diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4af68e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+name: Build
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+env:
+  go_version: 1.21.6
+jobs:
+  golangci-lint:
+    name: golangci-lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Pin Golang version for linting
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ env.go_version }}
+      - name: Run golangci-lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
+        with:
+          version: v1.55.2
+  test:
+    name: go test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ env.go_version }}
+      - name: Set up gotestfmt
+        uses: GoTestTools/gotestfmt-action@v2
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/go/pkg/mod
+            ~/.cache/go-build
+          key: go-test-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
+          restore-keys: go-test-
+      - name: Run go test
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          go generate
+          go test -coverprofile /tmp/coverage.out -json -v ./... 2>&1 | tee /tmp/gotest.log | gotestfmt
+          echo "# Code coverage summary" > /tmp/coverage.md
+          echo "|File|Type|Coverage|" >> /tmp/coverage.md
+          echo "|----|----|--------|" >> /tmp/coverage.md
+          go tool cover -func /tmp/coverage.out | sed -e 's/\s\s*/|/g' -e 's/^/|/g' -e 's/$/|/g' >> /tmp/coverage.md
+          
+          cat /tmp/coverage.md >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "::group::Code coverage summary"
+          go tool cover -func /tmp/coverage.out
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+      - name: Upload test log
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          name: test-results
+          path: |
+            /tmp/gotest.log
+            /tmp/coverage.out
+            /tmp/coverage.md
+          if-no-files-found: error
diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..996864c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+run:
+  timeout: 5m
+linters:
+  enable:
+    # region General
+
+    # Add depguard to prevent adding additional dependencies. This is a client library, we really don't want
+    # additional dependencies.
+    - depguard
+    # Prevent improper directives in go.mod.
+    - gomoddirectives
+    # Prevent improper nolint directives.
+    - nolintlint
+
+    # endregion
+
+
+    # region Code Quality and Comments
+
+    # Inspect source code for potential security problems. This check has a fairly high false positive rate,
+    # comment with // nolint:gosec where not relevant.
+    - gosec
+    # Complain about deeply nested if cases.
+    - nestif
+    # Prevent naked returns in long functions.
+    - nakedret
+    # Make Go code more readable.
+    - gocritic
+    # Check if comments end in a period. This helps prevent incomplete comment lines, such as half-written sentences.
+    - godot
+    # Complain about comments as these indicate incomplete code.
+    - godox
+    # Keep the cyclomatic complexity of functions to a reasonable level.
+    - gocyclo
+    # Find repeated strings that could be converted into constants.
+    - goconst
+    # Complain about unnecessary type conversions.
+    - unconvert
+    # Complain about unused parameters. These should be replaced with underscores.
+    - unparam
+    # Check for non-ASCII identifiers.
+    - asciicheck
+    # Check for HTTP response body being closed. Sometimes, you may need to disable this using // nolint:bodyclose.
+    - bodyclose
+    # Check for duplicate code. You may want to disable this with // nolint:dupl if the source code is the same, but
+    # legitimately exists for different reasons.
+    - dupl
+    # Check for pointers in loops. This is a typical bug source.
+    - exportloopref
+    # Prevent dogsledding (mass-ignoring return values). This typically indicates missing error handling.
+    - dogsled
+    # Enforce consistent import aliases across all files.
+    - importas
+    # Make code properly formatted.
+    - gofmt
+    # Prevent faulty error checks.
+    - nilerr
+    # Prevent direct error checks that won't work with wrapped errors.
+    - errorlint
+    # Find slice usage that could potentially be preallocated.
+    - prealloc
+    # Check for improper duration handling.
+    - durationcheck
+
+    # endregion
+linters-settings:
+  depguard:
+    rules:
+      main:
+        list-mode: strict
+        files:
+          - "**/internal/*.go"
+        allow:
+          - $gostd
+          - go.flow.arcalot.io/
+          - go.arcalot.io/
+          - github.com/docker/
+          - github.com/opencontainers/
+          - gopkg.in/yaml.v3
+          - github.com/fxamacker/cbor
+          - k8s.io/
+          - sigs.k8s.io/
+          - golang.org/
+          - github.com/stretchr/testify
+  govet:
+    enable-all: true
+    check-shadowing: false
+    disable:
+      # We don't care about variable shadowing.
