diff --git a/controllers/githubactionrunner_controller.go b/controllers/githubactionrunner_controller.go
index 7e5a170f..9c9befbe 100644
--- a/controllers/githubactionrunner_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/githubactionrunner_controller.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func (r *GithubActionRunnerReconciler) handleScaling(ctx context.Context, instan
 
 	if shouldScaleUp(podRunnerPairs, instance) {
 		instance.Status.CurrentSize = podRunnerPairs.numPods()
-		scale := funk.MaxInt([]int{instance.Spec.MinRunners - podRunnerPairs.numRunners(), 1}).(int)
+		scale := funk.MaxInt([]int{instance.Spec.MinRunners - podRunnerPairs.numRunners(), 1})
 		logger.Info("Scaling up", "numInstances", scale)
 
 		if err := r.scaleUp(ctx, scale, instance); err != nil {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0e29712a..18e3e01d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/palantir/go-githubapp v0.7.0
 	github.com/redhat-cop/operator-utils v1.1.4
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
-	github.com/thoas/go-funk v0.8.0
+	github.com/thoas/go-funk v0.9.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.21.2
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.21.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.21.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 14de0ab8..f665bbdd 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -503,8 +503,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0/go.mod h1:N0PQaV/YGNqwC0u51sEeR/aUtSLEXKX9iv69rRypqCw=
-github.com/thoas/go-funk v0.8.0 h1:JP9tKSvnpFVclYgDM0Is7FD9M4fhPvqA0s0BsXmzSRQ=
-github.com/thoas/go-funk v0.8.0/go.mod h1:+IWnUfUmFO1+WVYQWQtIJHeRRdaIyyYglZN7xzUPe4Q=
+github.com/thoas/go-funk v0.9.0 h1:Yzu8aTjTb1sqHZzSZLBt4qaZrFfjNizhA7IfnefjEzo=
+github.com/thoas/go-funk v0.9.0/go.mod h1:+IWnUfUmFO1+WVYQWQtIJHeRRdaIyyYglZN7xzUPe4Q=
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20170815181823-89b8d40f7ca8/go.mod h1:ncp9v5uamzpCO7NfCPTXjqaC+bZgJeR0sMTm6dMHP7U=
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20190109142713-0ad062ec5ee5/go.mod h1:ncp9v5uamzpCO7NfCPTXjqaC+bZgJeR0sMTm6dMHP7U=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.20.0/go.mod h1:70zkFmudgCuE/ngEzBv17Jvp/497gISqfk5gWijbERA=