths []string) error {
-	logger, err := debug.Setup(cliCtx, true /* rootLogger */)
+	logger, _, err := debug.Setup(cliCtx, true /* rootLogger */)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index 283487aef28..5627fe7e288 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/chain"
 	libcommon "github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common"
+	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common/cmp"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common/fixedgas"
 
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/common/math"
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ func ExecuteBlockEphemerally(
 
 		stateSyncReceipt := &types.Receipt{}
 		if chainConfig.Consensus == chain.BorConsensus && len(blockLogs) > 0 {
-			slices.SortStableFunc(blockLogs, func(i, j *types.Log) bool { return i.Index < j.Index })
+			slices.SortStableFunc(blockLogs, func(i, j *types.Log) int { return cmp.Compare(i.Index, j.Index) })
 
 			if len(blockLogs) > len(logs) {
 				stateSyncReceipt.Logs = blockLogs[len(logs):] // get state-sync logs from `state.Logs()`
diff --git a/erigon-lib/common/cmp/cmp.go b/erigon-lib/common/cmp/cmp.go
index 4407492ce3f..7e7334010a6 100644
--- a/erigon-lib/common/cmp/cmp.go
+++ b/erigon-lib/common/cmp/cmp.go
@@ -44,3 +44,14 @@ func Max[T constraints.Ordered](a, b T) T {
 	}
 	return b
 }
+
+func Compare[T constraints.Ordered](a, b T) int {
+	switch {
+	case a < b:
+		return -1
+	case a == b:
+		return 0
+	default:
+		return 1
+	}
+}
diff --git a/erigon-lib/compress/compress.go b/erigon-lib/compress/compress.go
index fc5d5da0ee9..c9ef174d621 100644
--- a/erigon-lib/compress/compress.go
+++ b/erigon-lib/compress/compress.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/c2h5oh/datasize"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common"
+	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common/cmp"
 	dir2 "github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common/dir"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/etl"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/log/v3"
@@ -300,17 +301,17 @@ func (db *DictionaryBuilder) Less(i, j int) bool {
 	return db.items[i].score < db.items[j].score
 }
 
-func dictionaryBuilderLess(i, j *Pattern) bool {
+func dictionaryBuilderCmp(i, j *Pattern) int {
 	if i.score == j.score {
-		return bytes.Compare(i.word, j.word) < 0
+		return bytes.Compare(i.word, j.word)
 	}
-	return i.score < j.score
+	return cmp.Compare(i.score, j.score)
 }
 
 func (db *DictionaryBuilder) Swap(i, j int) {
 	db.items[i], db.items[j] = db.items[j], db.items[i]
 }
-func (db *DictionaryBuilder) Sort() { slices.SortFunc(db.items, dictionaryBuilderLess) }
+func (db *DictionaryBuilder) Sort() { slices.SortFunc(db.items, dictionaryBuilderCmp) }
 
 func (db *DictionaryBuilder) Push(x interface{}) {
 	db.items = append(db.items, x.(*Pattern))
@@ -383,11 +384,11 @@ type Pattern struct {
 type PatternList []*Pattern
 
 func (pl PatternList) Len() int { return len(pl) }
-func patternListLess(i, j *Pattern) bool {
+func patternListCmp(i, j *Pattern) int {
 	if i.uses == j.uses {
-		return bits.Reverse64(i.code) < bits.Reverse64(j.code)
+		return cmp.Compare(bits.Reverse64(i.code), bits.Reverse64(j.code))
 	}
-	return i.uses < j.uses
+	return cmp.Compare(i.uses, j.uses)
 }
 
 // PatternHuff is an intermediate node in a huffman tree of patterns
@@ -555,11 +556,11 @@ type PositionList []*Position
 
 func (pl PositionList) Len() int { return len(pl) }
 
-func positionListLess(i, j *Position) bool {
+func positionListCmp(i, j *Position) int {
 	if i.uses == j.uses {
-		return bits.Reverse64(i.code) < bits.Reverse64(j.code)
+		return cmp.Compare(bits.Reverse64(i.code), bits.Reverse64(j.code))
 	}
-	return i.uses < j.uses
+	return cmp.Compare(i.uses, j.uses)
 }
 
 type PositionHeap []*PositionHuff
@@ -569,10 +570,14 @@ func (ph PositionHeap) Len() int {
 }
 