+      - shadow
+      - fieldalignment
+  stylecheck:
+    checks:
+      - all
+issues:
+  exclude-use-default: false
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8fb6d4a..cbeb2a5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 module arcaflow-lib-kubernetes
 
-go 1.19
+go 1.21
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.arcalot.io/lang v1.0.0
-	go.flow.arcalot.io/pluginsdk v0.5.1
+	go.arcalot.io/lang v1.1.0
+	go.flow.arcalot.io/pluginsdk v0.8.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.28.4
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2034220..6f6533b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.3/go.mod h1:UzaqsxGiab7freDnrUUra0MwWfN/q7tE4j+
 github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.4 h1:QLMzNJnMGPRNDCbySlcj1x01tzU8/9LTTL9hZZZogBU=
 github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.4/go.mod h1:UzaqsxGiab7freDnrUUra0MwWfN/q7tE4j+VcZ0yl14=
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20230315185526-52ccab3ef572 h1:tfuBGBXKqDEevZMzYi5KSi8KkcZtzBcTgAUUtapy0OI=
+github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20230315185526-52ccab3ef572/go.mod h1:9Pwr4B2jHnOSGXyyzV8ROjYa2ojvAY6HCGYYfMoC3Ls=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:Ov1cvc58UF3b5XjBnZv7+opcTcQFZebYjWzi34vdm4Q=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:P1XiOD3dCwIKUDQYPy72D8LYyHL2YPYrpS2s69NZV8Q=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 h1:xRy4A+RhZaiKjJ1bPfwQ8sedCA+YS2YcCHW6ec7JMi0=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210720184732-4bb14d4b1be1 h1:K6RDEckDVWvDI9JAJYCmNdQXq6neHJOYx3V6jnqNEec=
+github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210720184732-4bb14d4b1be1/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLew5upagYY7GY0pfYCcupk39gWOCRROcvE=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 h1:t6JiXgmwXMjEs8VusXIJk2BXHsn+wx8BZdTaoZ5fu7I=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 h1:vlS4z54oSdjm0bgjRigI+G1HpF+tI+9rE5LLzOg8HmY=
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
@@ -55,11 +58,15 @@ github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjY
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 h1:C3w9PqII01/Oq1c1nUAm88MOHcQC9l5mIlSMApZMrHA=
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822/go.mod h1:+n7T8mK8HuQTcFwEeznm/DIxMOiR9yIdICNftLE1DvQ=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.4 h1:xR7vG4IXt5RWx6FfIjyAtsoMAtnc3C/rFXBBd2AjZwE=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.4/go.mod h1:gCQYp2Q+kSoIj7ykSVb9nskRSsR6PUj4AiLywzIhbKM=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.6 h1:ENqfyGeS5AX/rlXDd/ETokDz93u0YufY1Pgxuy/PvWE=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.6/go.mod h1:PIQNjfQwkP3aQAH7lf7j87O/5FiNr+ZR8+ipb+qQlhg=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0 h1:TMyTOH3F/DB16zRVcYyreMH6GnZZrwQVAoYjRBZyWFQ=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0/go.mod h1:UQnix2H7Ngw/k4C5ijL5+65zddjncjaFoBhdsK/akog=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=
@@ -71,13 +78,12 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcU
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
-go.arcalot.io/assert v1.4.0 h1:X7ptZSl4WrB+jUn53Kzvp3aPWCSsCgUp4iW2wdLEOv4=
