diff --git a/pkg/api/testing/defaulting_test.go b/pkg/api/testing/defaulting_test.go
index 6089cb5c7ac..6253eadaed1 100644
--- a/pkg/api/testing/defaulting_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/testing/defaulting_test.go
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ func TestDefaulting(t *testing.T) {
 		{Group: "flowcontrol.apiserver.k8s.io", Version: "v1beta2", Kind: "PriorityLevelConfigurationList"}:        {},
 		{Group: "flowcontrol.apiserver.k8s.io", Version: "v1beta3", Kind: "PriorityLevelConfiguration"}:            {},
 		{Group: "flowcontrol.apiserver.k8s.io", Version: "v1beta3", Kind: "PriorityLevelConfigurationList"}:        {},
+		{Group: "flowcontrol.apiserver.k8s.io", Version: "v1", Kind: "PriorityLevelConfiguration"}:                 {},
+		{Group: "flowcontrol.apiserver.k8s.io", Version: "v1", Kind: "PriorityLevelConfigurationList"}:             {},
 	}
 
 	f := fuzz.New().NilChance(.5).NumElements(1, 1).RandSource(rand.NewSource(1))
diff --git a/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/v1/defaults_test.go b/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/v1/defaults_test.go
index 5e199c3cd34..96455f7d28d 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/v1/defaults_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/v1/defaults_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 	flowcontrolv1 "k8s.io/api/flowcontrol/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
 func TestDefaultWithPriorityLevelConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ func TestDefaultWithPriorityLevelConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 				Spec: flowcontrolv1.PriorityLevelConfigurationSpec{
 					Type: flowcontrolv1.PriorityLevelEnablementExempt,
 					Exempt: &flowcontrolv1.ExemptPriorityLevelConfiguration{
-						NominalConcurrencyShares: pointer.Int32(0),
-						LendablePercent:          pointer.Int32(0),
+						NominalConcurrencyShares: ptr.To(int32(0)),
+						LendablePercent:          ptr.To(int32(0)),
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func TestDefaultWithPriorityLevelConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 					Type: flowcontrolv1.PriorityLevelEnablementLimited,
 					Limited: &flowcontrolv1.LimitedPriorityLevelConfiguration{
 						NominalConcurrencyShares: 5,
-						LendablePercent:          pointer.Int32(0),
+						LendablePercent:          ptr.To(int32(0)),
 						LimitResponse: flowcontrolv1.LimitResponse{
 							Type: flowcontrolv1.LimitResponseTypeReject,
 						},
diff --git a/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/validation/validation_test.go
index a1d97dc4e83..836f7c20944 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/flowcontrol/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	flowcontrolv1 "k8s.io/api/flowcontrol/v1"
 	flowcontrolv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/flowcontrol/v1beta1"
 	flowcontrolv1beta2 "k8s.io/api/flowcontrol/v1beta2"
 	flowcontrolv1beta3 "k8s.io/api/flowcontrol/v1beta3"
@@ -1290,9 +1291,7 @@ func TestValidateLimitedPriorityLevelConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 		concurrencyShares: 0,
 		errExpected:       errExpectedFn("nominalConcurrencyShares"),
 	}, {
-		// let's simulate a post v1beta3 version, we expect the
-		// error to return the new field introduced in v1beta3.
-		requestVersion:    schema.GroupVersion{Group: flowcontrolv1beta3.GroupName, Version: "v1"},
+		requestVersion:    flowcontrolv1.SchemeGroupVersion,
 		concurrencyShares: 0,
 		errExpected:       errExpectedFn("nominalConcurrencyShares"),
 	}, {
@@ -1395,7 +1394,7 @@ func TestValidateLimitedPriorityLevelConfigurationWithBorrowing(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			specPath := field.NewPath("spec").Child("limited")
 
-			errGot := ValidateLimitedPriorityLevelConfiguration(configuration, flowcontrolv1beta3.SchemeGroupVersion, specPath)
+			errGot := ValidateLimitedPriorityLevelConfiguration(configuration, flowcontrolv1.SchemeGroupVersion, specPath)
 			if !cmp.Equal(test.errExpected, errGot) {
 				t.Errorf("Expected error: %v, diff: %s", test.errExpected, cmp.Diff(test.errExpected, errGot))
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/flowcontrol/ensurer/strategy.go b/pkg/registry/flowcontrol/ensurer/strategy.go
index ab0deca4ba1..89a2c6f74ad 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/flowcontrol/ensurer/strategy.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/flowcontrol/ensurer/strategy.go
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func (s *strategy[ObjectType]) ReviseIfNeeded(objectOps objectLocalOps[ObjectTyp
 // shouldUpdateSpec inspects the auto-update annotation key and generation field to determine
 // whether the config object should be auto-updated.
 func shouldUpdateSpec(accessor metav1.Object) bool {
-	value, _ := accessor.GetAnnotations()[flowcontrolv1.AutoUpdateAnnotationKey]
+	value := accessor.GetAnnotations()[flowcontrolv1.AutoUpdateAnnotationKey]
 	if autoUpdate, err := strconv.ParseBool(value); err == nil {
 		return autoUpdate
 	}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/max_seats_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/max_seats_test.go
index 06f37f7dc47..da76c6a28c2 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/max_seats_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/max_seats_test.go
@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@ func Test_GetMaxSeats(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}
-			c.digestConfigObjects([]*flowcontrolv1.PriorityLevelConfiguration{testPriorityLevel}, nil)
+			if _, err := c.digestConfigObjects([]*flowcontrolv1.PriorityLevelConfiguration{testPriorityLevel}, nil); err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected error from digestConfigObjects: %v", err)
+			}
 			maxSeats := c.GetMaxSeats("test-pl")
 			if maxSeats != testcase.expectedMaxSeats {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected max seats, got=%d, want=%d", maxSeats, testcase.expectedMaxSeats)