diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index 7107bb727..5632159ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -38,23 +38,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version-file: ${{ github.workspace }}/go.mod
 
-      - name: Initialize dependencies and linters
-        run: make init
-
-      - name: Diff
-        run: |
-          make format
-          git diff --exit-code
-
       - name: Test
         run: |
           TEST_MONGODB_IMAGE=${{ matrix.image }} make test-cluster
           make test-race
           make test-cluster-clean
-
-      - name: Run checks/linters
-        run: |
-          # use GITHUB_TOKEN because only it has access to GitHub Checks API
-          bin/golangci-lint run -c=.golangci-required.yml --out-format=line-number | env REVIEWDOG_GITHUB_API_TOKEN=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} bin/reviewdog -f=golangci-lint -level=error -reporter=github-pr-check
-          bin/golangci-lint run -c=.golangci.yml --out-format=line-number | env REVIEWDOG_GITHUB_API_TOKEN=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} bin/reviewdog -f=golangci-lint -level=error -reporter=github-pr-review
-          make check-license
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1fc1c1996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Lint
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # run every Sunday
+    - cron: '0 13 * * 0'
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - release-0.1x
+    tags:
+      - v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    name: Lint Check
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version-file: ${{ github.workspace }}/go.mod
+
+      - name: Initialize dependencies and linters
+        run: make init
+
+      - name: Diff
+        run: |
+          make format
+          git diff --exit-code
+      - name: Run checks/linters
+        run: |
+          # use GITHUB_TOKEN because only it has access to GitHub Checks API
+          bin/golangci-lint run -c=.golangci-required.yml --out-format=line-number | env REVIEWDOG_GITHUB_API_TOKEN=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} bin/reviewdog -f=golangci-lint -level=error -reporter=github-pr-check
+          bin/golangci-lint run -c=.golangci.yml --out-format=line-number | env REVIEWDOG_GITHUB_API_TOKEN=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} bin/reviewdog -f=golangci-lint -level=error -reporter=github-pr-review
+          make check-license
diff --git a/exporter/v1_compatibility_test.go b/exporter/v1_compatibility_test.go
index de7910849..6dcbff713 100644
--- a/exporter/v1_compatibility_test.go
+++ b/exporter/v1_compatibility_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package exporter
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func TestMakeLockMetric(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAddLocksMetrics(t *testing.T) {
-	buf, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join("testdata/", "locks.json"))
+	buf, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("testdata/", "locks.json"))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	var m bson.M
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func TestSumMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		testCase := tt
 
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			buf, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join("testdata/", "get_diagnostic_data.json"))
+			buf, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("testdata/", "get_diagnostic_data.json"))
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 			var m bson.M
diff --git a/internal/tu/testutils.go b/internal/tu/testutils.go
index d576c5f31..ce138ab3f 100644
--- a/internal/tu/testutils.go
+++ b/internal/tu/testutils.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ func TestClient(ctx context.Context, port string, t *testing.T) *mongo.Client {
 
 // LoadJSON loads a file and returns the result of unmarshaling it into a bson.M structure.
 func LoadJSON(filename string) (bson.M, error) {
-	buf, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Clean(filename))
+	buf, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Clean(filename))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}