diff --git a/plugins/processors/aws/ec2/ec2.go b/plugins/processors/aws/ec2/ec2.go
index 088ec09c8..012cad92d 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/aws/ec2/ec2.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/aws/ec2/ec2.go
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ type AwsEc2Processor struct {
 	Timeout          config.Duration `toml:"timeout"`
 	Ordered          bool            `toml:"ordered"`
 	MaxParallelCalls int             `toml:"max_parallel_calls"`
+	Log              telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
 
-	Log        telegraf.Logger     `toml:"-"`
-	imdsClient *imds.Client        `toml:"-"`
-	imdsTags   map[string]struct{} `toml:"-"`
-	ec2Client  *ec2.Client         `toml:"-"`
-	parallel   parallel.Parallel   `toml:"-"`
-	instanceID string              `toml:"-"`
+	imdsClient  *imds.Client
+	imdsTagsMap map[string]struct{}
+	ec2Client   *ec2.Client
+	parallel    parallel.Parallel
+	instanceID  string
 }
 
 const sampleConfig = `
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ func (r *AwsEc2Processor) Init() error {
 		if len(tag) == 0 || !isImdsTagAllowed(tag) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("not allowed metadata tag specified in configuration: %s", tag)
 		}
-		r.imdsTags[tag] = struct{}{}
+		r.imdsTagsMap[tag] = struct{}{}
 	}
-	if len(r.imdsTags) == 0 && len(r.EC2Tags) == 0 {
+	if len(r.imdsTagsMap) == 0 && len(r.EC2Tags) == 0 {
 		return errors.New("no allowed metadata tags specified in configuration")
 	}
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func (r *AwsEc2Processor) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 
 func (r *AwsEc2Processor) Stop() error {
 	if r.parallel == nil {
-		return errors.New("Trying to stop unstarted AWS EC2 Processor")
+		return errors.New("trying to stop unstarted AWS EC2 Processor")
 	}
 	r.parallel.Stop()
 	return nil
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func (r *AwsEc2Processor) asyncAdd(metric telegraf.Metric) []telegraf.Metric {
 	defer cancel()
 
 	// Add IMDS Instance Identity Document tags.
-	if len(r.imdsTags) > 0 {
+	if len(r.imdsTagsMap) > 0 {
 		iido, err := r.imdsClient.GetInstanceIdentityDocument(
 			ctx,
 			&imds.GetInstanceIdentityDocumentInput{},
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func (r *AwsEc2Processor) asyncAdd(metric telegraf.Metric) []telegraf.Metric {
 			return []telegraf.Metric{metric}
 		}
 
-		for tag := range r.imdsTags {
+		for tag := range r.imdsTagsMap {
 			if v := getTagFromInstanceIdentityDocument(iido, tag); v != "" {
 				metric.AddTag(tag, v)
 			}
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func newAwsEc2Processor() *AwsEc2Processor {
 	return &AwsEc2Processor{
 		MaxParallelCalls: DefaultMaxParallelCalls,
 		Timeout:          config.Duration(DefaultTimeout),
-		imdsTags:         make(map[string]struct{}),
+		imdsTagsMap:      make(map[string]struct{}),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/processors/clone/clone_test.go b/plugins/processors/clone/clone_test.go
index 20bec925e..1ef85f6e9 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/clone/clone_test.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/clone/clone_test.go
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func createTestMetric() telegraf.Metric {
@@ -18,8 +19,8 @@ func createTestMetric() telegraf.Metric {
 	return m
 }
 
-func calculateProcessedTags(processor Clone, metric telegraf.Metric) map[string]string {
-	processed := processor.Apply(metric)
+func calculateProcessedTags(processor Clone, m telegraf.Metric) map[string]string {
+	processed := processor.Apply(m)
 	return processed[0].Tags()
 }
 
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ func TestRetainsTags(t *testing.T) {
 	tags := calculateProcessedTags(processor, createTestMetric())
 
 	value, present := tags["metric_tag"]
-	assert.True(t, present, "Tag of metric was not present")
-	assert.Equal(t, "from_metric", value, "Value of Tag was changed")
+	require.True(t, present, "Tag of metric was not present")
+	require.Equal(t, "from_metric", value, "Value of Tag was changed")
 }
 
 func TestAddTags(t *testing.T) {
@@ -39,9 +40,9 @@ func TestAddTags(t *testing.T) {
 	tags := calculateProcessedTags(processor, createTestMetric())
 
 	value, present := tags["added_tag"]
-	assert.True(t, present, "Additional Tag of metric was not present")
-	assert.Equal(t, "from_config", value, "Value of Tag was changed")
-	assert.Equal(t, 3, len(tags), "Should have one previous and two added tags.")
+	require.True(t, present, "Additional Tag of metric was not present")
+	require.Equal(t, "from_config", value, "Value of Tag was changed")
+	require.Equal(t, 3, len(tags), "Should have one previous and two added tags.")
 }
 
 func TestOverwritesPresentTagValues(t *testing.T) {
@@ -50,9 +51,9 @@ func TestOverwritesPresentTagValues(t *testing.T) {
 	tags := calculateProcessedTags(processor, createTestMetric())
 
 	value, present := tags["metric_tag"]
-	assert.True(t, present, "Tag of metric was not present")
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(tags), "Should only have one tag.")
-	assert.Equal(t, "from_config", value, "Value of Tag was not changed")
+	require.True(t, present, "Tag of metric was not present")
+	require.Equal(t, 1, len(tags), "Should only have one tag.")
+	require.Equal(t, "from_config", value, "Value of Tag was not changed")
 }
 
 func TestOverridesName(t *testing.T) {
@@ -60,8 +61,8 @@ func TestOverridesName(t *testing.T) {
 
 	processed := processor.Apply(createTestMetric())
 
