Apparently we have to bump golangci-lint. Good thing 2.4.0 has go 1.25 support because that's the newest package nix has right now.

Author: AshleyDumaine

.github/workflows/build-test.yml

@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v8
-        with:
-          version: v2.1.5
 
       - name: Helm Lint
         run: make helm-lint

Makefile

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ LINODE_URL              ?= https://api.linode.com
 KUBECONFIG_PATH         ?= $(CURDIR)/test-cluster-kubeconfig.yaml
 SUBNET_KUBECONFIG_PATH	?= $(CURDIR)/subnet-testing-kubeconfig.yaml
 MGMT_KUBECONFIG_PATH    ?= $(CURDIR)/mgmt-cluster-kubeconfig.yaml
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION   ?= v2.1.5
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION   ?= v2.5.0
 
 # if the $DEVBOX_PACKAGES_DIR env variable exists that means we are within a devbox shell and can safely
 # use devbox's bin for our tools

devbox.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "docker@latest",
     "envsubst@latest",
     "[email protected]",
-    "golangci-lint@latest",
+    "golangci-lint@2.4.0",
     "jq@latest",
     "kind@latest",
     "kubectl@latest",

devbox.lock

@@ -244,51 +244,51 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "golangci-lint@latest": {
-      "last_modified": "2025-05-16T20:19:48Z",
-      "resolved": "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/12a55407652e04dcf2309436eb06fef0d3713ef3#golangci-lint",
+    "golangci-lint@2.4.0": {
+      "last_modified": "2025-09-18T16:33:27Z",
+      "resolved": "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/f4b140d5b253f5e2a1ff4e5506edbf8267724bde#golangci-lint",
       "source": "devbox-search",
-      "version": "2.1.6",
+      "version": "2.4.0",
       "systems": {
         "aarch64-darwin": {
           "outputs": [
             {
               "name": "out",
-              "path": "/nix/store/8d3n5ly5r6prqyx3h5nr2v778hzwp83r-golangci-lint-2.1.6",
+              "path": "/nix/store/2iiw320mwgw7flh47zbz6l62fakrb3dx-golangci-lint-2.4.0",
               "default": true
             }
           ],
-          "store_path": "/nix/store/8d3n5ly5r6prqyx3h5nr2v778hzwp83r-golangci-lint-2.1.6"
+          "store_path": "/nix/store/2iiw320mwgw7flh47zbz6l62fakrb3dx-golangci-lint-2.4.0"
         },
         "aarch64-linux": {
           "outputs": [
             {
               "name": "out",
-              "path": "/nix/store/sazvkjsaxnpnplrsaj5wf1x9xkgv0s88-golangci-lint-2.1.6",
+              "path": "/nix/store/hwr3wdhqnlcay07xpgv2wm1mx7k5nkhf-golangci-lint-2.4.0",
               "default": true
             }
           ],
-          "store_path": "/nix/store/sazvkjsaxnpnplrsaj5wf1x9xkgv0s88-golangci-lint-2.1.6"
+          "store_path": "/nix/store/hwr3wdhqnlcay07xpgv2wm1mx7k5nkhf-golangci-lint-2.4.0"
         },
         "x86_64-darwin": {
           "outputs": [
             {
               "name": "out",
-              "path": "/nix/store/cqfnavdyysfdm9cam8bsyscbsk8zg781-golangci-lint-2.1.6",
+              "path": "/nix/store/skcc363l41rm6hjyrhzlfbk3rrwci2lb-golangci-lint-2.4.0",
               "default": true
             }
           ],
-          "store_path": "/nix/store/cqfnavdyysfdm9cam8bsyscbsk8zg781-golangci-lint-2.1.6"
+          "store_path": "/nix/store/skcc363l41rm6hjyrhzlfbk3rrwci2lb-golangci-lint-2.4.0"
         },
         "x86_64-linux": {
           "outputs": [
             {
               "name": "out",
-              "path": "/nix/store/snqg2xccy7fb6q6n2dw3bfql6mqbh6ar-golangci-lint-2.1.6",
+              "path": "/nix/store/dlz6z4dih7rd6q9dnigvz49npfmv8m52-golangci-lint-2.4.0",
               "default": true
             }
           ],
-          "store_path": "/nix/store/snqg2xccy7fb6q6n2dw3bfql6mqbh6ar-golangci-lint-2.1.6"
+          "store_path": "/nix/store/dlz6z4dih7rd6q9dnigvz49npfmv8m52-golangci-lint-2.4.0"
         }
       }
     },