diff --git a/extensions-core/kubernetes-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/k8s/discovery/DefaultK8sApiClient.java b/extensions-core/kubernetes-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/k8s/discovery/DefaultK8sApiClient.java
index fad7fcd6f473..04ee4683274d 100644
--- a/extensions-core/kubernetes-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/k8s/discovery/DefaultK8sApiClient.java
+++ b/extensions-core/kubernetes-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/k8s/discovery/DefaultK8sApiClient.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public boolean hasNext() throws SocketTimeoutException
           try {
             while (watch.hasNext()) {
               Watch.Response<V1Pod> item = watch.next();
-              if (item != null && item.type != null && !item.type.equals(BOOKMARK)) {
+              if (item != null && item.type != null && !BOOKMARK.equals(item.type)) {
                 DiscoveryDruidNodeAndResourceVersion result = null;
                 if (item.object != null) {
                   result = new DiscoveryDruidNodeAndResourceVersion(
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public boolean hasNext() throws SocketTimeoutException
                     result
                 );
                 return true;
-              } else if (item != null && item.type != null && item.type.equals(BOOKMARK)) {
+              } else if (item != null && item.type != null && BOOKMARK.equals(item.type)) {
                 // Events with type BOOKMARK will only contain resourceVersion and no metadata. See
                 // Kubernetes API documentation for details.
                 LOGGER.debug("BOOKMARK event fired, no nothing, only update resourceVersion");
diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/column/ValueType.java b/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/column/ValueType.java
index 2b8bf0095f03..083e87bf5fc9 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/column/ValueType.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/column/ValueType.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public boolean isArray()
   @Override
   public boolean isPrimitive()
   {
-    return this.equals(STRING) || isNumeric(this);
+    return STRING.equals(this) || isNumeric(this);
   }
 
   @Nullable