diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-go.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-go.yml
index 4392454..b99c87f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-go.yml
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ jobs:
     uses: kyma-project/eventing-tools/.github/workflows/lint-go-reusable.yml@main
     with:
         go-version: '1.21'
-        lint-config-uri: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kyma-project/eventing-tools/cf7f3aebaad2d323730a9ab2a76f6cb78f459ee4/config/lint/.golangci.yaml
+        lint-config-uri: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kyma-project/eventing-tools/a9cc2c5524838736f3f8fd084021a0116675476d/config/lint/.golangci.yaml
diff --git a/pkg/commander/eventmesh/eventmesh.go b/pkg/commander/eventmesh/eventmesh.go
index ae4ec95..8e5e754 100644
--- a/pkg/commander/eventmesh/eventmesh.go
+++ b/pkg/commander/eventmesh/eventmesh.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kyma-project/eventing-manager/pkg/backend/cleaner"
 	"github.com/kyma-project/eventing-manager/pkg/logger"
 
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp" // TODO: remove as this is only used in a development setup
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp" // IMORTANT: remove as this is only used in a development setup
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/pkg/commander/nats/nats.go b/pkg/commander/nats/nats.go
index 733b345..2e7ed5e 100644
--- a/pkg/commander/nats/nats.go
+++ b/pkg/commander/nats/nats.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kyma-project/eventing-manager/pkg/backend/cleaner"
 	"github.com/kyma-project/eventing-manager/pkg/logger"
 
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp" // TODO: remove as this is only required in a dev setup
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp" // IMPORTANT: remove as this is only required in a dev setup
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/pkg/handler/handler_v1alpha1_test.go b/pkg/handler/handler_v1alpha1_test.go
index a6a356e..ec6e11b 100644
--- a/pkg/handler/handler_v1alpha1_test.go
+++ b/pkg/handler/handler_v1alpha1_test.go
@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@ func TestHandler_sendEventAndRecordMetrics_TracingAndDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func CreateCloudEvent(t *testing.T) *ceevent.Event {
+	t.Helper()
 	builder := epptestingutils.NewCloudEventBuilder(
 		epptestingutils.WithCloudEventType(epptestingutils.CloudEventTypeWithPrefix),
 	)
diff --git a/pkg/handler/health/health_test.go b/pkg/handler/health/health_test.go
index 54b0916..4254674 100644
--- a/pkg/handler/health/health_test.go
+++ b/pkg/handler/health/health_test.go
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ func TestChecker(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func assertResponseLivenessStatusCode(t *testing.T, endpoint string, checker *ConfigurableChecker, statusCode int) {
+	t.Helper()
 	writer := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	request := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, endpoint, nil)
 
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ func assertResponseLivenessStatusCode(t *testing.T, endpoint string, checker *Co
 }
 
 func assertResponseReadinessStatusCode(t *testing.T, endpoint string, checker *ConfigurableChecker, statusCode int) {
+	t.Helper()
 	writer := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	request := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, endpoint, nil)
 
diff --git a/pkg/legacy/legacytest/test.go b/pkg/legacy/legacytest/test.go
index d5f0deb..2aa0df4 100644
--- a/pkg/legacy/legacytest/test.go
+++ b/pkg/legacy/legacytest/test.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ func ValidLegacyRequest(version, appname, eventType string) (*http.Request, erro
 }
 
 func InvalidLegacyRequestOrDie(t *testing.T, version, appname, eventType string) *http.Request {
+	t.Helper()
 	r, err := InvalidLegacyRequest(version, appname, eventType)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	return r
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/collector.go b/pkg/metrics/collector.go
index e4685c8..e115ee2 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/collector.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/collector.go
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package metrics
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func (c *Collector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 
 // RecordLatency records a backendLatencyHelp metric.
 func (c *Collector) RecordBackendLatency(duration time.Duration, statusCode int, destSvc string) {
-	c.backendLatency.WithLabelValues(fmt.Sprint(statusCode), destSvc).Observe(float64(duration.Milliseconds()))
+	c.backendLatency.WithLabelValues(strconv.Itoa(statusCode), destSvc).Observe(float64(duration.Milliseconds()))
 }
 
 // SetHealthStatus updates the health metric.
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func (c *Collector) SetHealthStatus(healthy bool) {
 