-	assert.Equal(t, "overridden", processed[0].Name(), "Name was not overridden")
-	assert.Equal(t, "m1", processed[1].Name(), "Original metric was modified")
+	require.Equal(t, "overridden", processed[0].Name(), "Name was not overridden")
+	require.Equal(t, "m1", processed[1].Name(), "Original metric was modified")
 }
 
 func TestNamePrefix(t *testing.T) {
@@ -69,8 +70,8 @@ func TestNamePrefix(t *testing.T) {
 
 	processed := processor.Apply(createTestMetric())
 
-	assert.Equal(t, "Pre-m1", processed[0].Name(), "Prefix was not applied")
-	assert.Equal(t, "m1", processed[1].Name(), "Original metric was modified")
+	require.Equal(t, "Pre-m1", processed[0].Name(), "Prefix was not applied")
+	require.Equal(t, "m1", processed[1].Name(), "Original metric was modified")
 }
 
 func TestNameSuffix(t *testing.T) {
@@ -78,6 +79,6 @@ func TestNameSuffix(t *testing.T) {
 
 	processed := processor.Apply(createTestMetric())
 
-	assert.Equal(t, "m1-suff", processed[0].Name(), "Suffix was not applied")
-	assert.Equal(t, "m1", processed[1].Name(), "Original metric was modified")
+	require.Equal(t, "m1-suff", processed[0].Name(), "Suffix was not applied")
+	require.Equal(t, "m1", processed[1].Name(), "Original metric was modified")
 }
diff --git a/plugins/processors/converter/converter.go b/plugins/processors/converter/converter.go
index fd56cc4d9..042b7d8f2 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/converter/converter.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/converter/converter.go
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ func (p *Converter) convertFields(metric telegraf.Metric) {
 	}
 }
 
-func toBool(v interface{}) (bool, bool) {
+func toBool(v interface{}) (val bool, ok bool) {
 	switch value := v.(type) {
 	case int64:
 		return value != 0, true
diff --git a/plugins/processors/date/date_test.go b/plugins/processors/date/date_test.go
index aa7efc64e..83df86b3e 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/date/date_test.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/date/date_test.go
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func MustMetric(name string, tags map[string]string, fields map[string]interface{}, metricTime time.Time) telegraf.Metric {
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ func TestMonthTag(t *testing.T) {
 	m2 := MustMetric("bar", nil, nil, currentTime)
 	m3 := MustMetric("baz", nil, nil, currentTime)
 	monthApply := dateFormatMonth.Apply(m1, m2, m3)
-	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"month": month}, monthApply[0].Tags(), "should add tag 'month'")
-	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"month": month}, monthApply[1].Tags(), "should add tag 'month'")
-	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"month": month}, monthApply[2].Tags(), "should add tag 'month'")
+	require.Equal(t, map[string]string{"month": month}, monthApply[0].Tags(), "should add tag 'month'")
+	require.Equal(t, map[string]string{"month": month}, monthApply[1].Tags(), "should add tag 'month'")
+	require.Equal(t, map[string]string{"month": month}, monthApply[2].Tags(), "should add tag 'month'")
 }
 
 func TestMonthField(t *testing.T) {
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ func TestMonthField(t *testing.T) {
 	m2 := MustMetric("bar", nil, nil, currentTime)
 	m3 := MustMetric("baz", nil, nil, currentTime)
 	monthApply := dateFormatMonth.Apply(m1, m2, m3)
-	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"month": month}, monthApply[0].Fields(), "should add field 'month'")
-	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"month": month}, monthApply[1].Fields(), "should add field 'month'")
-	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"month": month}, monthApply[2].Fields(), "should add field 'month'")
+	require.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"month": month}, monthApply[0].Fields(), "should add field 'month'")
+	require.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"month": month}, monthApply[1].Fields(), "should add field 'month'")
+	require.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"month": month}, monthApply[2].Fields(), "should add field 'month'")
 }
 
 func TestOldDateTag(t *testing.T) {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func TestOldDateTag(t *testing.T) {
 
 	m7 := MustMetric("foo", nil, nil, time.Date(1993, 05, 27, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))
 	customDateApply := dateFormatYear.Apply(m7)
-	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"year": "1993"}, customDateApply[0].Tags(), "should add tag 'year'")
+	require.Equal(t, map[string]string{"year": "1993"}, customDateApply[0].Tags(), "should add tag 'year'")
 }
 
 func TestFieldUnix(t *testing.T) {
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func TestFieldUnix(t *testing.T) {
 
 	m8 := MustMetric("foo", nil, nil, currentTime)
 	unixApply := dateFormatUnix.Apply(m8)
-	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"unix": unixTime}, unixApply[0].Fields(), "should add unix time in s as field 'unix'")
+	require.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"unix": unixTime}, unixApply[0].Fields(), "should add unix time in s as field 'unix'")
 }
 
 func TestFieldUnixNano(t *testing.T) {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func TestFieldUnixNano(t *testing.T) {
 
 	m9 := MustMetric("foo", nil, nil, currentTime)
 	unixNanoApply := dateFormatUnixNano.Apply(m9)
-	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"unix_ns": unixNanoTime}, unixNanoApply[0].Fields(), "should add unix time in ns as field 'unix_ns'")
+	require.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"unix_ns": unixNanoTime}, unixNanoApply[0].Fields(), "should add unix time in ns as field 'unix_ns'")
 }
 