 func (ph PositionHeap) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	return ph.Compare(i, j) < 0
+}
+
+func (ph PositionHeap) Compare(i, j int) int {
 	if ph[i].uses == ph[j].uses {
-		return ph[i].tieBreaker < ph[j].tieBreaker
+		return cmp.Compare(ph[i].tieBreaker, ph[j].tieBreaker)
 	}
-	return ph[i].uses < ph[j].uses
+	return cmp.Compare(ph[i].uses, ph[j].uses)
 }
 
 func (ph *PositionHeap) Swap(i, j int) {
diff --git a/erigon-lib/compress/parallel_compress.go b/erigon-lib/compress/parallel_compress.go
index b90e7ab2c4e..a676f846651 100644
--- a/erigon-lib/compress/parallel_compress.go
+++ b/erigon-lib/compress/parallel_compress.go
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ func reducedict(ctx context.Context, trace bool, logPrefix, segmentFilePath stri
 			distribution[len(p.word)]++
 		}
 	}
-	slices.SortFunc(patternList, patternListLess)
+	slices.SortFunc(patternList, patternListCmp)
 	logCtx := make([]interface{}, 0, 8)
 	logCtx = append(logCtx, "patternList.Len", patternList.Len())
 
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ func reducedict(ctx context.Context, trace bool, logPrefix, segmentFilePath stri
 	}
 	//fmt.Printf("patternsSize = %d\n", patternsSize)
 	// Write all the pattens
-	slices.SortFunc(patternList, patternListLess)
+	slices.SortFunc(patternList, patternListCmp)
 	for _, p := range patternList {
 		ns := binary.PutUvarint(numBuf[:], uint64(p.depth))
 		if _, err = cw.Write(numBuf[:ns]); err != nil {
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ func reducedict(ctx context.Context, trace bool, logPrefix, segmentFilePath stri
 		positionList = append(positionList, p)
 		pos2code[pos] = p
 	}
-	slices.SortFunc(positionList, positionListLess)
+	slices.SortFunc(positionList, positionListCmp)
 	i = 0
 	// Build Huffman tree for codes
 	var posHeap PositionHeap
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ func reducedict(ctx context.Context, trace bool, logPrefix, segmentFilePath stri
 	}
 	//fmt.Printf("posSize = %d\n", posSize)
 	// Write all the positions
-	slices.SortFunc(positionList, positionListLess)
+	slices.SortFunc(positionList, positionListCmp)
 	for _, p := range positionList {
 		ns := binary.PutUvarint(numBuf[:], uint64(p.depth))
 		if _, err = cw.Write(numBuf[:ns]); err != nil {
diff --git a/erigon-lib/downloader/snaptype/files.go b/erigon-lib/downloader/snaptype/files.go
index 43b0a9392b1..e45ecd598eb 100644
--- a/erigon-lib/downloader/snaptype/files.go
+++ b/erigon-lib/downloader/snaptype/files.go
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/anacrolix/torrent/metainfo"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/anacrolix/torrent/metainfo"
+
+	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common/cmp"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common/dir"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
@@ -209,20 +211,20 @@ func ParseDir(dir string) (res []FileInfo, err error) {
 		}
 		res = append(res, meta)
 	}
-	slices.SortFunc(res, func(i, j FileInfo) bool {
+	slices.SortFunc(res, func(i, j FileInfo) int {
 		if i.Version != j.Version {
-			return i.Version < j.Version
+			return cmp.Compare(i.Version, j.Version)
 		}
 		if i.From != j.From {
-			return i.From < j.From
+			return cmp.Compare(i.From, j.From)
 		}
 		if i.To != j.To {
-			return i.To < j.To
+			return cmp.Compare(i.To, j.To)
 		}
 		if i.T != j.T {
-			return i.T < j.T
+			return cmp.Compare(i.T, j.T)
 		}
-		return i.Ext < j.Ext
+		return cmp.Compare(i.Ext, j.Ext)
 	})
 
