diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index 5f70ca86430..7bd0fcb8e32 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ linters:
     - asciicheck
     - reassign
     - modernize
+    - makezero
   settings:
     modernize:
       # omitzero changes JSON wire format for nested structs (unlike omitempty),
diff --git a/acceptance/acceptance_test.go b/acceptance/acceptance_test.go
index fb1013a424a..a1b2df2a7b9 100644
--- a/acceptance/acceptance_test.go
+++ b/acceptance/acceptance_test.go
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ func getEnvFilters(t *testing.T) []string {
 	}
 
 	filters := strings.Split(envFilterValue, ",")
-	outFilters := make([]string, len(filters))
+	outFilters := make([]string, 0, len(filters))
 
 	for _, filter := range filters {
 		items := strings.Split(filter, "=")