diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 63655e3b4..3d736bd20 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ replace github.com/rook/rook/pkg/apis => ./pkg/apis
 
 require (
 	github.com/IBM/keyprotect-go-client v0.10.0
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.317
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.322
 	github.com/banzaicloud/k8s-objectmatcher v1.8.0
 	github.com/ceph/go-ceph v0.22.0
 	github.com/coreos/pkg v0.0.0-20230601102743-20bbbf26f4d8
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.28.0-rc.0
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.28.0-rc.0
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.0-rc.0
-	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.28.0-rc.0
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.0-rc.0
-	k8s.io/cloud-provider v0.28.0-rc.0
+	k8s.io/api v0.28.0
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.28.0
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.0
+	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.28.0
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.0
+	k8s.io/cloud-provider v0.28.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/mcs-api v0.1.0
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/component-base v0.28.0-rc.0 // indirect
+	k8s.io/component-base v0.28.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230718181711-3c0fae5ee9fd // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b76af7791..b73147a31 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -597,8 +597,8 @@ github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.36.29/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2z
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.43.8/go.mod h1:y4AeaBuwd2Lk+GepC1E9v0qOiTws0MIWAX4oIKwKHZo=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.95/go.mod h1:y4AeaBuwd2Lk+GepC1E9v0qOiTws0MIWAX4oIKwKHZo=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.164/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.317 h1:+8XWrLmGMwPPXSRSLPzhgcGnzJ2mYkgkrcB9C/GnSOU=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.317/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.322 h1:7JfwifGRGQMHd99PvfXqxBaZsjuRaOF6e3X9zRx2uYo=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.322/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.8.0/go.mod h1:xEFuWz+3TYdlPRuo+CqATbeDWIWyaT5uAPwPaWtgse0=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TNtBVmka80lRPk5+S9ZqVfFszOQAGJJ9KbT3EM3CHNU=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials v1.3.2/go.mod h1:PACKuTJdt6AlXvEq8rFI4eDmoqDFC5DpVKQbWysaDgM=
@@ -3278,15 +3278,15 @@ k8s.io/api v0.20.6/go.mod h1:X9e8Qag6JV/bL5G6bU8sdVRltWKmdHsFUGS3eVndqE8=
 k8s.io/api v0.22.2/go.mod h1:y3ydYpLJAaDI+BbSe2xmGcqxiWHmWjkEeIbiwHvnPR8=
 k8s.io/api v0.23.5/go.mod h1:Na4XuKng8PXJ2JsploYYrivXrINeTaycCGcYgF91Xm8=
 k8s.io/api v0.26.0/go.mod h1:k6HDTaIFC8yn1i6pSClSqIwLABIcLV9l5Q4EcngKnQg=
-k8s.io/api v0.28.0-rc.0 h1:F6Qksl4B9mauFIDpbsuq6534wla3Oug8imAl/2qN8QE=
-k8s.io/api v0.28.0-rc.0/go.mod h1:vJAkpE9dgnkmGebOLnZqAwSzu2+nTFJ3XdCFWe+Mjr0=
+k8s.io/api v0.28.0 h1:3j3VPWmN9tTDI68NETBWlDiA9qOiGJ7sdKeufehBYsM=
