diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index a4d14ddd80362..ddd7a0228fd8c 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -126,5 +126,10 @@ issues:
     - path: _test\.go
       text: "parameter.*seems to be a control flag, avoid control coupling"
 
+    - path: (^agent/|^cmd/|^config/|^filter/|^internal/|^logger/|^metric/|^models/|^selfstat/|^testutil/|^plugins/serializers/)
+      text: "imports-blacklist: should not use the following blacklisted import: \"log\""
+      linters:
+        - revive
+
 output:
   format: tab
diff --git a/plugins/common/logrus/hook.go b/plugins/common/logrus/hook.go
index 7596fbbed3194..84aae8fe8557b 100644
--- a/plugins/common/logrus/hook.go
+++ b/plugins/common/logrus/hook.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package logrus
 
 import (
 	"io"
-	"log"
+	"log" //nolint:revive // Allow exceptional but valid use of log here.
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
diff --git a/plugins/common/shim/config.go b/plugins/common/shim/config.go
index 089c2b7ee7525..ad08e08ea803d 100644
--- a/plugins/common/shim/config.go
+++ b/plugins/common/shim/config.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package shim
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
+	"log" //nolint:revive // Allow exceptional but valid use of log here.
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
diff --git a/plugins/common/shim/logger.go b/plugins/common/shim/logger.go
index 3a6dcb0868d0d..74bfbfdef2019 100644
--- a/plugins/common/shim/logger.go
+++ b/plugins/common/shim/logger.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package shim
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
+	"log" //nolint:revive // Allow exceptional but valid use of log here.
 	"os"
 	"reflect"