diff --git a/app/upgrades/v15/upgrade_test.go b/app/upgrades/v15/upgrade_test.go
index 080a3a9400a..bf02bf4bc4e 100644
--- a/app/upgrades/v15/upgrade_test.go
+++ b/app/upgrades/v15/upgrade_test.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (suite *UpgradeTestSuite) TestMigrateNextPoolIdAndCreatePool() {
 	gammKeeper := suite.App.GAMMKeeper
 	poolmanagerKeeper := suite.App.PoolManagerKeeper
 
-	nextPoolId := gammKeeper.GetNextPoolId(ctx)
+	nextPoolId := gammKeeper.GetNextPoolId(ctx) //nolint:staticcheck // we're using the deprecated version for testing.
 	suite.Require().Equal(expectedNextPoolId, nextPoolId)
 
 	// system under test.
diff --git a/tests/e2e/e2e_setup_test.go b/tests/e2e/e2e_setup_test.go
index d38cfcee66e..2f4632519cf 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/e2e_setup_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/e2e_setup_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const (
 	// Environment variable name to skip the IBC tests
 	skipIBCEnv = "OSMOSIS_E2E_SKIP_IBC"
 	// Environment variable name to skip state sync testing
-	skipStateSyncEnv = "OSMOSIS_E2E_SKIP_STATE_SYNC"
+	skipStateSyncEnv = "OSMOSIS_E2E_SKIP_STATE_SYNC" //nolint:unused // this is used in the code
 	// Environment variable name to determine if this upgrade is a fork
 	forkHeightEnv = "OSMOSIS_E2E_FORK_HEIGHT"
 	// Environment variable name to skip cleaning up Docker resources in teardown
diff --git a/tests/e2e/e2e_test.go b/tests/e2e/e2e_test.go
index 5ad1b14daba..10de4704993 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) TestConcentratedLiquidity() {
 	// Withdraw Position
 
 	// Withdraw Position parameters
-	var defaultLiquidityRemoval string = "1000"
+	defaultLiquidityRemoval := "1000"
 
 	chainA.WaitForNumHeights(2)
 
diff --git a/tests/ibc-hooks/ibc_middleware_test.go b/tests/ibc-hooks/ibc_middleware_test.go
index e2653295374..15933a9d8b8 100644
--- a/tests/ibc-hooks/ibc_middleware_test.go
+++ b/tests/ibc-hooks/ibc_middleware_test.go
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ func (suite *HooksTestSuite) SetupCrosschainSwaps(chainName Chain) (sdk.AccAddre
 	ctx := chain.GetContext()
 
 	// Configuring two prefixes for the same channel here. This is so that we can test bad acks when the receiver can't handle the receiving addr
-	msg := fmt.Sprintf(`{
+	msg := `{  
 		"modify_bech32_prefixes": {
 		  "operations": [
 			{"operation": "set", "chain_name": "osmosis", "prefix": "osmo"},
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ func (suite *HooksTestSuite) SetupCrosschainSwaps(chainName Chain) (sdk.AccAddre
 		  ]
 		}
 	  }
-	  `)
+	  `
 	_, err = contractKeeper.Execute(ctx, registryAddr, owner, []byte(msg), sdk.NewCoins())
 	suite.Require().NoError(err)
 
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ func (suite *HooksTestSuite) TestUnwrapToken() {
 
 	contractKeeper := wasmkeeper.NewDefaultPermissionKeeper(osmosisApp.WasmKeeper)
 
-	msg := fmt.Sprintf(`{
+	msg := `{
 		"modify_bech32_prefixes": {
 		  "operations": [
 			{"operation": "set", "chain_name": "osmosis", "prefix": "osmo"},
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ func (suite *HooksTestSuite) TestUnwrapToken() {
 		  ]
 		}
 	  }
-	  `)
+	  `
 	_, err := contractKeeper.Execute(ctx, registryAddr, owner, []byte(msg), sdk.NewCoins())
 	suite.Require().NoError(err)
 
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ func (suite *HooksTestSuite) TestCrosschainSwapsViaIBCMultiHop() {
 	// Now the swwap can actually execute on A via the callback and generate a new packet with the swapped token to B
 	packet, err = ibctesting.ParsePacketFromEvents(res.GetEvents())
 	suite.Require().NoError(err)
-	res = suite.RelayPacketNoAck(packet, AtoB)
+	_ = suite.RelayPacketNoAck(packet, AtoB)
 
 	balanceToken0After := osmosisAppB.BankKeeper.GetBalance(suite.chainB.GetContext(), accountB, token0ACB)
 	suite.Require().Equal(int64(1000), balanceToken0.Amount.Sub(balanceToken0After.Amount).Int64())
diff --git a/wasmbinding/query_plugin_test.go b/wasmbinding/query_plugin_test.go
index cda69b4cec7..5f56e86e355 100644
--- a/wasmbinding/query_plugin_test.go
+++ b/wasmbinding/query_plugin_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/query"
 	authtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/types"
 	banktypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/types"
-	proto "github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	proto "github.com/golang/protobuf/proto" //nolint:staticcheck // we're intentionally using this deprecated package to be compatible with cosmos protos
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto/ed25519"
 	tmproto "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/types"
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func (suite *StargateTestSuite) TestStargateQuerier() {
 				suite.NoError(err)
 			},
 			requestData: func() []byte {
-				queryrequest := gammv2types.QuerySpotPriceRequest{
+				queryrequest := gammv2types.QuerySpotPriceRequest{ //nolint:staticcheck // we're intentionally using this deprecated package for testing
 					PoolId:          1,
 					BaseAssetDenom:  "bar",
 					QuoteAssetDenom: "uosmo",
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (suite *StargateTestSuite) TestStargateQuerier() {
 				return bz
 			},
 			checkResponseStruct: true,
-			responseProtoStruct: &gammv2types.QuerySpotPriceResponse{
+			responseProtoStruct: &gammv2types.QuerySpotPriceResponse{ //nolint:staticcheck // we're intentionally using this deprecated package for testing
 				SpotPrice: sdk.NewDecWithPrec(5, 1).String(),
 			},
 		},