diff --git a/lib/ksuid/id_test.go b/lib/ksuid/id_test.go
index 7bf2744..95fbde4 100644
--- a/lib/ksuid/id_test.go
+++ b/lib/ksuid/id_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+//nolint:gosec // we're using fixed timestamps for tests
 package ksuid
 
 import (
diff --git a/lib/ksuid/node.go b/lib/ksuid/node.go
index a217286..923e2e6 100644
--- a/lib/ksuid/node.go
+++ b/lib/ksuid/node.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ func (n *Node) Generate(ctx context.Context, resource string) (id ID) {
 
 	n.sequenceMu.Lock()
 
+	//nolint:gosec // this will be fine for a very, very long time
 	timestamp := uint64(time.Now().UTC().Unix())
 	if (timestamp - n.timestamp) >= 1 {
 		n.timestamp = timestamp
diff --git a/lib/middleware/request/logger_test.go b/lib/middleware/request/logger_test.go
index 8856d72..19192ef 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/request/logger_test.go
+++ b/lib/middleware/request/logger_test.go
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ func TestResponseWriter(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestLogger(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
 	tests := []struct {
 		Name     string
 		Status   int
@@ -60,6 +58,7 @@ func TestLogger(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ctx := context.Background()
 			is := is.New(t)
 
 			log := logrus.New().WithField("foo", "bar")