diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_golangci-lint-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_golangci-lint-windows.yml
index 5f0f0c550..2dccbf44b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_golangci-lint-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_golangci-lint-windows.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
         with:
           # Required: the version of golangci-lint is required and must be specified without patch version: we always use the latest patch version.
-          version: v1.46
+          version: v1.48
           # Optional: golangci-lint command line arguments.
           args: --issues-exit-code=0 --timeout 10m
           only-new-issues: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_golangci-lint.yml
index 48a5a1360..32e9791e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_golangci-lint.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
         with:
           # Optional: version of golangci-lint to use in form of v1.2 or v1.2.3 or `latest` to use the latest version
-          version: v1.46
+          version: v1.48
           # Optional: golangci-lint command line arguments.
           args: --issues-exit-code=1 --timeout 5m
           # Optional: show only new issues if it's a pull request. The default value is `false`.
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 88cce2bfb..10127d85a 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ linters:
     #
     # Enabled
     #
+    # - asasalint           # check for pass []any as any in variadic func(...any)
     # - asciicheck          # Simple linter to check that your code does not contain non-ASCII identifiers
     # - bidichk             # Checks for dangerous unicode character sequences
     # - decorder            # check declaration order and count of types, constants, variables and functions
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ linters:
     # - tparallel           # tparallel detects inappropriate usage of t.Parallel() method in your Go test codes
     # - typecheck           # Like the front-end of a Go compiler, parses and type-checks Go code
     # - unconvert           # Remove unnecessary type conversions
+    # - usestdlibvars       # A linter that detect the possibility to use variables/constants from the Go standard library.
     # - varcheck            # Finds unused global variables and constants
 
     #
@@ -161,6 +163,7 @@ linters:
     - exhaustruct           # Checks if all structure fields are initialized
     - goconst               # Finds repeated strings that could be replaced by a constant
     - stylecheck            # Stylecheck is a replacement for golint
+    - nosnakecase           # nosnakecase is a linter that detects snake case of variable naming and function name.
 
     #
     # Under evaluation
@@ -168,7 +171,6 @@ linters:
 
     - prealloc              # Finds slice declarations that could potentially be preallocated
 
-
 issues:
   max-issues-per-linter: 0
   max-same-issues: 10
diff --git a/pkg/apiclient/alerts_service.go b/pkg/apiclient/alerts_service.go
index 5ff1d1f2f..e1088324d 100644
--- a/pkg/apiclient/alerts_service.go
+++ b/pkg/apiclient/alerts_service.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package apiclient
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/models"
 	qs "github.com/google/go-querystring/query"
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ func (s *AlertsService) Add(ctx context.Context, alerts models.AddAlertsRequest)
 	var added_ids models.AddAlertsResponse
 
 	u := fmt.Sprintf("%s/alerts", s.client.URLPrefix)
-	req, err := s.client.NewRequest("POST", u, &alerts)
+	req, err := s.client.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, u, &alerts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ func (s *AlertsService) List(ctx context.Context, opts AlertsListOpts) (*models.
 		URI = u
 	}
 
-	req, err := s.client.NewRequest("GET", URI, nil)
+	req, err := s.client.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, URI, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "building request")
 	}
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ func (s *AlertsService) Delete(ctx context.Context, opts AlertsDeleteOpts) (*mod
 	}
 	u := fmt.Sprintf("%s/alerts?%s", s.client.URLPrefix, params.Encode())
 
-	req, err := s.client.NewRequest("DELETE", u, nil)
+	req, err := s.client.NewRequest(http.MethodDelete, u, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ func (s *AlertsService) GetByID(ctx context.Context, alertID int) (*models.Alert
 	var alert models.Alert
 	u := fmt.Sprintf("%s/alerts/%d", s.client.URLPrefix, alertID)
 
