diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d51f5fc..6a6073f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -8,51 +8,55 @@ env:
   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
 jobs:
+  golangci:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        go-version: [1.21.x]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: golangci-lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
+        with:
+          version: latest
+
   lint_and_test:
+    needs: [golangci]
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.16.x]
+        go-version: [1.21.x]
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     timeout-minutes: 80
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
           go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
 
       - name: Install Go dependencies
         run: |
-          curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v1.37.1
-          go get -u github.com/kisielk/errcheck
-          go get -u golang.org/x/lint/golint
-          go get -u honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck
-          go get -u github.com/axw/gocov/gocov
-          go get -u github.com/securego/gosec/cmd/gosec
-          go get -u github.com/ory/go-acc
-          go get -u github.com/client9/misspell/cmd/misspell
-          go get -u github.com/gordonklaus/ineffassign
-          go get github.com/fzipp/gocyclo
-          go get github.com/stretchr/testify/assert@v1.7.0
+          go mod download
+          go get github.com/axw/gocov/gocov
           go get github.com/ory/go-acc
+          go install github.com/ory/go-acc
+          go install github.com/axw/gocov/gocov
+          go get github.com/savannahghi/serverutils@v0.0.7
 
-      - name: Run lint and test
+      - name: Run tests
         run: |
-          staticcheck ./...
-          go fmt $(go list ./... | grep -v /vendor/)
-          go vet $(go list ./... | grep -v /vendor/)
-          golint -set_exit_status $(go list ./... | grep -v /vendor/)
-          errcheck -ignore 'os:.*,' $(go list ./... | grep -v /vendor/)
-          misspell -error .
-          gosec -exclude=G304,G101 ./...
-          go-acc -o coverage.txt --ignore generated,cmd  ./... -- -timeout 60m
-          grep -v "generated.go" coverage.txt > coverage.out
+          go-acc -o coverage.txt --ignore generated,cmd,graph  ./... -- -timeout 60m
+          grep -v "generated.go" coverage.txt | grep -v "_gen.go" | grep -v "_mock.go" | grep -v "*mock.go" | grep -v "mocks.go" | grep -v "*resolver*go" | grep -v "server.go" | grep -v "*.html" > coverage.out
           go tool cover -html=coverage.out -o coverage.html
           gocov convert coverage.out > coverage.json
           gocov report coverage.json > coverage_report.txt
           tail coverage_report.txt
-        
+
       - name: Install goveralls
         env:
           GO111MODULE: off
diff --git a/enums.go b/enums.go
index 9e8f110..d040a48 100644
--- a/enums.go
+++ b/enums.go
@@ -55,6 +55,19 @@ func (e Gender) String() string {
 	return string(e)
 }
 
+// ToAdvantageGender converts the `male` and `female` genders to `MALE` and `FEMALE` respectively.
+// This is used in support of advantage wrapper service and also ensure consistency of known gender types in go services.
+func (e Gender) ToAdvantageGender() string {
+	switch e {
+	case GenderMale:
+		return "MALE"
+	case GenderFemale:
+		return "FEMALE"
+	default:
+		return "OTHER"
+	}
+}
+
 // UnmarshalGQL translates from the supplied value to a valid enum value
 func (e *Gender) UnmarshalGQL(v interface{}) error {
 	str, ok := v.(string)
diff --git a/enums_test.go b/enums_test.go
index 82dcf43..ad8232a 100644
--- a/enums_test.go
+++ b/enums_test.go
@@ -1185,3 +1185,34 @@ func TestSenderID_String(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGender_ToAdvantageGender(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		e    enumutils.Gender
+		want string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Happy case: convert `male` to `MALE`",
+			e:    enumutils.GenderMale,
+			want: "MALE",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Happy case: convert `female` to `FEMALE`",
+			e:    enumutils.GenderFemale,
+			want: "FEMALE",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Happy case: return other genders",
+			e:    enumutils.GenderOther,
+			want: "OTHER",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := tt.e.ToAdvantageGender(); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("Gender.ToAdvantageGender() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 03987ad..b69e63d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 module github.com/savannahghi/enumutils
 
-go 1.16
+go 1.22.1
 
 require github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
+
+require (
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c // indirect
+)