diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index cc9318c05e535..e089cfb9e536a 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -296,17 +296,22 @@ linters-settings:
     #   len, negative-positive, nil-compare, require-error, suite-dont-use-pkg, suite-extra-assert-call, useless-assert
     # ).
     enable:
+      - blank-import
       - bool-compare
       - compares
       - empty
       - error-is-as
       - error-nil
       - expected-actual
+      - float-compare
       - len
+      - negative-positive
+      - nil-compare
       - require-error
       - suite-dont-use-pkg
       - suite-extra-assert-call
       - suite-thelper
+      - useless-assert
 
 run:
   # Timeout for analysis, e.g. 30s, 5m.
diff --git a/agent/accumulator_test.go b/agent/accumulator_test.go
index 095d15088d034..718c640d9ff6f 100644
--- a/agent/accumulator_test.go
+++ b/agent/accumulator_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/logger"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 )
 
 func TestAddFields(t *testing.T) {
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ func TestAddFields(t *testing.T) {
 	actual, ok := testm.GetField("usage")
 
 	require.True(t, ok)
-	require.Equal(t, float64(99), actual)
+	require.InDelta(t, float64(99), actual, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 
 	actual, ok = testm.GetTag("foo")
 	require.True(t, ok)
diff --git a/metric/metric_test.go b/metric/metric_test.go
index ab63598e4c833..cca9168060fa6 100644
--- a/metric/metric_test.go
+++ b/metric/metric_test.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func TestAddFieldOverwrites(t *testing.T) {
 
 	value, ok := m.GetField("value")
 	require.True(t, ok)
-	require.Equal(t, 42.0, value)
+	require.InDelta(t, 42.0, value, 0.001)
 }
 
 func TestAddFieldChangesType(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ceph/ceph_test.go b/plugins/inputs/ceph/ceph_test.go
index f269196f10a01..f55fb2e6e3d0c 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ceph/ceph_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ceph/ceph_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func TestParseOsdDump(t *testing.T) {
 	dump, err := c.parseDump(osdPerfDump)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.InEpsilon(t, 552132.109360000, dump["filestore"]["commitcycle_interval.sum"], epsilon)
-	require.Equal(t, float64(0), dump["mutex-FileJournal::finisher_lock"]["wait.avgcount"])
+	require.InDelta(t, float64(0), dump["mutex-FileJournal::finisher_lock"]["wait.avgcount"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
 }
 
 func TestParseMdsDump(t *testing.T) {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestParseMdsDump(t *testing.T) {
 	dump, err := c.parseDump(mdsPerfDump)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.InEpsilon(t, 2408386.600934982, dump["mds"]["reply_latency.sum"], epsilon)
-	require.Equal(t, float64(0), dump["throttle-write_buf_throttle"]["wait.avgcount"])
+	require.InDelta(t, float64(0), dump["throttle-write_buf_throttle"]["wait.avgcount"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
 }
 
 func TestParseRgwDump(t *testing.T) {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func TestParseRgwDump(t *testing.T) {
 	dump, err := c.parseDump(rgwPerfDump)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.InEpsilon(t, 0.002219876, dump["rgw"]["get_initial_lat.sum"], epsilon)
-	require.Equal(t, float64(0), dump["rgw"]["put_initial_lat.avgcount"])
+	require.InDelta(t, float64(0), dump["rgw"]["put_initial_lat.avgcount"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
 }
 
 func TestDecodeStatus(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cloud_pubsub/cloud_pubsub_test.go b/plugins/inputs/cloud_pubsub/cloud_pubsub_test.go
index fb15b6ec47d5a..e7a6ee3523be1 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cloud_pubsub/cloud_pubsub_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cloud_pubsub/cloud_pubsub_test.go
@@ -293,6 +293,6 @@ func TestRunErrorInSubscriber(t *testing.T) {
 func validateTestInfluxMetric(t *testing.T, m *testutil.Metric) {
 	require.Equal(t, "cpu_load_short", m.Measurement)
 	require.Equal(t, "server01", m.Tags["host"])
-	require.Equal(t, 23422.0, m.Fields["value"])
+	require.InDelta(t, 23422.0, m.Fields["value"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
 	require.Equal(t, int64(1422568543702900257), m.Time.UnixNano())
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ctrlx_datalayer/ctrlx_datalayer_test.go b/plugins/inputs/ctrlx_datalayer/ctrlx_datalayer_test.go
index 26159e3af2a47..09f9dfe2363b9 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ctrlx_datalayer/ctrlx_datalayer_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ctrlx_datalayer/ctrlx_datalayer_test.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func TestCtrlXMetricsField(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, acc.GatherError(s.Start))
 	require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
 		if v, found := acc.FloatField(measurement, fieldName); found {
-			require.Equal(t, 43.0, v)
+			require.InDelta(t, 43.0, v, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 			return true
 		}
 		return false
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func TestCtrlXMetricsMulti(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, acc.GatherError(s.Start))
 	require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
 		if v, found := acc.FloatField(measurement, fieldName); found {
-			require.Equal(t, 44.0, v)
+			require.InDelta(t, 44.0, v, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 			return true
 		}
 		return false
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/fluentd/fluentd_test.go b/plugins/inputs/fluentd/fluentd_test.go
index be143f05b1247..2fc1086932a8f 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/fluentd/fluentd_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/fluentd/fluentd_test.go
@@ -200,41 +200,41 @@ func Test_Gather(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, expectedOutput[0].PluginID, acc.Metrics[0].Tags["plugin_id"])
 	require.Equal(t, expectedOutput[0].PluginType, acc.Metrics[0].Tags["plugin_type"])
 	require.Equal(t, expectedOutput[0].PluginCategory, acc.Metrics[0].Tags["plugin_category"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[0].RetryCount, acc.Metrics[0].Fields["retry_count"])
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[0].RetryCount, acc.Metrics[0].Fields["retry_count"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
 
