diff --git a/cmd/collector/app/span_processor.go b/cmd/collector/app/span_processor.go
index a3541cd3c6c..64832f0eaca 100644
--- a/cmd/collector/app/span_processor.go
+++ b/cmd/collector/app/span_processor.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 type spanProcessor struct {
-	queue              *queue.BoundedQueue
+	queue              *queue.BoundedQueue[queueItem]
 	queueResizeMu      sync.Mutex
 	metrics            *SpanProcessorMetrics
 	preProcessSpans    ProcessSpans
@@ -63,9 +63,8 @@ func NewSpanProcessor(
 ) processor.SpanProcessor {
 	sp := newSpanProcessor(spanWriter, additional, opts...)
 
-	sp.queue.StartConsumers(sp.numWorkers, func(item any) {
-		value := item.(*queueItem)
-		sp.processItemFromQueue(value)
+	sp.queue.StartConsumers(sp.numWorkers, func(item queueItem) {
+		sp.processItemFromQueue(item)
 	})
 
 	sp.background(1*time.Second, sp.updateGauges)
@@ -83,13 +82,13 @@ func newSpanProcessor(spanWriter spanstore.Writer, additional []ProcessSpan, opt
 		options.serviceMetrics,
 		options.hostMetrics,
 		options.extraFormatTypes)
-	droppedItemHandler := func(item any) {
+	droppedItemHandler := func(item queueItem) {
 		handlerMetrics.SpansDropped.Inc(1)
 		if options.onDroppedSpan != nil {
-			options.onDroppedSpan(item.(*queueItem).span)
+			options.onDroppedSpan(item.span)
 		}
 	}
-	boundedQueue := queue.NewBoundedQueue(options.queueSize, droppedItemHandler)
+	boundedQueue := queue.NewBoundedQueue[queueItem](options.queueSize, droppedItemHandler)
 
 	sanitizers := sanitizer.NewStandardSanitizers()
 	if options.sanitizer != nil {
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ func (sp *spanProcessor) ProcessSpans(batch processor.Batch) ([]bool, error) {
 	return retMe, nil
 }
 
-func (sp *spanProcessor) processItemFromQueue(item *queueItem) {
+func (sp *spanProcessor) processItemFromQueue(item queueItem) {
 	// TODO calling sanitizer here contradicts the comment in enqueueSpan about immutable Process.
 	sp.processSpan(sp.sanitizer(item.span), item.tenant)
 	sp.metrics.InQueueLatency.Record(time.Since(item.queuedTime))
@@ -237,7 +236,7 @@ func (sp *spanProcessor) enqueueSpan(span *model.Span, originalFormat processor.
 	// add format tag
 	span.Tags = append(span.Tags, model.String("internal.span.format", string(originalFormat)))
 
-	item := &queueItem{
+	item := queueItem{
 		queuedTime: time.Now(),
 		span:       span,
 		tenant:     tenant,
diff --git a/pkg/queue/bounded_queue.go b/pkg/queue/bounded_queue.go
index eb1842d0fa1..3a998082248 100644
--- a/pkg/queue/bounded_queue.go
+++ b/pkg/queue/bounded_queue.go
@@ -8,14 +8,13 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
-	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/pkg/metrics"
 )
 
 // Consumer consumes data from a bounded queue
-type Consumer interface {
-	Consume(item any)
+type Consumer[T any] interface {
+	Consume(item T)
 }
 
 // BoundedQueue implements a producer-consumer exchange similar to a ring buffer queue,
@@ -23,27 +22,27 @@ type Consumer interface {
 // the producer force the earliest items to be dropped. The implementation is actually based on
 // channels, with a special Reaper goroutine that wakes up when the queue is full and consumers
 // the items from the top of the queue until its size drops back to maxSize
-type BoundedQueue struct {
+type BoundedQueue[T any] struct {
 	workers       int
 	stopWG        sync.WaitGroup
 	size          atomic.Int32
 	capacity      atomic.Uint32
 	stopped       atomic.Uint32
-	items         *chan any
-	onDroppedItem func(item any)
-	factory       func() Consumer
+	items         atomic.Pointer[chan T]
+	onDroppedItem func(item T)
+	factory       func() Consumer[T]
 	stopCh        chan struct{}
 }
 
