diff --git a/envoy-control-core/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/snapshot/resource/listeners/config/LocalReplyConfigFactory.kt b/envoy-control-core/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/snapshot/resource/listeners/config/LocalReplyConfigFactory.kt
index 0dafc418a..6c4c240c6 100644
--- a/envoy-control-core/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/snapshot/resource/listeners/config/LocalReplyConfigFactory.kt
+++ b/envoy-control-core/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/snapshot/resource/listeners/config/LocalReplyConfigFactory.kt
@@ -184,25 +184,20 @@ class LocalReplyConfigFactory(
             validateHeaderMatcher(matcherAndMapper.headerMatcher)
         }
 
-        if (definitions != 1) {
-            throw IllegalArgumentException(
-                "One and only one of: headerMatcher, responseFlagMatcher, statusCodeMatcher has to be defined.")
+        require(definitions != 1) {
+            "One and only one of: headerMatcher, responseFlagMatcher, statusCodeMatcher has to be defined."
         }
     }
 
     private fun validateHeaderMatcher(headerMatcher: HeaderMatcherProperties) {
-        if (headerMatcher.exactMatch.isNotEmpty() && headerMatcher.regexMatch.isNotEmpty()) {
-            throw IllegalArgumentException(
-                "Only one of: exactMatch, regexMatch can be defined."
-            )
+        require(headerMatcher.exactMatch.isNotEmpty() && headerMatcher.regexMatch.isNotEmpty()) {
+            "Only one of: exactMatch, regexMatch can be defined."
         }
     }
 
     private fun validateResponseFormatProperties(responseFormat: ResponseFormat) {
-        if (responseFormat.jsonFormat.isNotEmpty() && responseFormat.textFormat.isNotEmpty()) {
-            throw IllegalArgumentException(
-                "Only one of: jsonFormat, textFormat can be defined."
-            )
+        require(responseFormat.jsonFormat.isNotEmpty() && responseFormat.textFormat.isNotEmpty()) {
+            "Only one of: jsonFormat, textFormat can be defined."
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/envoy-control-core/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/snapshot/resource/listeners/filters/RBACFilterFactory.kt b/envoy-control-core/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/snapshot/resource/listeners/filters/RBACFilterFactory.kt
index 572d7ad0c..8e8f77c73 100644
--- a/envoy-control-core/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/snapshot/resource/listeners/filters/RBACFilterFactory.kt
+++ b/envoy-control-core/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/snapshot/resource/listeners/filters/RBACFilterFactory.kt
@@ -54,8 +54,11 @@ class RBACFilterFactory(
 
     init {
         incomingPermissionsProperties.selectorMatching.forEach {
-            if (it.key !in incomingServicesIpRangeAuthentication && it.key !in incomingServicesSourceAuthentication) {
-                throw IllegalArgumentException("${it.key} is not defined in ip range or ip from discovery section.")
+            require(
+                it.key !in incomingServicesIpRangeAuthentication &&
+                    it.key !in incomingServicesSourceAuthentication
+            ) {
+                "${it.key} is not defined in ip range or ip from discovery section."
             }
         }
     }
@@ -368,15 +371,18 @@ class RBACFilterFactory(
                         principal
                     )
                 )
+
                 OAuth.Policy.STRICT -> mergePrincipals(
                     listOf(
                         strictPolicyPrincipal,
                         principal
                     )
                 )
+
                 OAuth.Policy.ALLOW_MISSING_OR_FAILED -> {
                     principal
                 }
+
                 null -> {
                     principal
                 }
diff --git a/envoy-control-core/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/snapshot/resource/listeners/filters/SanUriMatcherFactory.kt b/envoy-control-core/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/snapshot/resource/listeners/filters/SanUriMatcherFactory.kt
index 8de9f6acf..d0028c305 100644
--- a/envoy-control-core/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/snapshot/resource/listeners/filters/SanUriMatcherFactory.kt
+++ b/envoy-control-core/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/snapshot/resource/listeners/filters/SanUriMatcherFactory.kt
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ class SanUriMatcherFactory(
     private fun getSanUriFormatSplit(): Pair<String, String> {
         val format = tlsProperties.sanUriFormat
         val parts = format.split(serviceNameTemplate)
-        if (parts.size != 2) {
-            throw IllegalArgumentException("SAN URI $format does not properly contain $serviceNameTemplate")
+        require(parts.size != 2) {
+            "SAN URI $format does not properly contain $serviceNameTemplate"
         }
         return parts[0] to parts[1]
     }
diff --git a/envoy-control-core/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/snapshot/resource/routes/ServiceTagMetadataGenerator.kt b/envoy-control-core/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/snapshot/resource/routes/ServiceTagMetadataGenerator.kt
index 2d641a693..565430d82 100644
--- a/envoy-control-core/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/snapshot/resource/routes/ServiceTagMetadataGenerator.kt
+++ b/envoy-control-core/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/snapshot/resource/routes/ServiceTagMetadataGenerator.kt
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ class ServiceTagMetadataGenerator(properties: ServiceTagsProperties = ServiceTag
 