 func TestFieldUnixMillis(t *testing.T) {
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func TestFieldUnixMillis(t *testing.T) {
 
 	m10 := MustMetric("foo", nil, nil, currentTime)
 	unixMillisApply := dateFormatUnixMillis.Apply(m10)
-	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"unix_ms": unixMillisTime}, unixMillisApply[0].Fields(), "should add unix time in ms as field 'unix_ms'")
+	require.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"unix_ms": unixMillisTime}, unixMillisApply[0].Fields(), "should add unix time in ms as field 'unix_ms'")
 }
 
 func TestFieldUnixMicros(t *testing.T) {
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func TestFieldUnixMicros(t *testing.T) {
 
 	m11 := MustMetric("foo", nil, nil, currentTime)
 	unixMicrosApply := dateFormatUnixMicros.Apply(m11)
-	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"unix_us": unixMicrosTime}, unixMicrosApply[0].Fields(), "should add unix time in us as field 'unix_us'")
+	require.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"unix_us": unixMicrosTime}, unixMicrosApply[0].Fields(), "should add unix time in us as field 'unix_us'")
 }
 
 func TestDateOffset(t *testing.T) {
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func TestDateOffset(t *testing.T) {
 	err := plugin.Init()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	metric := testutil.MustMetric(
+	m := testutil.MustMetric(
 		"cpu",
 		map[string]string{},
 		map[string]interface{}{
@@ -193,6 +193,6 @@ func TestDateOffset(t *testing.T) {
 		),
 	}
 
-	actual := plugin.Apply(metric)
+	actual := plugin.Apply(m)
 	testutil.RequireMetricsEqual(t, expected, actual)
 }
diff --git a/plugins/processors/dedup/dedup_test.go b/plugins/processors/dedup/dedup_test.go
index 4f3d10934..d5cc83192 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/dedup/dedup_test.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/dedup/dedup_test.go
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ func assertMetricPassed(t *testing.T, target []telegraf.Metric, source telegraf.
 	tValue, present := target[0].GetField("value")
 	require.True(t, present)
 	sValue, present := source.GetField("value")
+	require.True(t, present)
 	require.Equal(t, tValue, sValue)
 	// target metric has proper timestamp
 	require.Equal(t, target[0].Time(), source.Time())
@@ -100,9 +101,9 @@ func TestSuppressRepeatedValue(t *testing.T) {
 	deduplicate := createDedup(time.Now())
 	// Create metric in the past
 	source := createMetric(1, time.Now().Add(-1*time.Second))
-	target := deduplicate.Apply(source)
+	_ = deduplicate.Apply(source)
 	source = createMetric(1, time.Now())
-	target = deduplicate.Apply(source)
+	target := deduplicate.Apply(source)
 
 	assertCacheHit(t, &deduplicate, source)
 	assertMetricSuppressed(t, target)
@@ -113,9 +114,10 @@ func TestPassUpdatedValue(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create metric in the past
 	source := createMetric(1, time.Now().Add(-1*time.Second))
 	target := deduplicate.Apply(source)
+	assertMetricPassed(t, target, source)
+
 	source = createMetric(2, time.Now())
 	target = deduplicate.Apply(source)
-
 	assertCacheRefresh(t, &deduplicate, source)
 	assertMetricPassed(t, target, source)
 }
@@ -125,9 +127,10 @@ func TestPassAfterCacheExpire(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create metric in the past
 	source := createMetric(1, time.Now().Add(-1*time.Hour))
 	target := deduplicate.Apply(source)
+	assertMetricPassed(t, target, source)
+
 	source = createMetric(1, time.Now())
 	target = deduplicate.Apply(source)
-
 	assertCacheRefresh(t, &deduplicate, source)
 	assertMetricPassed(t, target, source)
 }
diff --git a/plugins/processors/defaults/defaults.go b/plugins/processors/defaults/defaults.go
index eaffdf81a..5d6522fad 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/defaults/defaults.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/defaults/defaults.go
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 package defaults
 
 import (
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/processors"
-	"strings"
 )
 
 const sampleConfig = `
@@ -58,10 +59,10 @@ func (def *Defaults) Apply(inputMetrics ...telegraf.Metric) []telegraf.Metric {
 }
 
 func maybeTrimmedString(v interface{}) (string, bool) {
-	switch value := v.(type) {
-	case string:
+	if value, ok := v.(string); ok {
 		return strings.TrimSpace(value), true
 	}
+
 	return "", false
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/processors/defaults/defaults_test.go b/plugins/processors/defaults/defaults_test.go
index c0e930fc6..5d6808f4f 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/defaults/defaults_test.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/defaults/defaults_test.go
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func TestDefaults(t *testing.T) {
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ func TestDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 			defaults := scenario.defaults
 
 			resultMetrics := defaults.Apply(scenario.input)
-			assert.Len(t, resultMetrics, 1)
+			require.Len(t, resultMetrics, 1)
 			testutil.RequireMetricsEqual(t, scenario.expected, resultMetrics)
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/processors/enum/enum_test.go b/plugins/processors/enum/enum_test.go
index 53603ae01..4addf32b0 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/enum/enum_test.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/enum/enum_test.go
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func createTestMetric() telegraf.Metric {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func createTestMetric() telegraf.Metric {
 		map[string]interface{}{
 			"string_value":           "test",
 			"duplicate_string_value": "test",
-			"int_value":              int(200),
+			"int_value":              200,
 			"uint_value":             uint(500),
 			"float_value":            float64(3.14),
 			"true_value":             true,
@@ -29,26 +29,26 @@ func createTestMetric() telegraf.Metric {
 	return m
 }
 
