diff --git a/.golangci.toml b/.golangci.toml
index 24ada860..93a11605 100644
--- a/.golangci.toml
+++ b/.golangci.toml
@@ -17,12 +17,16 @@
     min-len = 3.0
     min-occurrences = 3.0
 
+  [linters-settings.funlen]
+    lines = -1
+    statements = 50
+
   [linters-settings.misspell]
     locale = "US"
     ignore-words = ["internetbs"]
 
   [linters-settings.depguard]
-    list-type = "blacklist"
+    list-type = "denylist"
     include-go-root = false
     packages = ["github.com/pkg/errors"]
 
diff --git a/cmd/cmd_renew.go b/cmd/cmd_renew.go
index b6de686c..94f50d32 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd_renew.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd_renew.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"crypto"
 	"crypto/x509"
+	"math/rand"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/certcrypto"
@@ -68,6 +69,10 @@ func createRenew() *cli.Command {
 				Name:  "always-deactivate-authorizations",
 				Usage: "Force the authorizations to be relinquished even if the certificate request was successful.",
 			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:  "no-random-sleep",
+				Usage: "Do not add a random sleep before the renewal. We do not recommend using this flag if you are doing your renewals in an automated way.",
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -132,6 +137,17 @@ func renewForDomains(ctx *cli.Context, client *lego.Client, certsStorage *Certif
 		}
 	}
 
+	if !ctx.Bool("no-random-sleep") {
+		// https://github.com/go-acme/lego/issues/1656
+		// https://github.com/certbot/certbot/blob/284023a1b7672be2bd4018dd7623b3b92197d4b0/certbot/certbot/_internal/renewal.py#L472
+		const jitter = 8 * time.Minute
+		rnd := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
+		sleepTime := time.Duration(rnd.Int63n(int64(jitter)))
+
+		log.Infof("renewal: random delay of %s", sleepTime)
+		time.Sleep(sleepTime)
+	}
+
 	request := certificate.ObtainRequest{
 		Domains:                        merge(certDomains, domains),
 		Bundle:                         bundle,