diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index ed0ca86..0e4bc1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v4
       with:
-        go-version: '1.20'
+        go-version: '1.22'
 
     - name: Build
       run: go build -v ./...
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index d12740b..723854b 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper"
 )
 
+// TCPClientSettings defines common settings for a TCP client.
 type TCPClientSettings struct {
 	// The target endpoint URI to send data to (e.g.: some.url:24224).
 	Endpoint string `mapstructure:"endpoint"`
@@ -21,8 +22,8 @@ type TCPClientSettings struct {
 	// Connection Timeout parameter configures `net.Dialer`.
 	ConnectionTimeout time.Duration `mapstructure:"connection_timeout"`
 
-	// TLSSetting struct exposes TLS client configuration.
-	TLSSetting configtls.ClientConfig `mapstructure:"tls"`
+	// ClientConfig struct exposes TLS client configuration.
+	ClientConfig configtls.ClientConfig `mapstructure:"tls"`
 
 	// SharedKey is used for authorization with the server that knows it.
 	SharedKey string `mapstructure:"shared_key"`
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ type KubernetesMetadata struct {
 
 var _ component.Config = (*Config)(nil)
 
+// Validate checks if the configuration is valid
 func (config *Config) Validate() error {
 	if err := config.QueueConfig.Validate(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("queue settings has invalid configuration: %w", err)
diff --git a/config_test.go b/config_test.go
index 993e113..8b47641 100644
--- a/config_test.go
+++ b/config_test.go
@@ -37,38 +37,38 @@ func TestLoadConfigNewExporter(t *testing.T) {
 				TCPClientSettings: TCPClientSettings{
 					Endpoint:          validEndpoint,
 					ConnectionTimeout: time.Second * 30,
-					TLSSetting: configtls.ClientConfig{
-						Insecure:           false,
-						InsecureSkipVerify: true,
+					ClientConfig: configtls.ClientConfig{
+						Insecure:           true,
+						InsecureSkipVerify: false,
 						Config: configtls.Config{
-							CAFile:   "ca.crt",
-							CertFile: "client.crt",
-							KeyFile:  "client.key",
+							CAFile:   "",
+							CertFile: "",
+							KeyFile:  "",
 						},
 					},
-					SharedKey: "otelcol-dev",
+					SharedKey: "",
 				},
-				RequireAck:   true,
-				Tag:          "nginx",
-				CompressGzip: true,
+				RequireAck:   false,
+				Tag:          "tag",
+				CompressGzip: false,
 				DefaultLabelsEnabled: map[string]bool{
 					"time":     true,
-					"exporter": false,
-					"job":      false,
-					"instance": false,
+					"exporter": true,
+					"job":      true,
+					"instance": true,
 				},
 				BackOffConfig: configretry.BackOffConfig{
 					Enabled:             true,
-					InitialInterval:     10 * time.Second,
-					MaxInterval:         1 * time.Minute,
-					MaxElapsedTime:      10 * time.Minute,
+					InitialInterval:     5 * time.Second,
+					MaxInterval:         30 * time.Second,
+					MaxElapsedTime:      5 * time.Minute,
 					RandomizationFactor: backoff.DefaultRandomizationFactor,
 					Multiplier:          backoff.DefaultMultiplier,
 				},
 				QueueConfig: exporterhelper.QueueConfig{
 					Enabled:      true,
-					NumConsumers: 2,
-					QueueSize:    10,
+					NumConsumers: 10,
+					QueueSize:    1000,
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func TestLoadConfigNewExporter(t *testing.T) {
 
 			sub, err := cm.Sub(tt.id.String())
 			require.NoError(t, err)
-			require.NoError(t, component.UnmarshalConfig(sub, cfg))
+			require.NoError(t, sub.Unmarshal(cfg))
 
 			assert.NoError(t, component.ValidateConfig(cfg))
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, cfg)
diff --git a/exporter.go b/exporter.go
index db53db8..a11cb84 100644
--- a/exporter.go
+++ b/exporter.go
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ func newExporter(config *Config, settings component.TelemetrySettings) *fluentfo
 	}
 }
 
-func (f *fluentforwardExporter) start(_ context.Context, host component.Host) error {
+func (f *fluentforwardExporter) start(ctx context.Context, host component.Host) error {
 	connOptions := fclient.ConnectionOptions{
 		RequireAck: f.config.RequireAck,
 	}
 
