diff --git a/cmd/faucet/faucet.go b/cmd/faucet/faucet.go
index bec1f6d33b..3dfd639144 100644
--- a/cmd/faucet/faucet.go
+++ b/cmd/faucet/faucet.go
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ func authTwitter(url string, tokenV1, tokenV2 string) (string, string, string, c
 func authTwitterWithTokenV1(tweetID string, token string) (string, string, string, common.Address, error) {
 	// Query the tweet details from Twitter
 	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/show.json?id=%s", tweetID)
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", "", "", common.Address{}, err
 	}
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ func authTwitterWithTokenV1(tweetID string, token string) (string, string, strin
 func authTwitterWithTokenV2(tweetID string, token string) (string, string, string, common.Address, error) {
 	// Query the tweet details from Twitter
 	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://api.twitter.com/2/tweets/%s?expansions=author_id&user.fields=profile_image_url", tweetID)
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", "", "", common.Address{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/consensus/ethash/sealer.go b/consensus/ethash/sealer.go
index ec46963900..340ad440f3 100644
--- a/consensus/ethash/sealer.go
+++ b/consensus/ethash/sealer.go
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ func (s *remoteSealer) notifyWork() {
 func (s *remoteSealer) sendNotification(ctx context.Context, url string, json []byte, work [4]string) {
 	defer s.reqWG.Done()
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewReader(json))
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, url, bytes.NewReader(json))
 	if err != nil {
 		s.ethash.config.Log.Warn("Can't create remote miner notification", "err", err)
 		return
diff --git a/graphql/graphiql.go b/graphql/graphiql.go
index 864ebf57df..576a0cbe95 100644
--- a/graphql/graphiql.go
+++ b/graphql/graphiql.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func errorJSON(msg string) []byte {
 }
 
 func (h GraphiQL) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	if r.Method != "GET" {
+	if r.Method != http.MethodGet {
 		respond(w, errorJSON("only GET requests are supported"), http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/metrics/librato/client.go b/metrics/librato/client.go
index eebe20521b..729c2da9a9 100644
--- a/metrics/librato/client.go
+++ b/metrics/librato/client.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (c *LibratoClient) PostMetrics(batch Batch) (err error) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if req, err = http.NewRequest("POST", MetricsPostUrl, bytes.NewBuffer(js)); err != nil {
+	if req, err = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, MetricsPostUrl, bytes.NewBuffer(js)); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/node/rpcstack_test.go b/node/rpcstack_test.go
index 795bc93c83..4d10e61e2d 100644
--- a/node/rpcstack_test.go
+++ b/node/rpcstack_test.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func TestWebsocketOrigins(t *testing.T) {
 
 // TestIsWebsocket tests if an incoming websocket upgrade request is handled properly.
 func TestIsWebsocket(t *testing.T) {
-	r, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
+	r, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil)
 
 	assert.False(t, isWebsocket(r))
 	r.Header.Set("upgrade", "websocket")
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func baseRpcRequest(t *testing.T, url, bodyStr string, extraHeaders ...string) *
 
 	// Create the request.
 	body := bytes.NewReader([]byte(bodyStr))
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, body)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, url, body)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal("could not create http request:", err)
 	}
diff --git a/p2p/simulations/http.go b/p2p/simulations/http.go
index f3ea879308..7a4f70e9b0 100644
--- a/p2p/simulations/http.go
+++ b/p2p/simulations/http.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ type SubscribeOpts struct {
 // nodes and connections and filtering message events
 func (c *Client) SubscribeNetwork(events chan *Event, opts SubscribeOpts) (event.Subscription, error) {
 	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/events?current=%t&filter=%s", c.URL, opts.Current, opts.Filter)
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -215,18 +215,18 @@ func (c *Client) RPCClient(ctx context.Context, nodeID string) (*rpc.Client, err
 // Get performs a HTTP GET request decoding the resulting JSON response
 // into "out"
 func (c *Client) Get(path string, out interface{}) error {
-	return c.Send("GET", path, nil, out)
+	return c.Send(http.MethodGet, path, nil, out)
 }
 
 // Post performs a HTTP POST request sending "in" as the JSON body and
 // decoding the resulting JSON response into "out"
 func (c *Client) Post(path string, in, out interface{}) error {
-	return c.Send("POST", path, in, out)
+	return c.Send(http.MethodPost, path, in, out)
 }
 
 // Delete performs a HTTP DELETE request
 func (c *Client) Delete(path string) error {
-	return c.Send("DELETE", path, nil, nil)
+	return c.Send(http.MethodDelete, path, nil, nil)
 }
 
 // Send performs a HTTP request, sending "in" as the JSON request body and
diff --git a/rpc/http.go b/rpc/http.go
index 074c57ab1a..8712f99610 100644
--- a/rpc/http.go
+++ b/rpc/http.go
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func (hc *httpConn) doRequest(ctx context.Context, msg interface{}) (io.ReadClos
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "POST", hc.url, io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(body)))
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, hc.url, io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(body)))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}