+k8s.io/api v0.28.0/go.mod h1:0l8NZJzB0i/etuWnIXcwfIv+xnDOhL3lLW919AWYDuY=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.0.0-20190409022649-727a075fdec8/go.mod h1:IxkesAMoaCRoLrPJdZNZUQp9NfZnzqaVzLhb2VEQzXE=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.18.2/go.mod h1:q3faSnRGmYimiocj6cHQ1I3WpLqmDgJFlKL37fC4ZvY=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.18.3/go.mod h1:TMsNGs7DYpMXd+8MOCX8KzPOCx8fnZMoIGB24m03+JE=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.18.4/go.mod h1:NYeyeYq4SIpFlPxSAB6jHPIdvu3hL0pc36wuRChybio=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.20.1/go.mod h1:ntnrZV+6a3dB504qwC5PN/Yg9PBiDNt1EVqbW2kORVk=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.28.0-rc.0 h1:6sDeATu1HjZrIkR6WAIaw5QJf4CCLi9yc627CdY4CnE=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.28.0-rc.0/go.mod h1:T3CKLkeCIbP4VIRR704DsHg1rDfIO/7Hr46gZQA50Iw=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.28.0 h1:CszgmBL8CizEnj4sj7/PtLGey6Na3YgWyGCPONv7E9E=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.28.0/go.mod h1:uRdYiwIuu0SyqJKriKmqEN2jThIJPhVmOWETm8ud1VE=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190404173353-6a84e37a896d/go.mod h1:ccL7Eh7zubPUSh9A3USN90/OzHNSVN6zxzde07TDCL0=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190409092423-760d1845f48b/go.mod h1:FW86P8YXVLsbuplGMZeb20J3jYHscrDqw4jELaFJvRU=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.18.2/go.mod h1:9SnR/e11v5IbyPCGbvJViimtJ0SwHG4nfZFjU77ftcA=
@@ -3301,16 +3301,16 @@ k8s.io/apimachinery v0.20.6/go.mod h1:ejZXtW1Ra6V1O5H8xPBGz+T3+4gfkTCeExAHKU57MA
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.22.2/go.mod h1:O3oNtNadZdeOMxHFVxOreoznohCpy0z6mocxbZr7oJ0=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.5/go.mod h1:BEuFMMBaIbcOqVIJqNZJXGFTP4W6AycEpb5+m/97hrM=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.0/go.mod h1:tnPmbONNJ7ByJNz9+n9kMjNP8ON+1qoAIIC70lztu74=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.0-rc.0 h1:qh5r3Vk+HADGQx4zI99eZzXOCMutZj2/UlTKCY2/ePM=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.0-rc.0/go.mod h1:xhQIsaL3hXneGluH+0pzF7kr+VYuLS/VcYJxF1xQf+g=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.0 h1:ScHS2AG16UlYWk63r46oU3D5y54T53cVI5mMJwwqFNA=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.0/go.mod h1:X0xh/chESs2hP9koe+SdIAcXWcQ+RM5hy0ZynB+yEvw=
 k8s.io/apiserver v0.18.2/go.mod h1:Xbh066NqrZO8cbsoenCwyDJ1OSi8Ag8I2lezeHxzwzw=
 k8s.io/apiserver v0.18.3/go.mod h1:tHQRmthRPLUtwqsOnJJMoI8SW3lnoReZeE861lH8vUw=
 k8s.io/apiserver v0.18.4/go.mod h1:q+zoFct5ABNnYkGIaGQ3bcbUNdmPyOCoEBcg51LChY8=
 k8s.io/apiserver v0.20.1/go.mod h1:ro5QHeQkgMS7ZGpvf4tSMx6bBOgPfE+f52KwvXfScaU=
 k8s.io/apiserver v0.20.4/go.mod h1:Mc80thBKOyy7tbvFtB4kJv1kbdD0eIH8k8vianJcbFM=
 k8s.io/apiserver v0.20.6/go.mod h1:QIJXNt6i6JB+0YQRNcS0hdRHJlMhflFmsBDeSgT1r8Q=
-k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.28.0-rc.0 h1:M3CYaWaigUbLAFQUp44qNTDdoB9lqguMqBb6/a+NFps=
-k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.28.0-rc.0/go.mod h1:XWWVnbc1ipfSzSaSLKDB7VnmILwIwOfkZglGm9C4kKA=
+k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.28.0 h1:Tcz1nnccXZDNIzoH6EwjCs+7ezkUGhorzCweEvlVOFg=