-func calculateProcessedValues(mapper EnumMapper, metric telegraf.Metric) map[string]interface{} {
-	processed := mapper.Apply(metric)
+func calculateProcessedValues(mapper EnumMapper, m telegraf.Metric) map[string]interface{} {
+	processed := mapper.Apply(m)
 	return processed[0].Fields()
 }
 
-func calculateProcessedTags(mapper EnumMapper, metric telegraf.Metric) map[string]string {
-	processed := mapper.Apply(metric)
+func calculateProcessedTags(mapper EnumMapper, m telegraf.Metric) map[string]string {
+	processed := mapper.Apply(m)
 	return processed[0].Tags()
 }
 
 func assertFieldValue(t *testing.T, expected interface{}, field string, fields map[string]interface{}) {
 	value, present := fields[field]
-	assert.True(t, present, "value of field '"+field+"' was not present")
-	assert.EqualValues(t, expected, value)
+	require.True(t, present, "value of field '"+field+"' was not present")
+	require.EqualValues(t, expected, value)
 }
 
 func assertTagValue(t *testing.T, expected interface{}, tag string, tags map[string]string) {
 	value, present := tags[tag]
-	assert.True(t, present, "value of tag '"+tag+"' was not present")
-	assert.EqualValues(t, expected, value)
+	require.True(t, present, "value of tag '"+tag+"' was not present")
+	require.EqualValues(t, expected, value)
 }
 
 func TestRetainsMetric(t *testing.T) {
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ func TestRetainsMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	assertFieldValue(t, 500, "uint_value", fields)
 	assertFieldValue(t, float64(3.14), "float_value", fields)
 	assertFieldValue(t, true, "true_value", fields)
-	assert.Equal(t, "m1", target.Name())
-	assert.Equal(t, source.Tags(), target.Tags())
-	assert.Equal(t, source.Time(), target.Time())
+	require.Equal(t, "m1", target.Name())
+	require.Equal(t, source.Tags(), target.Tags())
+	require.Equal(t, source.Time(), target.Time())
 }
 
 func TestMapsSingleStringValueTag(t *testing.T) {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func TestMappings(t *testing.T) {
 		for index := range mapping["target_value"] {
 			mapper := EnumMapper{Mappings: []Mapping{{Field: fieldName, ValueMappings: map[string]interface{}{mapping["target_value"][index].(string): mapping["mapped_value"][index]}}}}
 			err := mapper.Init()
-			assert.Nil(t, err)
+			require.Nil(t, err)
 			fields := calculateProcessedValues(mapper, createTestMetric())
 			assertFieldValue(t, mapping["expected_value"][index], fieldName, fields)
 		}
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func TestDoNotWriteToDestinationWithoutDefaultOrDefinedMapping(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assertFieldValue(t, "test", "string_value", fields)
 	_, present := fields[field]
-	assert.False(t, present, "value of field '"+field+"' was present")
+	require.False(t, present, "value of field '"+field+"' was present")
 }
 
 func TestFieldGlobMatching(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/plugins/processors/execd/execd_test.go b/plugins/processors/execd/execd_test.go
index c226725e1..26af72013 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/execd/execd_test.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/execd/execd_test.go
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers/influx"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestExternalProcessorWorks(t *testing.T) {
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ func TestExternalProcessorWorks(t *testing.T) {
 
 	now := time.Now()
 	orig := now
-	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{}
 	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
 		m := metric.New("test",
 			map[string]string{
@@ -43,17 +42,16 @@ func TestExternalProcessorWorks(t *testing.T) {
 				"count":      1,
 			},
 			now)
-		metrics = append(metrics, m)
 		now = now.Add(1)
 
-		e.Add(m, acc)
+		require.NoError(t, e.Add(m, acc))
 	}
 
 	acc.Wait(1)
 	require.NoError(t, e.Stop())
 	acc.Wait(9)
 
-	metrics = acc.GetTelegrafMetrics()
+	metrics := acc.GetTelegrafMetrics()
 	m := metrics[0]
 
 	expected := testutil.MustMetric("test",
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@ func TestParseLinesWithNewLines(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		now)
 
-	e.Add(m, acc)
+	require.NoError(t, e.Add(m, acc))
 
 	acc.Wait(1)
 	require.NoError(t, e.Stop())
@@ -144,40 +142,51 @@ func runCountMultiplierProgram() {
 	serializer, _ := serializers.NewInfluxSerializer()
 
