diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 255525e8..2e2cc547 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ linters:
     - unconvert
     - unparam
     - unused
+    - usestdlibvars
     - wastedassign
     - whitespace
     - wrapcheck
diff --git a/ImageWidgets.go b/ImageWidgets.go
index 7c76e48c..33262c64 100644
--- a/ImageWidgets.go
+++ b/ImageWidgets.go
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ func (i *ImageWithURLWidget) Build() {
 			// Load image from url
 			client := &http.Client{Timeout: i.downloadTimeout}
 
-			req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(downloadContext, "GET", i.imgURL, http.NoBody)
+			req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(downloadContext, http.MethodGet, i.imgURL, http.NoBody)
 			if err != nil {
 				errorFn(err)
 				return