+k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.28.0/go.mod h1:U+ySmOKBm/JUCmebhmecXeTwNN1RzI7DW4+OM8Oryas=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.18.2/go.mod h1:Xcm5wVGXX9HAA2JJ2sSBUn3tCJ+4SVlCbl2MNNv+CIU=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.18.3/go.mod h1:4a/dpQEvzAhT1BbuWW09qvIaGw6Gbu1gZYiQZIi1DMw=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.18.4/go.mod h1:f5sXwL4yAZRkAtzOxRWUhA/N8XzGCb+nPZI8PfobZ9g=
@@ -3322,10 +3322,10 @@ k8s.io/client-go v0.20.4/go.mod h1:LiMv25ND1gLUdBeYxBIwKpkSC5IsozMMmOOeSJboP+k=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.20.6/go.mod h1:nNQMnOvEUEsOzRRFIIkdmYOjAZrC8bgq0ExboWSU1I0=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.22.2/go.mod h1:sAlhrkVDf50ZHx6z4K0S40wISNTarf1r800F+RlCF6U=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.23.5/go.mod h1:flkeinTO1CirYgzMPRWxUCnV0G4Fbu2vLhYCObnt/r4=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.28.0-rc.0 h1:fL9kSASMgDyDD9uVMevQR0aqBY7Mczb/GzsqlUNwq4Q=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.28.0-rc.0/go.mod h1:KZq8b8mjSNmYMofEo2M7XEehqaonyBZFw5fdsups46Y=
-k8s.io/cloud-provider v0.28.0-rc.0 h1:nQtFsmeCKYhDWuQ7ndFcyaCstc6MHBEhaDIxqvRFXCw=
-k8s.io/cloud-provider v0.28.0-rc.0/go.mod h1:y/EenS4Ace28lYImlXuB03FfSXI78lAFNKHExTHY9e0=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.28.0 h1:ebcPRDZsCjpj62+cMk1eGNX1QkMdRmQ6lmz5BLoFWeM=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.28.0/go.mod h1:0Asy9Xt3U98RypWJmU1ZrRAGKhP6NqDPmptlAzK2kMc=
+k8s.io/cloud-provider v0.28.0 h1:BTIW7b757T+VXB5yqJeajPXsNOmeooopUgfzQueiWvk=
+k8s.io/cloud-provider v0.28.0/go.mod h1:u0MGqdlutkTmCJyNrCzIMJ+OhrwQE9x5X8mBTN0R7us=
 k8s.io/code-generator v0.18.2/go.mod h1:+UHX5rSbxmR8kzS+FAv7um6dtYrZokQvjHpDSYRVkTc=
 k8s.io/code-generator v0.18.3/go.mod h1:TgNEVx9hCyPGpdtCWA34olQYLkh3ok9ar7XfSsr8b6c=
 k8s.io/code-generator v0.18.4/go.mod h1:TgNEVx9hCyPGpdtCWA34olQYLkh3ok9ar7XfSsr8b6c=
@@ -3339,8 +3339,8 @@ k8s.io/component-base v0.18.4/go.mod h1:7jr/Ef5PGmKwQhyAz/pjByxJbC58mhKAhiaDu0vX
 k8s.io/component-base v0.20.1/go.mod h1:guxkoJnNoh8LNrbtiQOlyp2Y2XFCZQmrcg2n/DeYNLk=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.20.4/go.mod h1:t4p9EdiagbVCJKrQ1RsA5/V4rFQNDfRlevJajlGwgjI=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.20.6/go.mod h1:6f1MPBAeI+mvuts3sIdtpjljHWBQ2cIy38oBIWMYnrM=
-k8s.io/component-base v0.28.0-rc.0 h1:MFPluB1AXf6AzHs1qoBS1JJ1xAFeL0Ideb3QAMdk3s0=
-k8s.io/component-base v0.28.0-rc.0/go.mod h1:I22ElTkO4PGZjhokvW89/x8thAZm6tI73juVAcrvErs=
+k8s.io/component-base v0.28.0 h1:HQKy1enJrOeJlTlN4a6dU09wtmXaUvThC0irImfqyxI=
+k8s.io/component-base v0.28.0/go.mod h1:Yyf3+ZypLfMydVzuLBqJ5V7Kx6WwDr/5cN+dFjw1FNk=
 k8s.io/cri-api v0.17.3/go.mod h1:X1sbHmuXhwaHs9xxYffLqJogVsnI+f6cPRcgPel7ywM=
 k8s.io/cri-api v0.20.1/go.mod h1:2JRbKt+BFLTjtrILYVqQK5jqhI+XNdF6UiGMgczeBCI=
 k8s.io/cri-api v0.20.4/go.mod h1:2JRbKt+BFLTjtrILYVqQK5jqhI+XNdF6UiGMgczeBCI=
diff --git a/pkg/apis/go.mod b/pkg/apis/go.mod
index 605e93c7e..eb75dcf26 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/go.mod
+++ b/pkg/apis/go.mod
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ require (
 	github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20230804173756-26b8597c4de2
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	k8s.io/api v0.28.0-rc.0
