diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index e81fdf507..83d6c2b68 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ linters:
     - tagliatelle
     - misspell
     - depguard
+    - testifylint
 linters-settings:
   staticcheck:
     checks:
diff --git a/internal/artifact/artifact_test.go b/internal/artifact/artifact_test.go
index 45647362f..7942730d7 100644
--- a/internal/artifact/artifact_test.go
+++ b/internal/artifact/artifact_test.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func TestFilter(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Len(t, artifacts.Filter(ByGoos("darwin")).items, 2)
 
 	require.Len(t, artifacts.Filter(ByGoarch("amd64")).items, 4)
-	require.Len(t, artifacts.Filter(ByGoarch("386")).items, 0)
+	require.Empty(t, artifacts.Filter(ByGoarch("386")).items)
 
 	require.Len(t, artifacts.Filter(ByGoamd64("v1")).items, 1)
 	require.Len(t, artifacts.Filter(ByGoamd64("v2")).items, 1)
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ func TestFilter(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Len(t, artifacts.Filter(ByGoamd64("v4")).items, 1)
 
 	require.Len(t, artifacts.Filter(ByGoarm("6")).items, 1)
-	require.Len(t, artifacts.Filter(ByGoarm("7")).items, 0)
+	require.Empty(t, artifacts.Filter(ByGoarm("7")).items)
 
 	require.Len(t, artifacts.Filter(ByType(Checksum)).items, 2)
-	require.Len(t, artifacts.Filter(ByType(Binary)).items, 0)
+	require.Empty(t, artifacts.Filter(ByType(Binary)).items)
 
 	require.Len(t, artifacts.Filter(OnlyReplacingUnibins).items, 9)
 	require.Len(t, artifacts.Filter(And(OnlyReplacingUnibins, ByGoos("darwin"))).items, 1)
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ func TestByExts(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Len(t, artifacts.Filter(ByExt("deb")).items, 2)
 	require.Len(t, artifacts.Filter(ByExt("rpm")).items, 1)
 	require.Len(t, artifacts.Filter(ByExt("rpm", "deb")).items, 3)
-	require.Len(t, artifacts.Filter(ByExt("foo")).items, 0)
+	require.Empty(t, artifacts.Filter(ByExt("foo")).items)
 }
 
 func TestByFormats(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/builders/golang/build_test.go b/internal/builders/golang/build_test.go
index 19f39a197..3cd7914f9 100644
--- a/internal/builders/golang/build_test.go
+++ b/internal/builders/golang/build_test.go
@@ -1265,13 +1265,13 @@ func TestOverrides(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.Equal(t, dets, config.BuildDetails{
+		require.Equal(t, config.BuildDetails{
 			Ldflags:  []string{"overridden"},
 			Gcflags:  []string{"gcflag1"},
 			Asmflags: []string{"asm1"},
 			Tags:     []string{"tag1"},
 			Env:      []string{},
-		})
+		}, dets)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("with template", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1297,11 +1297,11 @@ func TestOverrides(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.Equal(t, dets, config.BuildDetails{
+		require.Equal(t, config.BuildDetails{
 			Ldflags:  []string{"overridden"},
 			Asmflags: []string{"asm1"},
 			Env:      []string{},
-		})
+		}, dets)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("with invalid template", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1345,10 +1345,10 @@ func TestOverrides(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.Equal(t, dets, config.BuildDetails{
+		require.Equal(t, config.BuildDetails{
 			Ldflags: []string{"overridden"},
 			Env:     []string{},
-		})
+		}, dets)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("with gomips", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1375,10 +1375,10 @@ func TestOverrides(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.Equal(t, dets, config.BuildDetails{
+		require.Equal(t, config.BuildDetails{
 			Ldflags: []string{"overridden"},
 			Env:     []string{},
-		})
+		}, dets)
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/client/gitea_test.go b/internal/client/gitea_test.go
index 145dae663..f1f96690f 100644
--- a/internal/client/gitea_test.go
+++ b/internal/client/gitea_test.go
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func (s *GiteaReleasesTestSuite) SetupTest() {
 	s.releaseURL = fmt.Sprintf("%v/%v", s.releasesURL, s.releaseID)
 	httpmock.RegisterResponder("GET", fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/v1/version", s.url), httpmock.NewStringResponder(200, "{\"version\":\"1.12.0\"}"))
 	newClient, err := gitea.NewClient(s.url)
-	require.NoError(s.T(), err)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
 	s.client = &giteaClient{client: newClient}
 }
 
