diff --git a/registry/auth.go b/registry/auth.go
index 3f58fc6cff..bae093ec97 100644
--- a/registry/auth.go
+++ b/registry/auth.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func loginV1(authConfig *types.AuthConfig, apiEndpoint APIEndpoint, userAgent st
 		return "", "", errdefs.System(errors.New("server Error: Server Address not set"))
 	}
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", serverAddress+"users/", nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, serverAddress+"users/", nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", "", err
 	}
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func loginV2(authConfig *types.AuthConfig, endpoint APIEndpoint, userAgent strin
 	}
 
 	endpointStr := strings.TrimRight(endpoint.URL.String(), "/") + "/v2/"
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", endpointStr, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, endpointStr, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		if !foundV2 {
 			err = fallbackError{err: err}
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func PingV2Registry(endpoint *url.URL, transport http.RoundTripper) (challenge.M
 		Timeout:   15 * time.Second,
 	}
 	endpointStr := strings.TrimRight(endpoint.String(), "/") + "/v2/"
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", endpointStr, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, endpointStr, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, false, err
 	}
diff --git a/registry/endpoint_v1.go b/registry/endpoint_v1.go
index 2fc2ea0e74..db342d1412 100644
--- a/registry/endpoint_v1.go
+++ b/registry/endpoint_v1.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func (e *V1Endpoint) Ping() (PingResult, error) {
 		return PingResult{Standalone: false}, nil
 	}
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", e.Path("_ping"), nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, e.Path("_ping"), nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return PingResult{Standalone: false}, err
 	}
diff --git a/registry/registry_mock_test.go b/registry/registry_mock_test.go
index bf17eb9fc7..e2bbf676b3 100644
--- a/registry/registry_mock_test.go
+++ b/registry/registry_mock_test.go
@@ -97,19 +97,19 @@ func init() {
 	r := mux.NewRouter()
 
 	// /v1/
-	r.HandleFunc("/v1/_ping", handlerGetPing).Methods("GET")
-	r.HandleFunc("/v1/images/{image_id:[^/]+}/{action:json|layer|ancestry}", handlerGetImage).Methods("GET")
-	r.HandleFunc("/v1/images/{image_id:[^/]+}/{action:json|layer|checksum}", handlerPutImage).Methods("PUT")
-	r.HandleFunc("/v1/repositories/{repository:.+}/tags", handlerGetDeleteTags).Methods("GET", "DELETE")
-	r.HandleFunc("/v1/repositories/{repository:.+}/tags/{tag:.+}", handlerGetTag).Methods("GET")
-	r.HandleFunc("/v1/repositories/{repository:.+}/tags/{tag:.+}", handlerPutTag).Methods("PUT")
-	r.HandleFunc("/v1/users{null:.*}", handlerUsers).Methods("GET", "POST", "PUT")
-	r.HandleFunc("/v1/repositories/{repository:.+}{action:/images|/}", handlerImages).Methods("GET", "PUT", "DELETE")
-	r.HandleFunc("/v1/repositories/{repository:.+}/auth", handlerAuth).Methods("PUT")
-	r.HandleFunc("/v1/search", handlerSearch).Methods("GET")
+	r.HandleFunc("/v1/_ping", handlerGetPing).Methods(http.MethodGet)
+	r.HandleFunc("/v1/images/{image_id:[^/]+}/{action:json|layer|ancestry}", handlerGetImage).Methods(http.MethodGet)
+	r.HandleFunc("/v1/images/{image_id:[^/]+}/{action:json|layer|checksum}", handlerPutImage).Methods(http.MethodPut)
+	r.HandleFunc("/v1/repositories/{repository:.+}/tags", handlerGetDeleteTags).Methods(http.MethodGet, http.MethodDelete)
+	r.HandleFunc("/v1/repositories/{repository:.+}/tags/{tag:.+}", handlerGetTag).Methods(http.MethodGet)
+	r.HandleFunc("/v1/repositories/{repository:.+}/tags/{tag:.+}", handlerPutTag).Methods(http.MethodPut)
+	r.HandleFunc("/v1/users{null:.*}", handlerUsers).Methods(http.MethodGet, http.MethodPost, http.MethodPut)
+	r.HandleFunc("/v1/repositories/{repository:.+}{action:/images|/}", handlerImages).Methods(http.MethodGet, http.MethodPut, http.MethodDelete)
+	r.HandleFunc("/v1/repositories/{repository:.+}/auth", handlerAuth).Methods(http.MethodPut)
+	r.HandleFunc("/v1/search", handlerSearch).Methods(http.MethodGet)
 
 	// /v2/
-	r.HandleFunc("/v2/version", handlerGetPing).Methods("GET")
+	r.HandleFunc("/v2/version", handlerGetPing).Methods(http.MethodGet)
 
 	testHTTPServer = httptest.NewServer(handlerAccessLog(r))
 	testHTTPSServer = httptest.NewTLSServer(handlerAccessLog(r))
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ func handlerGetDeleteTags(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		apiError(w, "Repository not found", 404)
 		return
 	}
-	if r.Method == "DELETE" {
+	if r.Method == http.MethodDelete {
 		delete(testRepositories, repositoryName.String())
 		writeResponse(w, true, 200)
 		return
@@ -406,9 +406,9 @@ func handlerPutTag(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 func handlerUsers(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	code := 200
-	if r.Method == "POST" {
+	if r.Method == http.MethodPost {
 		code = 201
-	} else if r.Method == "PUT" {
+	} else if r.Method == http.MethodPut {
 		code = 204
 	}
 	writeResponse(w, "", code)
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ func handlerImages(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	u, _ := url.Parse(testHTTPServer.URL)
 	w.Header().Add("X-Docker-Endpoints", fmt.Sprintf("%s 	,  %s ", u.Host, "test.example.com"))
 	w.Header().Add("X-Docker-Token", fmt.Sprintf("FAKE-SESSION-%d", time.Now().UnixNano()))
-	if r.Method == "PUT" {
+	if r.Method == http.MethodPut {
 		if strings.HasSuffix(r.URL.Path, "images") {
 			writeResponse(w, "", 204)
 			return
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ func handlerImages(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		writeResponse(w, "", 200)
 		return
 	}
-	if r.Method == "DELETE" {
+	if r.Method == http.MethodDelete {
 		writeResponse(w, "", 204)
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/registry/registry_test.go b/registry/registry_test.go
index b7459471b3..51ca083e80 100644
--- a/registry/registry_test.go
+++ b/registry/registry_test.go
@@ -761,12 +761,12 @@ func TestSearchRepositories(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestTrustedLocation(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, url := range []string{"http://example.com", "https://example.com:7777", "http://docker.io", "http://test.docker.com", "https://fakedocker.com"} {
-		req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+		req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url, nil)
 		assert.Check(t, !trustedLocation(req))
 	}
 
 	for _, url := range []string{"https://docker.io", "https://test.docker.com:80"} {
-		req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+		req, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, url, nil)
 		assert.Check(t, trustedLocation(req))
 	}
 }
@@ -777,10 +777,10 @@ func TestAddRequiredHeadersToRedirectedRequests(t *testing.T) {
 		{"https://foo.docker.io:7777", "http://bar.docker.com"},
 		{"https://foo.docker.io", "https://example.com"},
 	} {
-		reqFrom, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", urls[0], nil)
+		reqFrom, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, urls[0], nil)
 		reqFrom.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
 		reqFrom.Header.Add("Authorization", "super_secret")
-		reqTo, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", urls[1], nil)
+		reqTo, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, urls[1], nil)
 
 		addRequiredHeadersToRedirectedRequests(reqTo, []*http.Request{reqFrom})
 
@@ -801,10 +801,10 @@ func TestAddRequiredHeadersToRedirectedRequests(t *testing.T) {
 		{"https://docker.io", "https://docker.com"},
 		{"https://foo.docker.io:7777", "https://bar.docker.com"},
 	} {
-		reqFrom, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", urls[0], nil)
+		reqFrom, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, urls[0], nil)
 		reqFrom.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
 		reqFrom.Header.Add("Authorization", "super_secret")
-		reqTo, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", urls[1], nil)
+		reqTo, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, urls[1], nil)
 
 		addRequiredHeadersToRedirectedRequests(reqTo, []*http.Request{reqFrom})
 
diff --git a/registry/resumable/resumablerequestreader_test.go b/registry/resumable/resumablerequestreader_test.go
index c72c210e77..e67316401a 100644
--- a/registry/resumable/resumablerequestreader_test.go
+++ b/registry/resumable/resumablerequestreader_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func TestResumableRequestHeaderSimpleErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	client := &http.Client{}
 
