diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index b2ab5e82a..3122c0e17 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ env:
   MYSQL_TEST_CONCURRENT: 1
 
 jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: dominikh/staticcheck-action@v1.3.0
+        with:
+          version: "2023.1.3"
+
   list:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
diff --git a/auth.go b/auth.go
index f6b157a12..d2ab0103d 100644
--- a/auth.go
+++ b/auth.go
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ func (mc *mysqlConn) handleAuthResult(oldAuthData []byte, plugin string) error {
 						// parse public key
 						block, rest := pem.Decode(data[1:])
 						if block == nil {
-							return fmt.Errorf("No Pem data found, data: %s", rest)
+							return fmt.Errorf("no pem data found, data: %s", rest)
 						}
 						pkix, err := x509.ParsePKIXPublicKey(block.Bytes)
 						if err != nil {
diff --git a/driver_test.go b/driver_test.go
index cd94c434e..c937b8416 100644
--- a/driver_test.go
+++ b/driver_test.go
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ func TestMultiQuery(t *testing.T) {
 		rows := dbt.mustQuery("SELECT value FROM test WHERE id=1;")
 		if rows.Next() {
 			rows.Scan(&out)
-			if 5 != out {
-				dbt.Errorf("5 != %d", out)
+			if out != 5 {
+				dbt.Errorf("expected 5, got %d", out)
 			}
 
 			if rows.Next() {
@@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@ func TestLoadData(t *testing.T) {
 		_, err = dbt.db.Exec("LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'Reader::doesnotexist' INTO TABLE test")
 		if err == nil {
 			dbt.Fatal("load non-existent Reader didn't fail")
-		} else if err.Error() != "Reader 'doesnotexist' is not registered" {
+		} else if err.Error() != "reader 'doesnotexist' is not registered" {
 			dbt.Fatal(err.Error())
 		}
 	})
@@ -1401,6 +1401,7 @@ func TestReuseClosedConnection(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("error preparing statement: %s", err.Error())
 	}
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 this is a test
 	_, err = stmt.Exec(nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("error executing statement: %s", err.Error())
@@ -1415,6 +1416,7 @@ func TestReuseClosedConnection(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("panic after reusing a closed connection: %v", err)
 		}
 	}()
+	//lint:ignore SA1019 this is a test
 	_, err = stmt.Exec(nil)
 	if err != nil && err != driver.ErrBadConn {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error '%s', expected '%s'",
@@ -2432,6 +2434,7 @@ func TestExecMultipleResults(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to connect: %v", err)
 		}
 		conn.Raw(func(conn interface{}) error {
+			//lint:ignore SA1019 this is a test
 			ex := conn.(driver.Execer)
 			res, err := ex.Exec(`
 			INSERT INTO test (value) VALUES ('a'), ('b');
@@ -2489,8 +2492,8 @@ func TestQueryMultipleResults(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to connect: %v", err)
 		}
 		conn.Raw(func(conn interface{}) error {
+			//lint:ignore SA1019 this is a test
 			qr := conn.(driver.Queryer)
-
 			c := conn.(*mysqlConn)
 
 			// Demonstrate that repeated queries reset the affectedRows
diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
index 5680b6c05..a9a3060c9 100644
--- a/errors.go
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ var (
 	ErrMalformPkt        = errors.New("malformed packet")
 	ErrNoTLS             = errors.New("TLS requested but server does not support TLS")
 	ErrCleartextPassword = errors.New("this user requires clear text authentication. If you still want to use it, please add 'allowCleartextPasswords=1' to your DSN")
-	ErrNativePassword    = errors.New("this user requires mysql native password authentication.")
+	ErrNativePassword    = errors.New("this user requires mysql native password authentication")
 	ErrOldPassword       = errors.New("this user requires old password authentication. If you still want to use it, please add 'allowOldPasswords=1' to your DSN. See also https://github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql/wiki/old_passwords")
 	ErrUnknownPlugin     = errors.New("this authentication plugin is not supported")
 	ErrOldProtocol       = errors.New("MySQL server does not support required protocol 41+")
diff --git a/infile.go b/infile.go
index cfd41914e..0c8af9f11 100644
--- a/infile.go
+++ b/infile.go
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ func (mc *okHandler) handleInFileRequest(name string) (err error) {
 					defer deferredClose(&err, cl)
 				}
 			} else {
-				err = fmt.Errorf("Reader '%s' is <nil>", name)
+				err = fmt.Errorf("reader '%s' is <nil>", name)
 			}
 		} else {
-			err = fmt.Errorf("Reader '%s' is not registered", name)
+			err = fmt.Errorf("reader '%s' is not registered", name)
 		}
 	} else { // File
 		name = strings.Trim(name, `"`)
diff --git a/nulltime.go b/nulltime.go
index 36c8a42c5..7d381d5c2 100644
--- a/nulltime.go
+++ b/nulltime.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (nt *NullTime) Scan(value interface{}) (err error) {
 	}
 
 	nt.Valid = false
-	return fmt.Errorf("Can't convert %T to time.Time", value)
+	return fmt.Errorf("can't convert %T to time.Time", value)
 }
 
 // Value implements the driver Valuer interface.