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ func (s *GiteaupdateReleaseSuite) TestGiteaCreateFile() {
 	path := "file.txt"
 	message := "add hello world"
 	err := s.client.CreateFile(s.ctx, author, repo, content, path, message)
-	require.Nil(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
 func TestGiteaupdateReleaseSuite(t *testing.T) {
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ func (s *GiteaUploadSuite) SetupTest() {
 
 func (s *GiteaUploadSuite) TearDownTest() {
 	s.GiteaReleasesTestSuite.TearDownTest()
-	require.NoError(s.T(), s.file.Close())
+	s.Require().NoError(s.file.Close())
 }
 
 func (s *GiteaUploadSuite) TestErrorParsingReleaseID() {
diff --git a/internal/client/github_test.go b/internal/client/github_test.go
index ab4f84797..a28f307e9 100644
--- a/internal/client/github_test.go
+++ b/internal/client/github_test.go
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ func TestGitHubOpenPullRequestNoBaseBranchDraft(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal(got, &pr))
 			require.Equal(t, "main", pr.GetBase())
 			require.Equal(t, "someone:something:foo", pr.GetHead())
-			require.Equal(t, true, pr.GetDraft())
+			require.True(t, pr.GetDraft())
 
 			r, err := os.Open("testdata/github/pull.json")
 			require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/internal/commitauthor/author_test.go b/internal/commitauthor/author_test.go
index 3a0e0047b..714447734 100644
--- a/internal/commitauthor/author_test.go
+++ b/internal/commitauthor/author_test.go
@@ -46,27 +46,27 @@ func TestGet(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("empty", func(t *testing.T) {
-		require.Equal(t, Default(config.CommitAuthor{}), config.CommitAuthor{
+		require.Equal(t, config.CommitAuthor{
 			Name:  defaultName,
 			Email: defaultEmail,
-		})
+		}, Default(config.CommitAuthor{}))
 	})
 
 	t.Run("no name", func(t *testing.T) {
-		require.Equal(t, Default(config.CommitAuthor{
-			Email: "a",
-		}), config.CommitAuthor{
+		require.Equal(t, config.CommitAuthor{
 			Name:  defaultName,
 			Email: "a",
-		})
+		}, Default(config.CommitAuthor{
+			Email: "a",
+		}))
 	})
 
 	t.Run("no email", func(t *testing.T) {
-		require.Equal(t, Default(config.CommitAuthor{
-			Name: "a",
-		}), config.CommitAuthor{
+		require.Equal(t, config.CommitAuthor{
 			Name:  "a",
 			Email: defaultEmail,
-		})
+		}, Default(config.CommitAuthor{
+			Name: "a",
+		}))
 	})
 }
diff --git a/internal/gio/copy_test.go b/internal/gio/copy_test.go
index a5ccf9112..9ab513cfb 100644
--- a/internal/gio/copy_test.go
+++ b/internal/gio/copy_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func TestCopySymlink(t *testing.T) {
 
 	fi, err := os.Lstat(c)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.True(t, fi.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0)
+	require.NotEqual(t, 0, fi.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink)
 
 	l, err := os.Readlink(c)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/internal/middleware/errhandler/error_test.go b/internal/middleware/errhandler/error_test.go
index 700b62a8b..a51f27df2 100644
--- a/internal/middleware/errhandler/error_test.go
+++ b/internal/middleware/errhandler/error_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package errhandler
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -53,6 +52,6 @@ func TestErrorMemo(t *testing.T) {
 
 	err := memo.Error()
 	merr := &multierror.Error{}
-	require.True(t, errors.As(err, &merr), "must be a multierror")
+	require.ErrorAs(t, err, &merr, "must be a multierror")
 	require.Len(t, merr.Errors, 1)
 }
diff --git a/internal/pipe/announce/announce_test.go b/internal/pipe/announce/announce_test.go
index 270b61181..ec2f3c0ba 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/announce/announce_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/announce/announce_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package announce
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/skips"
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ func TestAnnounce(t *testing.T) {
 	err := Pipe{}.Run(ctx)
 	require.Error(t, err)
 	merr := &multierror.Error{}
-	require.True(t, errors.As(err, &merr), "must be a multierror")
+	require.ErrorAs(t, err, &merr, "must be a multierror")
 	require.Len(t, merr.Errors, 2)
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/pipe/blob/blob_test.go b/internal/pipe/blob/blob_test.go
index a5fa496a9..ccc0eea8b 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/blob/blob_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/blob/blob_test.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func TestDefaultsWithProvider(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 	})
-	require.Nil(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
+	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
 }
 
