diff --git a/core/images/archive/exporter.go b/core/images/archive/exporter.go
index 58a17daecd..d736949fbe 100644
--- a/core/images/archive/exporter.go
+++ b/core/images/archive/exporter.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"maps"
 	"path"
 	"slices"
 	"sort"
@@ -195,9 +196,7 @@ func WithSkipMissing(store content.InfoReaderProvider) ExportOpt {
 
 func addNameAnnotation(name string, base map[string]string) map[string]string {
 	annotations := map[string]string{}
-	for k, v := range base {
-		annotations[k] = v
-	}
+	maps.Copy(annotations, base)
 
 	annotations[images.AnnotationImageName] = name
 	annotations[ocispec.AnnotationRefName] = ociReferenceName(name)
diff --git a/core/leases/lease.go b/core/leases/lease.go
index d842c4081a..478e7fd47d 100644
--- a/core/leases/lease.go
+++ b/core/leases/lease.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package leases
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"maps"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -84,9 +85,7 @@ func WithLabels(labels map[string]string) Opt {
 		if l.Labels == nil {
 			l.Labels = map[string]string{}
 		}
-		for k, v := range labels {
-			l.Labels[k] = v
-		}
+		maps.Copy(l.Labels, labels)
 		return nil
 	}
 }
diff --git a/core/leases/lease_test.go b/core/leases/lease_test.go
index c1f547f1b5..b6e1f0a6f0 100644
--- a/core/leases/lease_test.go
+++ b/core/leases/lease_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package leases
 
 import (
+	"maps"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -80,9 +81,7 @@ func newLease(labels map[string]string) *Lease {
 	lease := &Lease{}
 	if labels != nil {
 		lease.Labels = map[string]string{}
-		for k, v := range labels {
-			lease.Labels[k] = v
-		}
+		maps.Copy(lease.Labels, labels)
 	}
 	return lease
 }
diff --git a/core/metadata/snapshot.go b/core/metadata/snapshot.go
index 6fd4615a04..5880df57ec 100644
--- a/core/metadata/snapshot.go
+++ b/core/metadata/snapshot.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package metadata
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"maps"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -250,9 +251,7 @@ func overlayInfo(info, overlay snapshots.Info) snapshots.Info {
 	if info.Labels == nil {
 		info.Labels = overlay.Labels
 	} else {
-		for k, v := range overlay.Labels {
-			info.Labels[k] = v
-		}
+		maps.Copy(info.Labels, overlay.Labels)
 	}
 	return info
 }
diff --git a/core/metadata/snapshot_test.go b/core/metadata/snapshot_test.go
index 83874ee5b4..e005cb898d 100644
--- a/core/metadata/snapshot_test.go
+++ b/core/metadata/snapshot_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package metadata
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"maps"
 	"reflect"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -291,9 +292,7 @@ func (s *tmpSnapshotter) Update(ctx context.Context, info snapshots.Info, fieldp
 		return snapshots.Info{}, errdefs.ErrNotFound
 	}
 
-	for k, v := range info.Labels {
-		i.Labels[k] = v
-	}
+	maps.Copy(i.Labels, info.Labels)
 
 	s.snapshots[i.Name] = i
 
diff --git a/core/snapshots/snapshotter.go b/core/snapshots/snapshotter.go
index 8bd4618841..a369baf379 100644
--- a/core/snapshots/snapshotter.go
+++ b/core/snapshots/snapshotter.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package snapshots
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"maps"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -371,9 +372,7 @@ func WithLabels(labels map[string]string) Opt {
 			info.Labels = make(map[string]string)
 		}
 
-		for k, v := range labels {
-			info.Labels[k] = v
-		}
+		maps.Copy(info.Labels, labels)
 
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/core/transfer/local/import.go b/core/transfer/local/import.go
index 9f8a177094..232981b764 100644
--- a/core/transfer/local/import.go
+++ b/core/transfer/local/import.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"maps"
 
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 
@@ -159,11 +160,7 @@ func (ts *localTransferService) importStream(ctx context.Context, i transfer.Ima
 
 func mergeMap(m1, m2 map[string]string) map[string]string {
 	merged := make(map[string]string, len(m1)+len(m2))
-	for k, v := range m1 {
-		merged[k] = v
-	}
-	for k, v := range m2 {
-		merged[k] = v
-	}
+	maps.Copy(merged, m1)
+	maps.Copy(merged, m2)
 	return merged
 }