 	return res, nil
diff --git a/erigon-lib/go.mod b/erigon-lib/go.mod
index 376a53fbb8c..66db28df052 100644
--- a/erigon-lib/go.mod
+++ b/erigon-lib/go.mod
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	github.com/tidwall/btree v1.6.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230711023510-fffb14384f22
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230817173708-d852ddb80c63
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ require (
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.6 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.8.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.8.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.11.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.12.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.7.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.12.1-0.20230815132531-74c255bcf846 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230711160842-782d3b101e98 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	modernc.org/libc v1.22.3 // indirect
diff --git a/erigon-lib/go.sum b/erigon-lib/go.sum
index 5eaaa0b1a0a..e730b3a99b9 100644
--- a/erigon-lib/go.sum
+++ b/erigon-lib/go.sum
@@ -425,8 +425,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.5.0/go.mod h1:NK/OQwhpMQP3MwtdjgLlYHnH9ebylxKWv3e0fK+mkQU
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0 h1:mvySKfSWJ+UKUii46M40LOvyWfN0s2U+46/jDd0e6Ck=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0/go.mod h1:y6Z2r+Rw4iayiXXAIxJIDAJ1zMW4yaTpebo8fPOliYc=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230711023510-fffb14384f22 h1:FqrVOBQxQ8r/UwwXibI0KMolVhvFiGobSfdE33deHJM=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230711023510-fffb14384f22/go.mod h1:FXUEEKJgO7OQYeo8N01OfiKP8RXMtf6e8aTskBGqWdc=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230817173708-d852ddb80c63 h1:m64FZMko/V45gv0bNmrNYoDEq8U5YUhetc9cBWKS1TQ=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230817173708-d852ddb80c63/go.mod h1:0v4NqG35kSWCMzLaMeX+IQrlSnVE/bqGSyC2cz/9Le8=
 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 v0.0.0-20190301231843-5614ed5bae6f/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
@@ -435,8 +435,8 @@ golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190930215403-16217165b5de/go.mod h1:6SW0HCj/g11FgYtHl
 golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.3.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91VN4djpZkiMVwK6gcyfeH4XE8wZrZaV4=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.11.0 h1:bUO06HqtnRcc/7l71XBe4WcqTZ+3AH1J59zWDDwLKgU=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.11.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0 h1:rmsUpXtvNzj340zd98LZ4KntptpfRHwpFOHG188oHXc=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180724234803-3673e40ba225/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180826012351-8a410e7b638d/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180906233101-161cd47e91fd/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
@@ -465,8 +465,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220722155237-a158d28d115b/go.mod h1:XRhObCWvk6IyKnWLug
 golang.org/x/net v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Cx3nUiGt4eDBEyega/BKRp+/AlGL8hYe7U9odMt2Cco=
 golang.org/x/net v0.5.0/go.mod h1:DivGGAXEgPSlEBzxGzZI+ZLohi+xUj054jfeKui00ws=
 golang.org/x/net v0.7.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
-golang.org/x/net v0.12.0 h1:cfawfvKITfUsFCeJIHJrbSxpeu/E81khclypR0GVT50=
-golang.org/x/net v0.12.0/go.mod h1:zEVYFnQC7m/vmpQFELhcD1EWkZlX69l4oqgmer6hfKA=
+golang.org/x/net v0.14.0 h1:BONx9s002vGdD9umnlX1Po8vOZmrgH34qlHcD1MfK14=
+golang.org/x/net v0.14.0/go.mod h1:PpSgVXXLK0OxS0F31C1/tv6XNguvCrnXIDrFMspZIUI=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190226205417-e64efc72b421/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20180314180146-1d60e4601c6f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
@@ -545,8 +545,8 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200619180055-7c47624df98f/go.mod h1:EkVYQZoAsY45+roY
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20201224043029-2b0845dc783e/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20210106214847-113979e3529a/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.7.0 h1:W4OVu8VVOaIO0yzWMNdepAulS7YfoS3Zabrm8DOXXU4=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.7.0/go.mod h1:4pg6aUX35JBAogB10C9AtvVL+qowtN4pT3CGSQex14s=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.12.1-0.20230815132531-74c255bcf846 h1:Vve/L0v7CXXuxUmaMGIEK/dEeq7uiqb5qBgQrZzIE7E=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.12.1-0.20230815132531-74c255bcf846/go.mod h1:Sc0INKfu04TlqNoRA1hgpFZbhYXHPr4V5DzpSBTPqQM=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
diff --git a/erigon-lib/gointerfaces/remote/sort.go b/erigon-lib/gointerfaces/remote/sort.go
index 8145cfc3c69..f61407bf0fd 100644
--- a/erigon-lib/gointerfaces/remote/sort.go
+++ b/erigon-lib/gointerfaces/remote/sort.go
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/gointerfaces/types"
 )
 
