diff --git a/go/cmd/root.go b/go/cmd/root.go
index 796a3ff..d0473d8 100644
--- a/go/cmd/root.go
+++ b/go/cmd/root.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 // This is called by main.main(). It only needs to happen once to the rootCmd.
 func Execute() {
 	// rootCmd represents the base command when called without any subcommands
-	var root = &cobra.Command{
+	root := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "vt",
 		Short: "Utils tools for testing, running and benchmarking Vitess.",
 	}
diff --git a/go/tester/tester.go b/go/tester/tester.go
index 89d664b..b71fdb3 100644
--- a/go/tester/tester.go
+++ b/go/tester/tester.go
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ package tester
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/mysql"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/test/endtoend/cluster"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/test/endtoend/utils"