diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 8889e9e..cd05fc8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -3,33 +3,21 @@ name: Build and test
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 env:
-  GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: v1.54.1
+  GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: v1.59.1
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
         go-version: [stable, oldstable]
 
     steps:
-      - name: Set up Go ${{ matrix.go-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
 
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Cache Go modules
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/pkg/mod
-            ~/.cache/go-build
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.go-version }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.go-version }}-go-
-
       - name: Download and check dependencies
         run: |
           go mod tidy
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 7aa80bf..5cd67ef 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 run:
   timeout: 5m
-  skip-files: [ ]
-  skip-dirs: [ ]
 
 linters-settings:
   govet:
@@ -73,7 +71,7 @@ linters:
     - gocyclo
     - godot
     - godox
-    - goerr113
+    - err113
     - gofmt
     - gofumpt
     - goheader
@@ -111,7 +109,7 @@ linters:
 
 issues:
   exclude-use-default: false
-  max-per-linter: 0
+  max-issues-per-linter: 0
   max-same-issues: 0
   exclude: [ ]
   exclude-rules:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bc48471..b8c7968 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.19
 require (
 	github.com/go-zookeeper/zk v1.0.3
 	github.com/kvtools/valkeyrie v1.0.0
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c5d3542..a338114 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ github.com/kvtools/valkeyrie v1.0.0 h1:LAITop2wPoYCMitR24GZZsW0b57hmI+ePD18VRTtO
 github.com/kvtools/valkeyrie v1.0.0/go.mod h1:bDi/OdhJCSbGPMsCgUQl881yuEweKCSItAtTBI+ZjpU=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15 h1:YR8cESwS4TdDjEe65xsg0ogRM/Nc3DYOhEAlW+xobZo=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
diff --git a/script/docker-compose.yml b/script/docker-compose.yml
index 0f14678..4851592 100644
--- a/script/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/script/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.9"
-
 # when running test local, you can specify the image version using the env var REDIS_VERSION.
 # Example: ZK_VERSION=3.59 make
 
diff --git a/zookeeper.go b/zookeeper.go
index 7269dce..2832beb 100644
--- a/zookeeper.go
+++ b/zookeeper.go
@@ -463,7 +463,6 @@ func (s *Store) get(key string) ([]byte, *zk.Stat, error) {
 	// we try to resync few times if we read SOH or an empty string.
 	for i := 0; i <= syncRetryLimit; i++ {
 		resp, meta, err = s.client.Get(normalize(key))
-
 		if err != nil {
 			if errors.Is(err, zk.ErrNoNode) {
 				return nil, nil, store.ErrKeyNotFound
@@ -495,7 +494,6 @@ func (s *Store) getW(key string) ([]byte, *zk.Stat, <-chan zk.Event, error) {
 	// We try to resync few times if we read SOH or an empty string.
 	for i := 0; i <= syncRetryLimit; i++ {
 		resp, meta, ech, err = s.client.GetW(normalize(key))
-
 		if err != nil {
 			if errors.Is(err, zk.ErrNoNode) {
 				return nil, nil, nil, store.ErrKeyNotFound