diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f5c0478c05e1ef02a4b48be0866a2b8874659675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+linters:
+  enable:
+    - errorlint
+    - forbidigo
+    - gochecknoinits
+    - gocritic
+    - goconst
+    - gocyclo
+    - gofumpt
+    - goimports
+    - misspell
+    - revive
+    - unconvert
+    - unparam
+    - wastedassign
+
+linters-settings:
+  gocyclo:
+    min-complexity: 12
+  gofumpt:
+    extra-rules: true
+  govet:
+    enable-all: true
+    disable:
+      - fieldalignment
diff --git a/pkg/condition/gitlab.go b/pkg/condition/gitlab.go
index 5aab319ffaaef18dc341dd2722da6a3c0c7fb4f9..517d2b63dac8894eae7bc90785d42b02f5b202ad 100644
--- a/pkg/condition/gitlab.go
+++ b/pkg/condition/gitlab.go
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 var CIVERSION = "dev"
 
-type GitLab struct {
-}
+type GitLab struct{}
 
 func (gl *GitLab) Name() string {
 	return "GitLab CI"
@@ -33,10 +32,10 @@ func (gl *GitLab) IsBranchRef() bool {
 func (gl *GitLab) RunCondition(config map[string]string) error {
 	defaultBranch := config["defaultBranch"]
 	if !gl.IsBranchRef() {
-		return fmt.Errorf("This test run is not running on a branch build.")
+		return fmt.Errorf("this test run is not running on a branch build")
 	}
 	if branch := gl.GetCurrentBranch(); defaultBranch != "*" && branch != defaultBranch {
-		return fmt.Errorf("This test run was triggered on the branch %s, while semantic-release is configured to only publish from %s.", branch, defaultBranch)
+		return fmt.Errorf("this test run was triggered on the branch %s, while semantic-release is configured to only publish from %s", branch, defaultBranch)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/condition/gitlab_test.go b/pkg/condition/gitlab_test.go
index 1c127b2907de0698a9f69bfa9ac62987cc139719..e72d41eec154ba375cc32da00dbe3242ebb65cc5 100644
--- a/pkg/condition/gitlab_test.go
+++ b/pkg/condition/gitlab_test.go
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ func TestGitlabValid(t *testing.T) {
 	gl := GitLab{}
 	os.Setenv("CI_COMMIT_BRANCH", "")
 	err := gl.RunCondition(map[string]string{"defaultBranch": ""})
-	assert.EqualError(t, err, "This test run is not running on a branch build.")
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "this test run is not running on a branch build")
 }