diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 607f0f2c40f..1048b30a7f9 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ linters:
     - gochecksumtype
     - gocritic
     - gosmopolitan
+    - modernize
     - nilnesserr
     - prealloc
     - reassign
@@ -88,6 +89,25 @@ linters:
           rules: rules.go
         underef:
           skipRecvDeref: true
+    modernize:
+      disable: # each disabled analyzer has an existing backlog; enable it once its findings are cleared
+        - any
+        - atomictypes
+        - forvar
+        - mapsloop
+        - minmax
+        - omitzero
+        - rangeint
+        - reflecttypefor
+        - slicesbackward
+        - slicescontains
+        - slicessort
+        - stditerators
+        - stringsbuilder
+        - stringscut
+        - stringscutprefix
+        - testingcontext
+        - waitgroupgo
     govet:
       enable:
         - nilness
diff --git a/execution/engineapi/engineapitester/engine_x_leak_test.go b/execution/engineapi/engineapitester/engine_x_leak_test.go
index fb3b21f8d54..a588e24db27 100644
--- a/execution/engineapi/engineapitester/engine_x_leak_test.go
+++ b/execution/engineapi/engineapitester/engine_x_leak_test.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func printSample(t *testing.T, iter int) {
 }
 
 func procStatusKb(s, key string) int {
-	for _, line := range strings.Split(s, "\n") {
+	for line := range strings.SplitSeq(s, "\n") {
 		if !strings.HasPrefix(line, key) {
 			continue
 		}