diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index f488f8af4f..3cfadf3f7a 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
 linters-settings:
-  depguard:
-    # new configuration
-    rules:
-      # logger:
-      #   deny:
-      #     # logging is allowed only by logutils.Log,
-      #     # logrus is allowed to use only in logutils package.
-      #     - pkg: "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-      #       desc: logging is allowed only by logutils.Log
   dupl:
     threshold: 150
   funlen:
@@ -15,7 +6,7 @@ linters-settings:
     statements: 50
   goconst:
     min-len: 2
-    min-occurrences: 3
+    min-occurrences: 10
   gocritic:
     enabled-tags:
       - diagnostic
@@ -34,7 +25,7 @@ linters-settings:
     rewrite-rules:
       - pattern: "interface{}"
         replacement: "any"
-  gomnd:
+  mnd:
     # don't include the "operation" and "assign"
     checks:
       - argument
@@ -51,15 +42,6 @@ linters-settings:
     ignored-functions:
       - strings.SplitN
 
-  govet:
-    check-shadowing: false
-    # settings:
-    #   printf:
-    #     funcs:
-    #       - (github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils.Log).Infof
-    #       - (github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils.Log).Warnf
-    #       - (github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils.Log).Errorf
-    #       - (github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils.Log).Fatalf
   lll:
     line-length: 140
   misspell:
@@ -78,60 +60,42 @@ linters:
   disable-all: true
   enable:
     - bodyclose
-    # - depguard
     - dogsled
-    # - dupl
     - errcheck
     - forbidigo
-    # - funlen
-    # - gochecknoinits
     - goconst
     - gocritic
-    # - gocyclo
     - gofmt
     - goimports
-    # - gomnd
     - goprintffuncname
     - gosec
     - gosimple
     - govet
     - ineffassign
-    # - lll
     - misspell
     - nakedret
     - noctx
     - nolintlint
     - revive
     - staticcheck
-    # - stylecheck
     - typecheck
     - unconvert
     - unparam
     - unused
     - whitespace
-
-  # don't enable:
-  # - asciicheck
-  # - scopelint
-  # - gochecknoglobals
-  # - gocognit
-  # - godot
-  # - godox
-  # - goerr113
-  # - interfacer
-  # - maligned
-  # - nestif
-  # - prealloc
-  # - testpackage
-  # - wsl
+    - usestdlibvars
 
 issues:
-  excluded-dirs:
+  exclude-dirs:
     - frontend
     - charts
     - docs
     - node_modules
     - backend/gen
+    - tilt
+    - scripts
+    - python
+    - keycloak
   #   # Excluding configuration per-path, per-linter, per-text and per-source
   exclude-rules:
     - path: _test\.go
@@ -145,3 +109,4 @@ issues:
 