-	req, err := s.client.NewRequest("GET", u, nil)
+	req, err := s.client.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, u, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/apiclient/auth.go b/pkg/apiclient/auth.go
index 8759fb46d..87d725e80 100644
--- a/pkg/apiclient/auth.go
+++ b/pkg/apiclient/auth.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (t *JWTTransport) refreshJwtToken() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "could not encode jwt auth body")
 	}
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", fmt.Sprintf("%s%s/watchers/login", t.URL, t.VersionPrefix), buf)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, fmt.Sprintf("%s%s/watchers/login", t.URL, t.VersionPrefix), buf)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "could not create request")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/apiclient/auth_service.go b/pkg/apiclient/auth_service.go
index 9b007ee8d..bf02738d2 100644
--- a/pkg/apiclient/auth_service.go
+++ b/pkg/apiclient/auth_service.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package apiclient
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/models"
 )
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ type enrollRequest struct {
 func (s *AuthService) UnregisterWatcher(ctx context.Context) (*Response, error) {
 
 	u := fmt.Sprintf("%s/watchers", s.client.URLPrefix)
-	req, err := s.client.NewRequest("DELETE", u, nil)
+	req, err := s.client.NewRequest(http.MethodDelete, u, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ func (s *AuthService) RegisterWatcher(ctx context.Context, registration models.W
 
 	u := fmt.Sprintf("%s/watchers", s.client.URLPrefix)
 
-	req, err := s.client.NewRequest("POST", u, &registration)
+	req, err := s.client.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, u, &registration)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ func (s *AuthService) RegisterWatcher(ctx context.Context, registration models.W
 
 func (s *AuthService) AuthenticateWatcher(ctx context.Context, auth models.WatcherAuthRequest) (*Response, error) {
 	u := fmt.Sprintf("%s/watchers/login", s.client.URLPrefix)
-	req, err := s.client.NewRequest("POST", u, &auth)
+	req, err := s.client.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, u, &auth)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ func (s *AuthService) AuthenticateWatcher(ctx context.Context, auth models.Watch
 
 func (s *AuthService) EnrollWatcher(ctx context.Context, enrollKey string, name string, tags []string, overwrite bool) (*Response, error) {
 	u := fmt.Sprintf("%s/watchers/enroll", s.client.URLPrefix)
-	req, err := s.client.NewRequest("POST", u, &enrollRequest{EnrollKey: enrollKey, Name: name, Tags: tags, Overwrite: overwrite})
+	req, err := s.client.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, u, &enrollRequest{EnrollKey: enrollKey, Name: name, Tags: tags, Overwrite: overwrite})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/apiclient/decisions_service.go b/pkg/apiclient/decisions_service.go
index 447c10973..ba90a4354 100644
--- a/pkg/apiclient/decisions_service.go
+++ b/pkg/apiclient/decisions_service.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package apiclient
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/models"
 	qs "github.com/google/go-querystring/query"
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ func (s *DecisionsService) List(ctx context.Context, opts DecisionsListOpts) (*m
 	}
 	u := fmt.Sprintf("%s/decisions?%s", s.client.URLPrefix, params.Encode())
 
-	req, err := s.client.NewRequest("GET", u, nil)
+	req, err := s.client.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, u, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ func (s *DecisionsService) GetStream(ctx context.Context, opts DecisionsStreamOp
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
-	req, err := s.client.NewRequest("GET", u, nil)
+	req, err := s.client.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, u, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ func (s *DecisionsService) GetStream(ctx context.Context, opts DecisionsStreamOp
 func (s *DecisionsService) StopStream(ctx context.Context) (*Response, error) {
 
 	u := fmt.Sprintf("%s/decisions", s.client.URLPrefix)
-	req, err := s.client.NewRequest("DELETE", u, nil)
+	req, err := s.client.NewRequest(http.MethodDelete, u, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ func (s *DecisionsService) Delete(ctx context.Context, opts DecisionsDeleteOpts)
 	}
 	u := fmt.Sprintf("%s/decisions?%s", s.client.URLPrefix, params.Encode())
 
-	req, err := s.client.NewRequest("DELETE", u, nil)
+	req, err := s.client.NewRequest(http.MethodDelete, u, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ func (s *DecisionsService) DeleteOne(ctx context.Context, decision_id string) (*
 	var deleteDecisionResponse models.DeleteDecisionResponse
 	u := fmt.Sprintf("%s/decisions/%s", s.client.URLPrefix, decision_id)
 
-	req, err := s.client.NewRequest("DELETE", u, nil)
+	req, err := s.client.NewRequest(http.MethodDelete, u, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/apiclient/heartbeat.go b/pkg/apiclient/heartbeat.go
index 1cbef5472..dc7c256e3 100644
--- a/pkg/apiclient/heartbeat.go
+++ b/pkg/apiclient/heartbeat.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func (h *HeartBeatService) Ping(ctx context.Context) (bool, *Response, error) {
 
 	u := fmt.Sprintf("%s/heartbeat", h.client.URLPrefix)
 
