diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2d04ce9841..0b5d3f9898 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 GO ?= go
 
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION = v1.50.1
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION = v1.51.0
 REPO_INFRA_VERSION = v0.2.5
 KUSTOMIZE_VERSION = 4.5.7
 OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION ?= v1.25.0
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index cca1386b87..bdf419e209 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies:
       match: CI_IMAGE
 
   - name: golangci-lint
-    version: 1.50.1
+    version: 1.51.0
     refPaths:
     - path: Makefile
       match: GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION
diff --git a/test/suite_test.go b/test/suite_test.go
index 286c901ea6..457ba20165 100644
--- a/test/suite_test.go
+++ b/test/suite_test.go
@@ -611,11 +611,11 @@ const (
 )
 
 func (e *e2e) getSpodMetrics() string {
-	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
+	r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())) // #nosec
 	letters := []rune("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")
 	b := make([]rune, 10)
 	for i := range b {
-		b[i] = letters[rand.Intn(len(letters))] //nolint:gosec // fine in tests
+		b[i] = letters[r.Intn(len(letters))]
 	}
 	// Sometimes the metrics command does not output anything in CI. We fix
 	// that by retrying the metrics retrieval several times.