diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4a58534f..e5bf4ce0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/go-task/task/v3
 
-go 1.20
+go 1.21
 
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	github.com/zeebo/xxh3 v1.0.2
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240110193028-0dcbfd608b1e
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0
 	golang.org/x/term v0.17.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 16f30620..ba62c1f0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,21 +1,26 @@
 github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1 h1:RN9w6+7QoMeJVGyfmbcgs28Br8cvmnucEXnY0rYXWg0=
 github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1/go.mod h1:qvl/7zhW3nngYb5+80sSMF+FG2BjYrf8m9wsX0PNOMQ=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.18 h1:n56/Zwd5o6whRC5PMGretI4IdRLlmBXYNjScPaBgsbY=
+github.com/creack/pty v1.1.18/go.mod h1:MOBLtS5ELjhRRrroQr9kyvTxUAFNvYEK993ew/Vr4O4=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0 h1:zmkK9Ngbjj+K0yRhTVONQh1p/HknKYSlNT+vZCzyokM=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0/go.mod h1:fL2Sau1YI5c0pdGEVCbKQbLXB6edEj1ZgiY4NijnWvE=
 github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.5 h1:dfYrrRyLtiqT9GyKXgdh+k4inNeTvmGbuSgZ3lx3GhA=
+github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.5/go.mod h1:4ptaffx2x8+WTWXmUCuVU6aPUX1/Mz7zb5vbUoiM6w0=
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/v3 v3.0.0 h1:sUs3vkvUymDpBKi3qH1YSqBQk9+9D/8M2mN1vB6EwHI=
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:W848ghGpv3Qj3dhTPRyJypKRiqCdHZiAzKg9hl15HA8=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 h1:7eLL/+HRGLY0ldzfGMeQkb7vMd0as4CfYvUVzLqw0N0=
 github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.9 h1:lgaqFMSdTdQYdZ04uHyN2d/eKdOMyi2YLSvlQIBFYa4=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.9/go.mod h1:FInQzS24/EEf25PyTYn52gqo7WaD8xa0213Md/qVLRg=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
+github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
@@ -30,6 +35,7 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZN
 github.com/radovskyb/watcher v1.0.7 h1:AYePLih6dpmS32vlHfhCeli8127LzkIgwJGcwwe8tUE=
 github.com/radovskyb/watcher v1.0.7/go.mod h1:78okwvY5wPdzcb1UYnip1pvrZNIVEIh/Cm+ZuvsUYIg=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.1-0.20230524175051-ec119421bb97 h1:3RPlVWzZ/PDqmVuf/FKHARG5EMid/tl7cv54Sw/QRVY=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.1-0.20230524175051-ec119421bb97/go.mod h1:ddIwULY96R17DhadqLgMfk9H9tvdUzkipdSkR5nkCZA=
 github.com/sajari/fuzzy v1.0.0 h1:+FmwVvJErsd0d0hAPlj4CxqxUtQY/fOoY0DwX4ykpRY=
 github.com/sajari/fuzzy v1.0.0/go.mod h1:OjYR6KxoWOe9+dOlXeiCJd4dIbED4Oo8wpS89o0pwOo=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
@@ -43,10 +49,9 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
 github.com/zeebo/assert v1.3.0 h1:g7C04CbJuIDKNPFHmsk4hwZDO5O+kntRxzaUoNXj+IQ=
+github.com/zeebo/assert v1.3.0/go.mod h1:Pq9JiuJQpG8JLJdtkwrJESF0Foym2/D9XMU5ciN/wJ0=
 github.com/zeebo/xxh3 v1.0.2 h1:xZmwmqxHZA8AI603jOQ0tMqmBr9lPeFwGg6d+xy9DC0=
 github.com/zeebo/xxh3 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:5NWz9Sef7zIDm2JHfFlcQvNekmcEl9ekUZQQKCYaDcA=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240110193028-0dcbfd608b1e h1:723BNChdd0c2Wk6WOE320qGBiPtYx0F0Bbm1kriShfE=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240110193028-0dcbfd608b1e/go.mod h1:iRJReGqOEeBhDZGkGbynYwcHlctCvnjTYIamk7uXpHI=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0 h1:5BMeUDZ7vkXGfEr1x9B4bRcTH4lpkTkpdh0T/J+qjbQ=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
diff --git a/internal/exp/maps.go b/internal/exp/maps.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d660750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/exp/maps.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// This package is intended as a place to copy functions from the
+// golang.org/x/exp package. Copying these functions allows us to rely on our
+// own code instead of an external package that may change unpredictably in the
+// future.
+//
+// It also prevents problems with transitive dependencies whereby a
+// package that imports Task (and therefore our version of golang.org/x/exp)
+// cannot import a different version of golang.org/x/exp.
+//
+// Finally, it serves as a place to track functions that may be able to be
+// removed in the future if they are added to the standard library. This is also
+// why this package is under the internal directory since these functions are
+// not intended to be used outside of Task.
+package exp
+
+import "cmp"
+
+// Keys is a copy of https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/exp@v0.0.0-20240103183307-be819d1f06fc/maps#Keys.
+// This is not yet included in the standard library. See https://github.com/golang/go/issues/61538.
+func Keys[K cmp.Ordered, V any](m map[K]V) []K {
+	var keys []K
+	for key := range m {
+		keys = append(keys, key)
+	}
+	return keys
+}
diff --git a/internal/experiments/experiments.go b/internal/experiments/experiments.go
index 5eb8b83d..1db71dca 100644
--- a/internal/experiments/experiments.go
+++ b/internal/experiments/experiments.go
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"text/tabwriter"
 
