diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-tests-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/go-tests-windows.yml
index 3276dbb1bfd..44abbbe24a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-tests-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-tests-windows.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: golangci-lint
       uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
       with:
-        version: v1.62
+        version: v1.63
         args: --issues-exit-code=1 --timeout 10m
         only-new-issues: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
index 3a194e1084a..996394f879e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
@@ -189,6 +189,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: golangci-lint
       uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
       with:
-        version: v1.62
+        version: v1.63
         args: --issues-exit-code=1 --timeout 10m
         only-new-issues: false
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/apic_test.go b/pkg/apiserver/apic_test.go
index a8fbb40c4fa..c29029dab89 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/apic_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/apic_test.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import (
 func getDBClient(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context) *database.Client {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	dbPath, err := os.CreateTemp("", "*sqlite")
+	dbPath, err := os.CreateTemp(t.TempDir(), "*sqlite")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	dbClient, err := database.NewClient(ctx, &csconfig.DatabaseCfg{
 		Type:   "sqlite",
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/apiserver_test.go b/pkg/apiserver/apiserver_test.go
index d8f24add75e..101208c8262 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/apiserver_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/apiserver_test.go
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ func LoadTestConfig(t *testing.T) csconfig.Config {
 		MaxAge: &maxAge,
 	}
 
-	tempDir, _ := os.MkdirTemp("", "crowdsec_tests")
-
-	t.Cleanup(func() { os.RemoveAll(tempDir) })
+	tempDir := t.TempDir()
 
 	dbconfig := csconfig.DatabaseCfg{
 		Type:   "sqlite",
@@ -102,9 +100,7 @@ func LoadTestConfigForwardedFor(t *testing.T) csconfig.Config {
 		MaxAge: &maxAge,
 	}
 
-	tempDir, _ := os.MkdirTemp("", "crowdsec_tests")
-
-	t.Cleanup(func() { os.RemoveAll(tempDir) })
+	tempDir := t.TempDir()
 
 	dbconfig := csconfig.DatabaseCfg{
 		Type:   "sqlite",
@@ -367,9 +363,7 @@ func TestLoggingDebugToFileConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		MaxAge: &maxAge,
 	}
 
-	tempDir, _ := os.MkdirTemp("", "crowdsec_tests")
-
-	t.Cleanup(func() { os.RemoveAll(tempDir) })
+	tempDir := t.TempDir()
 
 	dbconfig := csconfig.DatabaseCfg{
 		Type:   "sqlite",
@@ -420,9 +414,7 @@ func TestLoggingErrorToFileConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		MaxAge: &maxAge,
 	}
 
-	tempDir, _ := os.MkdirTemp("", "crowdsec_tests")
-
-	t.Cleanup(func() { os.RemoveAll(tempDir) })
+	tempDir := t.TempDir()
 
 	dbconfig := csconfig.DatabaseCfg{
 		Type:   "sqlite",
diff --git a/pkg/csplugin/listfiles_test.go b/pkg/csplugin/listfiles_test.go
index c476d7a4e4a..4d2a7d78bb6 100644
--- a/pkg/csplugin/listfiles_test.go
+++ b/pkg/csplugin/listfiles_test.go
@@ -12,12 +12,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestListFilesAtPath(t *testing.T) {
-	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "test-listfiles")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	t.Cleanup(func() {
-		os.RemoveAll(dir)
-	})
-	_, err = os.Create(filepath.Join(dir, "notification-gitter"))
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	_, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(dir, "notification-gitter"))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	_, err = os.Create(filepath.Join(dir, "slack"))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/pkg/exprhelpers/exprlib_test.go b/pkg/exprhelpers/exprlib_test.go
index f2eb208ebfa..5d7c14e8b09 100644
--- a/pkg/exprhelpers/exprlib_test.go
+++ b/pkg/exprhelpers/exprlib_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const TestFolder = "tests"
 func getDBClient(t *testing.T) *database.Client {
 	t.Helper()
 
-	dbPath, err := os.CreateTemp("", "*sqlite")
+	dbPath, err := os.CreateTemp(t.TempDir(), "*sqlite")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
diff --git a/pkg/fflag/features_test.go b/pkg/fflag/features_test.go
index 144e7049362..bf8ddeca8fd 100644
--- a/pkg/fflag/features_test.go
+++ b/pkg/fflag/features_test.go
@@ -351,11 +351,9 @@ func TestSetFromYaml(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSetFromYamlFile(t *testing.T) {
-	tmpfile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "test")
+	tmpfile, err := os.CreateTemp(t.TempDir(), "test")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	defer os.Remove(tmpfile.Name())
-
 	// write the config file
 	_, err = tmpfile.WriteString("- experimental1")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/pkg/setup/detect_test.go b/pkg/setup/detect_test.go
index 475f3af0928..ecfe3e11e47 100644
--- a/pkg/setup/detect_test.go
+++ b/pkg/setup/detect_test.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func TestSetupHelperProcess(t *testing.T) {
 func tempYAML(t *testing.T, content string) os.File {
 	t.Helper()
 	require := require.New(t)
-	file, err := os.CreateTemp("", "")
+	file, err := os.CreateTemp(t.TempDir(), "")
 	require.NoError(err)
 
 	_, err = file.WriteString(dedent.Dedent(content))