-go.arcalot.io/lang v1.0.0 h1:mgDaieT4wWdZTnR4V7+/pgYRmzfU7VZZgIzHccuxAbY=
-go.arcalot.io/lang v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ALqfYEhAzC2WoGLaycmJoNJd5NmkR7V1PSKp/c5D278=
-go.flow.arcalot.io/pluginsdk v0.4.1 h1:sooyHRNCH/EIQJe+842qZJAgXHuffclFbc3hPMgbhCc=
-go.flow.arcalot.io/pluginsdk v0.4.1/go.mod h1:8Gp8Q0Eo0s+2I4nNl3uQ95jPi2zFKEX7JqyjhmK7BiI=
-go.flow.arcalot.io/pluginsdk v0.5.1 h1:ebb2ThAqmjmwGpDyKpd1wEDUisPqPabgARjFohy47Io=
-go.flow.arcalot.io/pluginsdk v0.5.1/go.mod h1:2s2f//7uOkBjr1QaiWJD/bqDIeLlINJtD1BhiY4aGPM=
+go.arcalot.io/assert v1.7.0 h1:PTLyeisNMUKpM9wXRDxResanBhuGOYO1xFK3v5b3FSw=
+go.arcalot.io/assert v1.7.0/go.mod h1:nNmWPoNUHFyrPkNrD2aASm5yPuAfiWdB/4X7Lw3ykHk=
+go.arcalot.io/lang v1.1.0 h1:ugglRKpd3qIMkdghAjKJxsziIgHm8QpxrzZPSXoa08I=
+go.arcalot.io/lang v1.1.0/go.mod h1:2BZJO4csY7NnN/Nf1+eTdIQH4A2vxtOMneaO+PJl+Co=
+go.flow.arcalot.io/pluginsdk v0.8.0 h1:cShsshrR17ZFLcbgi3aZvqexLttcp3JISFNqPUPuDvA=
+go.flow.arcalot.io/pluginsdk v0.8.0/go.mod h1:sk7ssInR/T+Gy+RSRr+QhKqZcECFFxMyn1hPQCTZSyU=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
@@ -114,6 +120,7 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtn
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200619180055-7c47624df98f/go.mod h1:EkVYQZoAsY45+roYkvgYkIh4xh/qjgUK9TdY2XT94GE=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20210106214847-113979e3529a/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.8.0 h1:vSDcovVPld282ceKgDimkRSC8kpaH1dgyc9UMzlt84Y=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.8.0/go.mod h1:JxBZ99ISMI5ViVkT1tr6tdNmXeTrcpVSD3vZ1RsRdN4=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
@@ -135,16 +142,10 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-k8s.io/api v0.28.2 h1:9mpl5mOb6vXZvqbQmankOfPIGiudghwCoLl1EYfUZbw=
-k8s.io/api v0.28.2/go.mod h1:RVnJBsjU8tcMq7C3iaRSGMeaKt2TWEUXcpIt/90fjEg=
 k8s.io/api v0.28.4 h1:8ZBrLjwosLl/NYgv1P7EQLqoO8MGQApnbgH8tu3BMzY=
 k8s.io/api v0.28.4/go.mod h1:axWTGrY88s/5YE+JSt4uUi6NMM+gur1en2REMR7IRj0=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.2 h1:KCOJLrc6gu+wV1BYgwik4AF4vXOlVJPdiqn0yAWWwXQ=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.2/go.mod h1:RdzF87y/ngqk9H4z3EL2Rppv5jj95vGS/HaFXrLDApU=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.4 h1:zOSJe1mc+GxuMnFzD4Z/U1wst50X28ZNsn5bhgIIao8=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.4/go.mod h1:wI37ncBvfAoswfq626yPTe6Bz1c22L7uaJ8dho83mgg=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.28.2 h1:DNoYI1vGq0slMBN/SWKMZMw0Rq+0EQW6/AK4v9+3VeY=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.28.2/go.mod h1:sMkApowspLuc7omj1FOSUxSoqjr+d5Q0Yc0LOFnYFJY=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.28.4 h1:Np5ocjlZcTrkyRJ3+T3PkXDpe4UpatQxj85+xjaD2wY=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.28.4/go.mod h1:0VDZFpgoZfelyP5Wqu0/r/TRYcLYuJ2U1KEeoaPa1N4=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1 h1:7WCHKK6K8fNhTqfBhISHQ97KrnJNFZMcQvKp7gP/tmg=
diff --git a/internal/util/base64.go b/internal/util/base64.go
index 36d247d..fd0b2eb 100644
--- a/internal/util/base64.go
+++ b/internal/util/base64.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// Package util provides utility functions common to the
+// rest of this deployer package.
