diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index b4276d63d91..e242e427bf8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run linter
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
         with:
-          version: v1.51
+          version: v1.54
           only-new-issues: true # Show only new issues if it's a pull request
 
   yamllint:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f67cd5724fd..c3db5404eaf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ GOLANGCI_LINT = $(shell pwd)/bin/golangci-lint
 golangci-lint:
 	@[ -f $(GOLANGCI_LINT) ] || { \
 	set -e ;\
-	curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(shell dirname $(GOLANGCI_LINT)) v1.51.2 ;\
+	curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(shell dirname $(GOLANGCI_LINT)) v1.54.2 ;\
 	}
 
 .PHONY: apidiff
diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 55621a857a7..6dd4fc8d23a 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import (
 	kustomizecommonv1 "sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3/pkg/plugins/common/kustomize/v1"
 	kustomizecommonv2alpha "sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3/pkg/plugins/common/kustomize/v2"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3/pkg/plugins/golang"
+
+	//nolint:staticcheck
 	declarativev1 "sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3/pkg/plugins/golang/declarative/v1"
 	deployimagev1alpha1 "sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3/pkg/plugins/golang/deploy-image/v1alpha1"
 	golangv2 "sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3/pkg/plugins/golang/v2"