-	tlsConfig, err := f.config.TLSSetting.LoadTLSConfig()
+	tlsConfig, err := f.config.ClientConfig.LoadTLSConfig(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/exporter_test.go b/exporter_test.go
index 1e5e834..30ce4fd 100644
--- a/exporter_test.go
+++ b/exporter_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 package fluentforwardexporter // import "github.com/r0mdau/fluentforwardexporter"
+
 import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"
diff --git a/factory.go b/factory.go
index f4c507c..44f6b37 100644
--- a/factory.go
+++ b/factory.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
 		TCPClientSettings: TCPClientSettings{
 			Endpoint:          "localhost:24224",
 			ConnectionTimeout: time.Second * 30,
-			TLSSetting: configtls.ClientConfig{
+			ClientConfig: configtls.ClientConfig{
 				Insecure:           true,
 				InsecureSkipVerify: false,
 				Config: configtls.Config{
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
 	}
 }
 
-func createLogsExporter(ctx context.Context, set exporter.CreateSettings, config component.Config) (exporter.Logs, error) {
+func createLogsExporter(ctx context.Context, set exporter.Settings, config component.Config) (exporter.Logs, error) {
 	exporterConfig := config.(*Config)
 	exp := newExporter(exporterConfig, set.TelemetrySettings)
 
diff --git a/factory_test.go b/factory_test.go
index bf45231..c9bb536 100644
--- a/factory_test.go
+++ b/factory_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func TestNewExporterFullConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			TCPClientSettings: TCPClientSettings{
 				Endpoint:          validEndpoint,
 				ConnectionTimeout: time.Second * 30,
-				TLSSetting: configtls.TLSClientSetting{
+				ClientConfig: configtls.ClientConfig{
 					Insecure:           true,
 					InsecureSkipVerify: false,
 				},
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8047e37..7969740 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.22.0
 toolchain go1.23.2
 
 require (
-	github.com/IBM/fluent-forward-go v0.2.3-0.20240418091724-720f8df4306a
+	github.com/IBM/fluent-forward-go v0.2.2
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.112.0
@@ -14,17 +14,18 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v1.18.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.112.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.18.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.31.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.31.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
@@ -47,10 +48,8 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.112.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.112.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.31.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.31.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.31.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.31.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.31.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.28.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e317dfc..02faa0f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSs
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 h1:8JEhPFa5W2WU7YfeZzPNqzMP6Lwt7L2715Ggo0nosvA=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:40Bi/Hjc2AVfZrqy+aj+yEI+/bRxZnMJyTJwOpGvigM=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
-github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 h1:pKouT5E8xu9zeFC39JXRDukb6JFQPXM5p5I91188VAQ=
-github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 h1:6pFjapn8bFcIbiKo3XT4j/BhANplGihG6tvd+8rYgrY=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
 github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.2.1 h1:ZAaOCxANMuZx5RCeg0mBdEZk7DZasvvZIxtHqx8aGss=
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:P1XiOD3dCwIKUDQYPy72D8LYyHL2YPYrpS2s69
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
-github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210407192527-94a9f03dee38 h1:yAJXTCF9TqKcTiHJAE8dj7HMvPfh66eeA2JYW7eFpSE=
-github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210407192527-94a9f03dee38/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLew5upagYY7GY0pfYCcupk39gWOCRROcvE=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2 h1:+/TMaTYc4QFitKJxsQ7Yye35DkWvkdLcvGKqM+x0Ufc=
@@ -150,6 +148,7 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.17.0/go.mod h1:BuEKDfySbSR4drPmRPG/7iBdf8hvFMuRexcpahXilzY=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200619180055-7c47624df98f/go.mod h1:EkVYQZoAsY45+roYkvgYkIh4xh/qjgUK9TdY2XT94GE=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20201022035929-9cf592e881e9/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20210106214847-113979e3529a/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
diff --git a/metadata.yaml b/metadata.yaml
index 1eddb73..d7a0f61 100644
--- a/metadata.yaml
+++ b/metadata.yaml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ status:
     development: [logs]
   distributions: [contrib]
   codeowners:
-    active: [r0mdau]
\ No newline at end of file
+    active: [r0mdau]
diff --git a/testdata/config.yaml b/testdata/config.yaml
index f140d0b..8d8a572 100644
--- a/testdata/config.yaml
+++ b/testdata/config.yaml
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ fluentforward/allsettings:
     enabled: true
     initial_interval: 10s
     max_interval: 60s
-    max_elapsed_time: 10m
\ No newline at end of file
+    max_elapsed_time: 10m