 package util
 
 import (
diff --git a/model_connection.go b/model_connection.go
index e9eebfd..3da5713 100644
--- a/model_connection.go
+++ b/model_connection.go
@@ -60,11 +60,14 @@ func (c *ConnectionParameters) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshaller func(interface{}) erro
 	if err := unmarshaller(&temp); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to JSON unmarshal data (%w)", err)
 	}
-	unserializedData, err := connectionParametersSchema.UnserializeType(temp)
+	unserializedData, err := connectionParametersSchema.UnserializeType(temp) //nolint:all
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unserialize data (%w)", err)
 	}
-	c = &unserializedData
+	// This assignment has no effect!  We disable the linter's objection to it
+	// pending investigation.
+	// see https://github.com/arcalot/arcaflow-lib-kubernetes-go/issues/18
+	c = &unserializedData //nolint:all
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/model_connection_test.go b/model_connection_test.go
index a9d05d1..b5a15dc 100644
--- a/model_connection_test.go
+++ b/model_connection_test.go
@@ -1 +1 @@
-package arcaflow_lib_kubernetes
+package arcaflow_lib_kubernetes_test
diff --git a/parse_kubeconfig.go b/parse_kubeconfig.go
index a0747d2..0e03478 100644
--- a/parse_kubeconfig.go
+++ b/parse_kubeconfig.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func ParseKubeConfig(data string) (KubeConfig, error) {
-	var kubeconfig KubeConfig = KubeConfig{}
+	var kubeconfig = KubeConfig{}
 	if err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(data), &kubeconfig); err != nil {
 		return kubeconfig, err
 	}
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ func KubeConfigToConnection(kubeconfig KubeConfig, inlineFiles bool) (Connection
 	var context *KubeConfigContext
 	for _, ctx := range kubeconfig.Contexts {
 		if ctx.Name == *kubeconfig.CurrentContext {
-			context = &ctx
+			ctxLocal := ctx
+			context = &ctxLocal
 		}
 	}
 	if context == nil {
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ func KubeConfigToConnection(kubeconfig KubeConfig, inlineFiles bool) (Connection
 
 	for _, clstr := range kubeconfig.Clusters {
 		if clstr.Name == currentCluster {
-			cluster = &clstr
+			clstrLocal := clstr
+			cluster = &clstrLocal
 		}
 	}
 	if cluster == nil {
@@ -53,7 +55,8 @@ func KubeConfigToConnection(kubeconfig KubeConfig, inlineFiles bool) (Connection
 	var user *KubeConfigUser
 	for _, usr := range kubeconfig.Users {
 		if usr.Name == currentUser {
-			user = &usr
+			usrLocal := usr
+			user = &usrLocal
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -207,7 +210,7 @@ func ConnectionToKubeConfig(connection ConnectionParameters) (KubeConfig, error)
 		Contexts:       []KubeConfigContext{context},
 		Users:          []KubeConfigUser{user},
 		CurrentContext: &defaultStr,
-		Preferences:    map[interface{}]interface{}{}, //default type in sdk parser, used to compare the struct in unit tests
+		Preferences:    map[interface{}]interface{}{}, // default type in sdk parser, used to compare the struct in unit tests
 	}
 
 	return kubeconfig, nil
diff --git a/parse_kubeconfig_test.go b/parse_kubeconfig_test.go
index e158c47..391e8ed 100644
--- a/parse_kubeconfig_test.go
+++ b/parse_kubeconfig_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type testFixtures struct {
 	kubeconfigNoData     string
 	kubeconfigNoHost     string
 	kubeconfigNoContext  string
-	kubeconfigSkipTls    string
+	kubeconfigSkipTLS    string
 	tokenFile            string
 	kubeconfigExtensions string
 }
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func NewFixtures(t *testing.T) testFixtures {
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	kubeNoCtx, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/kubeconfig-nocontext.yaml")
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
-	kubeTlsSkip, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/kubeconfig-tlsskip.yaml")