 	require.Equal(t, expectedOutput[1].PluginID, acc.Metrics[1].Tags["plugin_id"])
 	require.Equal(t, expectedOutput[1].PluginType, acc.Metrics[1].Tags["plugin_type"])
 	require.Equal(t, expectedOutput[1].PluginCategory, acc.Metrics[1].Tags["plugin_category"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[1].RetryCount, acc.Metrics[1].Fields["retry_count"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[1].BufferQueueLength, acc.Metrics[1].Fields["buffer_queue_length"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[1].BufferTotalQueuedSize, acc.Metrics[1].Fields["buffer_total_queued_size"])
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[1].RetryCount, acc.Metrics[1].Fields["retry_count"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[1].BufferQueueLength, acc.Metrics[1].Fields["buffer_queue_length"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[1].BufferTotalQueuedSize, acc.Metrics[1].Fields["buffer_total_queued_size"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
 
 	require.Equal(t, expectedOutput[2].PluginID, acc.Metrics[2].Tags["plugin_id"])
 	require.Equal(t, expectedOutput[2].PluginType, acc.Metrics[2].Tags["plugin_type"])
 	require.Equal(t, expectedOutput[2].PluginCategory, acc.Metrics[2].Tags["plugin_category"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[2].RetryCount, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["retry_count"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[2].BufferQueueLength, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["buffer_queue_length"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[2].BufferTotalQueuedSize, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["buffer_total_queued_size"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[2].EmitRecords, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["emit_records"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[2].EmitSize, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["emit_size"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[2].EmitCount, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["emit_count"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[2].RollbackCount, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["rollback_count"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[2].SlowFlushCount, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["slow_flush_count"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[2].WriteCount, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["write_count"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[2].FlushTimeCount, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["flush_time_count"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[2].BufferStageLength, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["buffer_stage_length"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[2].BufferStageByteSize, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["buffer_stage_byte_size"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[2].BufferQueueByteSize, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["buffer_queue_byte_size"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[2].AvailBufferSpaceRatios, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["buffer_available_buffer_space_ratios"])
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[2].RetryCount, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["retry_count"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[2].BufferQueueLength, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["buffer_queue_length"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[2].BufferTotalQueuedSize, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["buffer_total_queued_size"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[2].EmitRecords, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["emit_records"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[2].EmitSize, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["emit_size"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[2].EmitCount, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["emit_count"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[2].RollbackCount, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["rollback_count"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[2].SlowFlushCount, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["slow_flush_count"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[2].WriteCount, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["write_count"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[2].FlushTimeCount, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["flush_time_count"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[2].BufferStageLength, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["buffer_stage_length"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[2].BufferStageByteSize, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["buffer_stage_byte_size"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[2].BufferQueueByteSize, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["buffer_queue_byte_size"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[2].AvailBufferSpaceRatios, acc.Metrics[2].Fields["buffer_available_buffer_space_ratios"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
 
 	require.Equal(t, expectedOutput[3].PluginID, acc.Metrics[3].Tags["plugin_id"])
 	require.Equal(t, expectedOutput[3].PluginType, acc.Metrics[3].Tags["plugin_type"])
 	require.Equal(t, expectedOutput[3].PluginCategory, acc.Metrics[3].Tags["plugin_category"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[3].RetryCount, acc.Metrics[3].Fields["retry_count"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[3].BufferQueueLength, acc.Metrics[3].Fields["buffer_queue_length"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[3].BufferTotalQueuedSize, acc.Metrics[3].Fields["buffer_total_queued_size"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[3].EmitRecords, acc.Metrics[3].Fields["emit_records"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[3].RollbackCount, acc.Metrics[3].Fields["rollback_count"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[3].SlowFlushCount, acc.Metrics[3].Fields["slow_flush_count"])
-	require.Equal(t, *expectedOutput[3].AvailBufferSpaceRatios, acc.Metrics[3].Fields["buffer_available_buffer_space_ratios"])
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[3].RetryCount, acc.Metrics[3].Fields["retry_count"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[3].BufferQueueLength, acc.Metrics[3].Fields["buffer_queue_length"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[3].BufferTotalQueuedSize, acc.Metrics[3].Fields["buffer_total_queued_size"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[3].EmitRecords, acc.Metrics[3].Fields["emit_records"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[3].RollbackCount, acc.Metrics[3].Fields["rollback_count"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[3].SlowFlushCount, acc.Metrics[3].Fields["slow_flush_count"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, *expectedOutput[3].AvailBufferSpaceRatios, acc.Metrics[3].Fields["buffer_available_buffer_space_ratios"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/google_cloud_storage/google_cloud_storage_test.go b/plugins/inputs/google_cloud_storage/google_cloud_storage_test.go
index 1e85e5366ce57..c421742e77a65 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/google_cloud_storage/google_cloud_storage_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/google_cloud_storage/google_cloud_storage_test.go
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ func TestRunGatherOneItem(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, "cpu", metric.Measurement)
 	require.Equal(t, "us-east-1", metric.Tags["tags_datacenter"])
 	require.Equal(t, "localhost", metric.Tags["tags_host"])
-	require.Equal(t, 10.0, metric.Fields["fields_cosine"])
-	require.Equal(t, -1.0975806427415925e-12, metric.Fields["fields_sine"])
+	require.InDelta(t, 10.0, metric.Fields["fields_cosine"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InEpsilon(t, -1.0975806427415925e-12, metric.Fields["fields_sine"], testutil.DefaultEpsilon)
 }
 
 func TestRunGatherOneIteration(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/http/http_test.go b/plugins/inputs/http/http_test.go
index d456a2a435a30..d750b6100ad10 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/http/http_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/http/http_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package http_test
 import (
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"io"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net"
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	httpconfig "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/http"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/oauth"
 	httpplugin "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/http"
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func TestHTTPWithJSONFormat(t *testing.T) {
 	var metric = acc.Metrics[0]
 	require.Equal(t, metric.Measurement, metricName)
 	require.Len(t, acc.Metrics[0].Fields, 1)
-	require.Equal(t, 1.2, acc.Metrics[0].Fields["a"])
+	require.InDelta(t, 1.2, acc.Metrics[0].Fields["a"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
 	require.Equal(t, acc.Metrics[0].Tags["url"], address)
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/http_response/http_response_test.go b/plugins/inputs/http_response/http_response_test.go
index f4a8741acab11..e718301408872 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/http_response/http_response_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/http_response/http_response_test.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func checkFields(t *testing.T, fields map[string]interface{}, acc *testutil.Accu
 		case float64:
 			value, ok := acc.FloatField("http_response", key)
 			require.True(t, ok)
-			require.Equal(t, field, value)
+			require.InDelta(t, field, value, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 		case string:
 			value, ok := acc.StringField("http_response", key)
 			require.True(t, ok)
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/intel_dlb/intel_dlb_test.go b/plugins/inputs/intel_dlb/intel_dlb_test.go
index 8177cc75f037a..f5a621759254b 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/intel_dlb/intel_dlb_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/intel_dlb/intel_dlb_test.go
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ func TestDLB_gatherSecondDeviceIndex(t *testing.T) {
 		mockConn.On("Close").Return(nil).Once()
 
 		_, err := dlb.gatherSecondDeviceIndex(0, dlb.EventdevCommands[0])
-		require.Equal(t, nil, dlb.connection)
+		require.Nil(t, dlb.connection)
 		require.Error(t, err)
 		require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "failed to parse json")
 		dlb.SocketPath = pathToSocket
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/intel_powerstat/intel_powerstat_test.go b/plugins/inputs/intel_powerstat/intel_powerstat_test.go
index 91877b4553ee6..d84fda97d2b40 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/intel_powerstat/intel_powerstat_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/intel_powerstat/intel_powerstat_test.go
@@ -4948,8 +4948,8 @@ func TestGetUncoreFreqInitialLimits(t *testing.T) {
 		initMin, initMax, err := getUncoreFreqInitialLimits(mFetcher, packageID, dieID)
 
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.Equal(t, initMinExp, initMin)
-		require.Equal(t, initMaxExp, initMax)
+		require.InDelta(t, initMinExp, initMin, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+		require.InDelta(t, initMaxExp, initMax, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 		mFetcher.AssertExpectations(t)
 	})
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/intel_rdt/publisher_test.go b/plugins/inputs/intel_rdt/publisher_test.go
index 4e63242e286ae..43fb4e6444328 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/intel_rdt/publisher_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/intel_rdt/publisher_test.go
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ func TestParseCoresMeasurement(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Equal(t, expectedCores, result.cores)
 		require.Equal(t, expectedTimestamp, result.time)
-		require.Equal(t, result.values[0], metricsValues["IPC"])
-		require.Equal(t, result.values[1], metricsValues["LLC_Misses"])
-		require.Equal(t, result.values[2], metricsValues["LLC"])
-		require.Equal(t, result.values[3], metricsValues["MBL"])
-		require.Equal(t, result.values[4], metricsValues["MBR"])
-		require.Equal(t, result.values[5], metricsValues["MBT"])
+		require.InDelta(t, result.values[0], metricsValues["IPC"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+		require.InDelta(t, result.values[1], metricsValues["LLC_Misses"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+		require.InDelta(t, result.values[2], metricsValues["LLC"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+		require.InDelta(t, result.values[3], metricsValues["MBL"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+		require.InDelta(t, result.values[4], metricsValues["MBR"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+		require.InDelta(t, result.values[5], metricsValues["MBT"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
 	})
 	t.Run("not valid measurement string", func(t *testing.T) {
 		measurement := "not, valid, measurement"
@@ -131,12 +131,12 @@ func TestParseProcessesMeasurement(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equal(t, processName, result.process)
 		require.Equal(t, expectedCores, result.cores)
 		require.Equal(t, expectedTimestamp, result.time)
-		require.Equal(t, result.values[0], metricsValues["IPC"])
-		require.Equal(t, result.values[1], metricsValues["LLC_Misses"])
-		require.Equal(t, result.values[2], metricsValues["LLC"])
-		require.Equal(t, result.values[3], metricsValues["MBL"])
-		require.Equal(t, result.values[4], metricsValues["MBR"])
-		require.Equal(t, result.values[5], metricsValues["MBT"])
+		require.InDelta(t, result.values[0], metricsValues["IPC"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+		require.InDelta(t, result.values[1], metricsValues["LLC_Misses"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+		require.InDelta(t, result.values[2], metricsValues["LLC"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+		require.InDelta(t, result.values[3], metricsValues["MBL"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+		require.InDelta(t, result.values[4], metricsValues["MBR"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
+		require.InDelta(t, result.values[5], metricsValues["MBT"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
 	})
 