-func NodeInfoReplyLess(i, j *types.NodeInfoReply) bool {
+func NodeInfoReplyCmp(i, j *types.NodeInfoReply) int {
 	if cmp := strings.Compare(i.Name, j.Name); cmp != 0 {
-		return cmp == -1
+		return cmp
 	}
-	return strings.Compare(i.Enode, j.Enode) == -1
+	return strings.Compare(i.Enode, j.Enode)
 }
diff --git a/erigon-lib/gointerfaces/remote/sort_test.go b/erigon-lib/gointerfaces/remote/sort_test.go
index 46de9befa66..8a32e5a6e17 100644
--- a/erigon-lib/gointerfaces/remote/sort_test.go
+++ b/erigon-lib/gointerfaces/remote/sort_test.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestSort(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 
-			slices.SortFunc(tt.got.NodesInfo, remote.NodeInfoReplyLess)
+			slices.SortFunc(tt.got.NodesInfo, remote.NodeInfoReplyCmp)
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, tt.got)
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/erigon-lib/patricia/patricia.go b/erigon-lib/patricia/patricia.go
index 76e1eea7283..f2ccc86c51b 100644
--- a/erigon-lib/patricia/patricia.go
+++ b/erigon-lib/patricia/patricia.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"math/bits"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common/cmp"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/sais"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
@@ -699,7 +700,7 @@ func (mf2 *MatchFinder2) FindLongestMatches(data []byte) []Match {
 		return mf2.matches
 	}
 	//sort.Sort(&mf2.matches)
-	slices.SortFunc(mf2.matches, func(i, j Match) bool { return i.Start < j.Start })
+	slices.SortFunc(mf2.matches, func(i, j Match) int { return cmp.Compare(i.Start, j.Start) })
 
 	lastEnd := mf2.matches[0].End
 	j := 1
diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index 6c859602d0e..c15c8ed40e5 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ func (s *Ethereum) NodesInfo(limit int) (*remote.NodesInfoReply, error) {
 	}
 
 	nodesInfo := &remote.NodesInfoReply{NodesInfo: nodes}
-	slices.SortFunc(nodesInfo.NodesInfo, remote.NodeInfoReplyLess)
+	slices.SortFunc(nodesInfo.NodesInfo, remote.NodeInfoReplyCmp)
 
 	return nodesInfo, nil
 }
diff --git a/eth/stagedsync/stage_interhashes.go b/eth/stagedsync/stage_interhashes.go
index 5fdd7f38bb6..278f1baeb84 100644
--- a/eth/stagedsync/stage_interhashes.go
+++ b/eth/stagedsync/stage_interhashes.go
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func (p *HashPromoter) Promote(logPrefix string, from, to uint64, storage bool,
 	}
 
 	if !storage { // delete Intermediate hashes of deleted accounts
-		slices.SortFunc(deletedAccounts, func(a, b []byte) bool { return bytes.Compare(a, b) < 0 })
+		slices.SortFunc(deletedAccounts, bytes.Compare)
 		for _, k := range deletedAccounts {
 			if err := p.tx.ForPrefix(kv.TrieOfStorage, k, func(k, v []byte) error {
 				if err := p.tx.Delete(kv.TrieOfStorage, k); err != nil {
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ func (p *HashPromoter) UnwindOnHistoryV3(logPrefix string, unwindFrom, unwindTo
 	}
 
 	// delete Intermediate hashes of deleted accounts
-	slices.SortFunc(deletedAccounts, func(a, b []byte) bool { return bytes.Compare(a, b) < 0 })
+	slices.SortFunc(deletedAccounts, bytes.Compare)
 	for _, k := range deletedAccounts {
 		if err := p.tx.ForPrefix(kv.TrieOfStorage, k, func(k, v []byte) error {
 			if err := p.tx.Delete(kv.TrieOfStorage, k); err != nil {
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ func (p *HashPromoter) Unwind(logPrefix string, s *StageState, u *UnwindState, s
 	}
 
