diff --git a/pkg/iac/scanners/helm/parser/parser_tar.go b/pkg/iac/scanners/helm/parser/parser_tar.go
index 5c073dad9875..4826a16dce07 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/scanners/helm/parser/parser_tar.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/scanners/helm/parser/parser_tar.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (p *Parser) addTarToFS(archivePath string) (fs.FS, error) {
 				continue
 			}
 
-			symlinks[targetPath] = path.Join(filepath.Dir(targetPath), header.Linkname)
+			symlinks[targetPath] = path.Join(filepath.Dir(targetPath), header.Linkname) // nolint:gosec // virtual file system is used
 		default:
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("header type %q is not supported", header.Typeflag)
 		}
@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ func (p *Parser) addTarToFS(archivePath string) (fs.FS, error) {
 		}
 
 		if err := copyFile(tarFS, f, target); err != nil {
-			f.Close()
+			_ = f.Close()
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("copy file error: %w", err)
 		}
-		f.Close()
+		_ = f.Close()
 	}
 
 	if err := tarFS.Remove(archivePath); err != nil {
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func copyFile(fsys *memoryfs.FS, src io.Reader, dst string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func copyDir(fsys *memoryfs.FS, src string, dst string) error {
+func copyDir(fsys *memoryfs.FS, src, dst string) error {
 	walkFn := func(filePath string, entry fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/pkg/iac/scanners/helm/test/parser_test.go b/pkg/iac/scanners/helm/test/parser_test.go
index 85a69469fb5d..989590d4268f 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/scanners/helm/test/parser_test.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/scanners/helm/test/parser_test.go
@@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ func Test_tar_is_chart(t *testing.T) {
 
 		t.Logf("Running test: %s", test.testName)
 		testPath := filepath.Join("testdata", test.archiveFile)
-		file, err := os.Open(testPath)
-		defer func() { _ = file.Close() }()
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-
-		assert.Equal(t, test.isHelmChart, detection.IsHelmChartArchive(test.archiveFile, file))
+		func() {
+			file, err := os.Open(testPath)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			defer file.Close()
 
-		_ = file.Close()
+			assert.Equal(t, test.isHelmChart, detection.IsHelmChartArchive(test.archiveFile, file))
+		}()
 	}
 }