diff --git a/cmd/gitea-cli/cmd/upload.go b/cmd/gitea-cli/cmd/upload.go
index d60677a62e..8fffd032b3 100644
--- a/cmd/gitea-cli/cmd/upload.go
+++ b/cmd/gitea-cli/cmd/upload.go
@@ -367,9 +367,7 @@ func uploadChunks(ctx context.Context, server, token string, session *UploadSess
 
 	// Start workers
 	for range parallel {
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func() { //nolint:modernize // Using separate error channel for first-error semantics
-			defer wg.Done()
+		wg.Go(func() {
 			for job := range jobs {
 				err := uploadChunk(server, token, session.ID, job.number, job.data)
 				if err != nil {
@@ -378,7 +376,7 @@ func uploadChunks(ctx context.Context, server, token string, session *UploadSess
 				}
 				tracker.Add(int64(len(job.data)))
 			}
-		}()
+		})
 	}
 
 	// Progress display
diff --git a/sdk/go/upload.go b/sdk/go/upload.go
index 62e5e86461..d371ed65f1 100644
--- a/sdk/go/upload.go
+++ b/sdk/go/upload.go
@@ -173,9 +173,7 @@ func (cu *ChunkedUpload) uploadChunks(ctx context.Context, reader io.ReaderAt) e
 
 	// Start workers
 	for range cu.options.Parallel {
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func() { //nolint:modernize // Using separate error channel for first-error semantics
-			defer wg.Done()
+		wg.Go(func() {
 			for j := range jobs {
 				if err := cu.uploadChunk(ctx, j.number, j.data); err != nil {
 					errors <- err
@@ -184,7 +182,7 @@ func (cu *ChunkedUpload) uploadChunks(ctx context.Context, reader io.ReaderAt) e
 				atomic.AddInt64(&cu.bytesWritten, int64(len(j.data)))
 				cu.reportProgress()
 			}
-		}()
+		})
 	}
 
 	// Queue chunks