 	for {
-		metric, err := parser.Next()
+		m, err := parser.Next()
 		if err != nil {
 			if err == influx.EOF {
 				return // stream ended
 			}
 			if parseErr, isParseError := err.(*influx.ParseError); isParseError {
+				//nolint:errcheck,revive // Test will fail anyway
 				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "parse ERR %v\n", parseErr)
+				//nolint:revive // os.Exit called intentionally
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
+			//nolint:errcheck,revive // Test will fail anyway
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "ERR %v\n", err)
+			//nolint:revive // os.Exit called intentionally
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 
-		c, found := metric.GetField("count")
+		c, found := m.GetField("count")
 		if !found {
+			//nolint:errcheck,revive // Test will fail anyway
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "metric has no count field\n")
+			//nolint:revive // os.Exit called intentionally
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 		switch t := c.(type) {
 		case float64:
 			t *= 2
-			metric.AddField("count", t)
+			m.AddField("count", t)
 		case int64:
 			t *= 2
-			metric.AddField("count", t)
+			m.AddField("count", t)
 		default:
+			//nolint:errcheck,revive // Test will fail anyway
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "count is not an unknown type, it's a %T\n", c)
+			//nolint:revive // os.Exit called intentionally
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		b, err := serializer.Serialize(metric)
+		b, err := serializer.Serialize(m)
 		if err != nil {
+			//nolint:errcheck,revive // Test will fail anyway
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "ERR %v\n", err)
+			//nolint:revive // os.Exit called intentionally
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
+		//nolint:errcheck,revive // Test will fail anyway
 		fmt.Fprint(os.Stdout, string(b))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/plugins/processors/ifname/ifname.go b/plugins/processors/ifname/ifname.go
index eb3fb2333..228124e7b 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/ifname/ifname.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/ifname/ifname.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ type valType = nameMap
 type mapFunc func(agent string) (nameMap, error)
 type makeTableFunc func(string) (*si.Table, error)
 
-type sigMap map[string](chan struct{})
+type sigMap map[string]chan struct{}
 
 type IfName struct {
 	SourceTag string `toml:"tag"`
@@ -96,24 +96,24 @@ type IfName struct {
 
 	Log telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
 
-	ifTable  *si.Table `toml:"-"`
-	ifXTable *si.Table `toml:"-"`
+	ifTable  *si.Table
+	ifXTable *si.Table
 
-	lock  sync.Mutex `toml:"-"`
-	cache *TTLCache  `toml:"-"`
+	lock  sync.Mutex
+	cache *TTLCache
 
-	parallel parallel.Parallel    `toml:"-"`
-	acc      telegraf.Accumulator `toml:"-"`
+	parallel parallel.Parallel
+	acc      telegraf.Accumulator
 
-	getMapRemote mapFunc       `toml:"-"`
-	makeTable    makeTableFunc `toml:"-"`
+	getMapRemote mapFunc
+	makeTable    makeTableFunc
 
-	gsBase snmp.GosnmpWrapper `toml:"-"`
+	gsBase snmp.GosnmpWrapper
 
-	sigs sigMap `toml:"-"`
+	sigs sigMap
 }
 
-const minRetry time.Duration = 5 * time.Minute
+const minRetry = 5 * time.Minute
 
 func (d *IfName) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
diff --git a/plugins/processors/ifname/ifname_test.go b/plugins/processors/ifname/ifname_test.go
index 4052818f7..161390738 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/ifname/ifname_test.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/ifname/ifname_test.go
@@ -18,15 +18,16 @@ func TestTable(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Skip("Skipping test due to connect failures")
 
 	d := IfName{}
-	d.Init()
+	err := d.Init()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 	tab, err := d.makeTable("IF-MIB::ifTable")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	config := snmp.ClientConfig{
+	clientConfig := snmp.ClientConfig{
 		Version: 2,
 		Timeout: config.Duration(5 * time.Second), // Doesn't work with 0 timeout
 	}
-	gs, err := snmp.NewWrapper(config)
+	gs, err := snmp.NewWrapper(clientConfig)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	err = gs.SetAgent("127.0.0.1")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/plugins/processors/override/override_test.go b/plugins/processors/override/override_test.go
index 5e3c118e8..74e228d2e 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/override/override_test.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/override/override_test.go
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func createTestMetric() telegraf.Metric {
@@ -18,8 +19,8 @@ func createTestMetric() telegraf.Metric {
 	return m
 }
 
-func calculateProcessedTags(processor Override, metric telegraf.Metric) map[string]string {
-	processed := processor.Apply(metric)
+func calculateProcessedTags(processor Override, m telegraf.Metric) map[string]string {
+	processed := processor.Apply(m)
 	return processed[0].Tags()
 }
 
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ func TestRetainsTags(t *testing.T) {
 	tags := calculateProcessedTags(processor, createTestMetric())
 
 	value, present := tags["metric_tag"]
-	assert.True(t, present, "Tag of metric was not present")
-	assert.Equal(t, "from_metric", value, "Value of Tag was changed")
+	require.True(t, present, "Tag of metric was not present")
+	require.Equal(t, "from_metric", value, "Value of Tag was changed")
 }
 
 func TestAddTags(t *testing.T) {
@@ -39,9 +40,9 @@ func TestAddTags(t *testing.T) {
 	tags := calculateProcessedTags(processor, createTestMetric())
 
 	value, present := tags["added_tag"]
-	assert.True(t, present, "Additional Tag of metric was not present")
-	assert.Equal(t, "from_config", value, "Value of Tag was changed")
-	assert.Equal(t, 3, len(tags), "Should have one previous and two added tags.")
+	require.True(t, present, "Additional Tag of metric was not present")
+	require.Equal(t, "from_config", value, "Value of Tag was changed")
+	require.Equal(t, 3, len(tags), "Should have one previous and two added tags.")
 }
 
 func TestOverwritesPresentTagValues(t *testing.T) {
@@ -50,9 +51,9 @@ func TestOverwritesPresentTagValues(t *testing.T) {
 	tags := calculateProcessedTags(processor, createTestMetric())
 
 	value, present := tags["metric_tag"]
-	assert.True(t, present, "Tag of metric was not present")
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(tags), "Should only have one tag.")
-	assert.Equal(t, "from_config", value, "Value of Tag was not changed")
+	require.True(t, present, "Tag of metric was not present")
+	require.Equal(t, 1, len(tags), "Should only have one tag.")
+	require.Equal(t, "from_config", value, "Value of Tag was not changed")
 }
 
 func TestOverridesName(t *testing.T) {
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ func TestOverridesName(t *testing.T) {
 
 	processed := processor.Apply(createTestMetric())
 
