diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index ca69a11f..9647c459 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ linters:
     - goimports
     - gosimple
     - govet
+    - gosec
     - ineffassign
     - lll
     - misspell
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index b036e035..650b894b 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 		Expect(utils.InstallCertManager()).To(Succeed())
 
 		By("creating manager namespace")
+		//nolint:gosec
 		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "ns", namespace)
 		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
 	})
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 		utils.UninstallCertManager()
 
 		By("removing manager namespace")
+		//nolint:gosec
 		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "delete", "ns", namespace)
 		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
 	})
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 			var projectimage = "example.com/ceph-csi-operator:v0.0.1"
 
 			By("building the manager(Operator) image")
+			//nolint:gosec
 			cmd := exec.Command("make", "docker-build", fmt.Sprintf("IMG=%s", projectimage))
 			_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
 			ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
@@ -72,11 +75,13 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 			ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
 			By("installing CRDs")
+			//nolint:gosec
 			cmd = exec.Command("make", "install")
 			_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
 			ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
 			By("deploying the controller-manager")
+			//nolint:gosec
 			cmd = exec.Command("make", "deploy", fmt.Sprintf("IMG=%s", projectimage))
 			_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
 			ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
@@ -84,7 +89,7 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 			By("validating that the controller-manager pod is running as expected")
 			verifyControllerUp := func() error {
 				// Get pod name
-
+				//nolint:gosec
 				cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
 					"pods", "-l", "control-plane=controller-manager",
 					"-o", "go-template={{ range .items }}"+
@@ -104,10 +109,8 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 				ExpectWithOffset(2, controllerPodName).Should(ContainSubstring("controller-manager"))
 
 				// Validate pod status
-				cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
-					"pods", controllerPodName, "-o", "jsonpath={.status.phase}",
-					"-n", namespace,
-				)
+				//nolint:gosec
+				cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "pods", controllerPodName, "-o", "jsonpath={.status.phase}", "-n", namespace)
 				status, err := utils.Run(cmd)
 				ExpectWithOffset(2, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 				if string(status) != "Running" {
diff --git a/test/utils/utils.go b/test/utils/utils.go
index e3eb79b0..5e04e047 100644
--- a/test/utils/utils.go
+++ b/test/utils/utils.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func warnError(err error) {
 // InstallPrometheusOperator installs the prometheus Operator to be used to export the enabled metrics.
 func InstallPrometheusOperator() error {
 	url := fmt.Sprintf(prometheusOperatorURL, prometheusOperatorVersion)
+	//nolint:gosec
 	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "-f", url)
 	_, err := Run(cmd)
 	return err
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ func Run(cmd *exec.Cmd) ([]byte, error) {
 // UninstallPrometheusOperator uninstalls the prometheus
 func UninstallPrometheusOperator() {
 	url := fmt.Sprintf(prometheusOperatorURL, prometheusOperatorVersion)
+	//nolint:gosec
 	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "delete", "-f", url)
 	if _, err := Run(cmd); err != nil {
 		warnError(err)
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ func UninstallPrometheusOperator() {
 // UninstallCertManager uninstalls the cert manager
 func UninstallCertManager() {
 	url := fmt.Sprintf(certmanagerURLTmpl, certmanagerVersion)
+	//nolint:gosec
 	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "delete", "-f", url)
 	if _, err := Run(cmd); err != nil {
 		warnError(err)
@@ -87,12 +90,14 @@ func UninstallCertManager() {
 // InstallCertManager installs the cert manager bundle.
 func InstallCertManager() error {
 	url := fmt.Sprintf(certmanagerURLTmpl, certmanagerVersion)
+	//nolint:gosec
 	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "apply", "-f", url)
 	if _, err := Run(cmd); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	// Wait for cert-manager-webhook to be ready, which can take time if cert-manager
 	// was re-installed after uninstalling on a cluster.
+	//nolint:gosec
 	cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "wait", "deployment.apps/cert-manager-webhook",
 		"--for", "condition=Available",
 		"--namespace", "cert-manager",
@@ -110,6 +115,7 @@ func LoadImageToKindClusterWithName(name string) error {
 		cluster = v
 	}
 	kindOptions := []string{"load", "docker-image", name, "--name", cluster}
+	//nolint:gosec
 	cmd := exec.Command("kind", kindOptions...)
 	_, err := Run(cmd)
 	return err