diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 33841f429..89ed6e89c 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 linters-settings:
   govet:
     check-shadowing: true
+    disable:
+      # printf: non-constant format string in call to fmt.Errorf (govet)
+      # showing up since golangci-lint version 1.60.1
+      - printf
     # enable:
       # - fieldalignment FIXME:
   golint:
diff --git a/structtemplater_test.go b/structtemplater_test.go
index eb2ef21f4..34eb1fe9e 100644
--- a/structtemplater_test.go
+++ b/structtemplater_test.go
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func TestStructTemplater(t *testing.T) {
 			if err := test.StructTemplater.Walk(i); err != nil {
 				t.Error(err)
 			} else if diff := cmp.Diff(i, test.Output); diff != "" {
-				t.Errorf(diff)
+				t.Error(diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/tests/cel_test.go b/tests/cel_test.go
index e4dcc6ae2..1fab06503 100644
--- a/tests/cel_test.go
+++ b/tests/cel_test.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func TestCelData(t *testing.T) {
 		Address: &Address{City: "Kathmandu"},
 	}
 	runTests(t, []Test{
-		{map[string]interface{}{"i": newFolderCheck(1)}, "i.files[0].modified", testDate},
+		{map[string]interface{}{"i": newFolderCheck(1)}, "i.files[0].modified", testDateTime.String()},
 		{map[string]interface{}{"i": person}, "YAML(toYAML(i)).name", "Aditya"},
 		// csv
 		{nil, `CSV(["Alice,30", "Bob,31"])[0][0]`, "Alice"},
diff --git a/tests/serialize_test.go b/tests/serialize_test.go
index faba9d4e9..b9f3f1ef0 100644
--- a/tests/serialize_test.go
+++ b/tests/serialize_test.go
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ func Test_serialize(t *testing.T) {
 							"name":     "test",
 							"size":     int64(10),
 							"mode":     "drwxr-xr-x",
-							"modified": testDate,
+							"modified": testDateTime,
 						},
 					},
 					"newest": map[string]any{
 						"mode":     "drwxr-xr-x",
-						"modified": testDate,
+						"modified": testDateTime,
 						"name":     "test",
 						"size":     int64(10),
 					},