diff --git a/plugins/outputs/amqp/amqp.go b/plugins/outputs/amqp/amqp.go
index 0e486695f..06dcc6fb9 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/amqp/amqp.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/amqp/amqp.go
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ func (q *AMQP) makeClientConfig() (*ClientConfig, error) {
 }
 
 func connect(clientConfig *ClientConfig) (Client, error) {
-	return Connect(clientConfig)
+	return newClient(clientConfig)
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/amqp/client.go b/plugins/outputs/amqp/client.go
index 4e6067fb2..6bcbff6c6 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/amqp/client.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/amqp/client.go
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ type client struct {
 	config  *ClientConfig
 }
 
-// Connect opens a connection to one of the brokers at random
-func Connect(config *ClientConfig) (*client, error) {
+// newClient opens a connection to one of the brokers at random
+func newClient(config *ClientConfig) (*client, error) {
 	client := &client{
 		config: config,
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go b/plugins/outputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
index 24ac44d4a..8b06526bd 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ func (*CloudWatch) SampleConfig() string {
 }
 
 func (c *CloudWatch) Connect() error {
-
 	cfg, err := c.CredentialConfig.Credentials()
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka.go b/plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka.go
index 036bd271f..6ca5755b4 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ package kafka
 import (
 	_ "embed"
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -68,22 +67,21 @@ type TopicSuffix struct {
 
 // DebugLogger logs messages from sarama at the debug level.
 type DebugLogger struct {
+	Log telegraf.Logger
 }
 
-func (*DebugLogger) Print(v ...interface{}) {
+func (l *DebugLogger) Print(v ...interface{}) {
 	args := make([]interface{}, 0, len(v)+1)
-	args = append(append(args, "D! [sarama] "), v...)
-	log.Print(args...)
+	args = append(append(args, "[sarama] "), v...)
+	l.Log.Debug(args...)
 }
 
-func (*DebugLogger) Printf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
-	log.Printf("D! [sarama] "+format, v...)
+func (l *DebugLogger) Printf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	l.Log.Debugf("[sarama] "+format, v...)
 }
 
-func (*DebugLogger) Println(v ...interface{}) {
-	args := make([]interface{}, 0, len(v)+1)
-	args = append(append(args, "D! [sarama] "), v...)
-	log.Println(args...)
+func (l *DebugLogger) Println(v ...interface{}) {
+	l.Print(v)
 }
 
 func ValidateTopicSuffixMethod(method string) error {
@@ -140,6 +138,8 @@ func (k *Kafka) SetSerializer(serializer serializers.Serializer) {
 }
 
 func (k *Kafka) Init() error {
+	sarama.Logger = &DebugLogger{Log: k.Log}
+
 	err := ValidateTopicSuffixMethod(k.TopicSuffix.Method)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -259,7 +259,6 @@ func (k *Kafka) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	sarama.Logger = &DebugLogger{}
 	outputs.Add("kafka", func() telegraf.Output {
 		return &Kafka{
 			WriteConfig: kafka.WriteConfig{
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka_test.go b/plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka_test.go
index f6f10a558..ca30f34c9 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka_test.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ func TestConnectAndWriteIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 	k := &Kafka{
 		Brokers:      brokers,
 		Topic:        "Test",
+		Log:          testutil.Logger{},
 		serializer:   s,
 		producerFunc: sarama.NewSyncProducer,
 	}
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ func TestTopicSuffixes(t *testing.T) {
 		k := &Kafka{
 			Topic:       topic,
 			TopicSuffix: topicSuffix,
+			Log:         testutil.Logger{},
 		}
 
 		_, topic := k.GetTopicName(m)
@@ -200,6 +202,7 @@ func TestRoutingKey(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tt.kafka.Log = testutil.Logger{}
 			key, err := tt.kafka.routingKey(tt.metric)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			tt.check(t, key)
@@ -328,6 +331,8 @@ func TestTopicTag(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tt.plugin.Log = testutil.Logger{}
+
 			s, err := serializers.NewInfluxSerializer()
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			tt.plugin.SetSerializer(s)
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/logzio/logzio.go b/plugins/outputs/logzio/logzio.go
index 285cd5541..a8bc23908 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/logzio/logzio.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/logzio/logzio.go
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ var sampleConfig string
 