 	invalidTimestamp := "2020-20-20-31"
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/mock/mock_test.go b/plugins/inputs/mock/mock_test.go
index 523894820c847..7878ccb6ff8eb 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/mock/mock_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/mock/mock_test.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func TestGather(t *testing.T) {
 	for k, v := range metric.Fields {
 		switch k {
 		case "abc":
-			require.Equal(t, 50.0, v)
+			require.InDelta(t, 50.0, v, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 		case "constant_string":
 			require.Equal(t, testConstantString.Value, v)
 		case "constant_float":
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ func TestGather(t *testing.T) {
 			require.GreaterOrEqual(t, 6.0, v)
 			require.LessOrEqual(t, 1.0, v)
 		case "sine":
-			require.Equal(t, 2.0, v)
+			require.InDelta(t, 2.0, v, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 		case "step":
-			require.Equal(t, 0.0, v)
+			require.InDelta(t, 0.0, v, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 		default:
 			require.Failf(t, "unexpected field %q", k)
 		}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/netflow/type_conversion_test.go b/plugins/inputs/netflow/type_conversion_test.go
index 90149bd4d5c67..f3ef1f3575962 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/netflow/type_conversion_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/netflow/type_conversion_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 )
 
 func TestDecodeInt32(t *testing.T) {
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ func TestDecodeFloat64(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	out, ok := v.(float64)
 	require.True(t, ok)
-	require.Equal(t, float64(3.14159265359), out)
+	require.InDelta(t, float64(3.14159265359), out, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 }
 
 func TestDecodeBool(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/pgbouncer/pgbouncer_test.go b/plugins/inputs/pgbouncer/pgbouncer_test.go
index 4a39a1e3e50fa..3e86a461314e8 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/pgbouncer/pgbouncer_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/pgbouncer/pgbouncer_test.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func TestPgBouncerGeneratesMetricsIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 		metricsCounted++
 	}
 
-	require.Greater(t, metricsCounted, 0)
+	require.Positive(t, metricsCounted)
 	require.Equal(t, len(intMetricsPgBouncer)+len(intMetricsPgBouncerPools), metricsCounted)
 }
 
@@ -210,6 +210,6 @@ func TestPgBouncerGeneratesMetricsIntegrationShowCommands(t *testing.T) {
 		metricsCounted++
 	}
 
-	require.Greater(t, metricsCounted, 0)
+	require.Positive(t, metricsCounted)
 	require.Equal(t, len(intMetricsPgBouncerPools)+len(intMetricsPgBouncerLists)+len(intMetricsPgBouncerDatabases), metricsCounted)
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_test.go b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_test.go
index bae8a98b163b0..e927ddde60306 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_test.go
@@ -82,40 +82,40 @@ func TestProcessPingOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, 55, stats.ttl, "ttl value is 55")
 	require.Equal(t, 5, stats.packetsTransmitted, "5 packets were transmitted")
 	require.Equal(t, 5, stats.packetsReceived, "5 packets were received")
-	require.InDelta(t, 15.087, stats.min, 0.001)
-	require.InDelta(t, 20.224, stats.avg, 0.001)
-	require.InDelta(t, 27.263, stats.max, 0.001)
-	require.InDelta(t, 4.076, stats.stddev, 0.001)
+	require.InDelta(t, 15.087, stats.min, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, 20.224, stats.avg, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, 27.263, stats.max, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, 4.076, stats.stddev, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 
 	stats, err = processPingOutput(freebsdPing6Output)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, 117, stats.ttl, "ttl value is 117")
 	require.Equal(t, 5, stats.packetsTransmitted, "5 packets were transmitted")
 	require.Equal(t, 5, stats.packetsReceived, "5 packets were received")
-	require.InDelta(t, 35.727, stats.min, 0.001)
-	require.InDelta(t, 53.211, stats.avg, 0.001)
-	require.InDelta(t, 93.870, stats.max, 0.001)
-	require.InDelta(t, 22.000, stats.stddev, 0.001)
+	require.InDelta(t, 35.727, stats.min, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, 53.211, stats.avg, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, 93.870, stats.max, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, 22.000, stats.stddev, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 
 	stats, err = processPingOutput(linuxPingOutput)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, 63, stats.ttl, "ttl value is 63")
 	require.Equal(t, 5, stats.packetsTransmitted, "5 packets were transmitted")
 	require.Equal(t, 5, stats.packetsReceived, "5 packets were received")
-	require.InDelta(t, 35.225, stats.min, 0.001)
-	require.InDelta(t, 43.628, stats.avg, 0.001)
-	require.InDelta(t, 51.806, stats.max, 0.001)
-	require.InDelta(t, 5.325, stats.stddev, 0.001)
+	require.InDelta(t, 35.225, stats.min, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, 43.628, stats.avg, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, 51.806, stats.max, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, 5.325, stats.stddev, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 
 	stats, err = processPingOutput(busyBoxPingOutput)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, 56, stats.ttl, "ttl value is 56")
 	require.Equal(t, 4, stats.packetsTransmitted, "4 packets were transmitted")
 	require.Equal(t, 4, stats.packetsReceived, "4 packets were received")
-	require.InDelta(t, 15.810, stats.min, 0.001)
-	require.InDelta(t, 17.611, stats.avg, 0.001)
-	require.InDelta(t, 22.559, stats.max, 0.001)
-	require.InDelta(t, -1.0, stats.stddev, 0.001)
+	require.InDelta(t, 15.810, stats.min, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, 17.611, stats.avg, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, 22.559, stats.max, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, -1.0, stats.stddev, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 }
 
