diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index cfad37b7..bf3f1b51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
         with:
-          version: v1.51.2
+          version: v1.54.2
         env:
           CGO_LDFLAGS: "-l bpf"
 
diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index 149df67c..d8e9ea5e 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,34 @@
 linters:
   enable:
+    - dupl
+    - durationcheck
+    - exhaustive
+    - exportloopref
+    - forcetypeassert
+    - goimports
+    - gomoddirectives
+    - interfacebloat
+    - makezero
+    - mirror
+    - misspell
+    - musttag
+    - nestif
+    - nilnil
+    - nolintlint
+    - nosprintfhostport
+    - prealloc
+    - predeclared
+    - promlinter
+    - reassign
     - revive
+    - tagalign
+    - unconvert
+    - unparam
+    - unused
+    - usestdlibvars
+    - whitespace
+    # nilerr: https://github.com/gostaticanalysis/nilerr/issues/8
+    # wastedassign: https://github.com/sanposhiho/wastedassign/issues/39
 issues:
   exclude-use-default: false
   exclude:
diff --git a/cmd/ebpf_exporter/main.go b/cmd/ebpf_exporter/main.go
index 938918df..7ed3c85d 100644
--- a/cmd/ebpf_exporter/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ebpf_exporter/main.go
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ func listen(addr string) error {
 	}
 
 	return http.ListenAndServe(addr, nil)
-
 }
 
 func ensureCapabilities(keep string) error {
diff --git a/decoder/decoder_test.go b/decoder/decoder_test.go
index db95a470..08a469f7 100644
--- a/decoder/decoder_test.go
+++ b/decoder/decoder_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func TestDecodeLabels(t *testing.T) {
 		err    bool
 	}{
 		{
-			in: append([]byte{0x8, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0}, zeroPaddedString("bananas", 32)...),
+			in: append([]byte{0x8, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0}, zeroPaddedString("potatoes", 16)...),
 			labels: []config.Label{
 				{
 					Name: "number",
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func TestDecodeLabels(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			out: []string{"8", "bananas"},
-			err: true, // this label should be skipped, only tomatos allowed
+			err: true, // this label should be skipped, only tomatoes allowed
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/exporter/attach.go b/exporter/attach.go
index 79e747de..65481703 100644
--- a/exporter/attach.go
+++ b/exporter/attach.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cloudflare/ebpf_exporter/v2/config"
 )
 
-func attachModule(module *libbpfgo.Module, cfg config.Config) (map[*libbpfgo.BPFProg]bool, error) {
+func attachModule(module *libbpfgo.Module, cfg config.Config) map[*libbpfgo.BPFProg]bool {
 	attached := map[*libbpfgo.BPFProg]bool{}
 
 	iter := module.Iterator()
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ func attachModule(module *libbpfgo.Module, cfg config.Config) (map[*libbpfgo.BPF
 		}
 	}
 
-	return attached, nil
+	return attached
 }
diff --git a/exporter/exporter.go b/exporter/exporter.go
index 5e133f4c..513ed953 100644
--- a/exporter/exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/exporter.go
@@ -132,10 +132,7 @@ func (e *Exporter) Attach() error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error loading bpf object from %q for config %q: %v", cfg.BPFPath, cfg.Name, err)
 		}
 
-		attachments, err := attachModule(module, cfg)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to attach to config %q: %s", cfg.Name, err)
-		}
+		attachments := attachModule(module, cfg)
 
 		e.attachedProgs[cfg.Name] = attachments
 		e.modules[cfg.Name] = module
@@ -160,10 +157,9 @@ func (e *Exporter) passKaddrs(module *libbpfgo.Module, cfg config.Config) error
 		}
 
 		name := fmt.Sprintf("kaddr_%s", kaddr)
-		if err := module.InitGlobalVariable(name, uint64(addr)); err != nil {
+		if err := module.InitGlobalVariable(name, addr); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error setting kaddr value for %q (const volatile %q) to 0x%x: %v", kaddr, name, addr, err)
 		}
-
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/exporter/perf_event_array.go b/exporter/perf_event_array.go
index 32dbd1f3..b5b6061f 100644
--- a/exporter/perf_event_array.go
+++ b/exporter/perf_event_array.go
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ func newPerfEventArraySink(decoders *decoder.Set, module *libbpfgo.Module, count
 			}
 
 			sink.counterVec.WithLabelValues(labelValues...).Inc()
-
 		}
 	}(sink, receiveCh)