diff --git a/.golangci.goheader.template b/.golangci.goheader.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..947c941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.golangci.goheader.template
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Copyright © {{ copyright-year }} Meroxa, Inc.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..460698b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+run:
+  timeout: 3m
+
+linters-settings:
+  gofmt:
+    simplify: false
+  govet:
+    check-shadowing: false # TODO enable
+  nolintlint:
+    allow-unused: false # report any unused nolint directives
+    require-explanation: true # require an explanation for nolint directives
+    require-specific: true # require nolint directives to mention the specific linter being suppressed
+  gocyclo:
+    min-complexity: 20
+  goconst:
+    ignore-tests: true
+  goheader:
+    template-path: '.golangci.goheader.template'
+    values:
+      regexp:
+        copyright-year: 20[2-9]\d
+
+issues:
+  exclude-rules:
+    - path: '(.+)acceptance_testing\.go'
+      linters:
+        - stylecheck
+      text: "ST1003: should not use underscores in Go names"
+    # Exclude some linters from running on tests files.
+    - path: _test\.go
+      linters:
+        - dogsled
+        - gosec
+
+linters:
+  # please, do not use `enable-all`: it's deprecated and will be removed soon.
+  # inverted configuration with `enable-all` and `disable` is not scalable during updates of golangci-lint
+  disable-all: true
+  enable:
+    # We plan to enable all of the linters which are commented out.
+    # However, we want to enable them one by one (so we don't have to fix many issues at once).
+    - bodyclose
+    # - depguard
+    - dogsled
+    - durationcheck
+    - errcheck
+    - errname
+    # - errorlint
+    # - exhaustive
+    # - exhaustivestruct
+    - exportloopref
+    # - forbidigo
+    # - forcetypeassert
+    # - funlen
+    # - gochecknoinits
+    - goconst
+    - gocritic
+    - gocyclo
+    # - cyclop # not interested in package complexities at the moment
+    # - godot
+    - gofmt
+    # - gofumpt
+    - goheader
+    - goimports
+    - revive
+    # - gomnd
+    - gomoddirectives
+    - gomodguard
+    - goprintffuncname
+    - gosec
+    - gosimple
+    - govet
+    # - ifshort
+    - ineffassign
+    # - importas
+    # - lll
+    # - misspell
+    - makezero
+    # - nakedret
+    # - nilerr
+    # - nilnil
+    # - nlreturn
+    - noctx
+    - nolintlint
+    # - paralleltest
+    - predeclared
+    - rowserrcheck
+    - staticcheck
+    - stylecheck
+    - sqlclosecheck
+    # - tagliatelle
+    # - tenv
+    # - thelper
+    # - tparallel
+    - typecheck
+    - unconvert
+    # - unparam
+    - unused
+    - wastedassign
+    - whitespace
+  # - wrapcheck
+  # - wsl
+
+  # don't enable:
+  # - asciicheck
+  # - dupl
+  # - gochecknoglobals
+  # - gocognit
+  # - godox
+  # - goerr113
+  # - maligned
+  # - nestif
+  # - prealloc
+  # - testpackage
+  # - wsl
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 06206ab..acef1fd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,3 @@ install-tools:
 .PHONY: generate
 generate:
 	go generate ./...
-
-test:
-	go test $(GOTEST_FLAGS) -race ./...
diff --git a/serve/serve.go b/serve/serve.go
index 6bfb406..dd18c4a 100644
--- a/serve/serve.go
+++ b/serve/serve.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package serve
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/conduitio/conduit-processor-sdk"
 	"github.com/conduitio/conduit-processor-sdk/internal"
 	"github.com/goccy/go-json"