-	req, err := h.client.NewRequest("GET", u, nil)
+	req, err := h.client.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, u, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/apiclient/metrics.go b/pkg/apiclient/metrics.go
index 3e655425c..ea447280a 100644
--- a/pkg/apiclient/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/apiclient/metrics.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package apiclient
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/models"
 )
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ func (s *MetricsService) Add(ctx context.Context, metrics *models.Metrics) (inte
 	var response interface{}
 
 	u := fmt.Sprintf("%s/metrics/", s.client.URLPrefix)
-	req, err := s.client.NewRequest("POST", u, &metrics)
+	req, err := s.client.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, u, &metrics)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/apiclient/signal.go b/pkg/apiclient/signal.go
index bfe911699..4d974f8bc 100644
--- a/pkg/apiclient/signal.go
+++ b/pkg/apiclient/signal.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package apiclient
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ func (s *SignalService) Add(ctx context.Context, signals *models.AddSignalsReque
 	var response interface{}
 
 	u := fmt.Sprintf("%s/signals", s.client.URLPrefix)
-	req, err := s.client.NewRequest("POST", u, &signals)
+	req, err := s.client.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, u, &signals)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "while building request")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/alerts_test.go b/pkg/apiserver/alerts_test.go
index 9fa3396f9..0281dd504 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/alerts_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/alerts_test.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func SetupLAPITest(t *testing.T) LAPI {
 
 func (l *LAPI) InsertAlertFromFile(path string) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
 	alertReader := GetAlertReaderFromFile(path)
-	return l.RecordResponse("POST", "/v1/alerts", alertReader, "password")
+	return l.RecordResponse(http.MethodPost, "/v1/alerts", alertReader, "password")
 }
 
 func (l *LAPI) RecordResponse(verb string, url string, body *strings.Reader, authType string) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func LoginToTestAPI(router *gin.Engine, config csconfig.Config) (models.WatcherA
 	}
 
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/watchers/login", strings.NewReader(body))
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/watchers/login", strings.NewReader(body))
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 
@@ -132,14 +132,14 @@ func TestCreateAlert(t *testing.T) {
 	lapi := SetupLAPITest(t)
 	// Create Alert with invalid format
 
-	w := lapi.RecordResponse("POST", "/v1/alerts", strings.NewReader("test"), "password")
+	w := lapi.RecordResponse(http.MethodPost, "/v1/alerts", strings.NewReader("test"), "password")
 	assert.Equal(t, 400, w.Code)
 	assert.Equal(t, "{\"message\":\"invalid character 'e' in literal true (expecting 'r')\"}", w.Body.String())
 
 	// Create Alert with invalid input
 	alertContent := GetAlertReaderFromFile("./tests/invalidAlert_sample.json")
 
-	w = lapi.RecordResponse("POST", "/v1/alerts", alertContent, "password")
+	w = lapi.RecordResponse(http.MethodPost, "/v1/alerts", alertContent, "password")
 	assert.Equal(t, 500, w.Code)
 	assert.Equal(t, "{\"message\":\"validation failure list:\\n0.scenario in body is required\\n0.scenario_hash in body is required\\n0.scenario_version in body is required\\n0.simulated in body is required\\n0.source in body is required\"}", w.Body.String())
 
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ func TestCreateAlertErrors(t *testing.T) {
 
 	//test invalid bearer
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/alerts", alertContent)
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/alerts", alertContent)
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	req.Header.Add("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", "ratata"))
 	lapi.router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ func TestCreateAlertErrors(t *testing.T) {
 
 	//test invalid bearer
 	w = httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/alerts", alertContent)
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/alerts", alertContent)
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	req.Header.Add("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %s", lapi.loginResp.Token+"s"))
 	lapi.router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ func TestDeleteAlert(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Fail Delete Alert
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", "/v1/alerts", strings.NewReader(""))
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodDelete, "/v1/alerts", strings.NewReader(""))
 	AddAuthHeaders(req, lapi.loginResp)
 	req.RemoteAddr = "127.0.0.2:4242"
 	lapi.router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ func TestDeleteAlert(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Delete Alert
 	w = httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ = http.NewRequest("DELETE", "/v1/alerts", strings.NewReader(""))
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodDelete, "/v1/alerts", strings.NewReader(""))
 	AddAuthHeaders(req, lapi.loginResp)
 	req.RemoteAddr = "127.0.0.1:4242"
 	lapi.router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ func TestDeleteAlertTrustedIPS(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assertAlertDeleteFailedFromIP := func(ip string) {
 		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-		req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", "/v1/alerts", strings.NewReader(""))
+		req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodDelete, "/v1/alerts", strings.NewReader(""))
 