 // Linux ping output with varying TTL
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ func TestProcessPingOutputWithVaryingTTL(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, 63, stats.ttl, "ttl value is 63")
 	require.Equal(t, 5, stats.packetsTransmitted, "5 packets were transmitted")
 	require.Equal(t, 5, stats.packetsReceived, "5 packets were transmitted")
-	require.InDelta(t, 35.225, stats.min, 0.001)
-	require.InDelta(t, 43.628, stats.avg, 0.001)
-	require.InDelta(t, 51.806, stats.max, 0.001)
-	require.InDelta(t, 5.325, stats.stddev, 0.001)
+	require.InDelta(t, 35.225, stats.min, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, 43.628, stats.avg, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, 51.806, stats.max, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+	require.InDelta(t, 5.325, stats.stddev, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 }
 
 // Test that processPingOutput returns an error when 'ping' fails to run, such
@@ -467,11 +467,11 @@ func TestPingGatherNative(t *testing.T) {
 		require.True(t, acc.HasPoint("ping", map[string]string{"url": "localhost"}, "packets_transmitted", 5))
 		require.True(t, acc.HasPoint("ping", map[string]string{"url": "localhost"}, "packets_received", 5))
 		require.True(t, acc.HasField("ping", "percentile50_ms"))
-		require.Equal(t, float64(3), acc.Metrics[0].Fields["percentile50_ms"])
+		require.InDelta(t, float64(3), acc.Metrics[0].Fields["percentile50_ms"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
 		require.True(t, acc.HasField("ping", "percentile95_ms"))
-		require.Equal(t, float64(4.799999), acc.Metrics[0].Fields["percentile95_ms"])
+		require.InDelta(t, float64(4.799999), acc.Metrics[0].Fields["percentile95_ms"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
 		require.True(t, acc.HasField("ping", "percentile99_ms"))
-		require.Equal(t, float64(4.96), acc.Metrics[0].Fields["percentile99_ms"])
+		require.InDelta(t, float64(4.96), acc.Metrics[0].Fields["percentile99_ms"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
 		require.True(t, acc.HasField("ping", "percent_packet_loss"))
 		require.True(t, acc.HasField("ping", "minimum_response_ms"))
 		require.True(t, acc.HasField("ping", "average_response_ms"))
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/postgresql/postgresql_test.go b/plugins/inputs/postgresql/postgresql_test.go
index 699a2dd639498..24df5870426e1 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/postgresql/postgresql_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/postgresql/postgresql_test.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func TestPostgresqlGeneratesMetricsIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 		metricsCounted++
 	}
 
-	require.Greater(t, metricsCounted, 0)
+	require.Positive(t, metricsCounted)
 	require.Equal(t, len(floatMetrics)+len(intMetrics)+len(int32Metrics)+len(stringMetrics), metricsCounted)
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/postgresql_extensible/postgresql_extensible_test.go b/plugins/inputs/postgresql_extensible/postgresql_extensible_test.go
index 759d9079d0969..85773eb128100 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/postgresql_extensible/postgresql_extensible_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/postgresql_extensible/postgresql_extensible_test.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func TestPostgresqlGeneratesMetricsIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 		metricsCounted++
 	}
 
-	require.Greater(t, metricsCounted, 0)
+	require.Positive(t, metricsCounted)
 	require.Equal(t, len(floatMetrics)+len(intMetrics)+len(int32Metrics)+len(stringMetrics), metricsCounted)
 }
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func TestPostgresqlQueryOutputTestsIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 		"SELECT 10.0::float AS myvalue": func(acc *testutil.Accumulator) {
 			v, found := acc.FloatField(measurement, "myvalue")
 			require.True(t, found)
-			require.Equal(t, 10.0, v)
+			require.InDelta(t, 10.0, v, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 		},
 		"SELECT 10.0 AS myvalue": func(acc *testutil.Accumulator) {
 			v, found := acc.StringField(measurement, "myvalue")
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/statsd/statsd_test.go b/plugins/inputs/statsd/statsd_test.go
index 2f7a0fa83b007..3b5d10bb3922a 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/statsd/statsd_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/statsd/statsd_test.go
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ func TestParse_MeasurementsWithMultipleValues(t *testing.T) {
 	// which adds up to 12 individual datapoints to be cached
 	require.EqualValuesf(t, 12, cachedtiming.fields[defaultFieldName].n, "Expected 12 additions, got %d", cachedtiming.fields[defaultFieldName].n)
 
