diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 510ee527..f362b179 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@ module github.com/moov-io/infra
 
 go 1.21
 
-require goftp.io/server v0.4.1
+require (
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3
+	goftp.io/server v0.4.1
+)
 
 require (
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/jlaffaye/ftp v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.5 // indirect
@@ -14,10 +18,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.12.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.12.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8e6904eb..03e37ac9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.12.0 h1:k+n5B8goJNdU7hSvEtMUz3d1Q6D/XW4COJSJR6fN0mc=
 golang.org/x/text v0.12.0/go.mod h1:TvPlkZtksWOMsz7fbANvkp4WM8x/WCo/om8BMLbz+aE=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190328211700-ab21143f2384/go.mod h1:LCzVGOaR6xXOjkQ3onu1FJEFr0SW1gC7cKk1uF8kGRs=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.42.0/go.mod h1:pNLf8WUiyNEtQjuu5G5vTm06TEv9tsIgeAvK8hOrP4k=
 gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 h1:Dgnx+6+nfE+IfzjUEISNeydPJh9AXNNsWbGP9KzCsOA=
 gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0/go.mod h1:pNLf8WUiyNEtQjuu5G5vTm06TEv9tsIgeAvK8hOrP4k=
diff --git a/tests/go/panic_test.go b/tests/go/panic_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..666e77b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/go/panic_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package go_test
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestPanicLinter(t *testing.T) {
+	// The follow snippets of code should be allowed through by the go/lint-project.sh script.
+	r := regexp.MustCompile(`([a-z]+)`)
+	require.True(t, r.MatchString("abc"))
+
+	var out string
+	func() {
+		defer func() {
+			caught := recover()
+			if ss, ok := caught.(string); ok {
+				out = ss
+			}
+		}()
+		require.Equal(t, "", strings.Repeat("Z", -1))
+	}()
+	require.Equal(t, "strings: negative Repeat count", out)
+
+	f := &foo{}
+	f.panic("whoops")
+
+	// call panic but allow it
+	require.Panics(t, func() {
+		panic("bad thing") //nolint:forbidigo
+	})
+}
+
+type foo struct{}
+
+func (*foo) panic(desc string) {
+	// send PD alert or something
+}