+	kubeTLSSkip, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/kubeconfig-tlsskip.yaml")
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	tokenFile, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/tokenfile")
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func NewFixtures(t *testing.T) testFixtures {
 		kubeconfigNoData:     string(kubeNodata),
 		kubeconfigNoHost:     string(kubeNoHost),
 		kubeconfigNoContext:  string(kubeNoCtx),
-		kubeconfigSkipTls:    string(kubeTlsSkip),
+		kubeconfigSkipTLS:    string(kubeTLSSkip),
 		tokenFile:            string(tokenFile),
 		kubeconfigExtensions: string(kubeExtensions),
 	}
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func TestParseKubeConfig(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestKubeConfigToConnection(t *testing.T) {
-	//test with cert inlining
+	// test with cert inlining
 	fixtures := NewFixtures(t)
 	kubeconf, err := ParseKubeConfig(fixtures.kubeconfigNoData)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func TestKubeConfigToConnection(t *testing.T) {
 	// test that by default insecure-skip-tls-verify is false
 	assert.False(t, connection.Insecure)
 
-	//test without inlining
+	// test without inlining
 	kubeconf, err = ParseKubeConfig(fixtures.kubeconfigNoData)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	connection, err = KubeConfigToConnection(kubeconf, false)
@@ -96,19 +96,24 @@ func TestKubeConfigToConnection(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, connection.CertFile, CERTPATH)
 	assert.Equal(t, connection.CAFile, CACERTPATH)
 
-	//test failure on empty host
+	// test failure on empty host
 	kubeconf, err = ParseKubeConfig(fixtures.kubeconfigNoHost)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, kubeconf)
 	connection, err = KubeConfigToConnection(kubeconf, true)
 	assert.NotNil(t, err)
-	err = nil
-	//test failure on empty default context
+
+	// test failure on empty default context
 	kubeconf, err = ParseKubeConfig(fixtures.kubeconfigNoContext)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, kubeconf)
 	connection, err = KubeConfigToConnection(kubeconf, true)
 	assert.NotNil(t, err)
-	err = nil
 
-	//test success on insecure-skip-tls-verify: true
-	kubeconf, err = ParseKubeConfig(fixtures.kubeconfigSkipTls)
+	// test success on insecure-skip-tls-verify: true
+	kubeconf, err = ParseKubeConfig(fixtures.kubeconfigSkipTLS)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, kubeconf)
 	connection, err = KubeConfigToConnection(kubeconf, true)
 	assert.True(t, connection.Insecure)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -120,6 +125,7 @@ func TestConnectionToKubeConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	kubeconf, err := ParseKubeConfig(fixtures.kubeconfigNoData)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	connection, err := KubeConfigToConnection(kubeconf, false)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	kubeconfBack, err := ConnectionToKubeConfig(connection)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, kubeconf, kubeconfBack)
@@ -127,6 +133,7 @@ func TestConnectionToKubeConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	kubeconf, err = ParseKubeConfig(fixtures.kubeconfig)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	connection, err = KubeConfigToConnection(kubeconf, false)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	kubeconfBack, err = ConnectionToKubeConfig(connection)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, kubeconf, kubeconfBack)
@@ -135,6 +142,7 @@ func TestConnectionToKubeConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	kubeconf, err = ParseKubeConfig(fixtures.kubeconfigNoData)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	connection, err = KubeConfigToConnection(kubeconf, false)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	connection.BearerToken = ""
 	connection.BearerTokenFile = "testdata/tokenfile"
 	kubeconfBack, err = ConnectionToKubeConfig(connection)