diff --git a/virtcontainers/device/drivers/vfio.go b/virtcontainers/device/drivers/vfio.go
index d8a68dbb92..4243465a30 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/device/drivers/vfio.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/device/drivers/vfio.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // bind/unbind paths to aid in SRIOV VF bring-up/restore
-var (
+const (
 	pciDriverUnbindPath = "/sys/bus/pci/devices/%s/driver/unbind"
 	pciDriverBindPath   = "/sys/bus/pci/drivers/%s/bind"
 	vfioNewIDPath       = "/sys/bus/pci/drivers/vfio-pci/new_id"
diff --git a/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go b/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
index 92846e8919..910843d7fa 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/mock"
 )
 
-var (
+const (
 	testKataProxyURLTempl  = "unix://%s/kata-proxy-test.sock"
 	testBlockDeviceCtrPath = "testBlockDeviceCtrPath"
 	testPCIAddr            = "04/02"
diff --git a/virtcontainers/shim_test.go b/virtcontainers/shim_test.go
index 57deb7d970..22d5cc49ba 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/shim_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/shim_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-var (
+const (
 	testRunningProcess = "sleep"
 )
 
diff --git a/virtcontainers/types.go b/virtcontainers/types.go
index 39a0244ea6..91dc2f0a7c 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/types.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/types.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ package virtcontainers
 type ContainerType string
 
 // List different types of containers
-var (
+const (
 	PodContainer         ContainerType = "pod_container"
 	PodSandbox           ContainerType = "pod_sandbox"
 	UnknownContainerType ContainerType = "unknown_container_type"