 	if !storage { // delete Intermediate hashes of deleted accounts
-		slices.SortFunc(deletedAccounts, func(a, b []byte) bool { return bytes.Compare(a, b) < 0 })
+		slices.SortFunc(deletedAccounts, bytes.Compare)
 		for _, k := range deletedAccounts {
 			if err := p.tx.ForPrefix(kv.TrieOfStorage, k, func(k, v []byte) error {
 				if err := p.tx.Delete(kv.TrieOfStorage, k); err != nil {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 60cc624ab01..d2b22720d45 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -56,11 +56,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6 v6.4.6
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
 	github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.3.0
-	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.28.2
+	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.31.0
+	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-mplex v0.9.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.9.3
 	github.com/maticnetwork/crand v1.0.2
 	github.com/maticnetwork/polyproto v0.0.3-0.20230216113155-340ea926ca53
-	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.9.0
+	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.11.0
 	github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.9-0.20211216163028-4472660a31a6
 	github.com/pbnjay/memory v0.0.0-20210728143218-7b4eea64cf58
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.5
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/xsleonard/go-merkle v1.1.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.25.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230711023510-fffb14384f22
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230817173708-d852ddb80c63
 	golang.org/x/net v0.15.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gopacket v1.1.19 // indirect
-	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20230602150820-91b7bce49751 // indirect
+	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20230817174616-7a8ec2ada47b // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ianlancetaylor/cgosymbolizer v0.0.0-20220405231054-a1ae3e4bba26 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/jbenet/go-temp-err-catcher v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.5 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.7 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.5 // indirect
 	github.com/koron/go-ssdp v0.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 // indirect
@@ -178,15 +179,15 @@ require (
 	github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-nat v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/libp2p/go-netroute v0.2.1 // indirect
-	github.com/libp2p/go-reuseport v0.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/libp2p/go-yamux/v4 v4.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/libp2p/go-reuseport v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/libp2p/go-yamux/v4 v4.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20211012122336-39d0f177ccd0 // indirect
 	github.com/marten-seemann/tcp v0.0.0-20210406111302-dfbc87cc63fd // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.13 // indirect
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4 // indirect
-	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.54 // indirect
+	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.55 // indirect
 	github.com/mikioh/tcpinfo v0.0.0-20190314235526-30a79bb1804b // indirect
 	github.com/mikioh/tcpopt v0.0.0-20190314235656-172688c1accc // indirect
 	github.com/minio/sha256-simd v1.0.1 // indirect
@@ -202,11 +203,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr-fmt v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multibase v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.9.0 // indirect
-	github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multistream v0.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/multiformats/go-varint v0.0.7 // indirect
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.7 // indirect
-	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.11.0 // indirect
+	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pion/datachannel v1.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pion/dtls/v2 v2.2.7 // indirect
 	github.com/pion/ice/v2 v2.2.6 // indirect
@@ -228,9 +229,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.10.1 // indirect
 	github.com/quic-go/qpack v0.4.0 // indirect
-	github.com/quic-go/qtls-go1-19 v0.3.3 // indirect
-	github.com/quic-go/qtls-go1-20 v0.2.3 // indirect
-	github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.33.0 // indirect
+	github.com/quic-go/qtls-go1-20 v0.3.3 // indirect
+	github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.38.1 // indirect
