diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index ad06ff5bd..d00a1f9f7 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ linters:
           deny:
             - pkg: io/ioutil
               desc: io/ioutil package has been deprecated
+            - pkg: golang.org/x/exp/maps
+              desc: use stdlib maps package
+            - pkg: golang.org/x/exp/slices
+              desc: use stdlib slices package
             - pkg: gopkg.in/yaml.v2
               desc: compose-go uses yaml.v3
     gocritic:
diff --git a/cmd/compose/scale.go b/cmd/compose/scale.go
index f28a256d7..afa1f8cb2 100644
--- a/cmd/compose/scale.go
+++ b/cmd/compose/scale.go
@@ -19,14 +19,13 @@ package compose
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"maps"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command"
-
 	"github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2/types"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
-
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command"
 	"github.com/docker/compose/v2/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ func scaleCommand(p *ProjectOptions, dockerCli command.Cli, backend api.Service)
 }
 
 func runScale(ctx context.Context, dockerCli command.Cli, backend api.Service, opts scaleOptions, serviceReplicaTuples map[string]int) error {
-	services := maps.Keys(serviceReplicaTuples)
+	services := slices.Sorted(maps.Keys(serviceReplicaTuples))
 	project, _, err := opts.ToProject(ctx, dockerCli, services)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 479bd313b..d5c4e9ebb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.35.0
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 	go.uber.org/mock v0.5.2
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250408133849-7e4ce0ab07d0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.14.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.33.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.72.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9b4e25570..83a4ffb6e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -544,8 +544,6 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201117144127-c1f2f97bffc9/go.mod h1:jdWPYTVW3xRLrWP
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.37.0 h1:kJNSjF/Xp7kU0iB2Z+9viTPMW4EqqsrywMXLJOOsXSE=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.37.0/go.mod h1:vg+k43peMZ0pUMhYmVAWysMK35e6ioLh3wB8ZCAfbVc=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250408133849-7e4ce0ab07d0 h1:R84qjqJb5nVJMxqWYb3np9L5ZsaDtB+a39EqjV0JSUM=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250408133849-7e4ce0ab07d0/go.mod h1:S9Xr4PYopiDyqSyp5NjCrhFrqg6A5zA2E/iPHPhqnS8=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.3.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91VN4djpZkiMVwK6gcyfeH4XE8wZrZaV4=
diff --git a/pkg/compose/generate.go b/pkg/compose/generate.go
index 61906b949..025d5093d 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/generate.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/generate.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package compose
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"maps"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -28,8 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/filters"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/mount"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/network"
-
-	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
 )
 
 func (s *composeService) Generate(ctx context.Context, options api.GenerateOptions) (*types.Project, error) {