 const (
 	defaultLogzioURL = "https://listener.logz.io:8071"
-
-	logzioDescription = "Send aggregate metrics to Logz.io"
-	logzioType        = "telegraf"
+	logzioType       = "telegraf"
 )
 
 type Logzio struct {
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/opentelemetry/opentelemetry.go b/plugins/outputs/opentelemetry/opentelemetry.go
index 7a811b148..f509f85ce 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/opentelemetry/opentelemetry.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/opentelemetry/opentelemetry.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
+
+	// Blank import to allow gzip encoding
 	_ "google.golang.org/grpc/encoding/gzip"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/opentsdb/opentsdb.go b/plugins/outputs/opentsdb/opentsdb.go
index 35dc925e5..56a26dd66 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/opentsdb/opentsdb.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/opentsdb/opentsdb.go
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ func (o *OpenTSDB) WriteHTTP(metrics []telegraf.Metric, u *url.URL) error {
 		BatchSize: o.HTTPBatchSize,
 		Path:      o.HTTPPath,
 		Debug:     o.Debug,
+		log:       o.Log,
 	}
 
 	for _, m := range metrics {
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ func buildValue(v interface{}) (string, error) {
 	case uint64:
 		retv = UIntToString(p)
 	case float64:
-		retv = FloatToString(float64(p))
+		retv = FloatToString(p)
 	default:
 		return retv, fmt.Errorf("unexpected type %T with value %v for OpenTSDB", v, v)
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/opentsdb/opentsdb_http.go b/plugins/outputs/opentsdb/opentsdb_http.go
index 582a9bb85..adc4e8fb7 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/opentsdb/opentsdb_http.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/opentsdb/opentsdb_http.go
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httputil"
 	"net/url"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 )
 
 type HTTPMetric struct {
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ type openTSDBHttp struct {
 	Path      string
 	Debug     bool
 
+	log telegraf.Logger
+
 	metricCounter int
 	body          requestBody
 }
@@ -62,18 +65,20 @@ func (r *requestBody) reset(debug bool) {
 
 	r.enc = json.NewEncoder(r.w)
 
-	io.WriteString(r.w, "[")
+	_, _ = io.WriteString(r.w, "[")
 
 	r.empty = true
 }
 
 func (r *requestBody) addMetric(metric *HTTPMetric) error {
 	if !r.empty {
-		io.WriteString(r.w, ",")
+		if _, err := io.WriteString(r.w, ","); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	if err := r.enc.Encode(metric); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Metric serialization error %s", err.Error())
+		return fmt.Errorf("metric serialization error %w", err)
 	}
 
 	r.empty = false
@@ -82,10 +87,12 @@ func (r *requestBody) addMetric(metric *HTTPMetric) error {
 }
 
 func (r *requestBody) close() error {
-	io.WriteString(r.w, "]")
+	if _, err := io.WriteString(r.w, "]"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	if err := r.g.Close(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error when closing gzip writer: %s", err.Error())
+		return fmt.Errorf("error when closing gzip writer: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -117,7 +124,9 @@ func (o *openTSDBHttp) flush() error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	o.body.close()
+	if err := o.body.close(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	u := url.URL{
 		Scheme: o.Scheme,
@@ -132,7 +141,7 @@ func (o *openTSDBHttp) flush() error {
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", u.String(), &o.body.b)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error when building request: %s", err.Error())
+		return fmt.Errorf("error when building request: %w", err)
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
@@ -140,7 +149,7 @@ func (o *openTSDBHttp) flush() error {
 	if o.Debug {
 		dump, err := httputil.DumpRequestOut(req, false)
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Error when dumping request: %s", err.Error())
+			return fmt.Errorf("error when dumping request: %w", err)
 		}
 
 		fmt.Printf("Sending metrics:\n%s", dump)
@@ -149,14 +158,14 @@ func (o *openTSDBHttp) flush() error {
 
 	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error when sending metrics: %s", err.Error())
+		return fmt.Errorf("error when sending metrics: %w", err)
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	if o.Debug {
 		dump, err := httputil.DumpResponse(resp, true)
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Error when dumping response: %s", err.Error())
+			return fmt.Errorf("error when dumping response: %w", err)
 		}
 
 		fmt.Printf("Received response\n%s\n\n", dump)
@@ -165,14 +174,11 @@ func (o *openTSDBHttp) flush() error {
 		_, _ = io.Copy(io.Discard, resp.Body)
 	}
 