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.0-rc.0
+	k8s.io/api v0.28.0
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.1
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2 // indirect
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.317 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.322 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v3 v3.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.28.0-rc.0 // indirect
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.0-rc.0 // indirect
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.28.0 // indirect
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230718181711-3c0fae5ee9fd // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/apis/go.sum b/pkg/apis/go.sum
index bc8aa7cc3..ae904d821 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/go.sum
+++ b/pkg/apis/go.sum
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.36.29/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2z
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.43.8/go.mod h1:y4AeaBuwd2Lk+GepC1E9v0qOiTws0MIWAX4oIKwKHZo=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.95/go.mod h1:y4AeaBuwd2Lk+GepC1E9v0qOiTws0MIWAX4oIKwKHZo=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.164/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.317 h1:+8XWrLmGMwPPXSRSLPzhgcGnzJ2mYkgkrcB9C/GnSOU=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.317/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.322 h1:7JfwifGRGQMHd99PvfXqxBaZsjuRaOF6e3X9zRx2uYo=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.322/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.8.0/go.mod h1:xEFuWz+3TYdlPRuo+CqATbeDWIWyaT5uAPwPaWtgse0=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TNtBVmka80lRPk5+S9ZqVfFszOQAGJJ9KbT3EM3CHNU=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials v1.3.2/go.mod h1:PACKuTJdt6AlXvEq8rFI4eDmoqDFC5DpVKQbWysaDgM=
@@ -2712,13 +2712,13 @@ k8s.io/api v0.20.6/go.mod h1:X9e8Qag6JV/bL5G6bU8sdVRltWKmdHsFUGS3eVndqE8=
 k8s.io/api v0.22.2/go.mod h1:y3ydYpLJAaDI+BbSe2xmGcqxiWHmWjkEeIbiwHvnPR8=
 k8s.io/api v0.23.5/go.mod h1:Na4XuKng8PXJ2JsploYYrivXrINeTaycCGcYgF91Xm8=
 k8s.io/api v0.26.0/go.mod h1:k6HDTaIFC8yn1i6pSClSqIwLABIcLV9l5Q4EcngKnQg=
-k8s.io/api v0.28.0-rc.0 h1:F6Qksl4B9mauFIDpbsuq6534wla3Oug8imAl/2qN8QE=
-k8s.io/api v0.28.0-rc.0/go.mod h1:vJAkpE9dgnkmGebOLnZqAwSzu2+nTFJ3XdCFWe+Mjr0=
+k8s.io/api v0.28.0 h1:3j3VPWmN9tTDI68NETBWlDiA9qOiGJ7sdKeufehBYsM=
+k8s.io/api v0.28.0/go.mod h1:0l8NZJzB0i/etuWnIXcwfIv+xnDOhL3lLW919AWYDuY=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.0.0-20190409022649-727a075fdec8/go.mod h1:IxkesAMoaCRoLrPJdZNZUQp9NfZnzqaVzLhb2VEQzXE=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.18.3/go.mod h1:TMsNGs7DYpMXd+8MOCX8KzPOCx8fnZMoIGB24m03+JE=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.20.1/go.mod h1:ntnrZV+6a3dB504qwC5PN/Yg9PBiDNt1EVqbW2kORVk=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.28.0-rc.0 h1:6sDeATu1HjZrIkR6WAIaw5QJf4CCLi9yc627CdY4CnE=
-k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.28.0-rc.0/go.mod h1:T3CKLkeCIbP4VIRR704DsHg1rDfIO/7Hr46gZQA50Iw=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.28.0 h1:CszgmBL8CizEnj4sj7/PtLGey6Na3YgWyGCPONv7E9E=
