diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8a5aea6ff962..aab4902fd765 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ MINIKUBE_RELEASES_URL=https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases/download
 KERNEL_VERSION ?= 5.10.207
 # latest from https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases
 # update this only by running `make update-golint-version`
-GOLINT_VERSION ?= v1.58.2
+GOLINT_VERSION ?= v1.59.0
 # Limit number of default jobs, to avoid the CI builds running out of memory
 GOLINT_JOBS ?= 4
 # see https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint#memory-usage-of-golangci-lint