diff --git a/components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_controller_test.go b/components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_controller_test.go
index 04598c196ef..ff8ad0984c4 100644
--- a/components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_controller_test.go
+++ b/components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_controller_test.go
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ var _ = Describe("The Openshift Notebook controller", func() {
 								VolumeSource: corev1.VolumeSource{
 									Secret: &corev1.SecretVolumeSource{
 										SecretName:  Name + "-oauth-config",
-										DefaultMode: pointer.Int32Ptr(420),
+										DefaultMode: pointer.Int32(420),
 									},
 								},
 							},
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ var _ = Describe("The Openshift Notebook controller", func() {
 								VolumeSource: corev1.VolumeSource{
 									Secret: &corev1.SecretVolumeSource{
 										SecretName:  Name + "-oauth-client-generated",
-										DefaultMode: pointer.Int32Ptr(420),
+										DefaultMode: pointer.Int32(420),
 									},
 								},
 							},
diff --git a/components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_webhook.go b/components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_webhook.go
index 1e1387f4c9f..5f2cfe9c5d4 100644
--- a/components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_webhook.go
+++ b/components/odh-notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_webhook.go
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ func InjectOAuthProxy(notebook *nbv1.Notebook, oauth OAuthConfig) error {
 		VolumeSource: corev1.VolumeSource{
 			Secret: &corev1.SecretVolumeSource{
 				SecretName:  notebook.Name + "-oauth-client-generated",
-				DefaultMode: pointer.Int32Ptr(420),
+				DefaultMode: pointer.Int32(420),
 			},
 		},
 	}