diff --git a/.github/linters/.golangci.yml b/.github/linters/.golangci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a20bc769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/linters/.golangci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+run:
+  timeout: 5m
+  skip-files:
+    - generated.*
+
+issues:
+  new: true
+
+linters:
+  enable:
+    - asciicheck
+    - bodyclose
+    - deadcode
+    - depguard
+    - gci
+    - gocritic
+    - gofmt
+    - gofumpt
+    - goimports
+    - goprintffuncname
+    - gosimple
+    - govet
+    - ineffassign
+    - misspell
+    - nilerr
+    - nlreturn
+    - rowserrcheck
+    - staticcheck
+    - structcheck
+    - stylecheck
+    - typecheck
+    - unconvert
+    - unused
+    - unparam
+    - varcheck
+    - whitespace
+  disable:
+    - errcheck
diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index 85b159db..39901ce8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -1,32 +1,26 @@
 name: golangci-lint
 on:
   push:
-    tags:
-      - v*
     branches:
       - master
-      - main
+    paths:
+      - "**/*.go"
+      - ".github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml"
   pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    paths:
+      - "**/*.go"
+      - ".github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml"
 jobs:
-  golangci:
-    name: lint
+  lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Checkout codebase
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
       - name: golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v2
         with:
-          # Required: the version of golangci-lint is required and must be specified without patch version: we always use the latest patch version.
-          version: v1.29
-
-          # Optional: working directory, useful for monorepos
-#          working-directory: ./
-
-          # Optional: golangci-lint command line arguments.
-          args: --timeout=5m --print-issued-lines=true --print-linter-name=true --uniq-by-line=true
-
-          # Optional: show only new issues if it's a pull request. The default value is `false`.
+          version: latest
+          args: --config=.github/linters/.golangci.yml
           only-new-issues: true
-
-          # Optional: if set to true then the action will use pre-installed Go
-          # skip-go-installation: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f625016e..5ccd3645 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -55,13 +55,7 @@ before_install:
   - docker exec etcd-gcr-v3.3.25 /bin/sh -c "ETCDCTL_API=3 /usr/local/bin/etcdctl put current.string hello"
   - docker exec etcd-gcr-v3.3.25 /bin/sh -c "ETCDCTL_API=3 /usr/local/bin/etcdctl put current.serialize.name test"
   - docker exec etcd-gcr-v3.3.25 /bin/sh -c "ETCDCTL_API=3 /usr/local/bin/etcdctl put sub.sub.key1 sub.sub.key"
-install:
-  - go get -u honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck
-  - go get -u github.com/mdempsky/unconvert
-  - go get -u github.com/gordonklaus/ineffassign
 before_script:
-
-  #  -
   - psql --version
   #  - prepare for orm unit tests
   - sh -c "if [ '$ORM_DRIVER' = 'postgres' ]; then psql -c 'create database orm_test;' -U postgres; fi"
@@ -77,9 +71,5 @@ after_success:
   - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
 script:
   - GO111MODULE=on go test -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=atomic ./...
-  - staticcheck -show-ignored -checks "-ST1017,-U1000,-ST1005,-S1034,-S1012,-SA4006,-SA6005,-SA1019,-SA1024" ./
-  - unconvert $(go list ./... | grep -v /vendor/)
-  - ineffassign .
-  - find . ! \( -path './vendor' -prune \) -type f -name '*.go' -print0 | xargs -0 gofmt -l -s
 addons:
   postgresql: "9.6"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a8bb518..988f4a84 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # developing
+
+- Lint: use golangci-lint. [4619](https://github.com/beego/beego/pull/4619)
 - Chore: update dependencies. [4611](https://github.com/beego/beego/pull/4611)
 - Update orm_test.go/TestInsertOrUpdate with table-driven. [4609](https://github.com/beego/beego/pull/4609)
 - Add: Resp() method for web.Controller. [4588](https://github.com/beego/beego/pull/4588)
@@ -41,7 +43,9 @@
 - Optimize AddAutoPrefix: only register one router in case-insensitive mode. [4582](https://github.com/beego/beego/pull/4582)
 - Init exceptMethod by using reflection. [4583](https://github.com/beego/beego/pull/4583)
 - Deprecated BeeMap and replace all usage with `sync.map` [4616](https://github.com/beego/beego/pull/4616)
+
 ## Fix Sonar
+
 - [4608](https://github.com/beego/beego/pull/4608)
 - [4473](https://github.com/beego/beego/pull/4473)
 - [4474](https://github.com/beego/beego/pull/4474)