diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 95c75c2aa128..5e18653cfca3 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ linters:
     - errorlint   # Find code that will cause problems with Go's error wrapping scheme
     - gofmt       # Checks whether code was gofmt-ed
     - goheader    # Checks is file headers matche a given pattern
-    - intrange    # checking for loops that could use an integer range
+    - intrange    # Checking for loops that could use an integer range
     - revive      # Stricter drop-in replacement for golint
     - testifylint # Checks usage of github.com/stretchr/testify
+    - unconvert   # Checks for unnecessary type conversions
 
 linters-settings:
   depguard:
diff --git a/internal/pkg/sysinfo/probes/memory_linux.go b/internal/pkg/sysinfo/probes/memory_linux.go
index c99a91084500..2a212a168695 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/sysinfo/probes/memory_linux.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/sysinfo/probes/memory_linux.go
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ func newTotalMemoryProber() totalMemoryProber {
 			if err = syscall.Sysinfo(&info); err != nil {
 				err = fmt.Errorf("sysinfo syscall failed: %w", err)
 			} else {
-				totalMemory = uint64(info.Totalram) * uint64(info.Unit) // explicit cast to support 32-bit systems
+				//nolint:unconvert // explicit cast to support 32-bit systems
+				totalMemory = uint64(info.Totalram) * uint64(info.Unit)
 			}
 		})
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/autopilot/v1beta2/updateconfig.go b/pkg/apis/autopilot/v1beta2/updateconfig.go
index b08d3a34ad6e..857dcda84665 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/autopilot/v1beta2/updateconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/autopilot/v1beta2/updateconfig.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func (uc *UpdateConfig) ToPlan(nextVersion uc.VersionInfo) Plan {
 	if !updateCommandFound {
 		p.Spec.Commands = append(p.Spec.Commands, PlanCommand{
 			K0sUpdate: &PlanCommandK0sUpdate{
-				Version:   string(nextVersion.Version),
+				Version:   nextVersion.Version,
 				Platforms: platforms,
 				Targets: PlanCommandTargets{
 					Controllers: PlanCommandTarget{
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func (uc *UpdateConfig) ToPlan(nextVersion uc.VersionInfo) Plan {
 			planCmd := PlanCommand{}
 			if cmd.K0sUpdate != nil {
 				planCmd.K0sUpdate = &PlanCommandK0sUpdate{
-					Version:     string(nextVersion.Version),
+					Version:     nextVersion.Version,
 					ForceUpdate: cmd.K0sUpdate.ForceUpdate,
 					Platforms:   platforms,
 					Targets:     cmd.K0sUpdate.Targets,
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func (uc *UpdateConfig) ToPlan(nextVersion uc.VersionInfo) Plan {
 			}
 			if cmd.AirgapUpdate != nil {
 				planCmd.AirgapUpdate = &PlanCommandAirgapUpdate{
-					Version:   string(nextVersion.Version),
+					Version:   nextVersion.Version,
 					Platforms: airgapPlatforms,
 					Workers:   cmd.AirgapUpdate.Workers,
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/autopilot/controller/updates/periodicupdater.go b/pkg/autopilot/controller/updates/periodicupdater.go
index 2baf26bf5283..1aab0b668b81 100644
--- a/pkg/autopilot/controller/updates/periodicupdater.go
+++ b/pkg/autopilot/controller/updates/periodicupdater.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (u *periodicUpdater) Config() *apv1beta2.UpdateConfig {
 
 func (u *periodicUpdater) Run() error {
 	u.log.Debug("starting periodic updater")
-	checkDuration := time.Duration(10 * time.Minute)
+	checkDuration := 10 * time.Minute
 	// ENV var used only for testing purposes
 	if e := os.Getenv("K0S_UPDATE_PERIOD"); e != "" {
 		cd, err := time.ParseDuration(e)
diff --git a/pkg/component/controller/extensions_controller.go b/pkg/component/controller/extensions_controller.go
index 8331622296eb..6641a53ae18c 100644
--- a/pkg/component/controller/extensions_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/component/controller/extensions_controller.go
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ func removeFinalizer(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, chart *helmv1beta1.Ch
 	return c.Patch(ctx, chart, client.RawPatch(types.JSONPatchType, patch))
 }
 
-const defaultTimeout = time.Duration(10 * time.Minute)
+const defaultTimeout = 10 * time.Minute
 
 func (cr *ChartReconciler) updateOrInstallChart(ctx context.Context, chart helmv1beta1.Chart) error {
 	var err error
diff --git a/pkg/component/controller/updateprober.go b/pkg/component/controller/updateprober.go
index 152feaf97556..20b27319724f 100644
--- a/pkg/component/controller/updateprober.go
+++ b/pkg/component/controller/updateprober.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (u *UpdateProber) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	u.log.Debug("starting up")
 	// Check for updates in 30min intervals from default update server
 	// ENV var only to be used for testing purposes
-	updateCheckInterval := time.Duration(30 * time.Minute)
+	updateCheckInterval := 30 * time.Minute
 	if os.Getenv("K0S_UPDATE_CHECK_INTERVAL") != "" {
 		d, err := time.ParseDuration(os.Getenv("K0S_UPDATE_CHECK_INTERVAL"))
 		if err != nil {