 func TestURL(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/pipe/build/build_test.go b/internal/pipe/build/build_test.go
index f1e90f0a0..95b63c4bc 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/build/build_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/build/build_test.go
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ func TestRunPipe(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}, testctx.WithCurrentTag("2.4.5"))
 	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
-	require.Equal(t, ctx.Artifacts.List(), []*artifact.Artifact{{
+	require.Equal(t, []*artifact.Artifact{{
 		Name: "testing",
-	}})
+	}}, ctx.Artifacts.List())
 }
 
 func TestRunFullPipe(t *testing.T) {
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ func TestRunFullPipe(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := testctx.NewWithCfg(config, testctx.WithCurrentTag("2.4.5"))
 	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
 	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
-	require.Equal(t, ctx.Artifacts.List(), []*artifact.Artifact{{
+	require.Equal(t, []*artifact.Artifact{{
 		Name: "testing",
-	}})
+	}}, ctx.Artifacts.List())
 	require.FileExists(t, post)
 	require.FileExists(t, pre)
 	require.FileExists(t, postOS)
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ func TestDefaultFillSingleBuild(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
 	require.Len(t, ctx.Config.Builds, 1)
-	require.Equal(t, ctx.Config.Builds[0].Binary, "foo")
+	require.Equal(t, "foo", ctx.Config.Builds[0].Binary)
 }
 
 func TestDefaultFailSingleBuild(t *testing.T) {
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ func TestSkipBuild(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	ctx := testctx.NewWithCfg(config, testctx.WithCurrentTag("2.4.5"))
 	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
-	require.Len(t, ctx.Artifacts.List(), 0)
+	require.Empty(t, ctx.Artifacts.List())
 }
 
 func TestExtDarwin(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/pipe/changelog/changelog_test.go b/internal/pipe/changelog/changelog_test.go
index 0cb221387..f51f37506 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/changelog/changelog_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/changelog/changelog_test.go
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ func TestChangeLogWithReleaseFooter(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
 	require.Contains(t, ctx.ReleaseNotes, "## Changelog")
 	require.Contains(t, ctx.ReleaseNotes, "test footer")
-	require.Equal(t, rune(ctx.ReleaseNotes[len(ctx.ReleaseNotes)-1]), '\n')
+	require.Equal(t, '\n', rune(ctx.ReleaseNotes[len(ctx.ReleaseNotes)-1]))
 }
 
 func TestChangeLogWithTemplatedReleaseFooter(t *testing.T) {
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ func TestChangeLogWithTemplatedReleaseFooter(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
 	require.Contains(t, ctx.ReleaseNotes, "## Changelog")
 	require.Contains(t, ctx.ReleaseNotes, "test footer with tag v0.0.1")
-	require.Equal(t, rune(ctx.ReleaseNotes[len(ctx.ReleaseNotes)-1]), '\n')
+	require.Equal(t, '\n', rune(ctx.ReleaseNotes[len(ctx.ReleaseNotes)-1]))
 }
 
 func TestChangeLogWithoutReleaseFooter(t *testing.T) {
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ func TestChangeLogWithoutReleaseFooter(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := testctx.New(testctx.WithCurrentTag("v0.0.1"), withFirstCommit(t))
 	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
 	require.Contains(t, ctx.ReleaseNotes, "## Changelog")
-	require.Equal(t, rune(ctx.ReleaseNotes[len(ctx.ReleaseNotes)-1]), '\n')
+	require.Equal(t, '\n', rune(ctx.ReleaseNotes[len(ctx.ReleaseNotes)-1]))
 }
 
 func TestGetChangelogGitHub(t *testing.T) {
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ func TestGetChangeloger(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("default", func(t *testing.T) {
 		c, err := getChangeloger(testctx.New())
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.IsType(t, c, gitChangeloger{})
+		require.IsType(t, gitChangeloger{}, c)
 	})
 
 	t.Run(useGit, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ func TestGetChangeloger(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}))
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.IsType(t, c, gitChangeloger{})
+		require.IsType(t, gitChangeloger{}, c)
 	})
 
 	t.Run(useGitHub, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ func TestGetChangeloger(t *testing.T) {
 		}, testctx.GitHubTokenType)
 		c, err := getChangeloger(ctx)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.IsType(t, c, &scmChangeloger{})
+		require.IsType(t, &scmChangeloger{}, c)
 	})
 
 	t.Run(useGitHubNative, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ func TestGetChangeloger(t *testing.T) {
 		}, testctx.GitHubTokenType)
 		c, err := getChangeloger(ctx)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.IsType(t, c, &githubNativeChangeloger{})
+		require.IsType(t, &githubNativeChangeloger{}, c)
 	})
 
