diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index ff3ea376f54..0bd8ef36992 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -63,4 +63,6 @@ linters:
 
 issues:
   exclude:
-    - Error return value of .*log\.Logger\)\.Log\x60 is not checked
\ No newline at end of file
+    - Error return value of .*log\.Logger\)\.Log\x60 is not checked
+    - package github.com/golang/protobuf/proto is deprecated
+    - package github.com/golang/protobuf/jsonpb is deprecated
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/util/test/req.go b/pkg/util/test/req.go
index 6bfad594df2..1175ac4c443 100644
--- a/pkg/util/test/req.go
+++ b/pkg/util/test/req.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func MakeRequest(spans int, traceID []byte) *tempopb.PushRequest {
 	var ils *opentelemetry_proto_trace_v1.InstrumentationLibrarySpans
 
 	for i := 0; i < spans; i++ {
-		// occassionaly make a new ils
+		// occasionally make a new ils
 		if ils == nil || rand.Int()%3 == 0 {
 			ils = &opentelemetry_proto_trace_v1.InstrumentationLibrarySpans{
 				InstrumentationLibrary: &v1.InstrumentationLibrary{