diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6e1192ce..4d9d52b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
-name: Default Meshery Linkerd Workflow
+name: Meshery Linkerd Workflow
 
 on:
+  # No one should be pushing to master directly.
   push:
     branches:
-      - '*'
-    tags:
-      - 'v*'
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'docs/**'
-      - '.github/**'
-      - 'img/**'
-      - 'templates/**'
+      - master
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
@@ -27,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       go_changes: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.go_changes }}
       yaml_changes: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.yaml_changes }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@master
       - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v2
         id: filter
         with:
@@ -37,35 +31,22 @@ jobs:
             yaml_changes:
               - '**.yml'
               - '**.yaml'
-
   golangci-lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: detect_changes
     if: needs.detect_changes.outputs.go_changes == 'true'
     steps:
-
     - name: Setup go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v4
       with:
-        go-version: '^1.19'
-
-    - name: Cache Go modules
-      uses: actions/cache@v3
-      with:
-        path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-codegen-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-        restore-keys: |
-          ${{ runner.os }}-build-codegen-
-
+        go-version: 1.19
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-
+      uses: actions/checkout@master
     - name: Run Linters
       uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
       with:
-        args: --timeout 3m --verbose
+        version: latest
+        args: --timeout=5m
   codecov:
       name: Code Coverage
       if: github.repository == 'meshery/meshery-linkerd'
@@ -85,71 +66,3 @@ jobs:
           with:
             files: ./coverage.txt
             flags: unittests
-  error_code_check:
-    name: Error code utility check
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs: detect_changes
-    if: needs.detect_changes.outputs.yaml_changes == 'true'
-    steps:
-
-      - name: Setup go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
-        with:
-          go-version: '^1.19'
-
-      - name: Cache Go modules
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-codegen-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-build-codegen-
-
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 1
-      - run: |
-            errWillHave="level=error"
-            GOPROXY=https://proxy.golang.org,direct GOSUMDB=off GO111MODULE=on go install github.com/layer5io/meshkit/cmd/errorutil;
-            err=$(/home/runner/go/bin/errorutil -d . update --skip-dirs meshery -i ./helpers -o ./helpers);
-            echo "ERR: $err";            
-            
-            if [[ $err == *"$errWillHave"* ]];
-            then
-              echo "$err";
-              return 1;
-            fi
-  tests:
-    name: Tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    env:
-      ACTIONS_ALLOW_UNSECURE_COMMANDS: true
-    steps:
-    - name: Setup go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v3
-      with:
-        go-version: '^1.19'
-
-    - name: Cache Go modules
-      uses: actions/cache@v3
-      with:
-        path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-codegen-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-        restore-keys: |
-          ${{ runner.os }}-build-codegen-
-
-    - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 1
-    - name: Create cluster using KinD
-      uses: engineerd/setup-kind@v0.5.0
-      with:
-        version: "v0.11.0"
-    - run: |
-        export CURRENTCONTEXT="$(kubectl config current-context)"
-        echo "current-context:" ${CURRENTCONTEXT}   
-        export KUBECONFIG="${HOME}/.kube/config"
-        echo "environment-kubeconfig:" ${KUBECONFIG}
-        GOPROXY=https://proxy.golang.org,direct GOSUMDB=off GO111MODULE=on go test -v ./...
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index f55cb626..eb9d5704 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,144 +1,63 @@
 linters-settings:
-  depguard:
-    list-type: blacklist
-    packages:
-      # logging is allowed only by logutils.Log, logrus
-      # is allowed to use only in logutils package
-      - github.com/sirupsen/logrus
-    packages-with-error-message:
-      - github.com/sirupsen/logrus: "logging is allowed only by logutils.Log"
-  dupl:
-    threshold: 100
-  exhaustive:
-    default-signifies-exhaustive: false
-  funlen:
-    lines: 100
-    statements: 50
   gci:
-    local-prefixes: github.com/golangci/golangci-lint
+    enabled: true
+    max-len: 120
+    line-length: 120
   goconst:
-    min-len: 2
-    min-occurrences: 2
+    enabled: true
   gocritic:
-    enabled-tags:
-      - diagnostic
-      - experimental
-      - opinionated
-      - performance
-      - style
-    disabled-checks:
-      - dupImport # https://github.com/go-critic/go-critic/issues/845
-      - ifElseChain
-      - octalLiteral
-      - whyNoLint
-      - wrapperFunc
-  gocyclo:
-    min-complexity: 15
-  goimports:
-    local-prefixes: github.com/golangci/golangci-lint
-  golint:
-    min-confidence: 0
-  gomnd:
-    settings:
-      mnd:
-        # don't include the "operation" and "assign"
-        checks: argument,case,condition,return
-  gosec:
-    settings:
-      exclude: -G204
+    enabled: true
+    disable:
+      - parallelize
+      - nesting
+      - hugeParam
+      - hugeStruct
+      - nestParam
+      - prealloc
   govet:
-    check-shadowing: false
-    settings:
-      printf:
-        funcs:
-          - (github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils.Log).Infof
-          - (github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils.Log).Warnf
-          - (github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils.Log).Errorf
-          - (github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils.Log).Fatalf
-  lll:
-    line-length: 950
-  maligned:
-    suggest-new: true
-  misspell:
-    locale: US
-  nolintlint:
-    allow-leading-space: true # don't require machine-readable nolint directives (i.e. with no leading space)
-    allow-unused: false # report any unused nolint directives
-    require-explanation: false # don't require an explanation for nolint directives
-    require-specific: false # don't require nolint directives to be specific about which linter is being skipped
+    enabled: true
+    check-shadowing: true
+    tests: true
+  golint:
+    enabled: true
+    min-confidence: 0.8
+  unused:
+    enabled: true
+    check-exported: true
+    check-packages: true
+    check-generated: true
+    tests: true
+    allow-unused-type-export: true
+  cyclop:
+    enabled: true
+    average-strictness: 7
+  scopelint:
+    enabled: true
+    tests: true
+
 
