diff --git a/.github/dependencies.txt b/.github/dependencies.txt
index 6a7cdea61..63ca73e9f 100644
--- a/.github/dependencies.txt
+++ b/.github/dependencies.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2@latest
 github.com/mgechev/revive@latest
 github.com/securego/gosec/v2/cmd/gosec@latest
 golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@latest
-honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck@2023.1.7
+honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck@latest
diff --git a/pkg/commands/compute/init.go b/pkg/commands/compute/init.go
index ca4fce0f3..46d4f054f 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/compute/init.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/compute/init.go
@@ -820,12 +820,12 @@ func validateTemplateOptionOrURL(templates []config.StarterKit) func(string) err
 		}
 		if option, err := strconv.Atoi(input); err == nil {
 			if option > len(templates) {
-				return fmt.Errorf(msg)
+				return errors.New(msg)
 			}
 			return nil
 		}
 		if !gitRepositoryRegEx.MatchString(input) {
-			return fmt.Errorf(msg)
+			return errors.New(msg)
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/logtail/root.go b/pkg/commands/logtail/root.go
index 5efb431ea..2c2ed3d24 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/logtail/root.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/logtail/root.go
@@ -652,11 +652,11 @@ func findIdxBySeq(logs []Log, seq int) int {
 // highSequence returns the highest SequenceNum
 // in a slice of logs.
 func highSequence(logs []Log) int {
-	var max int
+	var maximum int
 	for _, l := range logs {
-		if l.SequenceNum > max {
-			max = l.SequenceNum
+		if l.SequenceNum > maximum {
+			maximum = l.SequenceNum
 		}
 	}
-	return max
+	return maximum
 }
diff --git a/pkg/commands/profile/list.go b/pkg/commands/profile/list.go
index b771fcc6b..fc8e2b430 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/profile/list.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/profile/list.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package profile
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"errors"
 	"io"
 
 	"github.com/fastly/cli/pkg/argparser"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (c *ListCommand) Exec(_ io.Reader, out io.Writer) error {
 	if c.Globals.Config.Profiles == nil {
 		msg := "no profiles available"
 		return fsterr.RemediationError{
-			Inner:       fmt.Errorf(msg),
+			Inner:       errors.New(msg),
 			Remediation: fsterr.ProfileRemediation,
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/profile/token.go b/pkg/commands/profile/token.go
index 1cb56b97e..073ae9333 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/profile/token.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/profile/token.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package profile
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"time"
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ func (c *TokenCommand) Exec(_ io.Reader, out io.Writer) (err error) {
 		}
 		msg := fmt.Sprintf(profile.DoesNotExist, name)
 		return fsterr.RemediationError{
-			Inner:       fmt.Errorf(msg),
+			Inner:       errors.New(msg),
 			Remediation: fsterr.ProfileRemediation,
 		}
 	}
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ func (c *TokenCommand) Exec(_ io.Reader, out io.Writer) (err error) {
 		return nil
 	}
 	return fsterr.RemediationError{
-		Inner:       fmt.Errorf("no profiles available"),
+		Inner:       errors.New("no profiles available"),
 		Remediation: fsterr.ProfileRemediation,
 	}
 }
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ func checkTokenValidity(profileName string, p *config.Profile, ttl time.Duration
 	}
 
 	return fsterr.RemediationError{
-		Inner:       fmt.Errorf(msg),
+		Inner:       errors.New(msg),
 		Remediation: fsterr.TokenExpirationRemediation,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/commands/profile/update.go b/pkg/commands/profile/update.go
index e3e09d5dc..30427623f 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/profile/update.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/profile/update.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func (c *UpdateCommand) identifyProfile() (string, *config.Profile, error) {
 		if p == nil {
 			msg := fmt.Sprintf(profile.DoesNotExist, c.profile)
 			return "", nil, fsterr.RemediationError{
-				Inner:       fmt.Errorf(msg),
+				Inner:       errors.New(msg),
 				Remediation: fsterr.ProfileRemediation,
 			}
 		}
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ func (c *UpdateCommand) staticTokenFlow(profileName string, p *config.Profile, i
 	if !ok {
 		msg := fmt.Sprintf(profile.DoesNotExist, profileName)
 		return fsterr.RemediationError{
-			Inner:       fmt.Errorf(msg),
+			Inner:       errors.New(msg),
 			Remediation: fsterr.ProfileRemediation,
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/errors/deduce.go b/pkg/errors/deduce.go
index 5d7095f2b..6eed7fd82 100644
--- a/pkg/errors/deduce.go
+++ b/pkg/errors/deduce.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func SimplifyFastlyError(httpError fastly.HTTPError) error {
 		if detail := httpError.Errors[0].Detail; detail != "" {
 			s += fmt.Sprintf(" (%s)", detail)
 		}
-		return fmt.Errorf(s)
+		return errors.New(s)
 
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf(