diff --git a/bsctl/main.go b/bsctl/main.go
index 48d87b02..cfa5bcb9 100644
--- a/bsctl/main.go
+++ b/bsctl/main.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	pFlag "github.com/spf13/pflag"
+	pflag "github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 
 	"github.com/mrlunchbox777/basic-setup/bsctl/cmd"
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func run(factory bsUtil.Factory, getHomeDirFunc GetHomeDirFunc, readInConfigFunc GetReadInConfigFunc) {
-	flags := pFlag.NewFlagSet("bsctl", pFlag.ExitOnError)
+	flags := pflag.NewFlagSet("bsctl", pflag.ExitOnError)
 	flags.String("basic-setup-repo",
 		"",
 		"Location on the filesystem where the basic-setup repo is checked out")
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func run(factory bsUtil.Factory, getHomeDirFunc GetHomeDirFunc, readInConfigFunc
 	bsCmd := cmd.NewRootCmd(factory)
 
 	flags.AddFlagSet(bsCmd.PersistentFlags())
-	pFlag.CommandLine = flags
+	pflag.CommandLine = flags
 
 	cobra.CheckErr(bsCmd.Execute())
 }
diff --git a/bsctl/scripts/workflows/docs-bump_docs-bump_CHANGELOG-bump.sh b/bsctl/scripts/workflows/docs-bump_docs-bump_CHANGELOG-bump.sh
index 9292e90a..0ba54a94 100755
--- a/bsctl/scripts/workflows/docs-bump_docs-bump_CHANGELOG-bump.sh
+++ b/bsctl/scripts/workflows/docs-bump_docs-bump_CHANGELOG-bump.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ fi
 
 currentDay=$(date +%d)
 branchDay=$(echo $branchLatestLog | sed 's/.* - \([0-9]*\)-\([0-9]*\)-\([0-9]*\)/\3/')
-if [ "$currentDay" == "" ]; then
+if [ -z "$currentDay" ]; then
     echo "Failed to get current day"
     exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/shared-scripts/k8s/clear-finalizers.sh b/shared-scripts/k8s/clear-finalizers.sh
index cee7488a..9db7efde 100644
--- a/shared-scripts/k8s/clear-finalizers.sh
+++ b/shared-scripts/k8s/clear-finalizers.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Environment Validation
 #
 validation="$(environment-validation -c -l "core" 2>&1)"
-if [ ! -z "$validation" ]; then
+if [ -n "$validation" ]; then
 	echo "Validation error:" >&2
 	echo "$validation" >&2
 	exit 1
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ done
 [ $SHOW_HELP == true ] && help && exit 0
 
 # set all namespaces flag
-if [ ! -z "$NAMESPACE" ]; then
+if [ -n "$NAMESPACE" ]; then
 	ALL_NAMESPACES=false
 fi