 	var req *http.Request
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", ts.URL, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, ts.URL, nil)
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
 
 	resreq := &requestReader{}
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func TestResumableRequestHeaderNotTooMuchFailures(t *testing.T) {
 	client := &http.Client{}
 
 	var badReq *http.Request
-	badReq, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "I'm not an url", nil)
+	badReq, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "I'm not an url", nil)
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
 
 	resreq := &requestReader{
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func TestResumableRequestHeaderTooMuchFailures(t *testing.T) {
 	client := &http.Client{}
 
 	var badReq *http.Request
-	badReq, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "I'm not an url", nil)
+	badReq, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "I'm not an url", nil)
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
 
 	resreq := &requestReader{
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (errorReaderCloser) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 // If an unknown error is encountered, return 0, nil and log it
 func TestResumableRequestReaderWithReadError(t *testing.T) {
 	var req *http.Request
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "", nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "", nil)
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
 
 	client := &http.Client{}
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func TestResumableRequestReaderWithReadError(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestResumableRequestReaderWithEOFWith416Response(t *testing.T) {
 	var req *http.Request
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "", nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "", nil)
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
 
 	client := &http.Client{}
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func TestResumableRequestReaderWithServerDoesntSupportByteRanges(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ts.Close()
 
 	var req *http.Request
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", ts.URL, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, ts.URL, nil)
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
 
 	client := &http.Client{}
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func TestResumableRequestReaderWithZeroTotalSize(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ts.Close()
 
 	var req *http.Request
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", ts.URL, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, ts.URL, nil)
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
 
 	client := &http.Client{}
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func TestResumableRequestReader(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ts.Close()
 
 	var req *http.Request
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", ts.URL, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, ts.URL, nil)
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
 
 	client := &http.Client{}
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ func TestResumableRequestReaderWithInitialResponse(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ts.Close()
 
 	var req *http.Request
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", ts.URL, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, ts.URL, nil)
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
 
 	client := &http.Client{}
diff --git a/registry/session.go b/registry/session.go
index 59f5ad50ff..03be62bd61 100644
--- a/registry/session.go
+++ b/registry/session.go
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ func (r *Session) GetRemoteImageLayer(imgID, registry string, imgSize int64) (io
 		imageURL   = fmt.Sprintf("%simages/%s/layer", registry, imgID)
 	)
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", imageURL, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, imageURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error while getting from the server: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ func (r *Session) GetRepositoryData(name reference.Named) (*RepositoryData, erro
 
 	logrus.Debugf("[registry] Calling GET %s", repositoryTarget)
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", repositoryTarget, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, repositoryTarget, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ func (r *Session) PushImageChecksumRegistry(imgData *ImgData, registry string) e
 
 	logrus.Debugf("[registry] Calling PUT %s", u)
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", u, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, u, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ func (r *Session) PushImageJSONRegistry(imgData *ImgData, jsonRaw []byte, regist
 
 	logrus.Debugf("[registry] Calling PUT %s", u)
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", u, bytes.NewReader(jsonRaw))
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, u, bytes.NewReader(jsonRaw))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ func (r *Session) PushImageLayerRegistry(imgID string, layer io.Reader, registry
 	h.Write([]byte{'\n'})
 	checksumLayer := io.TeeReader(tarsumLayer, h)
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", u, checksumLayer)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, u, checksumLayer)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", "", err
 	}
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ func (r *Session) PushRegistryTag(remote reference.Named, revision, tag, registr
 	revision = "\"" + revision + "\""
 	path := fmt.Sprintf("repositories/%s/tags/%s", reference.Path(remote), tag)
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", registry+path, strings.NewReader(revision))
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, registry+path, strings.NewReader(revision))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ func (r *Session) PushImageJSONIndex(remote reference.Named, imgList []*ImgData,
 }
 
 func (r *Session) putImageRequest(u string, headers map[string][]string, body []byte) (*http.Response, error) {
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", u, bytes.NewReader(body))
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, u, bytes.NewReader(body))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ func (r *Session) SearchRepositories(term string, limit int) (*registrytypes.Sea
 	logrus.Debugf("Index server: %s", r.indexEndpoint)
 	u := r.indexEndpoint.String() + "search?q=" + url.QueryEscape(term) + "&n=" + url.QueryEscape(fmt.Sprintf("%d", limit))
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u, nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, u, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(errdefs.InvalidParameter(err), "Error building request")
 	}