diff --git a/.github/workflows/gochecks.yml b/.github/workflows/gochecks.yml
index da9c7bd1..c1edf859 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gochecks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gochecks.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           go version
-          go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.52.2
+          go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.61.0
 
       - name: Run golangci-lint
         run: |
diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index e2fe3949..3d730bbf 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
 linters-settings:
-  depguard:
-    list-type: denylist
-    packages:
-      # logging is allowed only by logutils.Log, logrus
-      # is allowed to use only in logutils package
-      - github.com/sirupsen/logrus
-    packages-with-error-message:
-      - github.com/sirupsen/logrus: "logging is allowed only by logutils.Log"
   dupl:
     threshold: 100
   funlen:
@@ -31,7 +23,7 @@ linters-settings:
     min-complexity: 15
   goimports:
     local-prefixes: github.com/golangci/golangci-lint
-  gomnd:
+  mnd:
     # don't include the "operation" and "assign"
     checks:
       - argument
@@ -47,7 +39,9 @@ linters-settings:
       - strings.SplitN
 
   govet:
-    check-shadowing: true
+    enable-all: true
+    disable:
+      - fieldalignment # a lot of manual overhead for reduced readability and adding a linter "gotcha"
     settings:
       printf:
         funcs:
@@ -71,12 +65,10 @@ linters-settings:
 linters:
   disable-all: true
   enable:
-    - bodyclose
-    - depguard
+    - copyloopvar
     - dogsled
     - dupl
     - errcheck
-    - exportloopref
     - funlen
     - gochecknoinits
     - goconst
@@ -84,7 +76,6 @@ linters:
     - gocyclo
     - gofmt
     - goimports
-    - gomnd
     - goprintffuncname
     - gosec
     - gosimple
@@ -92,6 +83,7 @@ linters:
     - ineffassign
     - lll
     - misspell
+    - mnd
     - nakedret
     - noctx
     - nolintlint
@@ -105,6 +97,8 @@ linters:
     - whitespace
 
   # don't enable:
+  # - bodyclose
+  # - depguard
   # - asciicheck
   # - scopelint
   # - gochecknoglobals
@@ -137,6 +131,8 @@ issues:
         - errcheck
         - dupl
         - gosec
-
+        - lll
+        - goconst
+        - dogsled
 run:
-  timeout: 5m
+  timeout: 5m
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/builder/vultr/config.go b/builder/vultr/config.go
index b131f3e4..adcf5312 100644
--- a/builder/vultr/config.go
+++ b/builder/vultr/config.go
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/template/interpolate"
 )
 
+const (
+	defaultStateTimeout = 10 * time.Minute
+)
+
 // Config provides the config struct
 type Config struct {
 	common.PackerConfig `mapstructure:",squash"`
@@ -121,7 +125,7 @@ func (c *Config) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) error { //nolint:gocyclo
 	}
 
 	if c.RawStateTimeout == "" {
-		c.stateTimeout = 10 * time.Minute
+		c.stateTimeout = defaultStateTimeout
 	} else {
 		if stateTimeout, err := time.ParseDuration(c.RawStateTimeout); err == nil {
 			c.stateTimeout = stateTimeout
diff --git a/builder/vultr/step_create_iso.go b/builder/vultr/step_create_iso.go
index 839e88d7..36e74f47 100644
--- a/builder/vultr/step_create_iso.go
+++ b/builder/vultr/step_create_iso.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func (s *stepCreateISO) Run(ctx context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) multi
 	c := state.Get("config").(*Config)
 	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
 
-	if len(c.ISOURL) > 0 {
+	if c.ISOURL != "" {
 		ui.Say("Creating ISO in Vultr account...")
 
 		isoReq := &govultr.ISOReq{
diff --git a/builder/vultr/wait.go b/builder/vultr/wait.go
index d8d3ec8a..33172f89 100644
--- a/builder/vultr/wait.go
+++ b/builder/vultr/wait.go
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/vultr/govultr/v3"
 )
 
+const (
+	sleepDurationSeconds = 3
+	stateTimeoutMinutes  = 10
+)
+
 func waitForISOState(state, isoID string, client *govultr.Client, timeout time.Duration) error { //nolint:dupl
 	done := make(chan struct{})
 	defer close(done)
@@ -30,7 +35,7 @@ func waitForISOState(state, isoID string, client *govultr.Client, timeout time.D
 				return
 			}
 
-			time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
+			time.Sleep(sleepDurationSeconds * time.Second)
 
 			select {
 			case <-done:
@@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ func waitForServerState(state, power, serverID string, client *govultr.Client, t
 				return
 			}
 
-			time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
+			time.Sleep(sleepDurationSeconds * time.Second)
 
 			// Verify we shouldn't exit
 			select {
@@ -111,7 +116,7 @@ func waitForSnapshotState(state, snapshotID string, client *govultr.Client, time
 				return
 			}
 
-			time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
+			time.Sleep(sleepDurationSeconds * time.Second)
 
 			// Verify we shouldn't exit
 			select {