 	github.com/quic-go/webtransport-go v0.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/raulk/go-watchdog v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20230129092748-24d4a6f8daec // indirect
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.8.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.8.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/dig v1.17.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/fx v1.19.2 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/fx v1.20.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 38f17a7f815..2b518a2bc3b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20200708004538-1a94d8640e99/go.mod h1:ZgVRPoUq/hf
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20201023163331-3e6fc7fc9c4c/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLew5upagYY7GY0pfYCcupk39gWOCRROcvE=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20201203190320-1bf35d6f28c2/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLew5upagYY7GY0pfYCcupk39gWOCRROcvE=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20201218002935-b9804c9f04c2/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLew5upagYY7GY0pfYCcupk39gWOCRROcvE=
-github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20230602150820-91b7bce49751 h1:hR7/MlvK23p6+lIw9SN1TigNLn9ZnF3W4SYRKq2gAHs=
-github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20230602150820-91b7bce49751/go.mod h1:Jh3hGz2jkYak8qXPD19ryItVnUgpgeqzdkY/D0EaeuA=
+github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20230817174616-7a8ec2ada47b h1:h9U78+dx9a4BKdQkBBos92HalKpaGKHrp+3Uo6yTodo=
+github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20230817174616-7a8ec2ada47b/go.mod h1:czg5+yv1E0ZGTi6S6vVK1mke0fV+FaUhNGcd6VRS9Ik=
 github.com/google/renameio v0.1.0/go.mod h1:KWCgfxg9yswjAJkECMjeO8J8rahYeXnNhOm40UhjYkI=
 github.com/google/subcommands v1.2.0/go.mod h1:ZjhPrFU+Olkh9WazFPsl27BQ4UPiG37m3yTrtFlrHVk=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
@@ -476,8 +476,8 @@ github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51/go.mod h1:C
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.2.0/go.mod h1:/BMXB+zMLi60iA8Vv6Ksmxu/1UDYcXs4uQLJ+jE2L00=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.5 h1:IFV2oUNUzZaz+XyusxpLzpzS8Pt5rh0Z16For/djlyI=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.5/go.mod h1:ntbaceVETuRiXiv4DpjP66DpAtAGkEQskQzEyD//IeE=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.7 h1:2mk3MPGNzKyxErAw8YaohYh69+pa4sIQSC0fPGCFR9I=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.7/go.mod h1:ntbaceVETuRiXiv4DpjP66DpAtAGkEQskQzEyD//IeE=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.5 h1:0E5MSMDEoAulmXNFquVs//DdoomxaoTY1kUhbc/qbZg=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.5/go.mod h1:Lcz8mBdAVJIBVzewtcLocK12l3Y+JytZYpaMropDUws=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=
@@ -513,10 +513,12 @@ github.com/libp2p/go-cidranger v1.1.0 h1:ewPN8EZ0dd1LSnrtuwd4709PXVcITVeuwbag38y
 github.com/libp2p/go-cidranger v1.1.0/go.mod h1:KWZTfSr+r9qEo9OkI9/SIEeAtw+NNoU0dXIXt15Okic=
 github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.1.0 h1:0iPhMI8PskQwzh57jB9WxIuIOQ0r+15PChFGkx3Q3WM=
 github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Xi8MX8wj5aWNDAZttg6UPmc0ZrnFNsMtpsYUClFtro=
-github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.28.2 h1:lO/g0ccVru6nUVHyLE7C1VRr7B2AFp9cvHhf+l+Te6w=
-github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.28.2/go.mod h1:fOLgCNgLiWFdmtXyQBwmuCpukaYOA+yw4rnBiScDNmI=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.31.0 h1:LFShhP8F6xthWiBBq3euxbKjZsoRajVEyBS9snfHxYg=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.31.0/go.mod h1:W/FEK1c/t04PbRH3fA9i5oucu5YcgrG0JVoBWT1B7Eg=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-asn-util v0.3.0 h1:gMDcMyYiZKkocGXDQ5nsUQyquC9+H+iLEQHwOCZ7s8s=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-asn-util v0.3.0/go.mod h1:B1mcOrKUE35Xq/ASTmQ4tN3LNzVVaMNmq2NACuqyB9w=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-mplex v0.9.0 h1:R58pDRAmuBXkYugbSSXR9wrTX3+1pFM1xP2bLuodIq8=
+github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-mplex v0.9.0/go.mod h1:ro1i4kuwiFT+uMPbIDIFkcLs1KRbNp0QwnUXM+P64Og=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.9.3 h1:ihcz9oIBMaCK9kcx+yHWm3mLAFBMAUsM4ux42aikDxo=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub v0.9.3/go.mod h1:RYA7aM9jIic5VV47WXu4GkcRxRhrdElWf8xtyli+Dzc=
 github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-testing v0.12.0 h1:EPvBb4kKMWO29qP4mZGyhVzUyR25dvfUIK5WDu6iPUA=
@@ -528,10 +530,10 @@ github.com/libp2p/go-nat v0.2.0 h1:Tyz+bUFAYqGyJ/ppPPymMGbIgNRH+WqC5QrT5fKrrGk=
