diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index e2bb3d8..cc17426 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run linter
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v9
         with:
-          version: v2.6
+          version: v2.12
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index e5b21b0..389995b 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ linters:
     - dupl
     - errcheck
     - ginkgolinter
-    - goconst
     - gocyclo
     - govet
     - ineffassign
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a5f0ce4..8222d7a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION ?= v0.18.0
 ENVTEST_VERSION ?= $(shell go list -m -f "{{ .Version }}" sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime | awk -F'[v.]' '{printf "release-%d.%d", $$2, $$3}')
 #ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION is the version of Kubernetes to use for setting up ENVTEST binaries (i.e. 1.31)
 ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION ?= $(shell go list -m -f "{{ .Version }}" k8s.io/api | awk -F'[v.]' '{printf "1.%d", $$3}')
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v2.1.0
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v2.12.2
 
 .PHONY: kustomize
 kustomize: $(KUSTOMIZE) ## Download kustomize locally if necessary.