 		AddAuthHeaders(req, loginResp)
 		req.RemoteAddr = ip + ":1234"
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ func TestDeleteAlertTrustedIPS(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assertAlertDeletedFromIP := func(ip string) {
 		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-		req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", "/v1/alerts", strings.NewReader(""))
+		req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodDelete, "/v1/alerts", strings.NewReader(""))
 		AddAuthHeaders(req, loginResp)
 		req.RemoteAddr = ip + ":1234"
 
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/api_key_test.go b/pkg/apiserver/api_key_test.go
index 0f278673e..d1db144af 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/api_key_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/api_key_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func TestAPIKey(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	// Login with empty token
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/v1/decisions", strings.NewReader(""))
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/v1/decisions", strings.NewReader(""))
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func TestAPIKey(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Login with invalid token
 	w = httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ = http.NewRequest("GET", "/v1/decisions", strings.NewReader(""))
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/v1/decisions", strings.NewReader(""))
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	req.Header.Add("X-Api-Key", "a1b2c3d4e5f6")
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func TestAPIKey(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Login with valid token
 	w = httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ = http.NewRequest("GET", "/v1/decisions", strings.NewReader(""))
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/v1/decisions", strings.NewReader(""))
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	req.Header.Add("X-Api-Key", APIKey)
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/apiserver_test.go b/pkg/apiserver/apiserver_test.go
index 415d2660c..04e136549 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/apiserver_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/apiserver_test.go
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func CreateTestMachine(router *gin.Engine) (string, error) {
 	body := string(b)
 
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/watchers", strings.NewReader(body))
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/watchers", strings.NewReader(body))
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 	return body, nil
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ func TestUnknownPath(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/test", nil)
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/test", nil)
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ func TestLoggingDebugToFileConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/test42", nil)
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/test42", nil)
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	api.router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 	assert.Equal(t, 404, w.Code)
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ func TestLoggingErrorToFileConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/test42", nil)
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/test42", nil)
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	api.router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 	assert.Equal(t, 404, w.Code)
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/heartbeat_test.go b/pkg/apiserver/heartbeat_test.go
index 01fac2f0b..0082f23ec 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/heartbeat_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/heartbeat_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package apiserver
 
 import (
+	"net/http"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 func TestHeartBeat(t *testing.T) {
 	lapi := SetupLAPITest(t)
 
-	w := lapi.RecordResponse("GET", "/v1/heartbeat", emptyBody, "password")
+	w := lapi.RecordResponse(http.MethodGet, "/v1/heartbeat", emptyBody, "password")
 	assert.Equal(t, 200, w.Code)
 
 	w = lapi.RecordResponse("POST", "/v1/heartbeat", emptyBody, "password")
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/jwt_test.go b/pkg/apiserver/jwt_test.go
index 8a83d2289..b589213db 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/jwt_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/jwt_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func TestLogin(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Login with machine not validated yet
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/watchers/login", strings.NewReader(body))
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/watchers/login", strings.NewReader(body))
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func TestLogin(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Login with machine not exist
 	w = httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/watchers/login", strings.NewReader("{\"machine_id\": \"test1\", \"password\": \"test1\"}"))
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/watchers/login", strings.NewReader("{\"machine_id\": \"test1\", \"password\": \"test1\"}"))
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func TestLogin(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Login with invalid body
 	w = httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/watchers/login", strings.NewReader("test"))
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/watchers/login", strings.NewReader("test"))
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestLogin(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Login with invalid format
 	w = httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/watchers/login", strings.NewReader("{\"machine_id\": \"test1\"}"))
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/watchers/login", strings.NewReader("{\"machine_id\": \"test1\"}"))
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func TestLogin(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Login with invalid password
 	w = httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/watchers/login", strings.NewReader("{\"machine_id\": \"test\", \"password\": \"test1\"}"))
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/watchers/login", strings.NewReader("{\"machine_id\": \"test\", \"password\": \"test1\"}"))
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func TestLogin(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Login with valid machine
 	w = httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/watchers/login", strings.NewReader(body))
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/watchers/login", strings.NewReader(body))
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func TestLogin(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Login with valid machine + scenarios
 	w = httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/watchers/login", strings.NewReader("{\"machine_id\": \"test\", \"password\": \"test\", \"scenarios\": [\"crowdsecurity/test\", \"crowdsecurity/test2\"]}"))
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/watchers/login", strings.NewReader("{\"machine_id\": \"test\", \"password\": \"test\", \"scenarios\": [\"crowdsecurity/test\", \"crowdsecurity/test2\"]}"))
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/machines_test.go b/pkg/apiserver/machines_test.go
index 6dfe6c108..63c4e2597 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/machines_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/machines_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func TestCreateMachine(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Create machine with invalid format
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/watchers", strings.NewReader("test"))
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/watchers", strings.NewReader("test"))
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func TestCreateMachine(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Create machine with invalid input
 	w = httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/watchers", strings.NewReader("{\"test\": \"test\"}"))
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/watchers", strings.NewReader("{\"test\": \"test\"}"))
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func TestCreateMachine(t *testing.T) {
 	body := string(b)
 