 // NewBoundedQueue constructs the new queue of specified capacity, and with an optional
 // callback for dropped items (e.g. useful to emit metrics).
-func NewBoundedQueue(capacity int, onDroppedItem func(item any)) *BoundedQueue {
-	queue := make(chan any, capacity)
-	bq := &BoundedQueue{
+func NewBoundedQueue[T any](capacity int, onDroppedItem func(item T)) *BoundedQueue[T] {
+	queue := make(chan T, capacity)
+	bq := &BoundedQueue[T]{
 		onDroppedItem: onDroppedItem,
-		items:         &queue,
 		stopCh:        make(chan struct{}),
 	}
+	bq.items.Store(&queue)
 	//nolint: gosec // G115
 	bq.capacity.Store(uint32(capacity))
 	return bq
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ func NewBoundedQueue(capacity int, onDroppedItem func(item any)) *BoundedQueue {
 
 // StartConsumersWithFactory creates a given number of consumers consuming items
 // from the queue in separate goroutines.
-func (q *BoundedQueue) StartConsumersWithFactory(num int, factory func() Consumer) {
+func (q *BoundedQueue[T]) StartConsumersWithFactory(num int, factory func() Consumer[T]) {
 	q.workers = num
 	q.factory = factory
 	var startWG sync.WaitGroup
@@ -62,10 +61,10 @@ func (q *BoundedQueue) StartConsumersWithFactory(num int, factory func() Consume
 			startWG.Done()
 			defer q.stopWG.Done()
 			consumer := q.factory()
-			queue := *q.items
+			queue := q.items.Load()
 			for {
 				select {
-				case item, ok := <-queue:
+				case item, ok := <-*queue:
 					if ok {
 						q.size.Add(-1)
 						consumer.Consume(item)
@@ -85,23 +84,23 @@ func (q *BoundedQueue) StartConsumersWithFactory(num int, factory func() Consume
 
 // ConsumerFunc is an adapter to allow the use of
 // a consume function callback as a Consumer.
-type ConsumerFunc func(item any)
+type ConsumerFunc[T any] func(item T)
 
 // Consume calls c(item)
-func (c ConsumerFunc) Consume(item any) {
+func (c ConsumerFunc[T]) Consume(item T) {
 	c(item)
 }
 
 // StartConsumers starts a given number of goroutines consuming items from the queue
 // and passing them into the consumer callback.
-func (q *BoundedQueue) StartConsumers(num int, callback func(item any)) {
-	q.StartConsumersWithFactory(num, func() Consumer {
-		return ConsumerFunc(callback)
+func (q *BoundedQueue[T]) StartConsumers(num int, callback func(item T)) {
+	q.StartConsumersWithFactory(num, func() Consumer[T] {
+		return ConsumerFunc[T](callback)
 	})
 }
 
 // Produce is used by the producer to submit new item to the queue. Returns false in case of queue overflow.
-func (q *BoundedQueue) Produce(item any) bool {
+func (q *BoundedQueue[T]) Produce(item T) bool {
 	if q.stopped.Load() != 0 {
 		q.onDroppedItem(item)
 		return false
@@ -117,8 +116,9 @@ func (q *BoundedQueue) Produce(item any) bool {
 	}
 
 	q.size.Add(1)
+	queue := q.items.Load()
 	select {
-	case *q.items <- item:
+	case *queue <- item:
 		return true
 	default:
 		// should not happen, as overflows should have been captured earlier
@@ -132,26 +132,26 @@ func (q *BoundedQueue) Produce(item any) bool {
 
 // Stop stops all consumers, as well as the length reporter if started,
 // and releases the items channel. It blocks until all consumers have stopped.
-func (q *BoundedQueue) Stop() {
+func (q *BoundedQueue[T]) Stop() {
 	q.stopped.Store(1) // disable producer
 	close(q.stopCh)
 	q.stopWG.Wait()
-	close(*q.items)
+	close(*q.items.Load())
 }
 