-	assert.Equal(t, "overridden", processed[0].Name(), "Name was not overridden")
+	require.Equal(t, "overridden", processed[0].Name(), "Name was not overridden")
 }
 
 func TestNamePrefix(t *testing.T) {
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ func TestNamePrefix(t *testing.T) {
 
 	processed := processor.Apply(createTestMetric())
 
-	assert.Equal(t, "Pre-m1", processed[0].Name(), "Prefix was not applied")
+	require.Equal(t, "Pre-m1", processed[0].Name(), "Prefix was not applied")
 }
 
 func TestNameSuffix(t *testing.T) {
@@ -76,5 +77,5 @@ func TestNameSuffix(t *testing.T) {
 
 	processed := processor.Apply(createTestMetric())
 
-	assert.Equal(t, "m1-suff", processed[0].Name(), "Suffix was not applied")
+	require.Equal(t, "m1-suff", processed[0].Name(), "Suffix was not applied")
 }
diff --git a/plugins/processors/rename/rename_test.go b/plugins/processors/rename/rename_test.go
index 36e8aaeed..b917e486b 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/rename/rename_test.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/rename/rename_test.go
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func newMetric(name string, tags map[string]string, fields map[string]interface{}) telegraf.Metric {
@@ -31,9 +32,9 @@ func TestMeasurementRename(t *testing.T) {
 	m2 := newMetric("bar", nil, nil)
 	m3 := newMetric("baz", nil, nil)
 	results := r.Apply(m1, m2, m3)
-	assert.Equal(t, "bar", results[0].Name(), "Should change name from 'foo' to 'bar'")
-	assert.Equal(t, "bar", results[1].Name(), "Should not name from 'bar'")
-	assert.Equal(t, "quux", results[2].Name(), "Should change name from 'baz' to 'quux'")
+	require.Equal(t, "bar", results[0].Name(), "Should change name from 'foo' to 'bar'")
+	require.Equal(t, "bar", results[1].Name(), "Should not name from 'bar'")
+	require.Equal(t, "quux", results[2].Name(), "Should change name from 'baz' to 'quux'")
 }
 
 func TestTagRename(t *testing.T) {
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ func TestTagRename(t *testing.T) {
 	m := newMetric("foo", map[string]string{"hostname": "localhost", "region": "east-1"}, nil)
 	results := r.Apply(m)
 
-	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"host": "localhost", "region": "east-1"}, results[0].Tags(), "should change tag 'hostname' to 'host'")
+	require.Equal(t, map[string]string{"host": "localhost", "region": "east-1"}, results[0].Tags(), "should change tag 'hostname' to 'host'")
 }
 
 func TestFieldRename(t *testing.T) {
@@ -57,5 +58,5 @@ func TestFieldRename(t *testing.T) {
 	m := newMetric("foo", nil, map[string]interface{}{"time_msec": int64(1250), "snakes": true})
 	results := r.Apply(m)
 
-	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"time": int64(1250), "snakes": true}, results[0].Fields(), "should change field 'time_msec' to 'time'")
+	require.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{"time": int64(1250), "snakes": true}, results[0].Fields(), "should change field 'time_msec' to 'time'")
 }
diff --git a/plugins/processors/reverse_dns/rdnscache.go b/plugins/processors/reverse_dns/rdnscache.go
index cc9574552..c027fc132 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/reverse_dns/rdnscache.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/reverse_dns/rdnscache.go
@@ -104,10 +104,7 @@ func (d *ReverseDNSCache) Lookup(ip string) ([]string, error) {
 	if len(ip) == 0 {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
-	return d.lookup(ip)
-}
 
-func (d *ReverseDNSCache) lookup(ip string) ([]string, error) {
 	// check if the value is cached
 	d.rwLock.RLock()
 	result, found := d.lockedGetFromCache(ip)
@@ -298,12 +295,6 @@ func (d *ReverseDNSCache) cleanup() {
 	}
 }
 
-// blockAllWorkers is a test function that eats up all the worker pool space to
-// make sure workers are done running and there's no room to acquire a new worker.
-func (d *ReverseDNSCache) blockAllWorkers() {
-	d.sem.Acquire(context.Background(), int64(d.maxWorkers))
-}
-
 func (d *ReverseDNSCache) Stats() RDNSCacheStats {
 	stats := RDNSCacheStats{}
 	stats.CacheHit = atomic.LoadUint64(&d.stats.CacheHit)
diff --git a/plugins/processors/reverse_dns/rdnscache_test.go b/plugins/processors/reverse_dns/rdnscache_test.go
index 97cc8abdb..b717e64ef 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/reverse_dns/rdnscache_test.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/reverse_dns/rdnscache_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ func TestSimpleReverseDNSLookup(t *testing.T) {
 	answer, err := d.Lookup("127.0.0.1")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, []string{"localhost"}, answer)
-	d.blockAllWorkers()
+	err = blockAllWorkers(d)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// do another request with no workers available.
 	// it should read from cache instantly.
@@ -134,3 +135,9 @@ type localResolver struct{}
 func (r *localResolver) LookupAddr(_ context.Context, _ string) (names []string, err error) {
 	return []string{"localhost"}, nil
 }
+
+// blockAllWorkers is a test function that eats up all the worker pool space to
+// make sure workers are done running and there's no room to acquire a new worker.
+func blockAllWorkers(d *ReverseDNSCache) error {
+	return d.sem.Acquire(context.Background(), int64(d.maxWorkers))
+}
diff --git a/plugins/processors/reverse_dns/reversedns_test.go b/plugins/processors/reverse_dns/reversedns_test.go
index 5fcce5fb4..6db0b2ce5 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/reverse_dns/reversedns_test.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/reverse_dns/reversedns_test.go
@@ -33,9 +33,12 @@ func TestSimpleReverseLookup(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	acc := &testutil.Accumulator{}
-	dns.Start(acc)
-	dns.Add(m, acc)
-	dns.Stop()
+	err := dns.Start(acc)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = dns.Add(m, acc)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = dns.Stop()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 	// should be processed now.
 