     init {
         properties.allowedTagsCombinations.forEach {
-            if (it.tags.size < 2 || it.tags.size > 3) {
-                throw IllegalArgumentException(
-                    "A tags combination must contain 2 or 3 tags. Combination with ${it.tags.size} tags found")
+            require(it.tags.size < 2 || it.tags.size > 3) {
+                "A tags combination must contain 2 or 3 tags. Combination with ${it.tags.size} tags found"
             }
         }
         val combinationsByService = properties.allowedTagsCombinations
diff --git a/envoy-control-core/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/utils/ReactorUtils.kt b/envoy-control-core/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/utils/ReactorUtils.kt
index d219efc29..00fccdc2d 100644
--- a/envoy-control-core/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/utils/ReactorUtils.kt
+++ b/envoy-control-core/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/utils/ReactorUtils.kt
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ private fun measureScannableBuffer(
      * To access actual buffer size, we need to extract it from inners(). We don't know how many sources will
      * be available, so it must be stated explicitly as innerSources parameter.
      */
-    (0 until innerSources).forEach {
-        meterRegistry.gauge("${bufferMetric(name)}_$it", scannable, innerBufferExtractor(it))
+    for (i in 0 until innerSources) {
+        meterRegistry.gauge("${bufferMetric(name)}_$i", scannable, innerBufferExtractor(i))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/envoy-control-tests/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/config/envoy/EgressOperations.kt b/envoy-control-tests/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/config/envoy/EgressOperations.kt
index 6b6d89905..26b7eaff0 100644
--- a/envoy-control-tests/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/config/envoy/EgressOperations.kt
+++ b/envoy-control-tests/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/config/envoy/EgressOperations.kt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class EgressOperations(val envoy: EnvoyContainer) {
         body: RequestBody? = null
     ) = callWithHostHeader(service, headers, pathAndQuery, method, body)
 
+    @Suppress("detekt.ForEachOnRange")
     fun callServiceRepeatedly(
         service: String,
         stats: CallStats,
diff --git a/envoy-control-tests/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/config/envoycontrol/EnvoyControlTestApp.kt b/envoy-control-tests/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/config/envoycontrol/EnvoyControlTestApp.kt
index 168cd1b0f..2e72c3703 100644
--- a/envoy-control-tests/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/config/envoycontrol/EnvoyControlTestApp.kt
+++ b/envoy-control-tests/src/main/kotlin/pl/allegro/tech/servicemesh/envoycontrol/config/envoycontrol/EnvoyControlTestApp.kt
@@ -220,8 +220,9 @@ class EnvoyControlRunnerTestApp(
             .execute().addToCloseableResponses()
     }
 
-    override fun meterRegistry() = app.context().getBean(MeterRegistry::class.java)
-        ?: throw IllegalStateException("MeterRegistry bean not found in the context")
+    override fun meterRegistry() = checkNotNull(app.context().getBean(MeterRegistry::class.java)) {
+        "MeterRegistry bean not found in the context"
+    }
 
     companion object {
         val logger by logger()