diff --git a/internal/http/http.go b/internal/http/http.go
index e57e86185..1097833a8 100644
--- a/internal/http/http.go
+++ b/internal/http/http.go
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func uploadAssetToServer(ctx *context.Context, put *config.Put, target, username
 
 // newUploadRequest creates a new h.Request for uploading
 func newUploadRequest(target, username, secret string, headers map[string]string, a *asset) (*h.Request, error) {
-	req, err := h.NewRequest("PUT", target, a.ReadCloser)
+	req, err := h.NewRequest(h.MethodPut, target, a.ReadCloser)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/pipe/artifactory/artifactory_test.go b/internal/pipe/artifactory/artifactory_test.go
index 139ea8d0b..2f2960b2f 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/artifactory/artifactory_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/artifactory/artifactory_test.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func TestRunPipe_ModeBinary(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Dummy artifactories
 	mux.HandleFunc("/example-repo-local/mybin/darwin/amd64/mybin", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		testMethod(t, r, "PUT")
+		testMethod(t, r, http.MethodPut)
 		testHeader(t, r, "Content-Length", "9")
 		// Basic auth of user "deployuser" with secret "deployuser-secret"
 		testHeader(t, r, "Authorization", "Basic ZGVwbG95dXNlcjpkZXBsb3l1c2VyLXNlY3JldA==")
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func TestRunPipe_ModeBinary(t *testing.T) {
 		  }`)
 	})
 	mux.HandleFunc("/example-repo-local/mybin/linux/amd64/mybin", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		testMethod(t, r, "PUT")
+		testMethod(t, r, http.MethodPut)
 		testHeader(t, r, "Content-Length", "9")
 		// Basic auth of user "deployuser" with secret "deployuser-secret"
 		testHeader(t, r, "Authorization", "Basic ZGVwbG95dXNlcjpkZXBsb3l1c2VyLXNlY3JldA==")
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func TestRunPipe_ModeBinary(t *testing.T) {
 		  }`)
 	})
 	mux.HandleFunc("/production-repo-remote/mybin/darwin/amd64/mybin", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		testMethod(t, r, "PUT")
+		testMethod(t, r, http.MethodPut)
 		testHeader(t, r, "Content-Length", "9")
 		// Basic auth of user "productionuser" with secret "productionuser-apikey"
 		testHeader(t, r, "Authorization", "Basic cHJvZHVjdGlvbnVzZXI6cHJvZHVjdGlvbnVzZXItYXBpa2V5")
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func TestRunPipe_ModeBinary(t *testing.T) {
 		  }`)
 	})
 	mux.HandleFunc("/production-repo-remote/mybin/linux/amd64/mybin", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		testMethod(t, r, "PUT")
+		testMethod(t, r, http.MethodPut)
 		testHeader(t, r, "Content-Length", "9")
 		// Basic auth of user "productionuser" with secret "productionuser-apikey"
 		testHeader(t, r, "Authorization", "Basic cHJvZHVjdGlvbnVzZXI6cHJvZHVjdGlvbnVzZXItYXBpa2V5")
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func TestRunPipe_ModeArchive(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Dummy artifactories
 	mux.HandleFunc("/example-repo-local/goreleaser/1.0.0/bin.tar.gz", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		testMethod(t, r, "PUT")
+		testMethod(t, r, http.MethodPut)
 		// Basic auth of user "deployuser" with secret "deployuser-secret"
 		testHeader(t, r, "Authorization", "Basic ZGVwbG95dXNlcjpkZXBsb3l1c2VyLXNlY3JldA==")
 
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ func TestRunPipe_ModeArchive(t *testing.T) {
 		uploads.Store("targz", true)
 	})
 	mux.HandleFunc("/example-repo-local/goreleaser/1.0.0/bin.deb", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		testMethod(t, r, "PUT")
+		testMethod(t, r, http.MethodPut)
 		// Basic auth of user "deployuser" with secret "deployuser-secret"
 		testHeader(t, r, "Authorization", "Basic ZGVwbG95dXNlcjpkZXBsb3l1c2VyLXNlY3JldA==")
 