-	require.EqualValuesf(t, 1, cachedtiming.fields[defaultFieldName].upper, "Expected max input to be 1, got %f", cachedtiming.fields[defaultFieldName].upper)
+	require.InDelta(t, 1, cachedtiming.fields[defaultFieldName].upper, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 
 	// test if sSingle and sMultiple did compute the same stats for valid.multiple.duplicate
 	require.NoError(t, testValidateSet("valid_multiple_duplicate", 2, sSingle.sets))
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/vsphere/vsphere_test.go b/plugins/inputs/vsphere/vsphere_test.go
index 77d1d80b99d6b..fe9ed6166e1a6 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/vsphere/vsphere_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/vsphere/vsphere_test.go
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func testAlignUniform(t *testing.T, n int) {
 	require.Len(t, newInfo, n/3, "Aligned infos have wrong size")
 	require.Len(t, newValues, n/3, "Aligned values have wrong size")
 	for _, v := range newValues {
-		require.Equal(t, 1.0, v, "Aligned value should be 1")
+		require.InDelta(t, 1.0, v, testutil.DefaultDelta, "Aligned value should be 1")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func TestAlignMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Len(t, newInfo, n/3, "Aligned infos have wrong size")
 	require.Len(t, newValues, n/3, "Aligned values have wrong size")
 	for _, v := range newValues {
-		require.Equal(t, 2.0, v, "Aligned value should be 2")
+		require.InDelta(t, 2.0, v, testutil.DefaultDelta, "Aligned value should be 2")
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/application_insights/application_insights_test.go b/plugins/outputs/application_insights/application_insights_test.go
index 541d990177096..71244bd48f8e6 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/application_insights/application_insights_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/application_insights/application_insights_test.go
@@ -403,11 +403,11 @@ func verifyAggregateTelemetry(
 		}
 
 		if _, err := toFloat64(metricRawFieldValue); err == nil {
-			require.EqualValues(t, metricRawFieldValue, telemetryValue, "Telemetry property %s does not match the metric field", fieldName)
+			require.InDelta(t, metricRawFieldValue, telemetryValue, testutil.DefaultDelta, "Telemetry property %s does not match the metric field", fieldName)
 		}
 	}
 	require.Equal(t, m.Name(), telemetry.Name, "Telemetry name should be the same as metric name")
-	require.EqualValues(t, m.Fields()[valueField], telemetry.Value, "Telemetry value does not match metric value field")
+	require.InDelta(t, m.Fields()[valueField], telemetry.Value, testutil.DefaultDelta, "Telemetry value does not match metric value field")
 	require.EqualValues(t, m.Fields()[countField], telemetry.Count, "Telemetry sample count does not mach metric sample count field")
 	verifyAggregateField("min", telemetry.Min)
 	verifyAggregateField("max", telemetry.Max)
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ func verifySimpleTelemetry(
 	telemetry *appinsights.MetricTelemetry,
 ) {
 	require.Equal(t, expectedTelemetryName, telemetry.Name, "Telemetry name is not what was expected")
-	require.EqualValues(t, m.Fields()[valueField], telemetry.Value, "Telemetry value does not match metric value field")
+	require.InDelta(t, m.Fields()[valueField], telemetry.Value, testutil.DefaultDelta, "Telemetry value does not match metric value field")
 	require.Equal(t, m.Time(), telemetry.Timestamp, "Telemetry and metric timestamps do not match")
 	assertMapContains(t, m.Tags(), telemetry.Properties)
 }
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/azure_data_explorer/azure_data_explorer_test.go b/plugins/outputs/azure_data_explorer/azure_data_explorer_test.go
index 1e34e50552b85..ebe76a56569b6 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/azure_data_explorer/azure_data_explorer_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/azure_data_explorer/azure_data_explorer_test.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
 				require.Equal(t, expectedTags, createdFakeIngestor.actualOutputMetric["tags"])
 
 				expectedTime := tC.expected["timestamp"].(float64)
-				require.Equal(t, expectedTime, createdFakeIngestor.actualOutputMetric["timestamp"])
+				require.InDelta(t, expectedTime, createdFakeIngestor.actualOutputMetric["timestamp"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/bigquery/bigquery_test.go b/plugins/outputs/bigquery/bigquery_test.go
index f2bc3b1d7155f..a29221ac26054 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/bigquery/bigquery_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/bigquery/bigquery_test.go
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"cloud.google.com/go/bigquery"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"google.golang.org/api/option"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
 	pt, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, row.Timestamp)
 	require.Equal(t, mockMetrics[0].Tags()["tag1"], row.Tag1)
 	require.Equal(t, mockMetrics[0].Time(), pt)
-	require.Equal(t, mockMetrics[0].Fields()["value"], row.Value)
+	require.InDelta(t, mockMetrics[0].Fields()["value"], row.Value, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 }
 
 func TestWriteCompact(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_test.go b/plugins/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_test.go
index 82e2494616286..c41193c0211c8 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_test.go
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ func TestStandardIndexSettings(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	index := jsonData.Settings.Index
 	require.Equal(t, "10s", index["refresh_interval"])
-	require.Equal(t, float64(5000), index["mapping.total_fields.limit"])
+	require.InDelta(t, float64(5000), index["mapping.total_fields.limit"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
 	require.Equal(t, "0-1", index["auto_expand_replicas"])
 	require.Equal(t, "best_compression", index["codec"])
 }
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ func TestDifferentIndexSettings(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	index := jsonData.Settings.Index
 	require.Equal(t, "20s", index["refresh_interval"])
-	require.Equal(t, float64(1000), index["mapping.total_fields.limit"])
+	require.InDelta(t, float64(1000), index["mapping.total_fields.limit"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
 	require.Equal(t, "best_compression", index["codec"])
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/graylog/graylog_test_linux.go b/plugins/outputs/graylog/graylog_test_linux.go
index 11fe638f027ca..0023aab787160 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/graylog/graylog_test_linux.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/graylog/graylog_test_linux.go
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func UDPServer(t *testing.T, wg *sync.WaitGroup, namefieldnoprefix bool) string
 			require.Equal(t, "test1", obj["_name"])
 		}
 		require.Equal(t, "value1", obj["_tag1"])
-		require.Equal(t, float64(1), obj["_value"])
+		require.InDelta(t, float64(1), obj["_value"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
 
