diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/opts.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/opts.go
index 1633a8558ce..4f69b2611e0 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/opts.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/opts.go
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ func (o *SummaryOpts) toPromSummaryOpts() prometheus.SummaryOpts {
 }
 
 type MetricLabelAllowList struct {
-	labelToAllowList map[string]sets.String
+	labelToAllowList map[string]sets.Set[string]
 }
 
 func (allowList *MetricLabelAllowList) ConstrainToAllowedList(labelNameList, labelValueList []string) {
@@ -347,13 +347,13 @@ func SetLabelAllowListFromCLI(allowListMapping map[string]string) {
 	for metricLabelName, labelValues := range allowListMapping {
 		metricName := strings.Split(metricLabelName, ",")[0]
 		labelName := strings.Split(metricLabelName, ",")[1]
-		valueSet := sets.NewString(strings.Split(labelValues, ",")...)
+		valueSet := sets.New[string](strings.Split(labelValues, ",")...)
 
 		allowList, ok := labelValueAllowLists[metricName]
 		if ok {
 			allowList.labelToAllowList[labelName] = valueSet
 		} else {
-			labelToAllowList := make(map[string]sets.String)
+			labelToAllowList := make(map[string]sets.Set[string])
 			labelToAllowList[labelName] = valueSet
 			labelValueAllowLists[metricName] = &MetricLabelAllowList{
 				labelToAllowList,
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/opts_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/opts_test.go
index eb61a6fbd1d..b2e0fb0295c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/opts_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/opts_test.go
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ func TestDefaultStabilityLevel(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestConstrainToAllowedList(t *testing.T) {
 	allowList := &MetricLabelAllowList{
-		labelToAllowList: map[string]sets.String{
-			"label_a": sets.NewString("allow_value1", "allow_value2"),
+		labelToAllowList: map[string]sets.Set[string]{
+			"label_a": sets.New[string]("allow_value1", "allow_value2"),
 		},
 	}
 	labelNameList := []string{"label_a", "label_b"}
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ func TestConstrainToAllowedList(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestConstrainLabelMap(t *testing.T) {
 	allowList := &MetricLabelAllowList{
-		labelToAllowList: map[string]sets.String{
-			"label_a": sets.NewString("allow_value1", "allow_value2"),
+		labelToAllowList: map[string]sets.Set[string]{
+			"label_a": sets.New[string]("allow_value1", "allow_value2"),
 		},
 	}
 	var tests = []struct {
@@ -154,13 +154,13 @@ func TestSetLabelAllowListFromManifest(t *testing.T) {
 metric2,label2: v3`,
 			expectlabelValueAllowLists: map[string]*MetricLabelAllowList{
 				"metric1": {
-					labelToAllowList: map[string]sets.String{
-						"label1": sets.NewString("v1", "v2"),
+					labelToAllowList: map[string]sets.Set[string]{
+						"label1": sets.New[string]("v1", "v2"),
 					},
 				},
 				"metric2": {
-					labelToAllowList: map[string]sets.String{
-						"label2": sets.NewString("v3"),
+					labelToAllowList: map[string]sets.Set[string]{
+						"label2": sets.New[string]("v3"),
 					},
 				},
 			},