diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c026cb3f4..fc46f9618 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-20.04, macos-11, windows-2022 ] # list of os: https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments
+        go: ['1.20', '1.21']
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     steps:
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0 # fetch git tags for "git describe"
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: '1.19'
+          go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
 
       - name: Install deps
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04'
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index a227f0e75..a339468d4 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ linters-settings:
 
     # Which checks should be disabled; can't be combined with 'enabled-checks'; default is empty
     disabled-checks:
+      - dupSubExpr
       - regexpMust
       #      - hugeParam
       - rangeValCopy
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fc2a547b4..86a039e0c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ lintci-deps-clean: golangci-lint-clean
 
 # download and build golangci-lint (https://golangci-lint.run)
 $(GOBINREL)/golangci-lint: | $(GOBINREL)
-	curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b "$(GOBIN)" v1.54.0
+	curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b "$(GOBIN)" v1.54.1
 
 golangci-lint-clean:
 	rm -f "$(GOBIN)/golangci-lint"
diff --git a/common/address.go b/common/address.go
index 4ad220345..c51db9d26 100644
--- a/common/address.go
+++ b/common/address.go
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ var (
 // Address represents the 20 byte address of an Ethereum account.
 type Address [length.Addr]byte
 
+// Cmp compares two addresses.
+func (a Address) Cmp(other Address) int { return bytes.Compare(a[:], other[:]) }
+
 // BytesToAddress returns Address with value b.
 // If b is larger than len(h), b will be cropped from the left.
 func BytesToAddress(b []byte) Address {
diff --git a/common/cmp/cmp_1_20.go b/common/cmp/cmp_1_20.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9488f71ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/cmp/cmp_1_20.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+   Copyright 2021 Erigon contributors
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+//nolint
+
+package cmp
+
+// Copy-Paste of golang's 1.21.0 `cmp` package
+
+// Ordered is a constraint that permits any ordered type: any type
+// that supports the operators < <= >= >.
+// If future releases of Go add new ordered types,
+// this constraint will be modified to include them.
+//
+// Note that floating-point types may contain NaN ("not-a-number") values.
+// An operator such as == or < will always report false when
+// comparing a NaN value with any other value, NaN or not.
+// See the [Compare] function for a consistent way to compare NaN values.
+type Ordered interface {
+	~int | ~int8 | ~int16 | ~int32 | ~int64 |
+		~uint | ~uint8 | ~uint16 | ~uint32 | ~uint64 | ~uintptr |
+		~float32 | ~float64 |
+		~string
+}
+
+// Less reports whether x is less than y.
+// For floating-point types, a NaN is considered less than any non-NaN,
+// and -0.0 is not less than (is equal to) 0.0.
+func Less[T Ordered](x, y T) bool {
+	return (isNaN(x) && !isNaN(y)) || x < y
+}
+
+// Compare returns
+//
+//	-1 if x is less than y,
+//	 0 if x equals y,
+//	+1 if x is greater than y.
+//
+// For floating-point types, a NaN is considered less than any non-NaN,
+// a NaN is considered equal to a NaN, and -0.0 is equal to 0.0.
+func Compare[T Ordered](x, y T) int {
+	xNaN := isNaN(x)
+	yNaN := isNaN(y)
+	if xNaN && yNaN {
+		return 0
+	}
+	if xNaN || x < y {
+		return -1
+	}
+	if yNaN || x > y {
+		return +1
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+// isNaN reports whether x is a NaN without requiring the math package.
+// This will always return false if T is not floating-point.
+func isNaN[T Ordered](x T) bool {
+	return x != x //nolint
+}
diff --git a/common/hash.go b/common/hash.go
index 72c4b570f..9d7a5e02e 100644
--- a/common/hash.go
+++ b/common/hash.go
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ const (
 // Hash represents the 32 byte Keccak256 hash of arbitrary data.
 type Hash [length.Hash]byte
 
+// Cmp compares two hashes.
+func (h Hash) Cmp(other Hash) int { return bytes.Compare(h[:], other[:]) }
+
 // BytesToHash sets b to hash.
 // If b is larger than len(h), b will be cropped from the left.
 func BytesToHash(b []byte) Hash {
diff --git a/compress/compress.go b/compress/compress.go
index 5b3d47c32..d5ddda9d0 100644
--- a/compress/compress.go
+++ b/compress/compress.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/c2h5oh/datasize"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common"
+	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common/cmp"
 	dir2 "github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common/dir"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/etl"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/log/v3"
@@ -300,17 +301,17 @@ func (db *DictionaryBuilder) Less(i, j int) bool {
 	return db.items[i].score < db.items[j].score
 }
 