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func TCPServer(t *testing.T, wg *sync.WaitGroup, tlsConfig *tls.Config, errs cha
 		require.Equal(t, "telegraf", obj["short_message"])
 		require.Equal(t, "test1", obj["_name"])
 		require.Equal(t, "value1", obj["_tag1"])
-		require.Equal(t, float64(1), obj["_value"])
+		require.InDelta(t, float64(1), obj["_value"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
 		return nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/groundwork/groundwork_test.go b/plugins/outputs/groundwork/groundwork_test.go
index 91755971914d0..a1b8b18fc19cf 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/groundwork/groundwork_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/groundwork/groundwork_test.go
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ func TestWriteWithFields(t *testing.T) {
 		// Check if server gets proper data
 		require.Equal(t, "Test Message", obj.Resources[0].Services[0].LastPluginOutput)
 		require.Equal(t, transit.MonitorStatus("SERVICE_WARNING"), obj.Resources[0].Services[0].Status)
-		require.Equal(t, float64(1.0), *obj.Resources[0].Services[0].Metrics[0].Value.DoubleValue)
-		require.Equal(t, float64(3.0), *obj.Resources[0].Services[0].Metrics[0].Thresholds[0].Value.DoubleValue)
-		require.Equal(t, float64(2.0), *obj.Resources[0].Services[0].Metrics[0].Thresholds[1].Value.DoubleValue)
+		require.InDelta(t, float64(1.0), *obj.Resources[0].Services[0].Metrics[0].Value.DoubleValue, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+		require.InDelta(t, float64(3.0), *obj.Resources[0].Services[0].Metrics[0].Thresholds[0].Value.DoubleValue, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+		require.InDelta(t, float64(2.0), *obj.Resources[0].Services[0].Metrics[0].Thresholds[1].Value.DoubleValue, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 
 		_, err = fmt.Fprintln(w, "OK")
 		require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ func TestWriteWithTags(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equal(t, "Host01", obj.Groups[0].Resources[0].Name)
 		require.Equal(t, "Test Tag", obj.Resources[0].Services[0].LastPluginOutput)
 		require.Equal(t, transit.MonitorStatus("SERVICE_PENDING"), obj.Resources[0].Services[0].Status)
-		require.Equal(t, float64(1.0), *obj.Resources[0].Services[0].Metrics[0].Value.DoubleValue)
-		require.Equal(t, float64(9.0), *obj.Resources[0].Services[0].Metrics[0].Thresholds[0].Value.DoubleValue)
-		require.Equal(t, float64(6.0), *obj.Resources[0].Services[0].Metrics[0].Thresholds[1].Value.DoubleValue)
+		require.InDelta(t, float64(1.0), *obj.Resources[0].Services[0].Metrics[0].Value.DoubleValue, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+		require.InDelta(t, float64(9.0), *obj.Resources[0].Services[0].Metrics[0].Thresholds[0].Value.DoubleValue, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+		require.InDelta(t, float64(6.0), *obj.Resources[0].Services[0].Metrics[0].Thresholds[1].Value.DoubleValue, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 
 		_, err = fmt.Fprintln(w, "OK")
 		require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/nebius_cloud_monitoring/nebius_cloud_monitoring_test.go b/plugins/outputs/nebius_cloud_monitoring/nebius_cloud_monitoring_test.go
index 5e13a6ac8fe9d..51c4f310f1bc5 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/nebius_cloud_monitoring/nebius_cloud_monitoring_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/nebius_cloud_monitoring/nebius_cloud_monitoring_test.go
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func readBody(r *http.Request) (nebiusCloudMonitoringMessage, error) {
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 				require.Len(t, message.Metrics, 1)
 				require.Equal(t, "cluster_cpu", message.Metrics[0].Name)
-				require.Equal(t, 42.0, message.Metrics[0].Value)
+				require.InDelta(t, 42.0, message.Metrics[0].Value, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 			},
 		},
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 				require.Len(t, message.Metrics, 1)
 				require.Equal(t, "cluster_value", message.Metrics[0].Name)
-				require.Equal(t, float64(9.223372036854776e+18), message.Metrics[0].Value)
+				require.InDelta(t, float64(9.223372036854776e+18), message.Metrics[0].Value, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 			},
 		},
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 				require.Len(t, message.Metrics, 1)
 				require.Equal(t, "cluster_value", message.Metrics[0].Name)
-				require.Equal(t, float64(9226), message.Metrics[0].Value)
+				require.InDelta(t, float64(9226), message.Metrics[0].Value, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 			},
 		},
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
 				require.Len(t, message.Metrics, 1)
 				require.Equal(t, "cluster_value", message.Metrics[0].Name)
 				require.Contains(t, message.Metrics[0].Labels, "_name")
-				require.Equal(t, float64(9226), message.Metrics[0].Value)
+				require.InDelta(t, float64(9226), message.Metrics[0].Value, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/postgresql/table_source_test.go b/plugins/outputs/postgresql/table_source_test.go
index ed2a49e1e7653..dceeb78e03152 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/postgresql/table_source_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/postgresql/table_source_test.go
@@ -277,10 +277,10 @@ func TestTableSourceIntegration_InconsistentTags(t *testing.T) {
 
