diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index f22a4bcdf..17b00452a 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ linters:
     - testifylint
     #- unconvert
     - unused
-    #- usestdlibvars
+    - usestdlibvars
     - whitespace
   exclusions:
     generated: lax
diff --git a/config/http_config_test.go b/config/http_config_test.go
index 58d13b0dc..1547a5d01 100644
--- a/config/http_config_test.go
+++ b/config/http_config_test.go
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ func TestBearerAuthRoundTripper(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Normal flow.
 	bearerAuthRoundTripper := NewAuthorizationCredentialsRoundTripper("Bearer", NewInlineSecret(BearerToken), fakeRoundTripper)
-	request, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/hitchhiker", nil)
+	request, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/hitchhiker", nil)
 	request.Header.Set("User-Agent", "Douglas Adams mind")
 	_, err := bearerAuthRoundTripper.RoundTrip(request)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ func TestBearerAuthRoundTripper(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Should honor already Authorization header set.
 	bearerAuthRoundTripperShouldNotModifyExistingAuthorization := NewAuthorizationCredentialsRoundTripper("Bearer", NewInlineSecret(newBearerToken), fakeRoundTripper)
-	request, _ = http.NewRequest("GET", "/hitchhiker", nil)
+	request, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/hitchhiker", nil)
 	request.Header.Set("Authorization", ExpectedBearer)
 	_, err = bearerAuthRoundTripperShouldNotModifyExistingAuthorization.RoundTrip(request)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ func TestBearerAuthFileRoundTripper(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Normal flow.
 	bearerAuthRoundTripper := NewAuthorizationCredentialsRoundTripper("Bearer", &FileSecret{file: BearerTokenFile}, fakeRoundTripper)
-	request, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/hitchhiker", nil)
+	request, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/hitchhiker", nil)
 	request.Header.Set("User-Agent", "Douglas Adams mind")
 	_, err := bearerAuthRoundTripper.RoundTrip(request)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ func TestBearerAuthFileRoundTripper(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Should honor already Authorization header set.
 	bearerAuthRoundTripperShouldNotModifyExistingAuthorization := NewAuthorizationCredentialsRoundTripper("Bearer", &FileSecret{file: MissingBearerTokenFile}, fakeRoundTripper)
-	request, _ = http.NewRequest("GET", "/hitchhiker", nil)
+	request, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/hitchhiker", nil)
 	request.Header.Set("Authorization", ExpectedBearer)
 	_, err = bearerAuthRoundTripperShouldNotModifyExistingAuthorization.RoundTrip(request)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -2104,7 +2104,7 @@ no_proxy: promcon.io,cncf.io`, proxyServer.URL),
 				os.Setenv("NO_PROXY", tc.noProxyEnv)
 			}
 
-			req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", tc.targetURL, nil)
+			req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, tc.targetURL, nil)
 
 			proxyFunc := proxyConfig.Proxy()
 			resultURL, err := proxyFunc(req)
diff --git a/route/route_test.go b/route/route_test.go
index 87c32efd1..dd3303074 100644
--- a/route/route_test.go
+++ b/route/route_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 func TestRedirect(t *testing.T) {
 	router := New().WithPrefix("/test/prefix")
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	r, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://localhost:9090/foo", nil)
+	r, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://localhost:9090/foo", nil)
 	require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Error building test request: %s", err)
 
 	router.Redirect(w, r, "/some/endpoint", http.StatusFound)
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func TestContext(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equalf(t, want, got, "Unexpected context value: want %q, got %q", want, got)
 	})
 
-	r, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://localhost:9090/test/bar/", nil)
+	r, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://localhost:9090/test/bar/", nil)
 	require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Error building test request: %s", err)
 	router.ServeHTTP(nil, r)
 }
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func TestContextWithValue(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equalf(t, want, got, "Unexpected context value: want %q, got %q", want, got)
 	})
 
-	r, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://localhost:9090/test/bar/", nil)
+	r, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://localhost:9090/test/bar/", nil)
 	require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Error building test request: %s", err)
 	params := map[string]string{
 		"lorem": "ipsum",
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func TestContextWithoutValue(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equalf(t, want, got, "Unexpected context value: want %q, got %q", want, got)
 	})
 
-	r, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://localhost:9090/test", nil)
+	r, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://localhost:9090/test", nil)
 	require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Error building test request: %s", err)
 	router.ServeHTTP(nil, r)
 }
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func TestInstrumentation(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		c.router.Get("/foo", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {})
 
-		r, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://localhost:9090/foo", nil)
+		r, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://localhost:9090/foo", nil)
 		require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Error building test request: %s", err)
 		c.router.ServeHTTP(nil, r)
 		require.Equalf(t, c.want, got, "Unexpected value: want %q, got %q", c.want, got)
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func TestInstrumentations(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		c.router.Get("/foo", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {})
 
-		r, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://localhost:9090/foo", nil)
+		r, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://localhost:9090/foo", nil)
 		require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Error building test request: %s", err)
 		c.router.ServeHTTP(nil, r)
 		require.Lenf(t, got, len(c.want), "Unexpected value: want %q, got %q", c.want, got)
diff --git a/server/static_file_server_test.go b/server/static_file_server_test.go
index 9aa8d76fb..254ca1c59 100644
--- a/server/static_file_server_test.go
+++ b/server/static_file_server_test.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func TestServeHttp(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
-			req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://localhost/"+c.path, nil)
+			req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://localhost/"+c.path, nil)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			s := StaticFileServer(dummyFileSystem{})