diff --git a/pkg/controlloop/pod.go b/pkg/controlloop/pod.go
index 666b20e9b..d4dca35fa 100644
--- a/pkg/controlloop/pod.go
+++ b/pkg/controlloop/pod.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ type PodController struct {
 	netAttachDefLister      nadlister.NetworkAttachmentDefinitionLister
 	broadcaster             record.EventBroadcaster
 	recorder                record.EventRecorder
-	workqueue               workqueue.RateLimitingInterface
+	workqueue               workqueue.TypedRateLimitingInterface[*v1.Pod]
 	mountPath               string
 	cleanupFunc             garbageCollector
 }
@@ -108,9 +108,8 @@ func newPodController(k8sCoreClient kubernetes.Interface, wbClient wbclientset.I
 	networksInformer := netAttachDefInformer.Informer()
 	podsInformer := k8sPodFilteredInformer.Informer()
 
-	queue := workqueue.NewNamedRateLimitingQueue(
-		workqueue.DefaultControllerRateLimiter(),
-		ipReconcilerQueueName)
+	queue := workqueue.NewTypedRateLimitingQueue[*v1.Pod](
+		workqueue.DefaultTypedControllerRateLimiter[*v1.Pod]())
 
 	podsInformer.AddEventHandler(
 		cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
@@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ func (pc *PodController) processNextWorkItem() bool {
 	}
 	defer pc.workqueue.Done(queueItem)
 
-	pod := queueItem.(*v1.Pod)
+	pod := queueItem
 	err := pc.garbageCollectPodIPs(pod)
 	logging.Verbosef("result of garbage collecting pods: %+v", err)
 	pc.handleResult(pod, err)
@@ -344,7 +343,7 @@ func (pc *PodController) addressGarbageCollectionFailed(pod *v1.Pod, err error)
 	}
 }
 
-func onPodDelete(queue workqueue.RateLimitingInterface, obj interface{}) {
+func onPodDelete(queue workqueue.TypedRateLimitingInterface[*v1.Pod], obj interface{}) {
 	pod, err := podFromTombstone(obj)
 	if err != nil {
 		logging.Errorf("cannot create pod object from %v on pod delete: %v", obj, err)
diff --git a/pkg/node-controller/controller.go b/pkg/node-controller/controller.go
index f5e30757d..d751a1022 100644
--- a/pkg/node-controller/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/node-controller/controller.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ type Controller struct {
 	// means we can ensure we only process a fixed amount of resources at a
 	// time, and makes it easy to ensure we are never processing the same item
 	// simultaneously in two different workers.
-	workqueue workqueue.RateLimitingInterface
+	workqueue workqueue.TypedRateLimitingInterface[string]
 
 	// recorder is an event recorder for recording Event resources to the
 	// Kubernetes API.
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ func NewController(
 	eventBroadcaster.StartStructuredLogging(0)
 	eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&typedcorev1.EventSinkImpl{Interface: kubeclientset.CoreV1().Events("")})
 	recorder := eventBroadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, corev1.EventSource{Component: controllerAgentName})
-	ratelimiter := workqueue.NewMaxOfRateLimiter(
-		workqueue.NewItemExponentialFailureRateLimiter(5*time.Millisecond, 1000*time.Second),
-		&workqueue.BucketRateLimiter{Limiter: rate.NewLimiter(rate.Limit(50), 300)},
+	ratelimiter := workqueue.NewTypedMaxOfRateLimiter(
+		workqueue.NewTypedItemExponentialFailureRateLimiter[string](5*time.Millisecond, 1000*time.Second),
+		&workqueue.TypedBucketRateLimiter[string]{Limiter: rate.NewLimiter(rate.Limit(50), 300)},
 	)
 
 	c := &Controller{
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func NewController(
 		nadInformer:           nadInformer,
 		nadLister:             nadInformer.Lister(),
 		nadSynced:             nadInformer.Informer().HasSynced,
-		workqueue:             workqueue.NewRateLimitingQueue(ratelimiter),
+		workqueue:             workqueue.NewTypedRateLimitingQueue(ratelimiter),
 		recorder:              recorder,
 		sortResults:           sortResults,
 		whereaboutsNamespace:  whereaboutsNamespace,
@@ -253,29 +253,20 @@ func (c *Controller) processNextWorkItem(ctx context.Context) bool {
 	}
 
 	// We wrap this block in a func so we can defer c.workqueue.Done.
-	err := func(obj interface{}) error {
+	err := func(key string) error {
 		// We call Done here so the workqueue knows we have finished
 		// processing this item. We also must remember to call Forget if we
 		// do not want this work item being re-queued. For example, we do
 		// not call Forget if a transient error occurs, instead the item is
 		// put back on the workqueue and attempted again after a back-off
 		// period.
-		defer c.workqueue.Done(obj)
-		var key string
-		var ok bool
+		defer c.workqueue.Done(key)
 		// We expect strings to come off the workqueue. These are of the
 		// form namespace/name. We do this as the delayed nature of the
 		// workqueue means the items in the informer cache may actually be
 		// more up to date that when the item was initially put onto the
 		// workqueue.
-		if key, ok = obj.(string); !ok {
-			// As the item in the workqueue is actually invalid, we call
-			// Forget here else we'd go into a loop of attempting to
-			// process a work item that is invalid.
-			c.workqueue.Forget(obj)
-			utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("expected string in workqueue but got %#v", obj))
-			return nil
-		}
+
 		// Run the syncHandler, passing it the namespace/name string of the
 		// Foo resource to be synced.
 		if err := c.syncHandler(ctx, key); err != nil {
@@ -285,7 +276,7 @@ func (c *Controller) processNextWorkItem(ctx context.Context) bool {
 		}
 		// Finally, if no error occurs we Forget this item so it does not
 		// get queued again until another change happens.
-		c.workqueue.Forget(obj)
+		c.workqueue.Forget(key)
 		logger.Info("Successfully synced", "resourceName", key)
 		return nil
 	}(obj)