 	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/logger"
 )
diff --git a/internal/logger/logger.go b/internal/logger/logger.go
index c031346f..cde5f597 100644
--- a/internal/logger/logger.go
+++ b/internal/logger/logger.go
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/errors"
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/term"
diff --git a/internal/omap/orderedmap.go b/internal/omap/orderedmap.go
index c57b9023..cf7fc22c 100644
--- a/internal/omap/orderedmap.go
+++ b/internal/omap/orderedmap.go
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 package omap
 
 import (
+	"cmp"
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 
-	"golang.org/x/exp/constraints"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/deepcopy"
+	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/exp"
 )
 
 // An OrderedMap is a wrapper around a regular map that maintains an ordered
 // list of the map's keys. This allows you to run deterministic and ordered
 // operations on the map such as printing/serializing/iterating.
-type OrderedMap[K constraints.Ordered, V any] struct {
+type OrderedMap[K cmp.Ordered, V any] struct {
 	s []K
 	m map[K]V
 }
 
 // New will create a new OrderedMap of the given type and return it.
-func New[K constraints.Ordered, V any]() OrderedMap[K, V] {
+func New[K cmp.Ordered, V any]() OrderedMap[K, V] {
 	return OrderedMap[K, V]{
 		s: make([]K, 0),
 		m: make(map[K]V),
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ func New[K constraints.Ordered, V any]() OrderedMap[K, V] {
 
 // FromMap will create a new OrderedMap from the given map. Since Golang maps
 // are unordered, the order of the created OrderedMap will be random.
-func FromMap[K constraints.Ordered, V any](m map[K]V) OrderedMap[K, V] {
+func FromMap[K cmp.Ordered, V any](m map[K]V) OrderedMap[K, V] {
 	om := New[K, V]()
 	om.m = m
-	om.s = maps.Keys(m)
+	om.s = exp.Keys(m)
 	return om
 }
 
-func FromMapWithOrder[K constraints.Ordered, V any](m map[K]V, order []K) OrderedMap[K, V] {
+func FromMapWithOrder[K cmp.Ordered, V any](m map[K]V, order []K) OrderedMap[K, V] {
 	om := New[K, V]()
 	if len(m) != len(order) {
 		panic("length of map and order must be equal")
diff --git a/internal/omap/orderedmap_test.go b/internal/omap/orderedmap_test.go
index 14220831..c1adc9b3 100644
--- a/internal/omap/orderedmap_test.go
+++ b/internal/omap/orderedmap_test.go
@@ -43,13 +43,7 @@ func TestSortFunc(t *testing.T) {
 	om.Set(1, "one")
 	om.Set(2, "two")
 	om.SortFunc(func(a, b int) int {
-		if a < b {
-			return 1
-		}
-		if a > b {
-			return -1
-		}
-		return 0
+		return b - a
 	})
 	assert.Equal(t, []int{3, 2, 1}, om.s)
 }
diff --git a/internal/slicesext/slicesext.go b/internal/slicesext/slicesext.go
index 25b120a5..8b539bc8 100644
--- a/internal/slicesext/slicesext.go
+++ b/internal/slicesext/slicesext.go
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package slicesext
 
 import (
-	"golang.org/x/exp/constraints"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
+	"cmp"
+	"slices"
 )
 
-func UniqueJoin[T constraints.Ordered](ss ...[]T) []T {
+func UniqueJoin[T cmp.Ordered](ss ...[]T) []T {
 	var length int
 	for _, s := range ss {
 		length += len(s)
diff --git a/internal/templater/templater.go b/internal/templater/templater.go
index 9a123467..b7cf3cd8 100644
--- a/internal/templater/templater.go
+++ b/internal/templater/templater.go
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ package templater
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"maps"
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
-	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
-
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/taskfile/ast"
 )
 
diff --git a/task.go b/task.go
index 9200a471..41609c5f 100644
--- a/task.go
+++ b/task.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
+	"slices"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
@@ -24,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/taskfile/ast"
 
 	"github.com/sajari/fuzzy"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
 
diff --git a/taskfile/ast/include.go b/taskfile/ast/include.go
index b55762cc..10b420c8 100644
--- a/taskfile/ast/include.go
+++ b/taskfile/ast/include.go
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/execext"
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/filepathext"
 	omap "github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/omap"
-
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 // Include represents information about included taskfiles