diff --git a/opensca/sca/java/xml/marshal.go b/opensca/sca/java/xml/marshal.go
index 07b6042d..b2f4864d 100644
--- a/opensca/sca/java/xml/marshal.go
+++ b/opensca/sca/java/xml/marshal.go
@@ -415,9 +415,9 @@ func (p *printer) popPrefix() {
 }
 
 var (
-	marshalerType     = reflect.TypeOf((*Marshaler)(nil)).Elem()
-	marshalerAttrType = reflect.TypeOf((*MarshalerAttr)(nil)).Elem()
-	textMarshalerType = reflect.TypeOf((*encoding.TextMarshaler)(nil)).Elem()
+	marshalerType     = reflect.TypeFor[Marshaler]()
+	marshalerAttrType = reflect.TypeFor[MarshalerAttr]()
+	textMarshalerType = reflect.TypeFor[encoding.TextMarshaler]()
 )
 
 // marshalValue writes one or more XML elements representing val.
diff --git a/opensca/sca/java/xml/read.go b/opensca/sca/java/xml/read.go
index ed669485..2306a1a8 100644
--- a/opensca/sca/java/xml/read.go
+++ b/opensca/sca/java/xml/read.go
@@ -303,10 +303,10 @@ func (d *Decoder) unmarshalAttr(val reflect.Value, attr Attr) error {
 }
 
 var (
-	attrType            = reflect.TypeOf(Attr{})
-	unmarshalerType     = reflect.TypeOf((*Unmarshaler)(nil)).Elem()
-	unmarshalerAttrType = reflect.TypeOf((*UnmarshalerAttr)(nil)).Elem()
-	textUnmarshalerType = reflect.TypeOf((*encoding.TextUnmarshaler)(nil)).Elem()
+	attrType            = reflect.TypeFor[Attr]()
+	unmarshalerType     = reflect.TypeFor[Unmarshaler]()
+	unmarshalerAttrType = reflect.TypeFor[UnmarshalerAttr]()
+	textUnmarshalerType = reflect.TypeFor[encoding.TextUnmarshaler]()
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/opensca/sca/java/xml/typeinfo.go b/opensca/sca/java/xml/typeinfo.go
index 058a384d..edd70b0c 100644
--- a/opensca/sca/java/xml/typeinfo.go
+++ b/opensca/sca/java/xml/typeinfo.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const (
 
 var tinfoMap sync.Map // map[reflect.Type]*typeInfo
 
-var nameType = reflect.TypeOf(Name{})
+var nameType = reflect.TypeFor[Name]()
 
 // getTypeInfo returns the typeInfo structure with details necessary
 // for marshaling and unmarshaling typ.