diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fcddd786ca2656c126a861f48cd56cbc41138dfe..2fe1edbe2fd154f01fe12698e7be4e6255fd4936 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ MINIKUBE_RELEASES_URL=https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases/download
 
 KERNEL_VERSION ?= 4.19.107
 # latest from https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases
-GOLINT_VERSION ?= v1.26.0
+GOLINT_VERSION ?= v1.29.0
 # 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
diff --git a/hack/preload-images/generate.go b/hack/preload-images/generate.go
index fe2517e293642a2a4c927277c3cecd3efe72865f..ec3de2ece5066fd12de0c7c20b9627aa7d809c84 100644
--- a/hack/preload-images/generate.go
+++ b/hack/preload-images/generate.go
@@ -173,11 +173,11 @@ func createImageTarball(tarballFilename, containerRuntime string) error {
 	}
 
 	if containerRuntime == "containerd" {
-		dirs = append(dirs, fmt.Sprintf("./lib/containerd"))
+		dirs = append(dirs, "./lib/containerd")
 	}
 
 	if containerRuntime == "cri-o" {
-		dirs = append(dirs, fmt.Sprintf("./lib/containers"))
+		dirs = append(dirs, "./lib/containers")
 	}
 
 	args := []string{"exec", profile, "sudo", "tar", "-I", "lz4", "-C", "/var", "-cvf", tarballFilename}
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/hyperkit/driver.go b/pkg/drivers/hyperkit/driver.go
index fee33925d04980d9bdabb24b5e98c63923e5416d..ec828297775f662dcc8d6f8268f9454a68e2bcc4 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/hyperkit/driver.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/hyperkit/driver.go
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Stop() error {
 	d.cleanupNfsExports()
 	err := d.sendSignal(syscall.SIGTERM)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("hyperkit sigterm failed"))
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "hyperkit sigterm failed")
 	}
 
 	// wait 5s for graceful shutdown
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Stop() error {
 		time.Sleep(time.Second * 1)
 		s, err := d.GetState()
 		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("hyperkit waiting graceful shutdown failed"))
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "hyperkit waiting graceful shutdown failed")
 		}
 		if s == state.Stopped {
 			return nil
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ func (d *Driver) setupNFSShare() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	mountCommands := fmt.Sprintf("#/bin/bash\\n")
+	mountCommands := "#/bin/bash\\n"
 	log.Info(d.IPAddress)
 
 	for _, share := range d.NFSShares {
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/ops.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/ops.go
index f92f17536779c6fd08d79d1daf371f36a63fa717..627ab5f38527634904fd10e8599f1e10be285d0a 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/ops.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/ops.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package bsutil
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ func AdjustResourceLimits(c command.Runner) error {
 	// Prevent the apiserver from OOM'ing before other pods, as it is our gateway into the cluster.
 	// It'd be preferable to do this via Kubernetes, but kubeadm doesn't have a way to set pod QoS.
 	if _, err = c.RunCmd(exec.Command("/bin/bash", "-c", "echo -10 | sudo tee /proc/$(pgrep kube-apiserver)/oom_adj")); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("oom_adj adjust"))
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "oom_adj adjust")
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/test/stress/stress.sh b/test/stress/stress.sh
index 0f63a58033cda1554e170cf0bd23e447a3f18b60..d1c3673f5092b4ada5a019ce3fbc519ae90d95c2 100755
--- a/test/stress/stress.sh
+++ b/test/stress/stress.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+
 #
 # Stress test for start, restart, upgrade.
 #