diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 21baf7d54e82..7da812e03cbb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ MINIKUBE_RELEASES_URL=https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases/download
 KERNEL_VERSION ?= 5.10.57
 # latest from https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases
 # update this only by running `make update-golint-version`
-GOLINT_VERSION ?= v1.55.0
+GOLINT_VERSION ?= v1.55.1
 # 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