 	require.Len(t, acc.GetTelegrafMetrics(), 1)
diff --git a/plugins/processors/starlark/starlark_test.go b/plugins/processors/starlark/starlark_test.go
index 3a1f955a8..df3e53f6c 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/starlark/starlark_test.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/starlark/starlark_test.go
@@ -9,15 +9,16 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	starlarktime "go.starlark.net/lib/time"
+	"go.starlark.net/starlark"
+	"go.starlark.net/starlarkstruct"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	common "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/starlark"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	starlarktime "go.starlark.net/lib/time"
-	"go.starlark.net/starlark"
-	"go.starlark.net/starlarkstruct"
 )
 
 // Tests for runtime errors in the processors Init function.
@@ -2674,11 +2675,11 @@ func buildPlugin(configContent string) (*Starlark, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if len(c.Processors) != 1 {
-		return nil, errors.New("Only one processor was expected")
+		return nil, errors.New("only one processor was expected")
 	}
 	plugin, ok := (c.Processors[0].Processor).(*Starlark)
 	if !ok {
-		return nil, errors.New("Only a Starlark processor was expected")
+		return nil, errors.New("only a Starlark processor was expected")
 	}
 	plugin.Log = testutil.Logger{}
 	return plugin, nil
@@ -3199,7 +3200,8 @@ def apply(metric):
 			b.ResetTimer()
 			for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
 				for _, m := range tt.input {
-					plugin.Add(m, &acc)
+					err = plugin.Add(m, &acc)
+					require.NoError(b, err)
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -3213,7 +3215,7 @@ func TestAllScriptTestData(t *testing.T) {
 	// can be run from multiple folders
 	paths := []string{"testdata", "plugins/processors/starlark/testdata"}
 	for _, testdataPath := range paths {
-		filepath.Walk(testdataPath, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		err := filepath.Walk(testdataPath, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 			if info == nil || info.IsDir() {
 				return nil
 			}
@@ -3252,6 +3254,7 @@ func TestAllScriptTestData(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 			return nil
 		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3316,7 +3319,7 @@ func testLoadFunc(module string, logger telegraf.Logger) (starlark.StringDict, e
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-func testNow(thread *starlark.Thread, _ *starlark.Builtin, args starlark.Tuple, kwargs []starlark.Tuple) (starlark.Value, error) {
+func testNow(_ *starlark.Thread, _ *starlark.Builtin, _ starlark.Tuple, _ []starlark.Tuple) (starlark.Value, error) {
 	return starlarktime.Time(time.Date(2021, 4, 15, 12, 0, 0, 999, time.UTC)), nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/processors/strings/strings_test.go b/plugins/processors/strings/strings_test.go
index c42011884..26c3e85a9 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/strings/strings_test.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/strings/strings_test.go
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func newM1() telegraf.Metric {
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ func TestFieldKeyConversions(t *testing.T) {
 			check: func(t *testing.T, actual telegraf.Metric) {
 				fv, ok := actual.GetField("Request")
 				require.False(t, ok)
+				require.Nil(t, fv)
 
 				fv, ok = actual.GetField("REQUEST")
 				require.True(t, ok)
@@ -686,7 +687,7 @@ func TestTagKeyConversions(t *testing.T) {
 				require.True(t, ok)
 				require.Equal(t, "GET", tv)
 
-				tv, ok = actual.GetTag("S-ComputerName")
+				_, ok = actual.GetTag("S-ComputerName")
 				require.False(t, ok)
 
 				tv, ok = actual.GetTag("s-computername")
@@ -708,7 +709,7 @@ func TestTagKeyConversions(t *testing.T) {
 				require.True(t, ok)
 				require.Equal(t, "GET", tv)
 
-				tv, ok = actual.GetTag("S-ComputerName")
+				_, ok = actual.GetTag("S-ComputerName")
 				require.False(t, ok)
 
 				tv, ok = actual.GetTag("S-COMPUTERNAME")
@@ -831,8 +832,8 @@ func TestMultipleConversions(t *testing.T) {
 		"bar":            "y",
 	}
 
-	assert.Equal(t, expectedFields, processed[0].Fields())
-	assert.Equal(t, expectedTags, processed[0].Tags())
+	require.Equal(t, expectedFields, processed[0].Fields())
+	require.Equal(t, expectedTags, processed[0].Tags())
 }
 
 func TestReadmeExample(t *testing.T) {
@@ -888,8 +889,8 @@ func TestReadmeExample(t *testing.T) {
 		"resp_bytes":         int64(270),
 	}
 