 // Size returns the current size of the queue
-func (q *BoundedQueue) Size() int {
+func (q *BoundedQueue[T]) Size() int {
 	return int(q.size.Load())
 }
 
 // Capacity returns capacity of the queue
-func (q *BoundedQueue) Capacity() int {
+func (q *BoundedQueue[T]) Capacity() int {
 	return int(q.capacity.Load())
 }
 
 // StartLengthReporting starts a timer-based goroutine that periodically reports
 // current queue length to a given metrics gauge.
-func (q *BoundedQueue) StartLengthReporting(reportPeriod time.Duration, gauge metrics.Gauge) {
+func (q *BoundedQueue[T]) StartLengthReporting(reportPeriod time.Duration, gauge metrics.Gauge) {
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(reportPeriod)
 	go func() {
 		defer ticker.Stop()
@@ -168,24 +168,23 @@ func (q *BoundedQueue) StartLengthReporting(reportPeriod time.Duration, gauge me
 }
 
 // Resize changes the capacity of the queue, returning whether the action was successful
-func (q *BoundedQueue) Resize(capacity int) bool {
+func (q *BoundedQueue[T]) Resize(capacity int) bool {
 	if capacity == q.Capacity() {
 		// noop
 		return false
 	}
 
-	previous := *q.items
-	queue := make(chan any, capacity)
+	previous := q.items.Load()
+	queue := make(chan T, capacity)
 
 	// swap queues
-	// #nosec
-	swapped := atomic.CompareAndSwapPointer((*unsafe.Pointer)(unsafe.Pointer(&q.items)), unsafe.Pointer(q.items), unsafe.Pointer(&queue))
+	swapped := q.items.CompareAndSwap(previous, &queue)
 	if swapped {
 		// start a new set of consumers, based on the information given previously
 		q.StartConsumersWithFactory(q.workers, q.factory)
 
 		// gracefully drain the existing queue
-		close(previous)
+		close(*previous)
 
 		// update the capacity
 		//nolint: gosec // G115
diff --git a/pkg/queue/bounded_queue_test.go b/pkg/queue/bounded_queue_test.go
index f3597f9c6b8..714b5c396d6 100644
--- a/pkg/queue/bounded_queue_test.go
+++ b/pkg/queue/bounded_queue_test.go
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ import (
 // In this test we run a queue with capacity 1 and a single consumer.
 // We want to test the overflow behavior, so we block the consumer
 // by holding a startLock before submitting items to the queue.
-func helper(t *testing.T, startConsumers func(q *BoundedQueue, consumerFn func(item any))) {
+func helper(t *testing.T, startConsumers func(q *BoundedQueue[string], consumerFn func(item string))) {
 	mFact := metricstest.NewFactory(0)
 	counter := mFact.Counter(metrics.Options{Name: "dropped", Tags: nil})
 	gauge := mFact.Gauge(metrics.Options{Name: "size", Tags: nil})
 
-	q := NewBoundedQueue(1, func( /* item */ any) {
+	q := NewBoundedQueue[string](1, func( /* item */ string) {
 		counter.Inc(1)
 	})
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, q.Capacity())
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ func helper(t *testing.T, startConsumers func(q *BoundedQueue, consumerFn func(i
 	startLock.Lock() // block consumers
 	consumerState := newConsumerState(t)
 
-	startConsumers(q, func(item any) {
-		consumerState.record(item.(string))
+	startConsumers(q, func(item string) {
+		consumerState.record(item)
 
