diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6a12bcf..452e50c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 ## 📋 Requirements
 
-- Go 1.20+
+- Go 1.21+
 
 ## 🚀 Install
 
diff --git a/examples/breadthfirsttraversal/breadth_first_traversal.go b/examples/breadthfirsttraversal/breadth_first_traversal.go
index fdd895e..2a863da 100644
--- a/examples/breadthfirsttraversal/breadth_first_traversal.go
+++ b/examples/breadthfirsttraversal/breadth_first_traversal.go
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/libgox/addr"
 	"github.com/protocol-laboratory/zookeeper-client-go/zk"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 26915ec..e193f6e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 module github.com/protocol-laboratory/zookeeper-client-go
 
-go 1.20
+go 1.21
 
 require (
 	github.com/libgox/addr v0.2.0
 	github.com/libgox/buffer v0.1.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240823005443-9b4947da3948
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 36f4a0c..56951f4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240823005443-9b4947da3948 h1:kx6Ds3MlpiUHKj7syVnbp57++8WpuKPcR5yjLBjvLEA=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240823005443-9b4947da3948/go.mod h1:akd2r19cwCdwSwWeIdzYQGa/EZZyqcOdwWiwj5L5eKQ=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
diff --git a/zk/client.go b/zk/client.go
index 7920c4b..117c102 100644
--- a/zk/client.go
+++ b/zk/client.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package zk
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"math/rand"
 	"runtime"
 	"sync"
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/libgox/addr"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 type Config struct {
diff --git a/zk/protocol_client.go b/zk/protocol_client.go
index 016a804..6e9244b 100644
--- a/zk/protocol_client.go
+++ b/zk/protocol_client.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net"
 	"runtime"
 	"sync"
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/libgox/addr"
 	"github.com/libgox/buffer"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
 )
 
 type sendRequest struct {