diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 847e86e..e6435e0 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ linters-settings:
           - (github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils.Log).Errorf
           - (github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/logutils.Log).Fatalf
   lll:
-    line-length: 140
+    line-length: 160
   misspell:
     locale: US
   nolintlint:
@@ -72,4 +72,4 @@ issues:
 
 run:
   timeout: 5m
-  skip-dirs: []
\ No newline at end of file
+  skip-dirs: []
diff --git a/internal/provider/client.go b/internal/provider/client.go
index 41a09a5..f6fc0fa 100644
--- a/internal/provider/client.go
+++ b/internal/provider/client.go
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ func NewClient(host string, username *string, password *string, insecureSkipVeri
 		Password: password,
 	}
 
-
 	tr := &http.Transport{
 		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: insecureSkipVerify},
 	}
diff --git a/internal/provider/group_resource.go b/internal/provider/group_resource.go
index 5edab63..3ac05c2 100644
--- a/internal/provider/group_resource.go
+++ b/internal/provider/group_resource.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (d *GroupResourceModel) ParseHttpResponse(body []byte) error {
 	/* Unmarshal the json string */
 	result := make(map[string]interface{})
 
-	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(body), &result)
+	err := json.Unmarshal(body, &result)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func (d *GroupResourceModel) ParseHttpResponse(body []byte) error {
 }
 
 // Configure adds the provider configured client to the resource.
-func (d *GroupResource) Configure(ctx context.Context, req resource.ConfigureRequest, resp *resource.ConfigureResponse) {
+func (d *GroupResource) Configure(_ context.Context, req resource.ConfigureRequest, resp *resource.ConfigureResponse) {
 	if req.ProviderData == nil {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/internal/provider/group_resource_test.go b/internal/provider/group_resource_test.go
index 6c93e1a..586d5c5 100644
--- a/internal/provider/group_resource_test.go
+++ b/internal/provider/group_resource_test.go
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ func TestGroupParseHttpResponse(t *testing.T) {
 		body := []byte("Not valid JSON")
 		err := g.ParseHttpResponse(body)
 		assert.Error(t, err)
-
 	})
 }
 
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ func TestGroupCreateRequestBody(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		bytes.Equal(result, []byte(nil))
-
 	})
 	t.Run("All Values", func(t *testing.T) {
 		g := GroupResourceModel{
@@ -87,31 +85,39 @@ func TestGroupCreateRequestBody(t *testing.T) {
 			Variables:   jsontypes.NewNormalizedValue("{\"ansible_network_os\":\"ios\"}"),
 			Description: types.StringValue("New Group"),
 		}
-		body := []byte(`{"name": "group1", "inventory": 5, "url": "/api/v2/groups/24/", "description": "New Group", "variables": "{\"ansible_network_os\":\"ios\"}"}`)
+		body := []byte(`{"name": "group1", "inventory": 5,
+		                 "url": "/api/v2/groups/24/",
+						 "description": "New Group",
+						 "variables": "{\"ansible_network_os\":\"ios\"}"}`)
 
 		result, diags := g.CreateRequestBody()
 		if diags.HasError() {
 			t.Fatal(diags.Errors())
 		}
 		assert.JSONEq(t, string(body), string(result))
-
 	})
 	t.Run("Multiple values for Variables", func(t *testing.T) {
 		g := GroupResourceModel{
 			InventoryId: basetypes.NewInt64Value(5),
 			Name:        types.StringValue("group1"),
 			URL:         types.StringValue("/api/v2/groups/24/"),
-			Variables:   jsontypes.NewNormalizedValue("{\"ansible_network_os\":\"ios\", \"ansible_connection\":\"network_cli\", \"ansible_ssh_user\":\"ansible\", \"ansible_ssh_pass\":\"ansible\"}"),
+			Variables: jsontypes.NewNormalizedValue(
+				"{\"ansible_network_os\":\"ios\",\"ansible_connection\":\"network_cli\", \"ansible_ssh_user\":\"ansible\", \"ansible_ssh_pass\":\"ansible\"}",
+			),
 			Description: types.StringValue("New Group"),
 		}
-		body := []byte(`{"name": "group1", "inventory": 5, "url": "/api/v2/groups/24/", "description": "New Group", "variables": "{\"ansible_network_os\":\"ios\", \"ansible_connection\":\"network_cli\", \"ansible_ssh_user\":\"ansible\", \"ansible_ssh_pass\":\"ansible\"}"}`)
+		body := []byte(`{"name": "group1", "inventory": 5,
+		                "url": "/api/v2/groups/24/",
+						"description": "New Group",
+				        "variables":
+			"{\"ansible_network_os\":\"ios\", \"ansible_connection\":\"network_cli\", \"ansible_ssh_user\":\"ansible\", \"ansible_ssh_pass\":\"ansible\"}"}`,
+		)
 
 		result, diags := g.CreateRequestBody()
 		if diags.HasError() {
 			t.Fatal(diags.Errors())
 		}
 		assert.JSONEq(t, string(body), string(result))
-
 	})
 }
 
@@ -232,6 +238,5 @@ func TestReadGroup(t *testing.T) {
 		if err == nil {
 			t.Errorf("Failure expected but the ReadJob did not fail!!")
 		}
-
 	})
 }
diff --git a/internal/provider/test_utils.go b/internal/provider/test_utils.go
index 461b3bf..ae33d85 100644
--- a/internal/provider/test_utils.go
+++ b/internal/provider/test_utils.go
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ func mergeStringMaps(m1 map[string]string, m2 map[string]string) map[string]stri
 }
 
 func (c *MockHTTPClient) doRequest(method string, path string, data io.Reader) (*http.Response, []byte, error) {
-
 	if !slices.Contains(c.acceptMethods, method) {
 		return nil, nil, nil
 	}