 	t.Run(useGitHubNative+"-invalid-repo", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ func TestGetChangeloger(t *testing.T) {
 		}, testctx.GitHubTokenType)
 		c, err := getChangeloger(ctx)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.IsType(t, c, &scmChangeloger{})
+		require.IsType(t, &scmChangeloger{}, c)
 	})
 
 	t.Run(useGitHub+"-invalid-repo", func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/pipe/checksums/checksums_test.go b/internal/pipe/checksums/checksums_test.go
index c632d1d91..8edf7f1e6 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/checksums/checksums_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/checksums/checksums_test.go
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func TestPipeCouldNotOpenChecksumsTxt(t *testing.T) {
 func TestPipeWhenNoArtifacts(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := testctx.New()
 	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
-	require.Len(t, ctx.Artifacts.List(), 0)
+	require.Empty(t, ctx.Artifacts.List())
 }
 
 func TestDefault(t *testing.T) {
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ func TestPipeCheckSumsWithExtraFiles(t *testing.T) {
 					return nil
 				}
 				checkSum, err := artifact.Extra[string](*a, artifactChecksumExtra)
-				require.Nil(t, err)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
 				require.NotEmptyf(t, checkSum, "failed: %v", a.Path)
 				return nil
 			})
diff --git a/internal/pipe/chocolatey/chocolatey_test.go b/internal/pipe/chocolatey/chocolatey_test.go
index 461d8eb90..aee3bf297 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/chocolatey/chocolatey_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/chocolatey/chocolatey_test.go
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ func checkPushCmd(tb testing.TB, cmd string, args ...string) {
 	tb.Helper()
 	tb.Log("would have run:", cmd, args)
 	require.Len(tb, args, 6)
-	require.Equal(tb, cmd, "choco")
+	require.Equal(tb, "choco", cmd)
 	require.FileExists(tb, args[5])
 }
 
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ func checkPackCmd(tb testing.TB, cmd string, args ...string) {
 	tb.Helper()
 	tb.Log("would have run:", cmd, args)
 	require.Len(tb, args, 4)
-	require.Equal(tb, cmd, "choco")
+	require.Equal(tb, "choco", cmd)
 	require.FileExists(tb, args[1])
 	require.DirExists(tb, args[3])
 }
diff --git a/internal/pipe/discord/discord_test.go b/internal/pipe/discord/discord_test.go
index 18de13146..17f50f981 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/discord/discord_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/discord/discord_test.go
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestStringer(t *testing.T) {
-	require.Equal(t, Pipe{}.String(), "discord")
+	require.Equal(t, "discord", Pipe{}.String())
 }
 
 func TestDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := testctx.New()
 	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
-	require.Equal(t, ctx.Config.Announce.Discord.MessageTemplate, defaultMessageTemplate)
+	require.Equal(t, defaultMessageTemplate, ctx.Config.Announce.Discord.MessageTemplate)
 }
 
 func TestAnnounceInvalidTemplate(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/pipe/docker/docker_test.go b/internal/pipe/docker/docker_test.go
index 4c011281e..e33b898b8 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/docker/docker_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/docker/docker_test.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func TestRunPipe(t *testing.T) {
 				for _, id := range strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(output)), "\n") {
 					uniqueIDs[id] = id
 				}
-				require.Equal(t, 1, len(uniqueIDs))
+				require.Len(t, uniqueIDs, 1)
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/internal/pipe/linkedin/linkedin_test.go b/internal/pipe/linkedin/linkedin_test.go
index f782bca5b..847b54034 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/linkedin/linkedin_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/linkedin/linkedin_test.go
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestStringer(t *testing.T) {
-	require.Equal(t, Pipe{}.String(), "linkedin")
+	require.Equal(t, "linkedin", Pipe{}.String())
 }
 
 func TestDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := testctx.New()
 	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
-	require.Equal(t, ctx.Config.Announce.LinkedIn.MessageTemplate, defaultMessageTemplate)
+	require.Equal(t, defaultMessageTemplate, ctx.Config.Announce.LinkedIn.MessageTemplate)
 }
 
 func TestAnnounceDisabled(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/pipe/mastodon/mastodon_test.go b/internal/pipe/mastodon/mastodon_test.go
index 91ce3bced..903a98a6e 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/mastodon/mastodon_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/mastodon/mastodon_test.go
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestStringer(t *testing.T) {
-	require.Equal(t, Pipe{}.String(), "mastodon")
+	require.Equal(t, "mastodon", Pipe{}.String())
 }
 
 func TestDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := testctx.New()
 	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
-	require.Equal(t, ctx.Config.Announce.Mastodon.MessageTemplate, defaultMessageTemplate)
+	require.Equal(t, defaultMessageTemplate, ctx.Config.Announce.Mastodon.MessageTemplate)
 }
 
