diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 0d61df700..f4092493a 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ linters:
     - stylecheck
     - unused
     - misspell
+    - gocritic
     #- prealloc
     #- maligned
   disable-all: true
@@ -98,3 +99,11 @@ linters-settings:
     # Only enable the checks performed by the staticcheck stand-alone tool,
     # as documented here: https://staticcheck.io/docs/configuration/options/#checks
     checks: ["all", "-ST1000", "-ST1003", "-ST1016", "-ST1020", "-ST1021", "-ST1022", "-ST1023"]
+  gocritic:
+    disabled-checks:
+      - appendAssign
+      - captLocal
+      - commentFormatting
+      - exitAfterDefer
+      - ifElseChain
+      - singleCaseSwitch