 run:
   timeout: 10m
+  tests: false # exclude test files
diff --git a/backend/internal/auth/client/client.go b/backend/internal/auth/client/client.go
index 7d3bf398d1..0d0fe15357 100644
--- a/backend/internal/auth/client/client.go
+++ b/backend/internal/auth/client/client.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (c *Client) GetTokenResponse(
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "POST", tokenurl, payload)
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, tokenurl, payload)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to request oauth authorization code: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func (c *Client) GetRefreshedAccessToken(
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "POST", tokenurl, payload)
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, tokenurl, payload)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to initiate refresh token request: %w", err)
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func (c *Client) GetUserInfo(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "GET", userinfourl, http.NoBody)
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, userinfourl, http.NoBody)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ type openIdConfiguration struct {
 func (c *Client) getOpenIdConfiguration(ctx context.Context) (*openIdConfiguration, error) {
 	configUrl := fmt.Sprintf("%s/.well-known/openid-configuration", strings.TrimSuffix(c.authBaseUrl, "/"))
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "GET", configUrl, http.NoBody)
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, configUrl, http.NoBody)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/backend/internal/auth/clientcred_token_provider/client.go b/backend/internal/auth/clientcred_token_provider/client.go
index 2fb4e82b6a..0e8b284bda 100644
--- a/backend/internal/auth/clientcred_token_provider/client.go
+++ b/backend/internal/auth/clientcred_token_provider/client.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func (c *tokenProviderClient) GetToken(ctx context.Context) (*auth_client.AuthTo
 	payload := strings.NewReader(
 		values.Encode(),
 	)
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "POST", c.tokenurl, payload)
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, c.tokenurl, payload)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to request oauth authorization code: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/backend/pkg/metrics/usage.go b/backend/pkg/metrics/usage.go
index baa976bd66..f07fc7e467 100644
--- a/backend/pkg/metrics/usage.go
+++ b/backend/pkg/metrics/usage.go
@@ -156,8 +156,3 @@ func timeToDate(t time.Time) mgmtv1alpha1.Date {
 		Day:   uint32(t.Day()),   //nolint:gosec // Ignoring for now
 	}
 }
-
-// Formats the day into the Neosync Date Format of YYYY-DD-MM
-func formatDate(d *mgmtv1alpha1.Date) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%04d-%02d-%02d", d.Year, d.Month, d.Day)
-}
diff --git a/backend/pkg/sqlmanager/postgres/postgres-manager.go b/backend/pkg/sqlmanager/postgres/postgres-manager.go
index 7e4c526331..4ffb008115 100644
--- a/backend/pkg/sqlmanager/postgres/postgres-manager.go
+++ b/backend/pkg/sqlmanager/postgres/postgres-manager.go
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ func (p *PostgresManager) GetTableInitStatements(ctx context.Context, tables []*
 				DataType:      record.DataType,
 				IsNullable:    record.IsNullable == "YES",
 				GeneratedType: record.GeneratedType,
-				IsSerial:      record.SequenceType == "SERIAL", //nolint:goconst
+				IsSerial:      record.SequenceType == "SERIAL",
 				Sequence:      seqConfig,
 				IdentityType:  &record.IdentityGeneration,
 			}))
diff --git a/backend/sql/postgresql/models/models.go b/backend/sql/postgresql/models/models.go
index cd082dc52a..f8d9fd1d95 100644
--- a/backend/sql/postgresql/models/models.go
+++ b/backend/sql/postgresql/models/models.go
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ func (s *PostgresSourceOptions) FromDto(dto *mgmtv1alpha1.PostgresSourceConnecti
 		s.NewColumnAdditionStrategy = &PostgresNewColumnAdditionStrategy{}
 		s.NewColumnAdditionStrategy.FromDto(dto.GetNewColumnAdditionStrategy())
 	} else if dto.GetHaltOnNewColumnAddition() {
-		// halt on new column addition is deprecated, so if the new column strat is nil but the deprecated value is true,
+		// halt on new column addition is deprecated, so if the new column strategy is nil but the deprecated value is true,
 		// we are going to store it in the new strategy format.
 		s.NewColumnAdditionStrategy = &PostgresNewColumnAdditionStrategy{
 			HaltJob: &PostgresHaltJobStrategy{},
diff --git a/internal/postgres/utils.go b/internal/postgres/utils.go
index b2ab73b796..e46d4492ff 100644
--- a/internal/postgres/utils.go
+++ b/internal/postgres/utils.go
@@ -219,14 +219,14 @@ func CreateMultiDimSlice(dims []int, elements []any) any {
 
 	// handles multi-dimensional slices
 	subSize := 1
-	for _, dim := range dims[1:] { //nolint:gosec
+	for _, dim := range dims[1:] {
 		subSize *= dim
 	}
 
 	for i := 0; i < firstDim; i++ {
 		start := i * subSize
 		end := start + subSize
-		subSlice := CreateMultiDimSlice(dims[1:], elements[start:end]) //nolint:gosec
+		subSlice := CreateMultiDimSlice(dims[1:], elements[start:end])
 		slice.Index(i).Set(reflect.ValueOf(subSlice))
 	}
 
diff --git a/worker/pkg/benthos/transformers/generate_international_phone_number.go b/worker/pkg/benthos/transformers/generate_international_phone_number.go
index f10a4a8c62..31efdb0ef5 100644
--- a/worker/pkg/benthos/transformers/generate_international_phone_number.go
+++ b/worker/pkg/benthos/transformers/generate_international_phone_number.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package transformers
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 
 	mgmtv1alpha1 "github.com/nucleuscloud/neosync/backend/gen/go/protos/mgmt/v1alpha1"
 	transformer_utils "github.com/nucleuscloud/neosync/worker/pkg/benthos/transformers/utils"
@@ -95,10 +94,3 @@ func generateInternationalPhoneNumber(randomizer rng.Rand, minValue, maxValue in
 
 	return fmt.Sprintf("+%d", val), nil
 }
-
-func validateE164(p string) bool {
-	if len(p) >= 10 && len(p) <= 15 && strings.Contains(p, "+") {
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
-}