 // RecordEventType records an eventType metric.
 func (c *Collector) RecordEventType(eventType, eventSource string, statusCode int) {
-	c.eventType.WithLabelValues(eventType, eventSource, fmt.Sprint(statusCode)).Inc()
+	c.eventType.WithLabelValues(eventType, eventSource, strconv.Itoa(statusCode)).Inc()
 }
 
 // MetricsMiddleware returns a http.Handler that can be used as middleware in gorilla.mux to track
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/metricstest/metricstest.go b/pkg/metrics/metricstest/metricstest.go
index f17504e..df3acdb 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/metricstest/metricstest.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/metricstest/metricstest.go
@@ -14,15 +14,18 @@ import (
 
 // EnsureMetricLatency ensures metric eventing_epp_backend_duration_seconds exists.
 func EnsureMetricLatency(t *testing.T, collector metrics.PublishingMetricsCollector, count int) {
+	t.Helper()
 	ensureMetricCount(t, collector, metrics.BackendLatencyKey, count)
 }
 
 // EnsureMetricEventTypePublished ensures metric eventing_epp_event_type_published_total exists.
 func EnsureMetricEventTypePublished(t *testing.T, collector metrics.PublishingMetricsCollector, count int) {
+	t.Helper()
 	ensureMetricCount(t, collector, metrics.EventTypePublishedMetricKey, count)
 }
 
 func ensureMetricCount(t *testing.T, collector metrics.PublishingMetricsCollector, metric string, expectedCount int) {
+	t.Helper()
 	if count := testutil.CollectAndCount(collector, metric); count != expectedCount {
 		t.Fatalf("invalid count for metric:%s, want:%d, got:%d", metric, expectedCount, count)
 	}
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ func ensureMetricCount(t *testing.T, collector metrics.PublishingMetricsCollecto
 func EnsureMetricMatchesTextExpositionFormat(t *testing.T, collector metrics.PublishingMetricsCollector,
 	tef string, metricNames ...string,
 ) {
+	t.Helper()
 	if err := testutil.CollectAndCompare(collector, strings.NewReader(tef), metricNames...); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("%v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/receiver/receiver_test.go b/pkg/receiver/receiver_test.go
index 3ee1246..ac81e82 100644
--- a/pkg/receiver/receiver_test.go
+++ b/pkg/receiver/receiver_test.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ func TestStartListener(t *testing.T) {
 	defer close(start)
 	wg.Add(1)
 	go func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Helper()
 		defer wg.Done()
 		start <- true
 		t.Log("starting receiver in goroutine")
diff --git a/pkg/sender/jetstream/jetstream_test.go b/pkg/sender/jetstream/jetstream_test.go
index 4787404..49b0c16 100644
--- a/pkg/sender/jetstream/jetstream_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sender/jetstream/jetstream_test.go
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ type TestEnvironment struct {
 
 // setupTestEnvironment sets up the resources and mocks required for testing.
 func setupTestEnvironment(t *testing.T) *TestEnvironment {
+	t.Helper()
 	natsServer := epptestingutils.StartNATSServer()
 	require.NotNil(t, natsServer)
 
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ func setupTestEnvironment(t *testing.T) *TestEnvironment {
 
 // createCloudEvent build a cloud event.
 func createCloudEvent(t *testing.T) *event.Event {
+	t.Helper()
 	jsType := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", epptestingutils.StreamName, epptestingutils.CloudEventTypeWithPrefix)
 	builder := epptestingutils.NewCloudEventBuilder(
 		epptestingutils.WithCloudEventType(jsType),
@@ -177,6 +179,7 @@ func getConsumerConfig() *natsgo.ConsumerConfig {
 
 // addStream creates a stream for the test events.
 func addStream(t *testing.T, connection *natsgo.Conn, config *natsgo.StreamConfig) {
+	t.Helper()
 	js, err := connection.JetStream()
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	info, err := js.AddStream(config)
@@ -185,6 +188,7 @@ func addStream(t *testing.T, connection *natsgo.Conn, config *natsgo.StreamConfi
 }
 
 func addConsumer(t *testing.T, connection *natsgo.Conn, sc *natsgo.StreamConfig, config *natsgo.ConsumerConfig) {
+	t.Helper()
 	js, err := connection.JetStream()
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	info, err := js.AddConsumer(sc.Name, config)
diff --git a/pkg/subscribed/helpers.go b/pkg/subscribed/helpers.go
index 76140c4..ba0ff0b 100644
--- a/pkg/subscribed/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/subscribed/helpers.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func FilterEventTypeVersionsV1alpha1(eventTypePrefix, bebNs, appName string,
 			continue
 		}
 