 github.com/libp2p/go-nat v0.2.0/go.mod h1:3MJr+GRpRkyT65EpVPBstXLvOlAPzUVlG6Pwg9ohLJk=
 github.com/libp2p/go-netroute v0.2.1 h1:V8kVrpD8GK0Riv15/7VN6RbUQ3URNZVosw7H2v9tksU=
 github.com/libp2p/go-netroute v0.2.1/go.mod h1:hraioZr0fhBjG0ZRXJJ6Zj2IVEVNx6tDTFQfSmcq7mQ=
-github.com/libp2p/go-reuseport v0.3.0 h1:iiZslO5byUYZEg9iCwJGf5h+sf1Agmqx2V2FDjPyvUw=
-github.com/libp2p/go-reuseport v0.3.0/go.mod h1:laea40AimhtfEqysZ71UpYj4S+R9VpH8PgqLo7L+SwI=
-github.com/libp2p/go-yamux/v4 v4.0.0 h1:+Y80dV2Yx/kv7Y7JKu0LECyVdMXm1VUoko+VQ9rBfZQ=
-github.com/libp2p/go-yamux/v4 v4.0.0/go.mod h1:NWjl8ZTLOGlozrXSOZ/HlfG++39iKNnM5wwmtQP1YB4=
+github.com/libp2p/go-reuseport v0.4.0 h1:nR5KU7hD0WxXCJbmw7r2rhRYruNRl2koHw8fQscQm2s=
+github.com/libp2p/go-reuseport v0.4.0/go.mod h1:ZtI03j/wO5hZVDFo2jKywN6bYKWLOy8Se6DrI2E1cLU=
+github.com/libp2p/go-yamux/v4 v4.0.1 h1:FfDR4S1wj6Bw2Pqbc8Uz7pCxeRBPbwsBbEdfwiCypkQ=
+github.com/libp2p/go-yamux/v4 v4.0.1/go.mod h1:NWjl8ZTLOGlozrXSOZ/HlfG++39iKNnM5wwmtQP1YB4=
 github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20211012122336-39d0f177ccd0 h1:6E+4a0GO5zZEnZ81pIr0yLvtUWk2if982qA3F3QD6H4=
 github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20211012122336-39d0f177ccd0/go.mod h1:zJYVVT2jmtg6P3p1VtQj7WsuWi/y4VnjVBn7F8KPB3I=
 github.com/lunixbochs/vtclean v1.0.0/go.mod h1:pHhQNgMf3btfWnGBVipUOjRYhoOsdGqdm/+2c2E2WMI=
@@ -556,8 +558,8 @@ github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4 h1:mmDVorXM7PCGKw94cs5zk
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4/go.mod h1:BSXmuO+STAnVfrANrmjBb36TMTDstsz7MSK+HVaYKv4=
 github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.1/go.mod h1:hsXNsILzKxV+sX77C5b8FSuKF00vh2OMYv+xgHpAMF4=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.41/go.mod h1:p6aan82bvRIyn+zDIv9xYNUpwa73JcSh9BKwknJysuI=
-github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.54 h1:5jon9mWcb0sFJGpnI99tOMhCPyJ+RPVz5b63MQG0VWI=
-github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.54/go.mod h1:uInx36IzPl7FYnDcMeVWxj9byh7DutNykX4G9Sj60FY=
+github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.55 h1:GoQ4hpsj0nFLYe+bWiCToyrBEJXkQfOOIvFGFy0lEgo=
+github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.55/go.mod h1:uInx36IzPl7FYnDcMeVWxj9byh7DutNykX4G9Sj60FY=
 github.com/mikioh/tcp v0.0.0-20190314235350-803a9b46060c h1:bzE/A84HN25pxAuk9Eej1Kz9OUelF97nAc82bDquQI8=
 github.com/mikioh/tcp v0.0.0-20190314235350-803a9b46060c/go.mod h1:0SQS9kMwD2VsyFEB++InYyBJroV/FRmBgcydeSUcJms=
 github.com/mikioh/tcpinfo v0.0.0-20190314235526-30a79bb1804b h1:z78hV3sbSMAUoyUMM0I83AUIT6Hu17AWfgjzIbtrYFc=
@@ -592,8 +594,8 @@ github.com/multiformats/go-base36 v0.2.0 h1:lFsAbNOGeKtuKozrtBsAkSVhv1p9D0/qedU9
 github.com/multiformats/go-base36 v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qvnKE++v+2MWCfePClUEjE78Z7P2a1UV0xHgWc0hkp4=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.1.1/go.mod h1:aMKBKNEYmzmDmxfX88/vz+J5IU55txyt0p4aiWVohjo=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.2.0/go.mod h1:0nO36NvPpyV4QzvTLi/lafl2y95ncPj0vFwVF6k6wJ4=
-github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.9.0 h1:3h4V1LHIk5w4hJHekMKWALPXErDfz/sggzwC/NcqbDQ=
-github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.9.0/go.mod h1:mI67Lb1EeTOYb8GQfL/7wpIZwc46ElrvzhYnoJOmTT0=
+github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.11.0 h1:XqGyJ8ufbCE0HmTDwx2kPdsrQ36AGPZNZX6s6xfJH10=
+github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.11.0/go.mod h1:gWUm0QLR4thQ6+ZF6SXUw8YjtwQSPapICM+NmCkxHSM=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr-dns v0.3.1 h1:QgQgR+LQVt3NPTjbrLLpsaT2ufAA2y0Mkk+QRVJbW3A=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr-dns v0.3.1/go.mod h1:G/245BRQ6FJGmryJCrOuTdB37AMA5AMOVuO6NY3JwTk=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr-fmt v0.1.0 h1:WLEFClPycPkp4fnIzoFoV9FVd49/eQsuaL3/CWe167E=
@@ -603,8 +605,8 @@ github.com/multiformats/go-multibase v0.2.0/go.mod h1:bFBZX4lKCA/2lyOFSAoKH5SS6o
 github.com/multiformats/go-multicodec v0.9.0 h1:pb/dlPnzee/Sxv/j4PmkDRxCOi3hXTz3IbPKOXWJkmg=
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@@ -898,8 +899,8 @@ go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
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@@ -942,8 +943,8 @@ golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20191227195350-da58074b4299/go.mod h1:2RIsYlXP63K8oxa1u0
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diff --git a/p2p/dnsdisc/tree.go b/p2p/dnsdisc/tree.go
index 63f2207bd22..8329e6667c2 100644
--- a/p2p/dnsdisc/tree.go
+++ b/p2p/dnsdisc/tree.go
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func (t *Tree) build(entries []entry) entry {
 }
 