 	w = httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/watchers", strings.NewReader(body))
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/watchers", strings.NewReader(body))
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func TestCreateMachineWithForwardedFor(t *testing.T) {
 	body := string(b)
 
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/watchers", strings.NewReader(body))
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/watchers", strings.NewReader(body))
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	req.Header.Add("X-Real-Ip", "1.1.1.1")
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func TestCreateMachineWithForwardedForNoConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	body := string(b)
 
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/watchers", strings.NewReader(body))
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/watchers", strings.NewReader(body))
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	req.Header.Add("X-Real-IP", "1.1.1.1")
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func TestCreateMachineWithoutForwardedFor(t *testing.T) {
 	body := string(b)
 
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/watchers", strings.NewReader(body))
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/watchers", strings.NewReader(body))
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 
@@ -154,12 +154,12 @@ func TestCreateMachineAlreadyExist(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/watchers", strings.NewReader(body))
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/watchers", strings.NewReader(body))
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 
 	w = httptest.NewRecorder()
-	req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/watchers", strings.NewReader(body))
+	req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/v1/watchers", strings.NewReader(body))
 	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent)
 	router.ServeHTTP(w, req)
 
diff --git a/pkg/cwhub/download.go b/pkg/cwhub/download.go
index 753e69aa7..024fe68e4 100644
--- a/pkg/cwhub/download.go
+++ b/pkg/cwhub/download.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func UpdateHubIdx(hub *csconfig.Hub) error {
 
 func DownloadHubIdx(hub *csconfig.Hub) ([]byte, error) {
 	log.Debugf("fetching index from branch %s (%s)", HubBranch, fmt.Sprintf(RawFileURLTemplate, HubBranch, HubIndexFile))
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", fmt.Sprintf(RawFileURLTemplate, HubBranch, HubIndexFile), nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, fmt.Sprintf(RawFileURLTemplate, HubBranch, HubIndexFile), nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to build request for hub index")
 	}
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func DownloadItem(hub *csconfig.Hub, target Item, overwrite bool) (Item, error)
 			//  We still have to check if data files are present
 		}
 	}
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", fmt.Sprintf(RawFileURLTemplate, HubBranch, target.RemotePath), nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, fmt.Sprintf(RawFileURLTemplate, HubBranch, target.RemotePath), nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return target, errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("while downloading %s", req.URL.String()))
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/metabase/metabase.go b/pkg/metabase/metabase.go
index 58d5dcc93..0220fc16a 100644
--- a/pkg/metabase/metabase.go
+++ b/pkg/metabase/metabase.go
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ func (m *Metabase) DownloadDatabase(force bool) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create %s : %s", metabaseDBSubpath, err)
 	}
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", m.InternalDBURL, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, m.InternalDBURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to build request to fetch metabase db : %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/types/dataset.go b/pkg/types/dataset.go
index de3a215da..adb665e54 100644
--- a/pkg/types/dataset.go
+++ b/pkg/types/dataset.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type DataSet struct {
 
 func downloadFile(url string, destPath string) error {
 	log.Debugf("downloading %s in %s", url, destPath)
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}