diff --git a/app/vmagent/remotewrite/client.go b/app/vmagent/remotewrite/client.go
index a36512f43..2b0e0f5dc 100644
--- a/app/vmagent/remotewrite/client.go
+++ b/app/vmagent/remotewrite/client.go
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ func (c *client) sendBlockHTTP(block []byte) bool {
 	}
 
 again:
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", c.remoteWriteURL, bytes.NewBuffer(block))
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, c.remoteWriteURL, bytes.NewBuffer(block))
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Panicf("BUG: unexpected error from http.NewRequest(%q): %s", c.sanitizedURL, err)
 	}
diff --git a/app/vmalert/datasource/vm.go b/app/vmalert/datasource/vm.go
index 83fb5060d..e9d579c69 100644
--- a/app/vmalert/datasource/vm.go
+++ b/app/vmalert/datasource/vm.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (s *VMStorage) do(ctx context.Context, req *http.Request) (*http.Response,
 }
 
 func (s *VMStorage) newRequestPOST() (*http.Request, error) {
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", s.datasourceURL, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, s.datasourceURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager.go b/app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager.go
index 14ec932c7..22d09784c 100644
--- a/app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager.go
+++ b/app/vmalert/notifier/alertmanager.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (am *AlertManager) send(ctx context.Context, alerts []Alert) error {
 	b := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	writeamRequest(b, alerts, am.argFunc, am.relabelConfigs)
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", am.addr, b)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, am.addr, b)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/app/vmalert/remotewrite/remotewrite.go b/app/vmalert/remotewrite/remotewrite.go
index 4fb0db7c6..3479966fe 100644
--- a/app/vmalert/remotewrite/remotewrite.go
+++ b/app/vmalert/remotewrite/remotewrite.go
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func (c *Client) flush(ctx context.Context, wr *prompbmarshal.WriteRequest) {
 
 func (c *Client) send(ctx context.Context, data []byte) error {
 	r := bytes.NewReader(data)
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", c.addr, r)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, c.addr, r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create new HTTP request: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/app/vmctl/remoteread/remoteread.go b/app/vmctl/remoteread/remoteread.go
index 72f44cc89..49a6f9d8c 100644
--- a/app/vmctl/remoteread/remoteread.go
+++ b/app/vmctl/remoteread/remoteread.go
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func (c *Client) do(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 // Ping checks the health of the read source
 func (c *Client) Ping() error {
 	url := c.addr + healthPath
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot create request to %q: %s", url, err)
 	}
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (c *Client) Ping() error {
 func (c *Client) fetch(ctx context.Context, data []byte, streamCb StreamCallback) error {
 	r := bytes.NewReader(data)
 	url := c.addr + remoteReadPath
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, r)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, url, r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create new HTTP request: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/app/vmctl/vm/vm.go b/app/vmctl/vm/vm.go
index 487414d3c..a35afdb14 100644
--- a/app/vmctl/vm/vm.go
+++ b/app/vmctl/vm/vm.go
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ func (im *Importer) flush(ctx context.Context, b []*TimeSeries) error {
 // Ping sends a ping to im.addr.
 func (im *Importer) Ping() error {
 	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/health", im.addr)
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot create request to %q: %s", im.addr, err)
 	}
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ func (im *Importer) Import(tsBatch []*TimeSeries) error {
 	}
 
 	pr, pw := io.Pipe()
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", im.importPath, pr)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, im.importPath, pr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot create request to %q: %s", im.addr, err)
 	}
diff --git a/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus_test.go b/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus_test.go
index b740ae652..607705447 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus_test.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus_test.go
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func TestAdjustLastPoints(t *testing.T) {
 func TestGetLatencyOffsetMillisecondsSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(url string, expectedOffset int64) {
 		t.Helper()
-		r, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+		r, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error in NewRequest(%q): %s", url, err)
 		}
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func TestGetLatencyOffsetMillisecondsSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 func TestGetLatencyOffsetMillisecondsFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(url string) {
 		t.Helper()
-		r, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+		r, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error in NewRequest(%q): %s", url, err)
 		}
diff --git a/app/vmselect/searchutils/searchutils_test.go b/app/vmselect/searchutils/searchutils_test.go
index 8090da898..73544392f 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/searchutils/searchutils_test.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/searchutils/searchutils_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func TestGetDurationSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(s string, dExpected int64) {
 		t.Helper()
 		urlStr := fmt.Sprintf("http://foo.bar/baz?s=%s", url.QueryEscape(s))
-		r, err := http.NewRequest("GET", urlStr, nil)
+		r, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, urlStr, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error in NewRequest: %s", err)
 		}
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func TestGetDurationError(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(s string) {
 		t.Helper()
 		urlStr := fmt.Sprintf("http://foo.bar/baz?s=%s", url.QueryEscape(s))
-		r, err := http.NewRequest("GET", urlStr, nil)
+		r, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, urlStr, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error in NewRequest: %s", err)
 		}
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func TestGetTimeSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(s string, timestampExpected int64) {
 		t.Helper()
 		urlStr := fmt.Sprintf("http://foo.bar/baz?s=%s", url.QueryEscape(s))
-		r, err := http.NewRequest("GET", urlStr, nil)
+		r, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, urlStr, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error in NewRequest: %s", err)
 		}
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func TestGetTimeError(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(s string) {
 		t.Helper()
 		urlStr := fmt.Sprintf("http://foo.bar/baz?s=%s", url.QueryEscape(s))
-		r, err := http.NewRequest("GET", urlStr, nil)
+		r, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, urlStr, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error in NewRequest: %s", err)
 		}
diff --git a/lib/awsapi/config.go b/lib/awsapi/config.go
index 4dc93327f..4f3d53514 100644
--- a/lib/awsapi/config.go
+++ b/lib/awsapi/config.go
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ func getMetadataByPath(client *http.Client, apiPath string) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	// Obtain session token
 	sessionTokenURL := "http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token"
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", sessionTokenURL, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, sessionTokenURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot create request for IMDSv2 session token at url %q: %w", sessionTokenURL, err)
 	}
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ func getMetadataByPath(client *http.Client, apiPath string) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	// Use session token in the request.
 	apiURL := "http://169.254.169.254/latest/" + apiPath
-	req, err = http.NewRequest("GET", apiURL, nil)
+	req, err = http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, apiURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot create request to %q: %w", apiURL, err)
 	}
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ func getMetadataByPath(client *http.Client, apiPath string) ([]byte, error) {
 func (cfg *Config) getRoleWebIdentityCredentials(token string) (*credentials, error) {
 	data, err := cfg.getSTSAPIResponse("AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity", func(apiURL string) (*http.Request, error) {
 		apiURL += fmt.Sprintf("&WebIdentityToken=%s", url.QueryEscape(token))
-		return http.NewRequest("GET", apiURL, nil)
+		return http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, apiURL, nil)
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/lib/awsapi/sign.go b/lib/awsapi/sign.go
index 88d182374..dba942c5d 100644
--- a/lib/awsapi/sign.go
+++ b/lib/awsapi/sign.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func newSignedGetRequest(apiURL, service, region string, creds *credentials) (*h
 }
 
