diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index d6defa7431..1383562b7e 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ linters:
     - interfacebloat
     - loggercheck
     - reassign
+    - ginkgolinter
+    - gocheckcompilerdirectives
+    - musttag
 
 linters-settings:
   dupl:
diff --git a/Makefile-tools.mk b/Makefile-tools.mk
index 45a6789507..ecaa18aa07 100644
--- a/Makefile-tools.mk
+++ b/Makefile-tools.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION=v1.50.1
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION=v1.51.2
 
 MYGOBIN = $(shell go env GOBIN)
 ifeq ($(MYGOBIN),)
diff --git a/api/internal/localizer/builtinplugins.go b/api/internal/localizer/builtinplugins.go
index df46bca6cf..c9f48c7c34 100644
--- a/api/internal/localizer/builtinplugins.go
+++ b/api/internal/localizer/builtinplugins.go
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ func (lbp *localizeBuiltinPlugins) localizeAll(node *yaml.RNode) error {
 	// We rely on the build command to throw errors for nodes in
 	// built-in plugins that are sequences when expected to be scalar,
 	// and vice versa.
+	//nolint: exhaustive
 	switch node.YNode().Kind {
 	case yaml.SequenceNode:
 		return errors.Wrap(node.VisitElements(lbp.localizeScalar))