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ func TestRunPipe_BadCredentials(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Dummy artifactories
 	mux.HandleFunc("/example-repo-local/mybin/darwin/amd64/mybin", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		testMethod(t, r, "PUT")
+		testMethod(t, r, http.MethodPut)
 		testHeader(t, r, "Content-Length", "9")
 		// Basic auth of user "deployuser" with secret "deployuser-secret"
 		testHeader(t, r, "Authorization", "Basic ZGVwbG95dXNlcjpkZXBsb3l1c2VyLXNlY3JldA==")
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ func TestRunPipe_UnparsableErrorResponse(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Dummy artifactories
 	mux.HandleFunc("/example-repo-local/mybin/darwin/amd64/mybin", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		testMethod(t, r, "PUT")
+		testMethod(t, r, http.MethodPut)
 		testHeader(t, r, "Content-Length", "9")
 		// Basic auth of user "deployuser" with secret "deployuser-secret"
 		testHeader(t, r, "Authorization", "Basic ZGVwbG95dXNlcjpkZXBsb3l1c2VyLXNlY3JldA==")
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ func TestRunPipe_UnparsableResponse(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Dummy artifactory with invalid JSON
 	mux.HandleFunc("/example-repo-local/mybin/darwin/amd64/mybin", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		testMethod(t, r, "PUT")
+		testMethod(t, r, http.MethodPut)
 		testHeader(t, r, "Content-Length", "9")
 		// Basic auth of user "deployuser" with secret "deployuser-secret"
 		testHeader(t, r, "Authorization", "Basic ZGVwbG95dXNlcjpkZXBsb3l1c2VyLXNlY3JldA==")
diff --git a/internal/pipe/put/put_test.go b/internal/pipe/put/put_test.go
index 3a2422720..08aaab295 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/put/put_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/put/put_test.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func TestRunPipe_ModeBinary(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Dummy http server
 	mux.HandleFunc("/example-repo-local/mybin/darwin/amd64/mybin", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		testMethod(t, r, "PUT")
+		testMethod(t, r, http.MethodPut)
 		testHeader(t, r, "Content-Length", "9")
 		// Basic auth of user "deployuser" with secret "deployuser-secret"
 		testHeader(t, r, "Authorization", "Basic ZGVwbG95dXNlcjpkZXBsb3l1c2VyLXNlY3JldA==")
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func TestRunPipe_ModeBinary(t *testing.T) {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
 	})
 	mux.HandleFunc("/example-repo-local/mybin/linux/amd64/mybin", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		testMethod(t, r, "PUT")
+		testMethod(t, r, http.MethodPut)
 		testHeader(t, r, "Content-Length", "9")
 		// Basic auth of user "deployuser" with secret "deployuser-secret"
 		testHeader(t, r, "Authorization", "Basic ZGVwbG95dXNlcjpkZXBsb3l1c2VyLXNlY3JldA==")
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func TestRunPipe_ModeBinary(t *testing.T) {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
 	})
 	mux.HandleFunc("/production-repo-remote/mybin/darwin/amd64/mybin", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		testMethod(t, r, "PUT")
+		testMethod(t, r, http.MethodPut)
 		testHeader(t, r, "Content-Length", "9")
 		// Basic auth of user "productionuser" with secret "productionuser-apikey"
 		testHeader(t, r, "Authorization", "Basic cHJvZHVjdGlvbnVzZXI6cHJvZHVjdGlvbnVzZXItYXBpa2V5")
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func TestRunPipe_ModeBinary(t *testing.T) {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
 	})
 	mux.HandleFunc("/production-repo-remote/mybin/linux/amd64/mybin", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		testMethod(t, r, "PUT")
+		testMethod(t, r, http.MethodPut)
 		testHeader(t, r, "Content-Length", "9")
 		// Basic auth of user "productionuser" with secret "productionuser-apikey"
 		testHeader(t, r, "Authorization", "Basic cHJvZHVjdGlvbnVzZXI6cHJvZHVjdGlvbnVzZXItYXBpa2V5")
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func TestRunPipe_ModeArchive(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Dummy http server
 	mux.HandleFunc("/example-repo-local/goreleaser/1.0.0/bin.tar.gz", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		testMethod(t, r, "PUT")
+		testMethod(t, r, http.MethodPut)
 		// Basic auth of user "deployuser" with secret "deployuser-secret"
 		testHeader(t, r, "Authorization", "Basic ZGVwbG95dXNlcjpkZXBsb3l1c2VyLXNlY3JldA==")
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func TestRunPipe_ModeArchive(t *testing.T) {
 		uploads.Store("targz", true)
 	})
 	mux.HandleFunc("/example-repo-local/goreleaser/1.0.0/bin.deb", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		testMethod(t, r, "PUT")
+		testMethod(t, r, http.MethodPut)
 		// Basic auth of user "deployuser" with secret "deployuser-secret"
 		testHeader(t, r, "Authorization", "Basic ZGVwbG95dXNlcjpkZXBsb3l1c2VyLXNlY3JldA==")
 
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ func TestRunPipe_BadCredentials(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Dummy http server
 	mux.HandleFunc("/example-repo-local/mybin/darwin/amd64/mybin", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		testMethod(t, r, "PUT")
+		testMethod(t, r, http.MethodPut)
 		testHeader(t, r, "Content-Length", "9")
 		// Basic auth of user "deployuser" with secret "deployuser-secret"
 		testHeader(t, r, "Authorization", "Basic ZGVwbG95dXNlcjpkZXBsb3l1c2VyLXNlY3JldA==")