diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 68e63165ab2d2770973e0e3d639b1cca5e9f8b6f..3b29c3922b9fe20176e3c4288c6384426901991c 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ MINIKUBE_RELEASES_URL=https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases/download
 
 KERNEL_VERSION ?= 4.19.94
 # latest from https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases
-GOLINT_VERSION ?= v1.23.2
+GOLINT_VERSION ?= v1.23.6
 # 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