diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 601d2a4..38080c6 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ linters-settings:
     min-complexity: 10
   goimports:
     local-prefixes: github.com/ZupIT/horusec-operator
-  golint:
-    min-confidence: 0
   gomnd:
     settings:
       mnd:
@@ -70,6 +68,7 @@ linters-settings:
   nolintlint:
     allow-leading-space: true # don't require machine-readable nolint directives (i.e. with no leading space)
     allow-unused: false # report any unused nolint directives
+    # @TODO enable require-explanation
     require-explanation: false # don't require an explanation for nolint directives
     require-specific: false # don't require nolint directives to be specific about which linter is being skipped
 
@@ -93,7 +92,6 @@ linters:
     - gocyclo
     - gofmt
     - goimports
-    - golint
     - gomnd
     - goprintffuncname
     - gosec
@@ -115,22 +113,27 @@ linters:
     - unused
     - varcheck
     - whitespace
+    - gci
+    - gofumpt
+    # should enable one by one and fix the lint errors in different pull requests:
+    # - testpackage
+    # - wsl
+    # - nlreturn
+    # - nestif
+    # - gocognit
+    # - errorlint
+    # - revive
 
   # don't enable:
   # - asciicheck
   # - scopelint
   # - gochecknoglobals
-  # - gocognit
   # - godot
   # - godox
-  # - goerr113
   # - interfacer
   # - maligned
-  # - nestif
   # - prealloc
-  # - testpackage
-  # - revive
-  # - wsl
+  # - goerr113
 
 issues:
 exclude-rules: