diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 95cd7b6..662a9cc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # stage 1 Build blobstream-ops binary
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM docker.io/golang:1.21.6-alpine3.18 as builder
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM docker.io/golang:1.22.3-alpine3.18 as builder
 
 ARG TARGETOS
 ARG TARGETARCH
diff --git a/cmd/blobstream-ops/verify/cmd.go b/cmd/blobstream-ops/verify/cmd.go
index d9f8045..f0ed520 100644
--- a/cmd/blobstream-ops/verify/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/blobstream-ops/verify/cmd.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func Start() *cobra.Command {
 	command := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "start <flags>",
 		Short: "Starts the BlobstreamX verifier",
-		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			config, err := parseStartFlags(cmd)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -133,9 +133,8 @@ func Start() *cobra.Command {
 						_, exists := dataCommitmentEvents[int(events.Event.ProofNonce.Int64())]
 						if exists {
 							continue
-						} else {
-							dataCommitmentEvents[int(events.Event.ProofNonce.Int64())] = *events.Event
 						}
+						dataCommitmentEvents[int(events.Event.ProofNonce.Int64())] = *events.Event
 					}
 					if !events.Next() {
 						break