diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
index dc10bd37..8a36c2c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,18 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
+  lint:
+    name: "Lint"
+    if: "${{ !endsWith(github.actor, '[bot]') }}"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: projectdiscovery/actions/setup/go@v1
+      - uses: projectdiscovery/actions/golangci-lint@v1
+
   build:
     name: Test Builds
+    needs: ["lint"]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-test.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-test.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c562c501..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-test.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-
-
-name: 🙏🏻 Lint Test
-on:
-  pull_request:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  lint:
-    name: Lint Test
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.24.x
-      - name: Run golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3.7.0
-        with:
-          version: latest
-          args: --timeout 5m
-          working-directory: .
diff --git a/ml/model_selection/model_selection.go b/ml/model_selection/model_selection.go
index b7f78451..bde484b5 100644
--- a/ml/model_selection/model_selection.go
+++ b/ml/model_selection/model_selection.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package modelselection
 
 import (
-	"math/rand"
+	"math/rand/v2"
 )
 
 func TrainTestSplit(dataset []interface{}, testSize float64) (train, test []interface{}) {
diff --git a/rand/number.go b/rand/number.go
index 22b6e7e8..53f59b04 100644
--- a/rand/number.go
+++ b/rand/number.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"errors"
 	"math/big"
-	crand "math/rand"
+	crand "math/rand/v2"
 )
 
 // IntN returns a uniform random value in [0, max). It errors if max <= 0.
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func IntN(max int) (int, error) {
 	}
 	nBig, err := rand.Int(rand.Reader, big.NewInt(int64(max)))
 	if err != nil {
-		return crand.Intn(max), nil
+		return crand.IntN(max), nil
 	}
 	return int(nBig.Int64()), nil
 }
diff --git a/regexp/regexp.go b/regexp/regexp.go
index 4f6811b9..d50e4949 100644
--- a/regexp/regexp.go
+++ b/regexp/regexp.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func compileWithRE2(pattern string) (*Regexp, error) {
 		os.Stderr = devNull
 		defer func() {
 			os.Stderr = originalStderr
-			devNull.Close()
+			_ = devNull.Close()
 		}()
 	}
 
diff --git a/slice/sliceutil.go b/slice/sliceutil.go
index 49a4000d..c70bca7c 100644
--- a/slice/sliceutil.go
+++ b/slice/sliceutil.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package sliceutil
 
 import (
-	"math/rand"
+	"math/rand/v2"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func DedupeFunc[T any](inputSlice []T, keyFunc func(T) any) (result []T) {
 
 // PickRandom item from a slice of elements
 func PickRandom[T any](v []T) T {
-	return v[rand.Intn(len(v))]
+	return v[rand.IntN(len(v))]
 }
 
 // Contains if a slice contains an element