 func sortByID(nodes []*enode.Node) []*enode.Node {
-	slices.SortFunc(nodes, func(i, j *enode.Node) bool { return bytes.Compare(i.ID().Bytes(), j.ID().Bytes()) < 0 })
+	slices.SortFunc(nodes, func(i, j *enode.Node) int { return bytes.Compare(i.ID().Bytes(), j.ID().Bytes()) })
 	return nodes
 }
 
diff --git a/turbo/snapshotsync/freezeblocks/block_snapshots.go b/turbo/snapshotsync/freezeblocks/block_snapshots.go
index ff7be95da4d..3c7c3818e2b 100644
--- a/turbo/snapshotsync/freezeblocks/block_snapshots.go
+++ b/turbo/snapshotsync/freezeblocks/block_snapshots.go
@@ -2146,7 +2146,7 @@ func (*Merger) FindMergeRanges(currentRanges []Range) (toMerge []Range) {
 			break
 		}
 	}
-	slices.SortFunc(toMerge, func(i, j Range) bool { return i.from < j.from })
+	slices.SortFunc(toMerge, func(i, j Range) int { return cmp.Compare(i.from, j.from) })
 	return toMerge
 }
 
diff --git a/turbo/snapshotsync/freezeblocks/bor_snapshots.go b/turbo/snapshotsync/freezeblocks/bor_snapshots.go
index 4abd61322f4..9ef3490643b 100644
--- a/turbo/snapshotsync/freezeblocks/bor_snapshots.go
+++ b/turbo/snapshotsync/freezeblocks/bor_snapshots.go
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ func (*BorMerger) FindMergeRanges(currentRanges []Range) (toMerge []Range) {
 			break
 		}
 	}
-	slices.SortFunc(toMerge, func(i, j Range) bool { return i.from < j.from })
+	slices.SortFunc(toMerge, func(i, j Range) int { return cmp.Compare(i.from, j.from) })
 	return toMerge
 }
 
diff --git a/turbo/snapshotsync/snapcfg/util.go b/turbo/snapshotsync/snapcfg/util.go
index c4679179c1c..310949474cc 100644
--- a/turbo/snapshotsync/snapcfg/util.go
+++ b/turbo/snapshotsync/snapcfg/util.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func doSort(in preverified) Preverified {
 	for k, v := range in {
 		out = append(out, PreverifiedItem{k, v})
 	}
-	slices.SortFunc(out, func(i, j PreverifiedItem) bool { return i.Name < j.Name })
+	slices.SortFunc(out, func(i, j PreverifiedItem) int { return strings.Compare(i.Name, j.Name) })
 	return out
 }