 	trow := nextSrcRow(tsrc)
 	require.EqualValues(t, "1", trow["a"])
-	require.EqualValues(t, nil, trow["c"])
+	require.Nil(t, trow["c"])
 
 	trow = nextSrcRow(tsrc)
-	require.EqualValues(t, nil, trow["a"])
+	require.Nil(t, trow["a"])
 	require.EqualValues(t, "3", trow["c"])
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/sensu/sensu_test.go b/plugins/outputs/sensu/sensu_test.go
index 724bf3a022b0a..ea0d8df0150dd 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/sensu/sensu_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/sensu/sensu_test.go
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func TestGetFloat(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			require.Equal(t, tt.expectedReturn, getFloat(tt.value))
+			require.InDelta(t, tt.expectedReturn, getFloat(tt.value), testutil.DefaultDelta)
 		})
 	}
 	// Since math.NaN() == math.NaN() returns false
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/stackdriver_test.go b/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/stackdriver_test.go
index 378444cc6151a..2c9d362e3e7bb 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/stackdriver_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/stackdriver_test.go
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ func TestBuildHistogram(t *testing.T) {
 	dist := value.GetDistributionValue()
 	require.NotNil(t, dist)
 	require.Equal(t, int64(2), dist.Count)
-	require.Equal(t, 0.5, dist.Mean)
+	require.InDelta(t, 0.5, dist.Mean, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 	require.Len(t, dist.BucketCounts, 5)
 	require.Equal(t, []int64{0, 1, 0, 1, 1}, dist.BucketCounts)
 	require.Len(t, dist.BucketOptions.GetExplicitBuckets().Bounds, 4)
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/yandex_cloud_monitoring/yandex_cloud_monitoring_test.go b/plugins/outputs/yandex_cloud_monitoring/yandex_cloud_monitoring_test.go
index 049af5dbc5f92..facd0fb70aae5 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/yandex_cloud_monitoring/yandex_cloud_monitoring_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/yandex_cloud_monitoring/yandex_cloud_monitoring_test.go
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
 				message := readBody(r)
 				require.Len(t, message.Metrics, 1)
 				require.Equal(t, "cpu", message.Metrics[0].Name)
-				require.Equal(t, 42.0, message.Metrics[0].Value)
+				require.InDelta(t, 42.0, message.Metrics[0].Value, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 			},
 		},
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
 				message := readBody(r)
 				require.Len(t, message.Metrics, 1)
 				require.Equal(t, "value", message.Metrics[0].Name)
-				require.Equal(t, float64(9.223372036854776e+18), message.Metrics[0].Value)
+				require.InDelta(t, float64(9.223372036854776e+18), message.Metrics[0].Value, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 			},
 		},
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
 				message := readBody(r)
 				require.Len(t, message.Metrics, 1)
 				require.Equal(t, "value", message.Metrics[0].Name)
-				require.Equal(t, float64(9226), message.Metrics[0].Value)
+				require.InDelta(t, float64(9226), message.Metrics[0].Value, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/csv/parser_test.go b/plugins/parsers/csv/parser_test.go
index 436e8d0499e6c..d75fc8a603a2b 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/csv/parser_test.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/csv/parser_test.go
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func TestNullDelimiter(t *testing.T) {
 	testCSV := strings.Join([]string{"3.4", "70", "test_name"}, "\u0000")
 	metrics, err := p.Parse([]byte(testCSV))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Equal(t, float64(3.4), metrics[0].Fields()["first"])
+	require.InDelta(t, float64(3.4), metrics[0].Fields()["first"], testutil.DefaultDelta)
 	require.Equal(t, int64(70), metrics[0].Fields()["second"])
 	require.Equal(t, "test_name", metrics[0].Fields()["third"])
 }
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/nagios/parser_test.go b/plugins/parsers/nagios/parser_test.go
index 2da37511c0804..31f2b1b156cbc 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/nagios/parser_test.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/nagios/parser_test.go
@@ -519,8 +519,8 @@ func TestParseThreshold(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for i := range tests {
 		min, max, err := parseThreshold(tests[i].input)
-		require.Equal(t, tests[i].eMin, min)
-		require.Equal(t, tests[i].eMax, max)
+		require.InDelta(t, tests[i].eMin, min, testutil.DefaultDelta)
+		require.InDelta(t, tests[i].eMax, max, testutil.DefaultDelta)
 		require.Equal(t, tests[i].eErr, err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/testutil/testutil.go b/testutil/testutil.go
index 8437991b87217..db548e94d327b 100644
--- a/testutil/testutil.go
+++ b/testutil/testutil.go
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ import (
 
 var localhost = "localhost"
 
+const (
+	DefaultDelta   = 0.001
+	DefaultEpsilon = 0.1
+)
+
 // GetLocalHost returns the DOCKER_HOST environment variable, parsing
 // out any scheme or ports so that only the IP address is returned.
 func GetLocalHost() string {