+k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.28.0/go.mod h1:uRdYiwIuu0SyqJKriKmqEN2jThIJPhVmOWETm8ud1VE=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190404173353-6a84e37a896d/go.mod h1:ccL7Eh7zubPUSh9A3USN90/OzHNSVN6zxzde07TDCL0=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20190409092423-760d1845f48b/go.mod h1:FW86P8YXVLsbuplGMZeb20J3jYHscrDqw4jELaFJvRU=
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@@ -2732,8 +2732,8 @@ k8s.io/apimachinery v0.20.6/go.mod h1:ejZXtW1Ra6V1O5H8xPBGz+T3+4gfkTCeExAHKU57MA
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diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/nodedaemon/crash_test.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/nodedaemon/crash_test.go
index c13343af3..46fc3a652 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/nodedaemon/crash_test.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/nodedaemon/crash_test.go
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ func TestCreateOrUpdateCephCrash(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, tolerations, podSpec.Spec.Tolerations)
 	assert.Equal(t, false, podSpec.Spec.HostNetwork)
 	assert.Equal(t, "", podSpec.Spec.PriorityClassName)
-	assert.Equal(t, int64(controller.CephUserID), *podSpec.Spec.Containers[0].SecurityContext.RunAsUser)
-	assert.Equal(t, int64(controller.CephUserID), *podSpec.Spec.Containers[0].SecurityContext.RunAsGroup)
+	assert.Equal(t, controller.CephUserID, *podSpec.Spec.Containers[0].SecurityContext.RunAsUser)
+	assert.Equal(t, controller.CephUserID, *podSpec.Spec.Containers[0].SecurityContext.RunAsGroup)
 
 	cephCluster.Spec.Labels[cephv1.KeyCrashCollector] = map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}
 	cephCluster.Spec.Network.HostNetwork = true
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/controller/spec.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/controller/spec.go
index 23ef4e1fa..7e919e7b6 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/controller/spec.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/controller/spec.go
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import (
 	kerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ const (
 	ExternalMgrAppName                      = "rook-ceph-mgr-external"
 	ExternalCephExporterName                = "rook-ceph-exporter-external"
 	ServiceExternalMetricName               = "http-external-metrics"
-	CephUserID                              = 167
+	CephUserID                              = int64(167)
 	livenessProbeTimeoutSeconds       int32 = 5
 	livenessProbeInitialDelaySeconds  int32 = 10
 	startupProbeFailuresDaemonDefault int32 = 6 // multiply by 10 = effective startup timeout
@@ -686,8 +685,9 @@ func PodSecurityContext() *v1.SecurityContext {
 // PodSecurityContext detects if the pod needs privileges to run
 func CephSecurityContext() *v1.SecurityContext {
 	context := PodSecurityContext()
-	context.RunAsUser = pointer.Int64(CephUserID)
-	context.RunAsGroup = pointer.Int64(CephUserID)
+	cephUserID := CephUserID
+	context.RunAsUser = &cephUserID
+	context.RunAsGroup = &cephUserID
 	return context
 }