 func TestAnnounceInvalidTemplate(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/pipe/mattermost/mattermost_test.go b/internal/pipe/mattermost/mattermost_test.go
index 7d69956e2..bd1d5923a 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/mattermost/mattermost_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/mattermost/mattermost_test.go
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestStringer(t *testing.T) {
-	require.Equal(t, Pipe{}.String(), "mattermost")
+	require.Equal(t, "mattermost", Pipe{}.String())
 }
 
 func TestDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := testctx.New()
 	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
-	require.Equal(t, ctx.Config.Announce.Mattermost.MessageTemplate, defaultMessageTemplate)
+	require.Equal(t, defaultMessageTemplate, ctx.Config.Announce.Mattermost.MessageTemplate)
 }
 
 func TestAnnounceInvalidTemplate(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/pipe/nfpm/nfpm_test.go b/internal/pipe/nfpm/nfpm_test.go
index 4a9c3b4cb..577d3dd19 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/nfpm/nfpm_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/nfpm/nfpm_test.go
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ func TestMeta(t *testing.T) {
 		format := pkg.Format()
 		require.NotEmpty(t, format)
 		require.Equal(t, pkg.Name, "foo_1.0.0_linux_"+pkg.Goarch+"-10-20."+format)
-		require.Equal(t, pkg.ID(), "someid")
+		require.Equal(t, "someid", pkg.ID())
 		require.ElementsMatch(t, []string{
 			"/var/log/foobar",
 			"/usr/share/testfile.txt",
diff --git a/internal/pipe/opencollective/opencollective_test.go b/internal/pipe/opencollective/opencollective_test.go
index edbd51e95..66fb25c17 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/opencollective/opencollective_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/opencollective/opencollective_test.go
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestStringer(t *testing.T) {
-	require.Equal(t, Pipe{}.String(), "opencollective")
+	require.Equal(t, "opencollective", Pipe{}.String())
 }
 
 func TestDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := testctx.New()
 	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
-	require.Equal(t, ctx.Config.Announce.OpenCollective.TitleTemplate, defaultTitleTemplate)
-	require.Equal(t, ctx.Config.Announce.OpenCollective.MessageTemplate, defaultMessageTemplate)
+	require.Equal(t, defaultTitleTemplate, ctx.Config.Announce.OpenCollective.TitleTemplate)
+	require.Equal(t, defaultMessageTemplate, ctx.Config.Announce.OpenCollective.MessageTemplate)
 }
 
 func TestAnnounceInvalidTemplate(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/pipe/publish/publish_test.go b/internal/pipe/publish/publish_test.go
index eb0798f33..662e63b9d 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/publish/publish_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/publish/publish_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func TestPublishSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Error(t, err)
 	merr := &multierror.Error{}
 	require.ErrorAs(t, err, &merr)
-	require.Equal(t, merr.Len(), 1)
+	require.Equal(t, 1, merr.Len())
 	require.True(t, lastStep.ran)
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/pipe/reddit/reddit_test.go b/internal/pipe/reddit/reddit_test.go
index c123071dd..ec679cfba 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/reddit/reddit_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/reddit/reddit_test.go
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestStringer(t *testing.T) {
-	require.Equal(t, Pipe{}.String(), "reddit")
+	require.Equal(t, "reddit", Pipe{}.String())
 }
 
 func TestDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := testctx.New()
 	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
-	require.Equal(t, ctx.Config.Announce.Reddit.TitleTemplate, defaultTitleTemplate)
+	require.Equal(t, defaultTitleTemplate, ctx.Config.Announce.Reddit.TitleTemplate)
 }
 
 func TestAnnounceInvalidURLTemplate(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/pipe/release/release_test.go b/internal/pipe/release/release_test.go
index b044bd894..6aa87babf 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/release/release_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/release/release_test.go
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ func TestDefaultPreRelease(t *testing.T) {
 			testctx.WithSemver(1, 0, 0, ""),
 		)
 		require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
-		require.Equal(t, false, ctx.PreRelease)
+		require.False(t, ctx.PreRelease)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("auto-rc", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ func TestDefaultPreRelease(t *testing.T) {
 			testctx.WithSemver(1, 0, 0, "rc1"),
 		)
 		require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
-		require.Equal(t, true, ctx.PreRelease)
+		require.True(t, ctx.PreRelease)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("auto-rc-github-setup", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ func TestDefaultPreRelease(t *testing.T) {
 			testctx.WithSemver(1, 0, 0, "rc1"),
 		)
 		require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
-		require.Equal(t, true, ctx.PreRelease)
+		require.True(t, ctx.PreRelease)
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/pipe/sign/sign_test.go b/internal/pipe/sign/sign_test.go
index c8104fed0..6a159d980 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/sign/sign_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/sign/sign_test.go
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ func TestSignDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	setGpg(t, ctx, "") // force empty gpg.program
 
