diff --git a/controllers/goharbor/project/memberships.go b/controllers/goharbor/project/memberships.go
index 536a4ede6..c1ba28ebb 100644
--- a/controllers/goharbor/project/memberships.go
+++ b/controllers/goharbor/project/memberships.go
@@ -79,10 +79,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) reconcileMembership(hp *goharborv1.HarborProject, log logr.
 	log.Info("Start reconcile", "current members", currentMembershipsCnt, "desired members", desiredMembershipsCnt)
 
 	// find differences between current and desired members.
-	differences, err := findDifferences(currentMemberships, desiredMemberships, log)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	differences := findDifferences(currentMemberships, desiredMemberships, log)
 
 	err = r.updateMemberships(hp, differences, log)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -105,7 +102,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) reconcileMembership(hp *goharborv1.HarborProject, log logr.
 	return nil
 }
 
-func findDifferences(currentMemberships []*models.ProjectMemberEntity, desiredMemberships []models.ProjectMember, log logr.Logger) (*memberDifferences, error) {
+func findDifferences(currentMemberships []*models.ProjectMemberEntity, desiredMemberships []models.ProjectMember, log logr.Logger) *memberDifferences {
 	differences := memberDifferences{
 		update: []memberUpdate{},
 		create: []*models.ProjectMember{},
@@ -156,7 +153,7 @@ func findDifferences(currentMemberships []*models.ProjectMemberEntity, desiredMe
 
 	log.Info("finished planning project member reconcile.", "create", len(differences.create), "update", len(differences.update), "delete", len(differences.delete))
 
-	return &differences, nil
+	return &differences
 }
 
 func (r *Reconciler) updateMemberships(p *goharborv1.HarborProject, differences *memberDifferences, log logr.Logger) error {
diff --git a/controllers/goharbor/project/quota.go b/controllers/goharbor/project/quota.go
index 231524e5b..670aff18f 100644
--- a/controllers/goharbor/project/quota.go
+++ b/controllers/goharbor/project/quota.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) reconcileQuota(hp *goharborv1.HarborProject, log logr.Logge
 
 	var projectQuota *models.Quota
 
-	if hp.Status.QuotaID == 0 {
+	if hp.Status.QuotaID == 0 { //nolint:nestif
 		// QuotaID in custom resource still undefined. Get Quota via ProjectID
 		quota, err := r.Harbor.GetQuotaByProjectID(hp.Status.ProjectID)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/rest/v2/project.go b/pkg/rest/v2/project.go
index 79da19614..c427a0594 100644
--- a/pkg/rest/v2/project.go
+++ b/pkg/rest/v2/project.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	paginationSize int64 = 25
+	baseInt10      int   = 10
 )
 
 // EnsureProject ensures the specified project is on the harbor server
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ func (c *Client) DeleteProject(name string) error {
 
 	params := project.NewDeleteProjectParamsWithContext(c.context).
 		WithTimeout(c.timeout).
-		WithProjectNameOrID(strconv.FormatInt(int64(p.ProjectID), 10))
+		WithProjectNameOrID(strconv.FormatInt(int64(p.ProjectID), baseInt10))
 
 	if _, err = c.harborClient.Client.Project.DeleteProject(c.context, params); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error while deleting project \"%s\" (%d): %w", name, p.ProjectID, err)