 func newSignedGetRequestWithTime(apiURL, service, region string, creds *credentials, t time.Time) (*http.Request, error) {
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", apiURL, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, apiURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot create http request with given apiURL: %s, err: %w", apiURL, err)
 	}
diff --git a/lib/promauth/config_test.go b/lib/promauth/config_test.go
index def949f9a..6bf0f9c4b 100644
--- a/lib/promauth/config_test.go
+++ b/lib/promauth/config_test.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func TestNewConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				return
 			}
 			if got != nil {
-				req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://foo", nil)
+				req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://foo", nil)
 				if err != nil {
 					t.Fatalf("unexpected error in http.NewRequest: %s", err)
 				}
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func TestConfigHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("cannot create config: %s", err)
 		}
-		req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://foo", nil)
+		req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://foo", nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error in http.NewRequest: %s", err)
 		}
diff --git a/lib/promscrape/discovery/gce/api.go b/lib/promscrape/discovery/gce/api.go
index fc6c51438..8fb9d76ec 100644
--- a/lib/promscrape/discovery/gce/api.go
+++ b/lib/promscrape/discovery/gce/api.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func getCurrentProject() (string, error) {
 func getGCEMetadata(path string) ([]byte, error) {
 	// See https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/storing-retrieving-metadata#default
 	metadataURL := "http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/" + path
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", metadataURL, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, metadataURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot create http request for %q: %w", metadataURL, err)
 	}
diff --git a/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/api_watcher.go b/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/api_watcher.go
index b50edcefa..7732847e5 100644
--- a/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/api_watcher.go
+++ b/lib/promscrape/discovery/kubernetes/api_watcher.go
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ func (gw *groupWatcher) doRequest(requestURL string) (*http.Response, error) {
 		// Update discovery URL for old Kubernetes API, which supports only v1beta1 path.
 		requestURL = strings.Replace(requestURL, "/apis/discovery.k8s.io/v1/", "/apis/discovery.k8s.io/v1beta1/", 1)
 	}
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", requestURL, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, requestURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Fatalf("cannot create a request for %q: %s", requestURL, err)
 	}
diff --git a/lib/promscrape/discovery/openstack/api.go b/lib/promscrape/discovery/openstack/api.go
index b97fffd94..c946a0803 100644
--- a/lib/promscrape/discovery/openstack/api.go
+++ b/lib/promscrape/discovery/openstack/api.go
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func getAPIResponse(apiURL string, cfg *apiConfig) ([]byte, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", apiURL, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, apiURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot create new request for openstack api url %s: %w", apiURL, err)
 	}
diff --git a/lib/promscrape/discovery/yandexcloud/api.go b/lib/promscrape/discovery/yandexcloud/api.go
index 77591621b..18a95a70a 100644
--- a/lib/promscrape/discovery/yandexcloud/api.go
+++ b/lib/promscrape/discovery/yandexcloud/api.go
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func getAPIResponse(apiURL string, cfg *apiConfig) ([]byte, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", apiURL, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, apiURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Panicf("BUG: cannot create new request for yandex cloud api url %s: %s", apiURL, err)
 	}
diff --git a/lib/protoparser/common/extra_labels_test.go b/lib/protoparser/common/extra_labels_test.go
index 960470b24..42b0af96f 100644
--- a/lib/protoparser/common/extra_labels_test.go
+++ b/lib/protoparser/common/extra_labels_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func TestGetExtraLabelsSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(requestURI, expectedLabels string) {
 		t.Helper()
 		fullURL := "http://fobar" + requestURI
-		req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", fullURL, nil)
+		req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, fullURL, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("cannot parse %q: %s", fullURL, err)
 		}