 	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
-	require.Equal(t, ctx.Config.Signs[0].Cmd, "gpg")
-	require.Equal(t, ctx.Config.Signs[0].Signature, "${artifact}.sig")
-	require.Equal(t, ctx.Config.Signs[0].Args, []string{"--output", "$signature", "--detach-sig", "$artifact"})
-	require.Equal(t, ctx.Config.Signs[0].Artifacts, "none")
+	require.Equal(t, "gpg", ctx.Config.Signs[0].Cmd)
+	require.Equal(t, "${artifact}.sig", ctx.Config.Signs[0].Signature)
+	require.Equal(t, []string{"--output", "$signature", "--detach-sig", "$artifact"}, ctx.Config.Signs[0].Args)
+	require.Equal(t, "none", ctx.Config.Signs[0].Artifacts)
 }
 
 func TestDefaultGpgFromGitConfig(t *testing.T) {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func TestDefaultGpgFromGitConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	setGpg(t, ctx, "not-really-gpg")
 
 	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
-	require.Equal(t, ctx.Config.Signs[0].Cmd, "not-really-gpg")
+	require.Equal(t, "not-really-gpg", ctx.Config.Signs[0].Cmd)
 }
 
 func TestSignDisabled(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/pipe/slack/slack_test.go b/internal/pipe/slack/slack_test.go
index bbeee3fb9..f64ab4498 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/slack/slack_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/slack/slack_test.go
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestStringer(t *testing.T) {
-	require.Equal(t, Pipe{}.String(), "slack")
+	require.Equal(t, "slack", Pipe{}.String())
 }
 
 func TestDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := testctx.New()
 	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
-	require.Equal(t, ctx.Config.Announce.Slack.MessageTemplate, defaultMessageTemplate)
+	require.Equal(t, defaultMessageTemplate, ctx.Config.Announce.Slack.MessageTemplate)
 }
 
 func TestAnnounceInvalidTemplate(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/pipe/teams/teams_test.go b/internal/pipe/teams/teams_test.go
index 129075eb5..21d0472c4 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/teams/teams_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/teams/teams_test.go
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestStringer(t *testing.T) {
-	require.Equal(t, Pipe{}.String(), "teams")
+	require.Equal(t, "teams", Pipe{}.String())
 }
 
 func TestDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := testctx.New()
 	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
-	require.Equal(t, ctx.Config.Announce.Teams.MessageTemplate, defaultMessageTemplate)
+	require.Equal(t, defaultMessageTemplate, ctx.Config.Announce.Teams.MessageTemplate)
 }
 
 func TestAnnounceInvalidTemplate(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/pipe/telegram/telegram_test.go b/internal/pipe/telegram/telegram_test.go
index bb5b9098c..08e9d2df6 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/telegram/telegram_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/telegram/telegram_test.go
@@ -10,27 +10,27 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestStringer(t *testing.T) {
-	require.Equal(t, Pipe{}.String(), "telegram")
+	require.Equal(t, "telegram", Pipe{}.String())
 }
 
 func TestDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("empty", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx := testctx.New()
 		require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
-		require.Equal(t, ctx.Config.Announce.Telegram.MessageTemplate, defaultMessageTemplate)
-		require.Equal(t, ctx.Config.Announce.Telegram.ParseMode, parseModeMarkdown)
+		require.Equal(t, defaultMessageTemplate, ctx.Config.Announce.Telegram.MessageTemplate)
+		require.Equal(t, parseModeMarkdown, ctx.Config.Announce.Telegram.ParseMode)
 	})
 	t.Run("markdownv2 parsemode", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx := testctx.New()
 		ctx.Config.Announce.Telegram.ParseMode = parseModeMarkdown
 		require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
-		require.Equal(t, ctx.Config.Announce.Telegram.ParseMode, parseModeMarkdown)
+		require.Equal(t, parseModeMarkdown, ctx.Config.Announce.Telegram.ParseMode)
 	})
 	t.Run("html parsemode", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx := testctx.New()
 		ctx.Config.Announce.Telegram.ParseMode = parseModeHTML
 		require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
-		require.Equal(t, ctx.Config.Announce.Telegram.ParseMode, parseModeHTML)
+		require.Equal(t, parseModeHTML, ctx.Config.Announce.Telegram.ParseMode)
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/pipe/twitter/twitter_test.go b/internal/pipe/twitter/twitter_test.go
index 1973064d9..e693864b9 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/twitter/twitter_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/twitter/twitter_test.go
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestStringer(t *testing.T) {
-	require.Equal(t, Pipe{}.String(), "twitter")
+	require.Equal(t, "twitter", Pipe{}.String())
 }
 
