diff --git a/internal/pkg/opentelemetry/controller_test.go b/internal/pkg/opentelemetry/controller_test.go
index bee6f7147..327d80cd2 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/opentelemetry/controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/opentelemetry/controller_test.go
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ func TestTrace(t *testing.T) {
 			ctrl.Trace(tt.traces)
 			tp.ForceFlush(context.Background())
 			spans := exporter.GetSpans()
-			assert.Equal(t, len(tt.expected), len(spans))
+			assert.Len(t, spans, len(tt.expected))
 
 			// span contexts get modified by exporter, update expected with output
 			for i, span := range spans {
diff --git a/internal/tools/go.mod b/internal/tools/go.mod
index 5585c9ff8..0cf25543c 100644
--- a/internal/tools/go.mod
+++ b/internal/tools/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Abirdcfly/dupword v0.1.3 // indirect
 	github.com/Antonboom/errname v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Antonboom/nilnil v1.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/Antonboom/testifylint v1.5.2 // indirect
+	github.com/Antonboom/testifylint v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.1-0.20241028111116-b7406c026f5a // indirect
 	github.com/Crocmagnon/fatcontext v0.7.1 // indirect
 	github.com/Djarvur/go-err113 v0.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/internal/tools/go.sum b/internal/tools/go.sum
index ef8a39a75..ef5e212f2 100644
--- a/internal/tools/go.sum
+++ b/internal/tools/go.sum
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ github.com/Antonboom/errname v1.1.0 h1:A+ucvdpMwlo/myWrkHEUEBWc/xuXdud23S8tmTb/o
 github.com/Antonboom/errname v1.1.0/go.mod h1:O1NMrzgUcVBGIfi3xlVuvX8Q/VP/73sseCaAppfjqZw=
 github.com/Antonboom/nilnil v1.0.1 h1:C3Tkm0KUxgfO4Duk3PM+ztPncTFlOf0b2qadmS0s4xs=
 github.com/Antonboom/nilnil v1.0.1/go.mod h1:CH7pW2JsRNFgEh8B2UaPZTEPhCMuFowP/e8Udp9Nnb0=
-github.com/Antonboom/testifylint v1.5.2 h1:4s3Xhuv5AvdIgbd8wOOEeo0uZG7PbDKQyKY5lGoQazk=
-github.com/Antonboom/testifylint v1.5.2/go.mod h1:vxy8VJ0bc6NavlYqjZfmp6EfqXMtBgQ4+mhCojwC1P8=
+github.com/Antonboom/testifylint v1.6.0 h1:6rdILVPt4+rqcvhid8w9wJNynKLUgqHNpFyM67UeXyc=
+github.com/Antonboom/testifylint v1.6.0/go.mod h1:k+nEkathI2NFjKO6HvwmSrbzUcQ6FAnbZV+ZRrnXPLI=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20250102033503-faa5f7b0171c h1:udKWzYgxTojEKWjV8V+WSxDXJ4NFATAsZjh8iIbsQIg=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20250102033503-faa5f7b0171c/go.mod h1:xomTg63KZ2rFqZQzSB4Vz2SUXa1BpHTVz9L5PTmPC4E=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
diff --git a/sdk/span_test.go b/sdk/span_test.go
index d24f8f341..0ab4fe1e0 100644
--- a/sdk/span_test.go
+++ b/sdk/span_test.go
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ func TestSpanAddLinkLimit(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestSpanLinkAttrLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	nInt := len(tAttrs)
-	require.GreaterOrEqual(t, len(tAttrs), 0)
+	require.GreaterOrEqual(t, nInt, 0)
 	n := uint32(nInt) // nolint: gosec  // Bound checked.
 
 	tests := []struct {
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ func TestAddEventLimit(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestAddEventAttrLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	nInt := len(tAttrs)
-	require.GreaterOrEqual(t, len(tAttrs), 0)
+	require.GreaterOrEqual(t, nInt, 0)
 	n := uint32(nInt) // nolint: gosec  // Bound checked.
 
 	tests := []struct {
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ func TestSpanSetAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestSpanAttributeLimits(t *testing.T) {
 	nInt := len(tAttrs)
-	require.GreaterOrEqual(t, len(tAttrs), 0)
+	require.GreaterOrEqual(t, nInt, 0)
 	n := uint32(nInt) // nolint: gosec  // Bound checked.
 
 	tests := []struct {