diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/checker_test.go b/internal/ingress/controller/checker_test.go
index 5d9fb1baf..a0d2baafa 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/checker_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/checker_test.go
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func TestNginxCheck(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func callHealthz(expErr bool, healthzPath string, mux *http.ServeMux) error {
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", healthzPath, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, healthzPath, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("healthz error: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/nginx_test.go b/internal/ingress/controller/nginx_test.go
index 4d3155194..56eb0f324 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/nginx_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/nginx_test.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func TestConfigureDynamically(t *testing.T) {
 			Handler: http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
 
-				if r.Method != "POST" {
+				if r.Method != http.MethodPost {
 					t.Errorf("expected a 'POST' request, got '%s'", r.Method)
 				}
 
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func TestConfigureCertificates(t *testing.T) {
 			Handler: http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
 
-				if r.Method != "POST" {
+				if r.Method != http.MethodPost {
 					t.Errorf("expected a 'POST' request, got '%s'", r.Method)
 				}
 
diff --git a/internal/ingress/status/status.go b/internal/ingress/status/status.go
index eac1f6cb0..a7506705c 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/status/status.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/status/status.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package status
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/networking/v1"
 	"net"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 
 	pool "gopkg.in/go-playground/pool.v3"
 	apiv1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/networking/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/healthz.go b/test/e2e/framework/healthz.go
index bef093355..b52c3ffde 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/healthz.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/healthz.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func (f *Framework) VerifyHealthz(ip string, statusCode int) error {
 	url := fmt.Sprintf("http://%v:10254/healthz", ip)
 
 	client := &http.Client{}
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("creating GET request for URL %q failed: %v", url, err)
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/metrics.go b/test/e2e/framework/metrics.go
index 349eb4dc3..830237540 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/metrics.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/metrics.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func (f *Framework) GetMetric(metricName, ip string) (*dto.MetricFamily, error)
 	url := fmt.Sprintf("http://%v:10254/metrics", ip)
 
 	client := &http.Client{}
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating GET request for URL %q failed: %v", url, err)
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/status/update.go b/test/e2e/status/update.go
index 8bedc4d4e..5c6ea4977 100644
--- a/test/e2e/status/update.go
+++ b/test/e2e/status/update.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package settings
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/networking/v1"
 	"log"
 	"net"
 	"strings"
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/networking/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"