 func TestDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := testctx.New()
 	require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
-	require.Equal(t, ctx.Config.Announce.Twitter.MessageTemplate, defaultMessageTemplate)
+	require.Equal(t, defaultMessageTemplate, ctx.Config.Announce.Twitter.MessageTemplate)
 }
 
 func TestAnnounceInvalidTemplate(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/pipe/universalbinary/universalbinary_test.go b/internal/pipe/universalbinary/universalbinary_test.go
index ea13e613f..2a9bbbd74 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/universalbinary/universalbinary_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/universalbinary/universalbinary_test.go
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("replacing", func(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Run(ctx1))
-		require.Len(t, ctx1.Artifacts.Filter(artifact.ByType(artifact.Binary)).List(), 0)
+		require.Empty(t, ctx1.Artifacts.Filter(artifact.ByType(artifact.Binary)).List())
 		unis := ctx1.Artifacts.Filter(artifact.ByType(artifact.UniversalBinary)).List()
 		require.Len(t, unis, 1)
 		checkUniversalBinary(t, unis[0])
diff --git a/internal/pipe/upx/upx_test.go b/internal/pipe/upx/upx_test.go
index 970a285ea..6e4e9fe1d 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/upx/upx_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/upx/upx_test.go
@@ -258,12 +258,12 @@ func TestFindBinaries(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("goamd64", func(t *testing.T) {
-		require.Len(t, findBinaries(ctx, config.UPX{
+		require.Empty(t, findBinaries(ctx, config.UPX{
 			IDs:     []string{"2"},
 			Goos:    []string{"linux"},
 			Goarch:  []string{"amd64"},
 			Goamd64: []string{"v3"},
-		}), 0)
+		}))
 		require.Len(t, findBinaries(ctx, config.UPX{
 			IDs:     []string{"2"},
 			Goos:    []string{"linux"},
@@ -273,12 +273,12 @@ func TestFindBinaries(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("goarm", func(t *testing.T) {
-		require.Len(t, findBinaries(ctx, config.UPX{
+		require.Empty(t, findBinaries(ctx, config.UPX{
 			IDs:    []string{"2"},
 			Goos:   []string{"linux"},
 			Goarch: []string{"arm"},
 			Goarm:  []string{"6"},
-		}), 0)
+		}))
 		require.Len(t, findBinaries(ctx, config.UPX{
 			IDs:    []string{"2"},
 			Goos:   []string{"linux"},
diff --git a/internal/pipe/webhook/webhook_test.go b/internal/pipe/webhook/webhook_test.go
index e9f47697d..b0b70207a 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/webhook/webhook_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/webhook/webhook_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestStringer(t *testing.T) {
-	require.Equal(t, Pipe{}.String(), "webhook")
+	require.Equal(t, "webhook", Pipe{}.String())
 }
 
 func TestNoEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/semerrgroup/sem_test.go b/internal/semerrgroup/sem_test.go
index c664ee7bd..68b9ae3eb 100644
--- a/internal/semerrgroup/sem_test.go
+++ b/internal/semerrgroup/sem_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func TestSemaphore(t *testing.T) {
 				})
 			}
 			require.NoError(t, g.Wait())
-			require.Equal(t, counter, 10)
+			require.Equal(t, 10, counter)
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func TestSemaphoreSkipAware(t *testing.T) {
 				})
 			}
 			require.EqualError(t, g.Wait(), "fake skip")
-			require.Equal(t, counter, 10)
+			require.Equal(t, 10, counter)
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/testlib/skip.go b/internal/testlib/skip.go
index 6a8a9459a..72e2acd3c 100644
--- a/internal/testlib/skip.go
+++ b/internal/testlib/skip.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package testlib
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/pipe"
@@ -11,5 +10,5 @@ import (
 // AssertSkipped asserts that a pipe was skipped.
 func AssertSkipped(t *testing.T, err error) {
 	t.Helper()
-	require.True(t, errors.As(err, &pipe.ErrSkip{}), "expected a pipe.ErrSkip but got %v", err)
+	require.ErrorAs(t, err, &pipe.ErrSkip{}, "expected a pipe.ErrSkip but got %v", err)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/archive/gzip/gzip_test.go b/pkg/archive/gzip/gzip_test.go
index bf278c17d..f79652787 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/gzip/gzip_test.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/gzip/gzip_test.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func TestGzFile(t *testing.T) {
 
