diff --git a/pkg/controller/cronjob/cronjob_controllerv2.go b/pkg/controller/cronjob/cronjob_controllerv2.go
index 5058f38a489..ef623bf3e1b 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/cronjob/cronjob_controllerv2.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/cronjob/cronjob_controllerv2.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/cronjob/metrics"
 	jobutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/job/util"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ func (jm *ControllerV2) updateCronJob(logger klog.Logger, old interface{}, curr
 	// if the change in schedule results in next requeue having to be sooner than it already was,
 	// it will be handled here by the queue. If the next requeue is further than previous schedule,
 	// the sync loop will essentially be a no-op for the already queued key with old schedule.
-	if oldCJ.Spec.Schedule != newCJ.Spec.Schedule || !pointer.StringEqual(oldCJ.Spec.TimeZone, newCJ.Spec.TimeZone) {
+	if oldCJ.Spec.Schedule != newCJ.Spec.Schedule || !ptr.Equal(oldCJ.Spec.TimeZone, newCJ.Spec.TimeZone) {
 		// schedule changed, change the requeue time, pass nil recorder so that syncCronJob will output any warnings
 		sched, err := cron.ParseStandard(formatSchedule(newCJ, nil))
 		if err != nil {
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ func (jm *ControllerV2) syncCronJob(
 
 	logger := klog.FromContext(ctx)
 	if cronJob.Spec.TimeZone != nil {
-		timeZone := pointer.StringDeref(cronJob.Spec.TimeZone, "")
+		timeZone := ptr.Deref(cronJob.Spec.TimeZone, "")
 		if _, err := time.LoadLocation(timeZone); err != nil {
 			logger.V(4).Info("Not starting job because timeZone is invalid", "cronjob", klog.KObj(cronJob), "timeZone", timeZone, "err", err)
 			jm.recorder.Eventf(cronJob, corev1.EventTypeWarning, "UnknownTimeZone", "invalid timeZone: %q: %s", timeZone, err)
diff --git a/pkg/controller/cronjob/utils.go b/pkg/controller/cronjob/utils.go
index 8c215b0e333..043e55b214b 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/cronjob/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/cronjob/utils.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/robfig/cron/v3"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 
 	batchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
 // Utilities for dealing with Jobs and CronJobs and time.
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func getJobFromTemplate2(cj *batchv1.CronJob, scheduledTime time.Time) (*batchv1
 
 	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.CronJobsScheduledAnnotation) {
 
-		timeZoneLocation, err := time.LoadLocation(pointer.StringDeref(cj.Spec.TimeZone, ""))
+		timeZoneLocation, err := time.LoadLocation(ptr.Deref(cj.Spec.TimeZone, ""))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/cronjob/utils_test.go b/pkg/controller/cronjob/utils_test.go
index d4882bdef9f..7be27e23b00 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/cronjob/utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/cronjob/utils_test.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import (
 	featuregatetesting "k8s.io/component-base/featuregate/testing"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2/ktesting"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
 func TestGetJobFromTemplate2(t *testing.T) {
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func TestGetJobFromTemplate2(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			scheduledAnnotation := job.ObjectMeta.Annotations[batchv1.CronJobScheduledTimestampAnnotation]
-			timeZoneLocation, err := time.LoadLocation(pointer.StringDeref(tt.timeZone, ""))
+			timeZoneLocation, err := time.LoadLocation(ptr.Deref(tt.timeZone, ""))
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("Wrong timezone location")
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/resourceclaim/controller.go b/pkg/controller/resourceclaim/controller.go
index 2a004f2b1ad..e8ca41e973b 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/resourceclaim/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/resourceclaim/controller.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	podutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/pod"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/resourceclaim/metrics"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ func (ec *Controller) ensurePodSchedulingContext(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Po
 						Kind:       "Pod",
 						Name:       pod.Name,
 						UID:        pod.UID,
-						Controller: pointer.Bool(true),
+						Controller: ptr.To(true),
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ func (ec *Controller) syncClaim(ctx context.Context, namespace, name string) err
 
 func owningPod(claim *resourcev1alpha2.ResourceClaim) (string, types.UID) {
 	for _, owner := range claim.OwnerReferences {
-		if pointer.BoolDeref(owner.Controller, false) &&
+		if ptr.Deref(owner.Controller, false) &&
 			owner.APIVersion == "v1" &&
 			owner.Kind == "Pod" {
 			return owner.Name, owner.UID