diff --git a/cmd/lingo/main.go b/cmd/lingo/main.go
index 7bfec8f0..c7582a6c 100644
--- a/cmd/lingo/main.go
+++ b/cmd/lingo/main.go
@@ -71,11 +71,13 @@ func run() error {
 	var metricsAddr string
 	var probeAddr string
 	var concurrencyPerReplica int
+	var requestHeaderTimeout time.Duration
 
 	flag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, "metrics-bind-address", ":8082", "The address the metric endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.StringVar(&probeAddr, "health-probe-bind-address", ":8081", "The address the probe endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.IntVar(&concurrencyPerReplica, "concurrency", concurrency, "the number of simultaneous requests that can be processed by each replica")
 	flag.IntVar(&scaleDownDelay, "scale-down-delay", scaleDownDelay, "seconds to wait before scaling down")
+	flag.DurationVar(&requestHeaderTimeout, "request-header-timeout", 10*time.Second, "amount of time for the client to send headers before a timeout error will occur")
 	opts := zap.Options{
 		Development: true,
 	}
@@ -154,19 +156,23 @@ func run() error {
 
 	proxy.MustRegister(metricsRegistry)
 	proxyHandler := proxy.NewHandler(deploymentManager, endpointManager, queueManager)
-	proxyServer := &http.Server{Addr: ":8080", Handler: proxyHandler}
+	proxyServer := &http.Server{Addr: ":8080", Handler: proxyHandler, ReadHeaderTimeout: requestHeaderTimeout}
 
 	statsHandler := &stats.Handler{
 		Queues: queueManager,
 	}
-	statsServer := &http.Server{Addr: ":8083", Handler: statsHandler}
+	statsServer := &http.Server{Addr: ":8083", Handler: statsHandler, ReadHeaderTimeout: requestHeaderTimeout}
 
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
 		defer func() {
-			statsServer.Shutdown(context.Background())
-			proxyServer.Shutdown(context.Background())
+			if err := statsServer.Shutdown(context.Background()); err != nil {
+				setupLog.Error(err, "shutdown stats server")
+			}
+			if err := proxyServer.Shutdown(context.Background()); err != nil {
+				setupLog.Error(err, "shutdown proxy server")
+			}
 			wg.Done()
 		}()
 		if err := mgr.Start(ctx); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/deployments/manager.go b/pkg/deployments/manager.go
index a008dd70..3bea6710 100644
--- a/pkg/deployments/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/deployments/manager.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"math"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -244,6 +245,9 @@ func getAnnotationInt32(ann map[string]string, key string, defaultValue int32) i
 		log.Printf("parsing annotation as int: %v", err)
 		return defaultValue
 	}
-
-	return int32(value)
+	if value > math.MaxInt32 {
+		log.Printf("invalid value that exceeds max int32: %d", value)
+		return defaultValue
+	}
+	return int32(value) // #nosec G109 : checked before
 }
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/handler.go b/pkg/proxy/handler.go
index a51d9d3b..3a54c94b 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/handler.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (h *Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		modelName = "unknown"
 		log.Printf("error reading model from request body: %v", err)
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
-		w.Write([]byte("Bad request: unable to parse .model from JSON payload"))
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte("Bad request: unable to parse .model from JSON payload"))
 		return
 	}
 	log.Println("model:", modelName)
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (h *Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if !found {
 		log.Printf("deployment not found for model: %v", err)
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
-		w.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("Deployment for model not found: %v", modelName)))
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("Deployment for model not found: %v", modelName)))
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/stats/handler.go b/pkg/stats/handler.go
index 30113ad2..8ec656d4 100644
--- a/pkg/stats/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/stats/handler.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type Handler struct {
 	Queues *queue.Manager
 }
 
-func (h *Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+func (h *Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
 	if err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(Stats{
 		ActiveRequests: h.Queues.TotalCounts(),
 	}); err != nil {