+# Configuration for golangci-lint that is suitable for a Kubernetes operator project built with Golang
 linters:
-  # please, do not use `enable-all`: it's deprecated and will be removed soon.
-  # inverted configuration with `enable-all` and `disable` is not scalable during updates of golangci-lint
-  # https://golangci-lint.run/usage/linters/
-  disable-all: true
-  enable:
-    # TODO: consider continuously if more should be enabled.
-    # Can also be useful to run with more strict settings before commit locally, i.e. to test for TODOs (godox)
-    # - bodyclose
-    # - deadcode
-    - dogsled
-    # - dupl
-    - errcheck
-    # - exhaustive
-    # - funlen
-    # - goconst
-    # - gocritic
-    # - gocyclo
-    - gofmt
-    - goimports
-    # - golint
-    - gomodguard
-    - gosec
-    # - gomnd
-    # - goprintffuncname
-    - gosimple
+  enable-all: false
+  disable-all: false
+  linters:
+    - gci
+    - goconst
+    - gocritic
     - govet
-    - ineffassign
-    # - interfacer
-    - lll
-    - misspell
-    # - nakedret
-    # - nolintlint
-    # - rowserrcheck
-    # - scopelint
-    - staticcheck
-    # - structcheck
-    - stylecheck
-    - typecheck
-    # - unconvert
-    # - unparam
+    - golint
     - unused
-    # - varcheck
-    - whitespace
-    - asciicheck
-#    - gochecknoglobals
-#    - gocognit
-#    - godot
-#    - godox
-#    - goerr113
-#    - maligned
-#    - nestif
-#    - prealloc
-#    - testpackage
-#    - wsl
-
-issues:
-  # Excluding configuration per-path, per-linter, per-text and per-source
+    - cyclop
+    - scopelint
   exclude-rules:
-    - path: _test\.go
-      linters:
-        - gomnd
-
-    # https://github.com/go-critic/go-critic/issues/926
-    - linters:
-        - gocritic
-      text: "unnecessaryDefer:"
+    - testpackage
 
 run:
+  enable-cache: true
   skip-dirs:
-    - test/testdata_etc
-    - internal/cache
-    - internal/renameio
-    - internal/robustio
-  timeout: 5m
+    - vendor
+    - bundle
+    - config
+    - hack
+    - helpers
+    - img
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 06cc0dad..7584b38f 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # the repo. Unless a later match takes precedence,
 # @global-owner1 and @global-owner2 will be requested for
 # review when someone opens a pull request.
-*       @Revolyssup @leecalcote @aisuko
\ No newline at end of file
+@adapter-maintainers
\ No newline at end of file