diff --git a/cmd/windows_exporter/main_test.go b/cmd/windows_exporter/main_test.go
index af81f454..e3216d54 100644
--- a/cmd/windows_exporter/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/windows_exporter/main_test.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(t.Context())
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 			defer cancel()
 
 			if tc.config != "" {
diff --git a/internal/collector/textfile/textfile_test_test.go b/internal/collector/textfile/textfile_test_test.go
index e71f8fac..60c5e937 100644
--- a/internal/collector/textfile/textfile_test_test.go
+++ b/internal/collector/textfile/textfile_test_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package textfile_test
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log/slog"
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ func TestMultipleDirectories(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	collectors := collector.New(map[string]collector.Collector{textfile.Name: textFileCollector})
-	require.NoError(t, collectors.Build(t.Context(), logger))
+	require.NoError(t, collectors.Build(context.Background(), logger))
 
 	metrics := make(chan prometheus.Metric)
 	got := ""
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ func TestDuplicateFileName(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	collectors := collector.New(map[string]collector.Collector{textfile.Name: textFileCollector})
-	require.NoError(t, collectors.Build(t.Context(), logger))
+	require.NoError(t, collectors.Build(context.Background(), logger))
 
 	metrics := make(chan prometheus.Metric)
 	got := ""
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index ea714608..4dcda129 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ func NewConfigFileResolver(file string) (*Resolver, error) {
 	)
 
 	if strings.HasPrefix(file, "http://") || strings.HasPrefix(file, "https://") {
+		//nolint:sloglint // we do not have an logger yet
 		slog.Warn("Loading configuration file from URL is deprecated and will be removed in 0.31.0. Use a local file instead.")
 
 		fileBytes, err = readFromURL(file)
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ func readFromURL(file string) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	client := &http.Client{Transport: tr}
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, file, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(context.Background(), http.MethodGet, file, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create HTTP request: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/utils/testutils/testutils.go b/internal/utils/testutils/testutils.go
index 75546132..bf7e3894 100644
--- a/internal/utils/testutils/testutils.go
+++ b/internal/utils/testutils/testutils.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package testutils
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"log/slog"
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ func FuncBenchmarkCollector[C collector.Collector](b *testing.B, name string, co
 	}
 
 	collectors := collector.New(map[string]collector.Collector{name: c})
-	require.NoError(b, collectors.Build(b.Context(), logger))
+	require.NoError(b, collectors.Build(context.Background(), logger))
 
 	metrics := make(chan prometheus.Metric)