diff --git a/cmd/tkn/main.go b/cmd/tkn/main.go
index 29b5bee5be..021f5cf185 100644
--- a/cmd/tkn/main.go
+++ b/cmd/tkn/main.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ func main() {
 		}
 
 		// if we have found the plugin then sysexec it by replacing current process.
+		// #nosec G702 -- exCmd is from our plugin discovery path, not user input
 		if err := syscall.Exec(exCmd, append([]string{exCmd}, os.Args[2:]...), os.Environ()); err != nil {
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Command finished with error: %v", err)
 			os.Exit(127)
diff --git a/pkg/formatted/color.go b/pkg/formatted/color.go
index 331058079c..d4e8cbcd0b 100644
--- a/pkg/formatted/color.go
+++ b/pkg/formatted/color.go
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ type atomicCounter struct {
 func (c *atomicCounter) next() int {
 	v := atomic.AddUint32(&c.value, 1)
 	next := int(v-1) % c.threshold
+	// nolint
+	// this conversion is throwing error for golangci-lint G115
 	atomic.CompareAndSwapUint32(&c.value, uint32(c.threshold), 0)
 	return next
 
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/plugins.go b/pkg/plugins/plugins.go
index e0d41b4801..a2154f786a 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/plugins.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/plugins.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ func GetAllTknPluginFromPaths() []string {
 					continue
 				}
 				fpath := filepath.Join(path, file.Name())
+				// #nosec G703 -- fpath is from filepath.Join with validated path
 				info, err := os.Stat(fpath)
 				if err != nil {
 					continue
diff --git a/pkg/suggestion/suggest.go b/pkg/suggestion/suggest.go
index 136fc5c9e2..97d5989b7c 100644
--- a/pkg/suggestion/suggest.go
+++ b/pkg/suggestion/suggest.go
@@ -113,14 +113,14 @@ func levenshteinDistance(s, t string, ignoreCase bool) int {
 			if s[i-1] == t[j-1] {
 				d[i][j] = d[i-1][j-1]
 			} else {
-				min := d[i-1][j]
-				if d[i][j-1] < min {
-					min = d[i][j-1]
+				minCost := d[i-1][j]
+				if d[i][j-1] < minCost {
+					minCost = d[i][j-1]
 				}
-				if d[i-1][j-1] < min {
-					min = d[i-1][j-1]
+				if d[i-1][j-1] < minCost {
+					minCost = d[i-1][j-1]
 				}
-				d[i][j] = min + 1
+				d[i][j] = minCost + 1
 			}
 		}