 		// block further processing until startLock is released
 		startLock.Lock()
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ func helper(t *testing.T, startConsumers func(q *BoundedQueue, consumerFn func(i
 }
 
 func TestBoundedQueue(t *testing.T) {
-	helper(t, func(q *BoundedQueue, consumerFn func(item any)) {
+	helper(t, func(q *BoundedQueue[string], consumerFn func(item string)) {
 		q.StartConsumers(1, consumerFn)
 	})
 }
 
 func TestBoundedQueueWithFactory(t *testing.T) {
-	helper(t, func(q *BoundedQueue, consumerFn func(item any)) {
-		q.StartConsumersWithFactory(1, func() Consumer { return ConsumerFunc(consumerFn) })
+	helper(t, func(q *BoundedQueue[string], consumerFn func(item string)) {
+		q.StartConsumersWithFactory(1, func() Consumer[string] { return ConsumerFunc[string](consumerFn) })
 	})
 }
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func (s *consumerState) assertConsumed(expected map[string]bool) {
 }
 
 func TestResizeUp(t *testing.T) {
-	q := NewBoundedQueue(2, func(item any) {
+	q := NewBoundedQueue(2, func(item string) {
 		fmt.Printf("dropped: %v\n", item)
 	})
 
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func TestResizeUp(t *testing.T) {
 	releaseConsumers.Add(1)
 
 	released, resized := false, false
-	q.StartConsumers(1, func( /* item */ any) {
+	q.StartConsumers(1, func( /* item */ string) {
 		if !resized { // we'll have a second consumer once the queue is resized
 			// signal that the worker is processing
 			firstConsumer.Done()
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func TestResizeUp(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.False(t, q.Produce("d")) // dropped
 	assert.EqualValues(t, 2, q.Capacity())
 	assert.EqualValues(t, q.Capacity(), q.Size())
-	assert.Len(t, *q.items, q.Capacity())
+	assert.Len(t, *q.items.Load(), q.Capacity())
 
 	resized = true
 	assert.True(t, q.Resize(4))
@@ -207,14 +207,14 @@ func TestResizeUp(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.EqualValues(t, 4, q.Capacity())
 	assert.EqualValues(t, q.Capacity(), q.Size()) // the combined queues are at the capacity right now
-	assert.Len(t, *q.items, 2)                    // the new internal queue should have two items only
+	assert.Len(t, *q.items.Load(), 2)             // the new internal queue should have two items only
 
 	released = true
 	releaseConsumers.Done()
 }
 
 func TestResizeDown(t *testing.T) {
-	q := NewBoundedQueue(4, func(item any) {
+	q := NewBoundedQueue(4, func(item string) {
 		fmt.Printf("dropped: %v\n", item)
 	})
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func TestResizeDown(t *testing.T) {
 	releaseConsumers.Add(1)
 
 	released := false
-	q.StartConsumers(1, func( /* item */ any) {
+	q.StartConsumers(1, func( /* item */ string) {
 		// once we release the lock, we might end up with multiple calls to reach this
 		if !released {
 			// signal that the worker is processing
@@ -244,14 +244,14 @@ func TestResizeDown(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, q.Produce("e")) // dropped
 	assert.EqualValues(t, 4, q.Capacity())
 	assert.EqualValues(t, q.Capacity(), q.Size())
-	assert.Len(t, *q.items, q.Capacity())
+	assert.Len(t, *q.items.Load(), q.Capacity())
 
 	assert.True(t, q.Resize(2))
 	assert.False(t, q.Produce("f")) // dropped
 
 	assert.EqualValues(t, 2, q.Capacity())
 	assert.EqualValues(t, 4, q.Size()) // the queue will eventually drain, but it will live for a while over capacity
-	assert.Empty(t, *q.items)          // the new queue is empty, as the old queue is still full and over capacity
+	assert.Empty(t, *q.items.Load())   // the new queue is empty, as the old queue is still full and over capacity
 
 	released = true
 	releaseConsumers.Done()
@@ -332,10 +332,10 @@ func BenchmarkBoundedQueue(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkBoundedQueueWithFactory(b *testing.B) {
-	q := NewBoundedQueue(1000, func( /* item */ any) {})
+	q := NewBoundedQueue(1000, func( /* item */ int) {})
 
-	q.StartConsumersWithFactory(10, func() Consumer {
-		return ConsumerFunc(func( /* item */ any) {})
+	q.StartConsumersWithFactory(10, func() Consumer[int] {
+		return ConsumerFunc[int](func( /* item */ int) {})
 	})
 	defer q.Stop()