-func dictionaryBuilderLess(i, j *Pattern) bool {
+func dictionaryBuilderCmp(i, j *Pattern) int {
 	if i.score == j.score {
-		return bytes.Compare(i.word, j.word) < 0
+		return bytes.Compare(i.word, j.word)
 	}
-	return i.score < j.score
+	return cmp.Compare(i.score, j.score)
 }
 
 func (db *DictionaryBuilder) Swap(i, j int) {
 	db.items[i], db.items[j] = db.items[j], db.items[i]
 }
-func (db *DictionaryBuilder) Sort() { slices.SortFunc(db.items, dictionaryBuilderLess) }
+func (db *DictionaryBuilder) Sort() { slices.SortFunc(db.items, dictionaryBuilderCmp) }
 
 func (db *DictionaryBuilder) Push(x interface{}) {
 	db.items = append(db.items, x.(*Pattern))
@@ -383,11 +384,11 @@ type Pattern struct {
 type PatternList []*Pattern
 
 func (pl PatternList) Len() int { return len(pl) }
-func patternListLess(i, j *Pattern) bool {
+func patternListCmp(i, j *Pattern) int {
 	if i.uses == j.uses {
-		return bits.Reverse64(i.code) < bits.Reverse64(j.code)
+		return cmp.Compare(bits.Reverse64(i.code), bits.Reverse64(j.code))
 	}
-	return i.uses < j.uses
+	return cmp.Compare(i.uses, j.uses)
 }
 
 // PatternHuff is an intermediate node in a huffman tree of patterns
@@ -555,11 +556,11 @@ type PositionList []*Position
 
 func (pl PositionList) Len() int { return len(pl) }
 
-func positionListLess(i, j *Position) bool {
+func positionListCmp(i, j *Position) int {
 	if i.uses == j.uses {
-		return bits.Reverse64(i.code) < bits.Reverse64(j.code)
+		return cmp.Compare(bits.Reverse64(i.code), bits.Reverse64(j.code))
 	}
-	return i.uses < j.uses
+	return cmp.Compare(i.uses, j.uses)
 }
 
 type PositionHeap []*PositionHuff
diff --git a/compress/parallel_compress.go b/compress/parallel_compress.go
index 1dd0d9508..04c853e9c 100644
--- a/compress/parallel_compress.go
+++ b/compress/parallel_compress.go
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ func reducedict(ctx context.Context, trace bool, logPrefix, segmentFilePath stri
 			distribution[len(p.word)]++
 		}
 	}
-	slices.SortFunc(patternList, patternListLess)
+	slices.SortFunc(patternList, patternListCmp)
 	logCtx := make([]interface{}, 0, 8)
 	logCtx = append(logCtx, "patternList.Len", patternList.Len())
 
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ func reducedict(ctx context.Context, trace bool, logPrefix, segmentFilePath stri
 	}
 	//fmt.Printf("patternsSize = %d\n", patternsSize)
 	// Write all the pattens
-	slices.SortFunc(patternList, patternListLess)
+	slices.SortFunc(patternList, patternListCmp)
 	for _, p := range patternList {
 		ns := binary.PutUvarint(numBuf[:], uint64(p.depth))
 		if _, err = cw.Write(numBuf[:ns]); err != nil {
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ func reducedict(ctx context.Context, trace bool, logPrefix, segmentFilePath stri
 		positionList = append(positionList, p)
 		pos2code[pos] = p
 	}
-	slices.SortFunc(positionList, positionListLess)
+	slices.SortFunc(positionList, positionListCmp)
 	i = 0
 	// Build Huffman tree for codes
 	var posHeap PositionHeap
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ func reducedict(ctx context.Context, trace bool, logPrefix, segmentFilePath stri
 	}
 	//fmt.Printf("posSize = %d\n", posSize)
 	// Write all the positions
-	slices.SortFunc(positionList, positionListLess)
+	slices.SortFunc(positionList, positionListCmp)
 	for _, p := range positionList {
 		ns := binary.PutUvarint(numBuf[:], uint64(p.depth))
 		if _, err = cw.Write(numBuf[:ns]); err != nil {
diff --git a/downloader/snaptype/files.go b/downloader/snaptype/files.go
index 424596e07..419c06b8a 100644
--- a/downloader/snaptype/files.go
+++ b/downloader/snaptype/files.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	cmp2 "github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common/cmp"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common/dir"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
@@ -226,20 +227,24 @@ func ParseDir(dir string) (res []FileInfo, err error) {
 		}
 		res = append(res, meta)
 	}
-	slices.SortFunc(res, func(i, j FileInfo) bool {
-		if i.Version != j.Version {
-			return i.Version < j.Version
+	slices.SortFunc(res, func(i, j FileInfo) int {
+		cmp := cmp2.Compare(i.Version, j.Version)
+		if cmp != 0 {
+			return cmp
 		}
-		if i.From != j.From {
-			return i.From < j.From
+		cmp = cmp2.Compare(i.From, j.From)
+		if cmp != 0 {
+			return cmp
 		}
-		if i.To != j.To {
-			return i.To < j.To
+		cmp = cmp2.Compare(i.To, j.To)
+		if cmp != 0 {
+			return cmp
 		}
-		if i.T != j.T {
-			return i.T < j.T
+		cmp = cmp2.Compare(i.T, j.T)
+		if cmp != 0 {
+			return cmp
 		}
-		return i.Ext < j.Ext
+		return cmp2.Compare(i.Ext, j.Ext)
 	})
 
