diff --git a/reference/normalize_test.go b/reference/normalize_test.go
index f1b6f27ae..a973927bb 100644
--- a/reference/normalize_test.go
+++ b/reference/normalize_test.go
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ func TestNormalizedSplitHostname(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("error parsing name: %s", err)
 			}
-			domain, name := SplitHostname(named)
+			domain, name := SplitHostname(named) //nolint:staticcheck // Ignore SA1019: SplitHostname is deprecated.
 			if domain != tc.domain {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected domain: got %q, expected %q", domain, tc.domain)
 			}