diff --git a/.github/workflows/gin.yml b/.github/workflows/gin.yml
index 5b818a9e..1aecda58 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gin.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Setup golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v2
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3.1.0
         with:
           version: v1.44.0
           args: --verbose
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4b4d236b..9a9785e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ import (
 
 func formatAsDate(t time.Time) string {
     year, month, day := t.Date()
-    return fmt.Sprintf("%d%02d/%02d", year, month, day)
+    return fmt.Sprintf("%d/%02d/%02d", year, month, day)
 }
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8087227e..7a9249c6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
-	github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.6
+	github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.7
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7f892453..6006ffb9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UV
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/ugorji/go v1.2.6 h1:tGiWC9HENWE2tqYycIqFTNorMmFRVhNwCpDOpWqnk8E=
-github.com/ugorji/go v1.2.6/go.mod h1:anCg0y61KIhDlPZmnH+so+RQbysYVyDko0IMgJv0Nn0=
-github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.6 h1:7kbGefxLoDBuYXOms4yD7223OpNMMPNPZxXk5TvFcyQ=
-github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.6/go.mod h1:V6TCNZ4PHqoHGFZuSG1W8nrCzzdgA2DozYxWFFpvxTw=
+github.com/ugorji/go v1.2.7 h1:qYhyWUUd6WbiM+C6JZAUkIJt/1WrjzNHY9+KCIjVqTo=
+github.com/ugorji/go v1.2.7/go.mod h1:nF9osbDWLy6bDVv/Rtoh6QgnvNDpmCalQV5urGCCS6M=
+github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.7 h1:YPXUKf7fYbp/y8xloBqZOw2qaVggbfwMlI8WM3wZUJ0=
+github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.7/go.mod h1:WGN1fab3R1fzQlVQTkfxVtIBhWDRqOviHU95kRgeqEY=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210711020723-a769d52b0f97 h1:/UOmuWzQfxxo9UtlXMwuQU8CMgg1eZXqTRwkSQJWKOI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210711020723-a769d52b0f97/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110 h1:qWPm9rbaAMKs8Bq/9LRpbMqxWRVUAQwMI9fVrssnTfw=
diff --git a/routes_test.go b/routes_test.go
index 4a0cb493..56430970 100644
--- a/routes_test.go
+++ b/routes_test.go
@@ -344,16 +344,16 @@ func TestRouteStaticFileFS(t *testing.T) {
 	router.Static("/using_static", dir)
 	router.StaticFileFS("/result_fs", filename, Dir(dir, false))
 
-	w := performRequest(router, http.MethodGet, "/using_static/"+filename)
-	w2 := performRequest(router, http.MethodGet, "/result_fs")
+	w := PerformRequest(router, http.MethodGet, "/using_static/"+filename)
+	w2 := PerformRequest(router, http.MethodGet, "/result_fs")
 
 	assert.Equal(t, w, w2)
 	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
 	assert.Equal(t, "Gin Web Framework", w.Body.String())
 	assert.Equal(t, "text/plain; charset=utf-8", w.Header().Get("Content-Type"))
 
-	w3 := performRequest(router, http.MethodHead, "/using_static/"+filename)
-	w4 := performRequest(router, http.MethodHead, "/result_fs")
+	w3 := PerformRequest(router, http.MethodHead, "/using_static/"+filename)
+	w4 := PerformRequest(router, http.MethodHead, "/result_fs")
 
 	assert.Equal(t, w3, w4)
 	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w3.Code)
diff --git a/tree.go b/tree.go
index 18e50ee3..88100eec 100644
--- a/tree.go
+++ b/tree.go
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ func (n *node) insertChild(path string, fullPath string, handlers HandlersChain)
 			n.priority++
 
 			// if the path doesn't end with the wildcard, then there
-			// will be another non-wildcard subpath starting with '/'
+			// will be another subpath starting with '/'
 			if len(wildcard) < len(path) {
 				path = path[len(wildcard):]