 	return res, nil
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d9508205a..7aab1c3b4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	github.com/tidwall/btree v1.6.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.12.0
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230711023510-fffb14384f22
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230811145659-89c5cff77bcb
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c96dbed31..163f717db 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -418,8 +418,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.5.0/go.mod h1:NK/OQwhpMQP3MwtdjgLlYHnH9ebylxKWv3e0fK+mkQU
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.12.0 h1:tFM/ta59kqch6LlvYnPa0yx5a83cL2nHflFhYKvv9Yk=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.12.0/go.mod h1:NF0Gs7EO5K4qLn+Ylc+fih8BSTeIjAP05siRnAh98yw=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230711023510-fffb14384f22 h1:FqrVOBQxQ8r/UwwXibI0KMolVhvFiGobSfdE33deHJM=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230711023510-fffb14384f22/go.mod h1:FXUEEKJgO7OQYeo8N01OfiKP8RXMtf6e8aTskBGqWdc=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230811145659-89c5cff77bcb h1:mIKbk8weKhSeLH2GmUTrvx8CjkyJmnU1wFmg59CUjFA=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230811145659-89c5cff77bcb/go.mod h1:FXUEEKJgO7OQYeo8N01OfiKP8RXMtf6e8aTskBGqWdc=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190227174305-5b3e6a55c961/go.mod h1:wehouNa3lNwaWXcvxsM5YxQ5yQlVC4a0KAMCusXpPoU=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190301231843-5614ed5bae6f/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
diff --git a/gointerfaces/remote/sort.go b/gointerfaces/remote/sort.go
index 8145cfc3c..f61407bf0 100644
--- a/gointerfaces/remote/sort.go
+++ b/gointerfaces/remote/sort.go
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/gointerfaces/types"
 )
 
-func NodeInfoReplyLess(i, j *types.NodeInfoReply) bool {
+func NodeInfoReplyCmp(i, j *types.NodeInfoReply) int {
 	if cmp := strings.Compare(i.Name, j.Name); cmp != 0 {
-		return cmp == -1
+		return cmp
 	}
-	return strings.Compare(i.Enode, j.Enode) == -1
+	return strings.Compare(i.Enode, j.Enode)
 }
diff --git a/gointerfaces/remote/sort_test.go b/gointerfaces/remote/sort_test.go
index 46de9befa..50a7bfa26 100644
--- a/gointerfaces/remote/sort_test.go
+++ b/gointerfaces/remote/sort_test.go
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ package remote_test
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/gointerfaces/remote"
-	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/gointerfaces/types"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
+
+	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/gointerfaces/remote"
+	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/gointerfaces/types"
 )
 
 func TestSort(t *testing.T) {
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ func TestSort(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 
-			slices.SortFunc(tt.got.NodesInfo, remote.NodeInfoReplyLess)
+			slices.SortFunc(tt.got.NodesInfo, remote.NodeInfoReplyCmp)
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, tt.got)
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/kv/iter/iter.go b/kv/iter/iter.go
index d722caed1..a2d45a864 100644
--- a/kv/iter/iter.go
+++ b/kv/iter/iter.go
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ func (m *IntersectIter[T]) advanceX() {
 	}
 }
 func (m *IntersectIter[T]) advanceY() {
+
 	if m.err != nil {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/patricia/patricia.go b/patricia/patricia.go
index 76e1eea72..f2ccc86c5 100644
--- a/patricia/patricia.go
+++ b/patricia/patricia.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"math/bits"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common/cmp"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/sais"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
@@ -699,7 +700,7 @@ func (mf2 *MatchFinder2) FindLongestMatches(data []byte) []Match {
 		return mf2.matches
 	}
 	//sort.Sort(&mf2.matches)
-	slices.SortFunc(mf2.matches, func(i, j Match) bool { return i.Start < j.Start })
+	slices.SortFunc(mf2.matches, func(i, j Match) int { return cmp.Compare(i.Start, j.Start) })
 
 	lastEnd := mf2.matches[0].End
 	j := 1
diff --git a/state/btree_index.go b/state/btree_index.go
index 00d2b9e13..f82660cc5 100644
--- a/state/btree_index.go
+++ b/state/btree_index.go
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/c2h5oh/datasize"
 	"github.com/edsrzf/mmap-go"
-	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common/dbg"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/log/v3"
 
-	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common/background"
-
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common"
+	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common/background"
+	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common/dbg"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/common/length"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/compress"
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/etl"