-	if resp.StatusCode/100 != 2 {
-		if resp.StatusCode/100 == 4 {
-			log.Printf("E! Received %d status code. Dropping metrics to avoid overflowing buffer.",
-				resp.StatusCode)
-		} else {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Error when sending metrics. Received status %d",
-				resp.StatusCode)
+	if resp.StatusCode < 200 || resp.StatusCode > 299 {
+		if resp.StatusCode < 400 || resp.StatusCode > 499 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error sending metrics (status %d)", resp.StatusCode)
 		}
+		o.log.Errorf("Received %d status code. Dropping metrics to avoid overflowing buffer.", resp.StatusCode)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/opentsdb/opentsdb_test.go b/plugins/outputs/opentsdb/opentsdb_test.go
index 16a3c347a..f75711ed3 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/opentsdb/opentsdb_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/opentsdb/opentsdb_test.go
@@ -126,16 +126,16 @@ func TestSanitize(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkHttpSend(b *testing.B) {
-	const BatchSize = 50
-	const MetricsCount = 4 * BatchSize
-	metrics := make([]telegraf.Metric, MetricsCount)
-	for i := 0; i < MetricsCount; i++ {
+	const batchSize = 50
+	const metricsCount = 4 * batchSize
+	metrics := make([]telegraf.Metric, metricsCount)
+	for i := 0; i < metricsCount; i++ {
 		metrics[i] = testutil.TestMetric(1.0)
 	}
 
 	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		fmt.Fprintln(w, "{}")
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(w, "{}")
 	}))
 	defer ts.Close()
 
@@ -155,13 +155,13 @@ func BenchmarkHttpSend(b *testing.B) {
 		Host:          ts.URL,
 		Port:          port,
 		Prefix:        "",
-		HTTPBatchSize: BatchSize,
+		HTTPBatchSize: batchSize,
 		HTTPPath:      "/api/put",
 	}
 
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		o.Write(metrics)
+		_ = o.Write(metrics)
 	}
 }
 func TestWriteIntegration(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/v1/collector.go b/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/v1/collector.go
index a77f94d9f..95ce62504 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/v1/collector.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/v1/collector.go
@@ -212,14 +212,16 @@ func (c *Collector) Add(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 		// fields to labels if enabled.
 		if c.StringAsLabel {
 			for fn, fv := range point.Fields() {
-				switch fv := fv.(type) {
-				case string:
-					name, ok := serializer.SanitizeLabelName(fn)
-					if !ok {
-						continue
-					}
-					labels[name] = fv
+				sfv, ok := fv.(string)
+				if !ok {
+					continue
 				}
+
+				name, ok := serializer.SanitizeLabelName(fn)
+				if !ok {
+					continue
+				}
+				labels[name] = sfv
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/stackdriver_test.go b/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/stackdriver_test.go
index b963a3482..f01776929 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/stackdriver_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/stackdriver_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	metricpb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api/metric"
 	monitoringpb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/monitoring/v3"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/emptypb"
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	//nolint:errcheck,revive
 	go serv.Serve(lis)
 
-	conn, err := grpc.Dial(lis.Addr().String(), grpc.WithInsecure())
+	opt := grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials())
+	conn, err := grpc.Dial(lis.Addr().String(), opt)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/timestream/timestream.go b/plugins/outputs/timestream/timestream.go
index 805f9bb1b..e8f6f6096 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/timestream/timestream.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/timestream/timestream.go
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ const MaxWriteRoutinesDefault = 1
 
 // WriteFactory function provides a way to mock the client instantiation for testing purposes.
 var WriteFactory = func(credentialConfig *internalaws.CredentialConfig) (WriteClient, error) {
-
 	awsCreds, awsErr := credentialConfig.Credentials()
 	if awsErr != nil {
 		panic("Unable to load credentials config " + awsErr.Error())
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/timestream/timestream_test.go b/plugins/outputs/timestream/timestream_test.go
index 36d820e03..e070eb3d7 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/timestream/timestream_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/timestream/timestream_test.go
@@ -361,7 +361,6 @@ func TestTransformMetricsRequestsAboveLimitAreSplit(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestTransformMetricsDifferentDimensionsSameTimestampsAreWrittenSeparate(t *testing.T) {
-
 	input1 := testutil.MustMetric(
 		metricName1,
 		map[string]string{"tag1": "value1"},