-		// TODO revisit the filtration logic as part of https://github.com/kyma-project/kyma/issues/10761
+		// IMPORTANT revisit the filtration logic as part of https://github.com/kyma-project/kyma/issues/10761
 
 		// filter by event-source if exists
 		if len(strings.TrimSpace(filter.EventSource.Value)) > 0 && !strings.EqualFold(filter.EventSource.Value, bebNs) {
diff --git a/pkg/subscribed/helpers_test.go b/pkg/subscribed/helpers_test.go
index c9ea97e..e0323b4 100644
--- a/pkg/subscribed/helpers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/subscribed/helpers_test.go
@@ -352,16 +352,16 @@ func NewEventMeshFilters(opts ...EventMeshFilterOption) *emeventingv1alpha1.BEBF
 }
 
 func WithOneEventMeshFilter(filters *emeventingv1alpha1.BEBFilters) {
-	evSource := "/default/foo.kyma/kt1"
-	evType := "foo.prefix.custom.foovarkes.order.created.v1"
+	const evSource = "/default/foo.kyma/kt1"
+	const evType = "foo.prefix.custom.foovarkes.order.created.v1"
 	filters.Filters = []*emeventingv1alpha1.EventMeshFilter{
 		NewEventMeshFilter(evSource, evType),
 	}
 }
 
 func WithMultipleEventMeshFiltersFromSameSource(filters *emeventingv1alpha1.BEBFilters) {
-	evSource := "/default/foo.kyma/kt1"
-	evType := "foo.prefix.custom.foovarkes.order.created.v1"
+	const evSource = "/default/foo.kyma/kt1"
+	const evType = "foo.prefix.custom.foovarkes.order.created.v1"
 	filters.Filters = []*emeventingv1alpha1.EventMeshFilter{
 		NewEventMeshFilter(evSource, evType),
 		NewEventMeshFilter(evSource, evType),
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ func WithMultipleEventMeshFiltersFromDiffSource(filters *emeventingv1alpha1.BEBF
 	evSource2 := "/default/foo.different/kt1"
 	evSource3 := "/default/foo.different2/kt1"
 	evSource4 := ""
-	evType := "foo.prefix.custom.foovarkes.order.created.v1"
+	const evType = "foo.prefix.custom.foovarkes.order.created.v1"
 	filters.Filters = []*emeventingv1alpha1.EventMeshFilter{
 		NewEventMeshFilter(evSource1, evType),
 		NewEventMeshFilter(evSource2, evType),
diff --git a/pkg/tracing/helpers.go b/pkg/tracing/helpers.go
index 7391cd6..a438ebb 100644
--- a/pkg/tracing/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/tracing/helpers.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package tracing
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
 	ceevent "github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2/event"
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ func AddTracingContextToCEExtensions(reqHeaders http.Header, event *ceevent.Even
 	traceParent := reqHeaders.Get(traceParentKey)
 	if len(traceParent) > 0 {
 		st := extensions.DistributedTracingExtension{
-			TraceParent: fmt.Sprintf("%v", traceParent),
+			TraceParent: traceParent,
 		}
 		st.AddTracingAttributes(event)
 	}
diff --git a/testing/fixtures.go b/testing/fixtures.go
index 1dc9b7d..0a21394 100644
--- a/testing/fixtures.go
+++ b/testing/fixtures.go
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ func (b *CloudEventBuilder) BuildStructured() (string, http.Header) {
 }
 
 func (b *CloudEventBuilder) Build(t *testing.T) *ceevent.Event {
+	t.Helper()
 	e := ceevent.New(b.specVersion)
 	assert.NoError(t, e.Context.SetID(b.id))
 	assert.NoError(t, e.Context.SetType(b.eventType))
diff --git a/testing/mock_server.go b/testing/mock_server.go
index f52f33c..2764919 100644
--- a/testing/mock_server.go
+++ b/testing/mock_server.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ func WithValidator(validator Validator) MockServerOption {
 }
 
 func (m *MockServer) Start(t *testing.T, tokenEndpoint, eventsEndpoint, eventsWithHTTP400 string) {
+	t.Helper()
 	m.server = httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		time.Sleep(m.responseTime)