diff --git a/encoder.go b/encoder.go
index a1b21db..d1f9d81 100644
--- a/encoder.go
+++ b/encoder.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ type BaseNEncoder []rune
 var DefaultEncoder = BaseNEncoder(DefaultAlphabet)
 
 // NewEncoder creates new BaseNEncoder with given alphabet
-// Removes duplicates and sort it to ensure reproducibility.
+// Removes duplicates and sorts it to ensure reproducibility.
 func NewEncoder(alphabet string) (BaseNEncoder, error) {
 	e := BaseNEncoder(alphabet)
 	slices.Sort(e)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1e06c81..be9e661 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ module github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v4
 
 require github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 
-go 1.22
+go 1.21