diff --git a/.github/workflows/linters.yaml b/.github/workflows/linters.yaml
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+name: linters
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["**"]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  golangci-lint:
+    name: golangci-lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: "1.20"
+          cache: false
+      - name: Checkout the code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3.2.0
+      - name: Vendor packages
+        run: |
+          go mod vendor
+      - name: golangci-lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
+        with:
+          version: v1.53
+          skip-cache: true
diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
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+run:
+  timeout: 20m
+  issue-exit-code: 0 # we will change this later
+  tests: true
+  skip-dirs-use-default: true
+  modules-download-mode: readonly
+
+issues:
+  max-issues-per-linter: 0
+  max-same-issues: 0
+  new: false
+
+output:
+  print-linter-name: true
+  sort-results: true
+  uniq-by-line: false
+  print-issued-lines: true
+
+linters:
+  disable-all: true
+  fast: false
+  enable:
+    # A stricter replacement for gofmt.
+    - gofumpt
+    # Inspects source code for security problems.
+    - gosec
+    # Check for correctness of programs.
+    - govet
+    # Drop-in replacement of golint.
+    - revive