-	assert.Equal(t, expectedFields, processed[0].Fields())
-	assert.Equal(t, expectedTags, processed[0].Tags())
+	require.Equal(t, expectedFields, processed[0].Fields())
+	require.Equal(t, expectedTags, processed[0].Tags())
 }
 
 func newMetric(name string) telegraf.Metric {
@@ -915,9 +916,9 @@ func TestMeasurementReplace(t *testing.T) {
 		newMetric("average_cpu_usage"),
 	}
 	results := plugin.Apply(metrics...)
-	assert.Equal(t, "foo:some-value:bar", results[0].Name(), "`_` was not changed to `-`")
-	assert.Equal(t, "average:cpu:usage", results[1].Name(), "Input name should have been unchanged")
-	assert.Equal(t, "average-cpu-usage", results[2].Name(), "All instances of `_` should have been changed to `-`")
+	require.Equal(t, "foo:some-value:bar", results[0].Name(), "`_` was not changed to `-`")
+	require.Equal(t, "average:cpu:usage", results[1].Name(), "Input name should have been unchanged")
+	require.Equal(t, "average-cpu-usage", results[2].Name(), "All instances of `_` should have been changed to `-`")
 }
 
 func TestMeasurementCharDeletion(t *testing.T) {
@@ -936,9 +937,9 @@ func TestMeasurementCharDeletion(t *testing.T) {
 		newMetric("barbarbar"),
 	}
 	results := plugin.Apply(metrics...)
-	assert.Equal(t, ":bar:baz", results[0].Name(), "Should have deleted the initial `foo`")
-	assert.Equal(t, "foofoofoo", results[1].Name(), "Should have refused to delete the whole string")
-	assert.Equal(t, "barbarbar", results[2].Name(), "Should not have changed the input")
+	require.Equal(t, ":bar:baz", results[0].Name(), "Should have deleted the initial `foo`")
+	require.Equal(t, "foofoofoo", results[1].Name(), "Should have refused to delete the whole string")
+	require.Equal(t, "barbarbar", results[2].Name(), "Should not have changed the input")
 }
 
 func TestBase64Decode(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/plugins/processors/tag_limit/tag_limit.go b/plugins/processors/tag_limit/tag_limit.go
index 1b48739a1..ef2e86c81 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/tag_limit/tag_limit.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/tag_limit/tag_limit.go
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ package taglimit
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/processors"
-	"log"
 )
 
 const sampleConfig = `
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ const sampleConfig = `
 `
 
 type TagLimit struct {
-	Limit    int      `toml:"limit"`
-	Keep     []string `toml:"keep"`
+	Limit    int             `toml:"limit"`
+	Keep     []string        `toml:"keep"`
+	Log      telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
 	init     bool
 	keepTags map[string]string
 }
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ func (d *TagLimit) initOnce() error {
 func (d *TagLimit) Apply(in ...telegraf.Metric) []telegraf.Metric {
 	err := d.initOnce()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("E! [processors.tag_limit] could not create tag_limit processor: %v", err)
+		d.Log.Errorf("Could not create tag_limit processor: %v", err)
 		return in
 	}
 	for _, point := range in {
diff --git a/plugins/processors/tag_limit/tag_limit_test.go b/plugins/processors/tag_limit/tag_limit_test.go
index d9c361ed0..3b2894d8a 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/tag_limit/tag_limit_test.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/tag_limit/tag_limit_test.go
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func MustMetric(name string, tags map[string]string, fields map[string]interface{}, metricTime time.Time) telegraf.Metric {
@@ -46,8 +47,8 @@ func TestUnderLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	m1 := MustMetric("foo", oneTags, nil, currentTime)
 	m2 := MustMetric("bar", tenTags, nil, currentTime)
 	limitApply := tagLimitConfig.Apply(m1, m2)
-	assert.Equal(t, oneTags, limitApply[0].Tags(), "one tag")
-	assert.Equal(t, tenTags, limitApply[1].Tags(), "ten tags")
+	require.Equal(t, oneTags, limitApply[0].Tags(), "one tag")
+	require.Equal(t, tenTags, limitApply[1].Tags(), "ten tags")
 }
 
 func TestTrim(t *testing.T) {
@@ -78,9 +79,9 @@ func TestTrim(t *testing.T) {
 	m1 := MustMetric("foo", threeTags, nil, currentTime)
 	m2 := MustMetric("bar", tenTags, nil, currentTime)
 	limitApply := tagLimitConfig.Apply(m1, m2)
-	assert.Equal(t, threeTags, limitApply[0].Tags(), "three tags")
+	require.Equal(t, threeTags, limitApply[0].Tags(), "three tags")
 	trimmedTags := limitApply[1].Tags()
-	assert.Equal(t, 3, len(trimmedTags), "ten tags")
-	assert.Equal(t, "foo", trimmedTags["a"], "preserved: a")
-	assert.Equal(t, "bar", trimmedTags["b"], "preserved: b")
+	require.Equal(t, 3, len(trimmedTags), "ten tags")
+	require.Equal(t, "foo", trimmedTags["a"], "preserved: a")
+	require.Equal(t, "bar", trimmedTags["b"], "preserved: b")
 }
diff --git a/plugins/processors/template/template_test.go b/plugins/processors/template/template_test.go
index f43d69795..c3f25742d 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/template/template_test.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/template/template_test.go
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestName(t *testing.T) {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func TestMetricMissingTagsIsNotLost(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// assert
 	// make sure no metrics are lost when a template process fails
-	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(actual), "Number of metrics input should equal number of metrics output")
+	require.Equal(t, 2, len(actual), "Number of metrics input should equal number of metrics output")
 }
 
 func TestTagAndFieldConcatenate(t *testing.T) {