diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index cc01cfdff..e99a71e83 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ linters:
     - ineffassign
     - misspell
     - nolintlint
+    - sqlclosecheck
     - typecheck
     - unconvert
     - unparam
diff --git a/cmd/contact-auditor/main.go b/cmd/contact-auditor/main.go
index d6b366b6b..fdec0c660 100644
--- a/cmd/contact-auditor/main.go
+++ b/cmd/contact-auditor/main.go
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func (c contactAuditor) run(ctx context.Context, resChan chan *result) error {
 		}
 	}
 	// Ensure the query wasn't interrupted before it could complete.
-	err = rows.Close()
+	err = rows.Close() //nolint:sqlclosecheck // the lint wants us to do this in a defer instead, but we want to return the error
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	} else {
diff --git a/test/db.go b/test/db.go
index 26212133f..bd778a793 100644
--- a/test/db.go
+++ b/test/db.go
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ func allTableNamesInDB(ctx context.Context, db CleanUpDB) ([]string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	defer r.Close()
 	var ts []string
 	for r.Next() {
 		tableName := ""