diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 5e18653cfca3..9bf79536c81f 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -10,16 +10,17 @@ run:
 
 linters:
   enable:
-    - copyloopvar # Detects unnecessary copies of loop variables for Go >= 1.22
-    - depguard    # Checks if package imports are in a list of acceptable packages
-    - dupword     # Finds word repetitions
-    - 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
-    - revive      # Stricter drop-in replacement for golint
-    - testifylint # Checks usage of github.com/stretchr/testify
-    - unconvert   # Checks for unnecessary type conversions
+    - copyloopvar   # Detects unnecessary copies of loop variables for Go >= 1.22
+    - depguard      # Checks if package imports are in a list of acceptable packages
+    - dupword       # Finds word repetitions
+    - 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
+    - revive        # Stricter drop-in replacement for golint
+    - testifylint   # Checks usage of github.com/stretchr/testify
+    - unconvert     # Checks for unnecessary type conversions
+    - usestdlibvars # Checks for things that are provided by the standard library
 
 linters-settings:
   depguard:
diff --git a/internal/http/download.go b/internal/http/download.go
index 10ac0fd9a028..2e8f40ddad84 100644
--- a/internal/http/download.go
+++ b/internal/http/download.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func Download(ctx context.Context, url string, target io.Writer, options ...Down
 
 	// Prepare the client and the request.
 	client := http.Client{Transport: transport}
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid download request: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/autopilot/channels/channelclient.go b/pkg/autopilot/channels/channelclient.go
index 6fa84a2e1a1a..59f6fa0464d6 100644
--- a/pkg/autopilot/channels/channelclient.go
+++ b/pkg/autopilot/channels/channelclient.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (c *ChannelClient) GetLatest(ctx context.Context, headers map[string]string
 
 	var v VersionInfo
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "GET", c.channelURL, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, c.channelURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return v, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/component/worker/static_pods_test.go b/pkg/component/worker/static_pods_test.go
index 1f41a916c5af..6596874aa320 100644
--- a/pkg/component/worker/static_pods_test.go
+++ b/pkg/component/worker/static_pods_test.go
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ func TestStaticPods_Lifecycle(t *testing.T) {
 		url, err := underTest.ManifestURL()
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+		req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url, nil)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 3*time.Second)