 	info, err := f.Stat()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Truef(t, info.Size() < 500, "archived file should be smaller than %d", info.Size())
+	require.Lessf(t, info.Size(), int64(500), "archived file should be smaller than %d", info.Size())
 
 	gzf, err := gzip.NewReader(f)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func TestGzFileCustomMtime(t *testing.T) {
 
 	info, err := f.Stat()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Truef(t, info.Size() < 500, "archived file should be smaller than %d", info.Size())
+	require.Lessf(t, info.Size(), int64(500), "archived file should be smaller than %d", info.Size())
 
 	gzf, err := gzip.NewReader(f)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/pkg/archive/tar/tar_test.go b/pkg/archive/tar/tar_test.go
index 602eccfac..892c17f59 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/tar/tar_test.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/tar/tar_test.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func TestTarFile(t *testing.T) {
 
 	info, err := f.Stat()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Truef(t, info.Size() < 10000, "archived file should be smaller than %d", info.Size())
+	require.Lessf(t, info.Size(), int64(10000), "archived file should be smaller than %d", info.Size())
 
 	var paths []string
 	r := tar.NewReader(f)
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func TestTarFile(t *testing.T) {
 			require.True(t, ex, "expected executable permissions, got %s", next.FileInfo().Mode())
 		}
 		if next.Name == "link.txt" {
-			require.Equal(t, next.Linkname, "regular.txt")
+			require.Equal(t, "regular.txt", next.Linkname)
 		}
 	}
 	require.Equal(t, []string{
diff --git a/pkg/archive/targz/targz_test.go b/pkg/archive/targz/targz_test.go
index 3bed2241f..24556b3d1 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/targz/targz_test.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/targz/targz_test.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestTarGzFile(t *testing.T) {
 
 	info, err := f.Stat()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Truef(t, info.Size() < 500, "archived file should be smaller than %d", info.Size())
+	require.Lessf(t, info.Size(), int64(500), "archived file should be smaller than %d", info.Size())
 
 	gzf, err := gzip.NewReader(f)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func TestTarGzFile(t *testing.T) {
 			require.True(t, ex, "expected executable permissions, got %s", next.FileInfo().Mode())
 		}
 		if next.Name == "link.txt" {
-			require.Equal(t, next.Linkname, "regular.txt")
+			require.Equal(t, "regular.txt", next.Linkname)
 		}
 	}
 	require.Equal(t, []string{
diff --git a/pkg/archive/tarxz/tarxz_test.go b/pkg/archive/tarxz/tarxz_test.go
index 534f4ba6b..cd287567b 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/tarxz/tarxz_test.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/tarxz/tarxz_test.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestTarXzFile(t *testing.T) {
 
 	info, err := f.Stat()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Truef(t, info.Size() < 500, "archived file should be smaller than %d", info.Size())
+	require.Lessf(t, info.Size(), int64(500), "archived file should be smaller than %d", info.Size())
 
 	xzf, err := xz.NewReader(f)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func TestTarXzFile(t *testing.T) {
 			require.True(t, ex, "expected executable permissions, got %s", next.FileInfo().Mode())
 		}
 		if next.Name == "link.txt" {
-			require.Equal(t, next.Linkname, "regular.txt")
+			require.Equal(t, "regular.txt", next.Linkname)
 		}
 	}
 	require.Equal(t, []string{
diff --git a/pkg/archive/zip/zip_test.go b/pkg/archive/zip/zip_test.go
index af4e7baab..5df56e0f6 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/zip/zip_test.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/zip/zip_test.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func TestZipFile(t *testing.T) {
 
 	info, err := f.Stat()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Truef(t, info.Size() < 1000, "archived file should be smaller than %d", info.Size())
+	require.Lessf(t, info.Size(), int64(1000), "archived file should be smaller than %d", info.Size())
 
 	r, err := zip.NewReader(f, info.Size())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -90,14 +90,14 @@ func TestZipFile(t *testing.T) {
 			require.True(t, ex, "expected executable permissions, got %s", zf.Mode())
 		}
 		if zf.Name == "link.txt" {
-			require.True(t, zf.FileInfo().Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0)
+			require.NotEqual(t, 0, zf.FileInfo().Mode()&os.ModeSymlink)
 			rc, err := zf.Open()
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			var link bytes.Buffer
 			_, err = io.Copy(&link, rc)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			rc.Close()
-			require.Equal(t, link.String(), "regular.txt")
+			require.Equal(t, "regular.txt", link.String())
 		}
 	}
 	require.Equal(t, []string{